August Theatre: London's best new shows

By Lucy Brooks on 5/8/2019

From pop-up Shakespeare in Westminster Abbey to Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag swansong: the 8 shows you need to see in August.

Fleabag, Wyndham's Theatre

Pheobe-Waller Bridge plays Fleabag on stage for the final time in a revival of the 2013 one-woman show that catalysed a TV phenomenon.

WHEN

20 Aug 2019 – 14 Sep 2019, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM

WHERE

Wyndham's Theatre
32 Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0DA

The power of polonium: A Very Expensive Poison, Lucy Prebble's stage adaptation, to premiere at The Old Vic

A Very Expensive Poison, Old Vic Theatre

Playwright Lucy Prebble brings subterfuge to The Old Vic with a new play about the assassination of Alexander Litvinenko.

WHEN

19 Aug 2019 – 05 Oct 2019, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM

WHERE

The Old Vic
The Cut, London, SE1 8NB

Appropriate, Donmar Warehouse

Appropriate, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s incendiary exploration of race set in a former slave plantation, gets its UK premiere at the Donmar Warehouse.

WHEN

16 Aug 2019 – 05 Oct 2019, 7:30 PM – 12:00 AM

WHERE

Donmar Warehouse
41 Earlham Street, Seven Dials, WC2H 9LX

The Tempest, Westminster Abbey

Stormy weather and a magical island come to Westminster Abbey this summer as Shakespeare's The Tempest is brought to life in the scenic surroundings of Westminster Abbey.

WHEN

07 Aug 2019 – 08 Aug 2019, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM

WHERE

Westminster Abbey
Dean's Yard , London, SW1P 3PA

Evita, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

Jamie Lloyd directs a new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's 1978 hit musical Evita on the al fresco stage of Regent's Park Open Air Theatre.

WHEN

02 Aug 2019 – 21 Sep 2019, Monday - Saturday 7:45 PM | Thursday & Saturday 2:15 PM (gates open 90 mins before start)

WHERE

Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park
Inner Cir, Westminster, London, NW1 4NU