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Greenland
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National Theatre
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New play exploring the issues surrounding climate change by Moira Buffini, Matt Charman, Polly Skinner and Jack Thorne.
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King Lear
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Roundhouse
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David Farr directs Greg Hicks for the RSC.
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As You Like It
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Roundhouse
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Katy Stephens stars as Rosalind in the RSC's production of Shakespeare's comedy.
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Julius Caesar
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Roundhouse
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Lucy Bailey directs Shakespeare's epic Roman play for the RSC.
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Totem
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Royal Albert Hall
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Cirque du Soleil join forces with Robert Lepage for a lavish show tracing the evolution of mankind.
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The Winter's Tale
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Roundhouse
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Greg Hicks stars in David Farr's production for the RSC.
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Season's Greetings
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National Theatre
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Catherine Tate and Mark Gattiss star in Alan Ayckbourn's seasonal comedy.
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King Lear
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Donmar Warehouse
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Michael Grandage directs Derek Jacobi at the Donmar.
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Les Parents Terribles
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Trafalgar Studios
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Frances Barber stars in the Donmar's staging of Jean Cocteau’s tragic farce.
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Kin
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Royal Court
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EV Crowe’s first full length play for the Royal Court paints a bleak picture of boarding school life.
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The Rivals
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Theatre Royal Haymarket
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Penelope Keith and Peter Bowles reteam for Peter Hall's production of Sheridan's society comedy.
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End of the Rainbow
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Trafalgar Studios
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Tracie Bennett gives a powerhouse performance as Judy Garland in Peter Quilter's musical drama.
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The Glass Menagerie
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Young Vic
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Joe Hill-Gibbins directs Tennessee Williams' memory play.
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Fela!
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National Theatre
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Arriving in London following a successful run on Broadway, this new musical tells the story of the irreverent Afrobeat legend.
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Bill Bailey: Dandelion Mind
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Wyndham's Theatre
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The comedian returns to form with a new show on the theme of doubt.
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Novecento
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Trafalgar Studios
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Mark Bonnar stars in a jazz-themed monologue by Italian author Alessandro Baricco.
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When we are Married
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Garrick Theatre
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J. B. Priestley's drawing room farce enjoys an airing at the Garrick.
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Men Should Weep
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National Theatre
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Josie Rourke directs Ena Lamont Stewart’s play set in Glasgow during the depression of the 1930s.
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Red Bud
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Royal Court
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The Royal Court stages Chicagoan playwright Bret Neveu's new play of masculine meltdown
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Tribes
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Royal Court
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Roger Michell directs Nina Raine's new play about families and the ways in which we communicate.
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Onassis
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Novello Theatre
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Robert Lindsay stars as the Greek shipping magnate in Martin Sherman's biographical play.
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Hamlet
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National Theatre
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Rory Kinnear more than lives up to expectations in Nicholas Hytner's production.
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Faust
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Young Vic
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An Icelandic take on Goethe with music from Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.
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Lower Ninth
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Trafalgar Studios
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The devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina brought to life on a rooftop.
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Birdsong
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Comedy Theatre
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Rachel Wagstaff's stage adaptation of Sebastian Faulks's First World War novel.
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Yes, Prime Minister
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Gielgud Theatre
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A topical stage version of the classic political comedy.
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Les Misérables
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Barbican Theatre
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A new production of the musical to mark it's twenty-fifth anniversary.
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Krapp's Last Tape
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Duchess Theatre
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Michael Gambon stars in the Gate Theatre production of Samuel Beckett's monologue.
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Design for Living
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Old Vic
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Andrew Scott and Lisa Dillon star in Noel Coward's urbane comedy.
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Blood and Gifts
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National Theatre
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Howard Davies directs J.T. Rogers' political thriller.
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Bedlam
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Globe Theatre
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Nell Leyshon's play is the first by a known woman to be staged at the Globe.
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Deathtrap
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Noel Coward Theatre
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Simon Russell Beale and Jonathan Groff star in a revival of Ira Levin's comedy thriller.
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Clybourne Park
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Royal Court
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Martin Freeman and Sophie Thompson star in a new play by Bruce Norris.
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
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Globe Theatre
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Christopher Luscombe's 2008 production returns to the Globe Theatre.
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Into the Woods
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Open Air Theatre
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The Open Air Theatre celebrates Stephen Sondheim's eightieth birthday with this show from the 1980s.
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Earthquakes in London
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National Theatre
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Rupert Goold directs Mike Bartlett's sprawling and ambitious new play.
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State Fair
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Trafalgar Studios
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Thom Southerland directs the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.
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Anne Boleyn
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Globe Theatre
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A new play by Howard Brenton about the life and death of Henry VIII's second wife.
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The Prince of Homburg
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Donmar Warehouse
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Jonathan Munby directs Heinrich von Kleist's complex tragedy.
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Educating Rita
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Trafalgar Studios
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Tim Piggott Smith and Laura Dos Santos star in Willy Russell's two-hander.
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Shirley Valentine
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Trafalgar Studios
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Meera Syal stars in the Menier Chocolate Factory revival of Willy Russell's monologue.
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Danton's Death
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National Theatre
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Toby Stephens stars in Georg Buchner's account of the French Revolution.
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The Beauty Queen of Leenane
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Young Vic
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Susan Lynch stars in an accomplished revival of Martin McDonagh's black, bleak comedy.
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Spur of the Moment
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Royal Court
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The Royal Court stages the debut play of seventeen-year-old Anya Reiss.
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Henry IV, parts 1 and 2
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Globe Theatre
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Roger Allam plays Falstaff in Dominic Dromgoole's compellling production.
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The Prisoner of Second Avenue
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Vaudeville Theatre
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Jeff Goldblum and Mercedes Ruehl star in a revival of Neil Simon's comedy.
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The Comedy of Errors
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Open Air Theatre
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A lively open air staging of Shakespeare's comedy set in the 1940s.
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Welcome to Thebes
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National Theatre
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Moira Buffini's new play exploring the cost of democracy in the aftermath of war.
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Confessions of a Dancewhore
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Trafalgar Studios
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Michael Twaits' one man show, part of the London Pride Festival.
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The Fantasticks
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Duchess Theatre
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The famously long-running off-Broadway musical makes a rare appearance in London.
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Sus
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Young Vic
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A punchy revival of Barrie Keeffe's hard-hitting play.
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After the Dance
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National Theatre
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Thea Sharrock directs an elegant revival of Terence Rattigan's rarely performed play.
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The Crucible
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Open Air Theatre
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Timothy Sheader directs Arthur Miller's classic play.
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Joe Turner's Come and Gone
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Young Vic
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Delroy Lindo stars in August Wilson's 1986 play, part of his epic Pittsburgh cycle.
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The Late Middle Classes
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Donmar Warehouse
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Helen McCrory stars in Simon Gray’s semi-autobiographical dark comedy.
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Flight of the Conchords
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Wembley Arena
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New Zealand's "fourth most-popular folk parody band" play Wembley.
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Ingredient X
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Royal Court
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Lesley Sharp stars in Nick Grosso's new comedy about addiction in all its forms.
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Dream of the Dog
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Trafalgar Studios
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Janet Suzman stars in Craig Higginson’s play about South Africa's past and present.
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Henry VIII
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Shakespeare's Globe
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Dominic Rowan stars in a production of one of Shakespeare's most seldom-performed plays.
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Love The Sinner
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National Theatre
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Matthew Dunster directs Drew Pautz’s new play about homosexuality and the church.
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Eurydice
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Young Vic
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Bijan Sheibani's production of Sarah Ruhl's retelling of the story of Orpheus.
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Holding The Man
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Trafalgar Studios
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Kath and Kim's Jane Turner stars in a play based on Tim Conigrave's memoir.
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Dirty White Boy
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Trafalgar Studios
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A three-hander based on the writings of eponymous Soho shop owner Clayton Littlewood.
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Macbeth
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Shakespeare's Globe
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The Globe's summer season kicks off with Lucy Bailey's production of the Scottish play.
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Women Beware Women
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National Theatre
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Harriet Walter plays an arch-manipulator in a staging of Thomas Middleton's tragedy.
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Posh
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Royal Court
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Laura Wade's provocative new play about the members of an elite Oxford dining club.
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Kristina
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Royal Albert Hall
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Russell Watson stars in a concert staging of Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson’s musical.
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Hair
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Gielgud Theatre
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The Public Theatre revival of the 1960s counter culture musical transfers to the West End.
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The Empire
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Royal Court
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Mike Bradwell directs DC Moore’s tense second play about British soldiers in Afghanistan.
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Polar Bears
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Arts Theatre
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Jodhi May and Richard Coyle star in the debut play by the novelist Mark Haddon.
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Wet Weather Cover
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Arts Theatre
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Oliver Cotton's comedy about the exploits of actors on a location shoot.
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Bedroom Farce
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Duke of York's Theatre
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Peter Hall's production of Alan Ayckbourn's classic comedy transfers to the West End.
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Kursk
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Young Vic
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Sound&Fury's excellent, immersive production about the Russian submarine disaster returns to the Young Vic.
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Mrs Warren's Profession
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Comedy Theatre
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Felicity Kendal stars in a production of the play by George Bernard Shaw.
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The White Guard
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National Theatre
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Howard Davies directs Mikhail Bulgakov’s stirring, semi-autobiographical play.
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London Assurance
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National Theatre
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Fiona Shaw and Simon Russell Beale star in a hugely entertaining revival of Dion Boucicault’s comedy.
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The Fever Chart
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Trafalgar Studios
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Pilot Theatre's production of Naomi Wallace's trio of plays about the Middle East.
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Love Never Dies
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Adelphi Theatre
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Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom follow up opens in the West End.
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Sweet Nothings
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Young Vic
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Swiss director Luc Bondy's masterful production of Arthur Schnitzler's play.
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Private Lives
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Vaudeville Theatre
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Kim Cattrall and Matthew Macfadyen play warring lovers in Noel Coward's classic comedy.
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Party
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Arts Theatre
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Tim Key and Jonny Sweet star in Tom Basden's smart, satirical play.
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Ghosts
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Duchess Theatre
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Iain Glen directs and stars opposite Lesley Sharp in Ibsen's classic play.
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Disconnect
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Royal Court
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Anupama Chandradasekhar's new play explores the lives of call centre workers in Chennai.
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Off The Endz
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Royal Court
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Former So Solid Crew member Ashley Walters stars in Bola Agbaje's new play for the Court.
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Serenading Louie
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Donmar Warehouse
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A revival of Lanford Wilson's play about disillusionment and marriage.
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Madness in Valencia
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Trafalgar Studios
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Black and White Rainbow's energetic staging of Lope de Vega's comedy of love and madness.
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The 14th Tale
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National Theatre
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The National stages Inua Ellams' spoken word solo show about one boy's coming of age.
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Jerusalem
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Apollo Theatre
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Mark Rylance stars in Jez Butterworth's rich, sprawling comedy as it transfers to the West End.
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Really Old, Like Forty Five
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National Theatre
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Robot nurses and sinister institutes feature in Tamsin Oglesby's satirical play about ageing.
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I am Yusuf and This is My Brother
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Young Vic
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Performed in both English and Arabic, Amir Nizar Zuabi's moving play is set in a Palestinian village in 1948.
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Enron
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Garrick Theatre
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Rupert Goold directs Lucy Prebble's acclaimed play about the collapse of the US energy company.
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The Little Dog Laughed
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Garrick Theatre
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Tamsin Greig stars in Douglas Carter Beane's acidic Hollywood comedy.
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Six Degrees of Separation
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Old Vic
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Anthony Head and Lesley Manville star in a revival of John Guare's 1990 play.
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The Caretaker
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Trafalgar Studios
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Jonathan Pryce stars in a revival of Pinter's play.
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Legally Blonde
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Savoy Theatre
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Sheridan Smith plays Elle Woods in the London staging of the Broadway hit.
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The World's Wife
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Trafalgar Studios
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Linda Marlowe's one woman staging of the poems by Carol Ann Duffy.
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Barbershopera II
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Trafalgar Studios
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Smart, quirky musical comedy sequel, a hit at last year's Edinburgh fringe.
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Morecambe
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Duchess Theatre
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Bob Golding stars in a one man show about the life of the iconic comedian.
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Red
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Donmar Warehouse
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Alfred Molina stars in John Logan's new play about the artist Mark Rothko.
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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Novello Theatre
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James Earl Jones and Adrian Lester star in Debbie Allen's all-black staging of Tennessee Williams' play.
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Stephen and the Sexy Partridge
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Trafalgar Studios
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Mighty Boosh cohort Cal McCrystal directs a festive musical comedy.
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Arturo Brachetti: Change
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Garrick Theatre
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Renowned quick change artist Arturo Brachetti's stunning new show.
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