Amadeus by Peter Shaffer, who died earlier this week at the age of 90, is to return to the stage of the National Theatre 37 years after it premièred there.
Shaffer's 1979 play about the rivalry between Mozart and court composer Salieri will be directed by Michael Longhurst and will feature Lucian Msamati as Salieri.
David Hare's new play The Red Barn, based on the novel Le Main by Georges Simenon, will be directed by Robert Icke. Hare has taken Simenon's psychological thriller set in a New England farmhouse at the end of World War Two and created a new play set in Connecticut in 1969.
Hare's 2004 play Stuff Happens about the diplomatic process leading up to the invasion of Iraq will return for just one night on 6 July to mark the publication of the Chilcot Inquiry report.
For Christmas, Sally Cookson will bring her production of J M Barrie's Peter Pan from Bristol Old Vic, with a cast including Sophie Thompson as Captain Hook and Mrs Darling and Paul Hilton as Peter as well as Saikat Ahamed, Suzanne Ahmet, Marc Antolin, Lois Chimimba, Laura Cubitt, Phoebe Fildes, Felix Hayes, John Leader, Amaka Okafor, John Pfumojena, Jessica Temple, Dan Wheeler and Madeleine Worrall.
Vicky Featherston's acclaimed production of Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, adapted by Lee Hall from Alan Warner's novel The Sopranos for National Theatre of Scotland and Live Theatre, will receive its London première at the Dorfman Theatre in August. The full cast includes Melissa Allan, Caroline Deyga, Kirsty Findlay, Karen Fishwick, Joanne McGuiness, Kirsty MacLaren, Frances Mayli McCann and Dawn Sievewright with musicians Amy Shackcloth, Laura Bangay, Becky Brass and Emily Linden.
New musical A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer is described as, "an all-singing, all-dancing examination of life with a cancer diagnosis" in a collaboration between Bryony Kimmings and Complicite with cast including Naana Agyei-Ampadu, Amy Booth-Steel, Hal Fowler, Amanda Hadingue, Golda Rosheuvel and Gareth Snook. The book is by Bryony Kimmings and Brian Lobel with lyrics by Bryony Kimmings and music by Tom Parkinson.
The River Stage, a free outdoor arts festival on the South Bank, will feature East London's alternative establishment The Glory, a selection of family-friendly acts from Latitude Festival, a selection of work from Mayfest in Bristol, a weekend of dance from Rambert and a final weekend of music, dance, performance and a cinema screening.
The Young Chekhov Trilogy from Chichester Festival Theatre will bring Platonov, Ivanov and The Seagull, adapted as new versions by David Hare and performed by a single ensemble of actors under director Jonathan Kent, to the Olivier with a cast including Anna Chancellor, Peter Egan, Joshua James, James McArdle, Nina Sosanya and Olivia Vinall.