London editor Philip Fisher selects the top five plays in London.
Conceived, visualized and directed by Dimitris Papaioannou Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch Sadler’s Wells 14 to 17 February 2019
PappyShow Vault (Crescent) Leake Street 13 to 16 February 2019
Sasha Wilson Out of the Forest Theatre Vault (Pit) Leake Street 13 to 17 February 2019
Harley Granville Barker, revised by Richard Nelson Theatre Royal Bath Jermyn Street Theatre 12 February to 16 March 2019
Choreography Liam Scarlett and Frederick Ashton, music Leoš Janáček and André... The Royal Ballet School and The Royal Ballet Royal Opera House 12 to 16 February 2019
Songs by Neil Diamond Lyric Theatre Shaftesbury Avenue 11 February 2019
Based on the story by Chinghiz Aitmatov Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre Barbican Pit 9 February 2019
Based on the original motion picture screenplay by Peter Strickland, conceive... Donmar Warehouse 8 February to 30 March 2019
Glen Neath Extant, Yellow Earth and Upswing Stratford Circus 8 to 9 February 2019
Bertolt Brecht Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre Barbican Theatre 8 to 9 February 2019
Sadler's Wells Sadler's Wells 8 to 9 February 2019
Christopher Marlowe Shakespeare's Globe Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare's Globe 7 February to 20 April 2019
Conor Hunt C H Productions Vault (Cavern) Leake Street 6 to 10 February 2019
Book and lyrics by Phil Willmott, loosely based on a plot by Sir Arthur Wing ... The Phil Willmott Company Union Theatre 6 February to 9 March 2019
Devised by the company & writer Dylan Coburn Gray MALAPROP Theatre Vault Brick Hall 6 to 10 February 2019
William Shakespeare, In a new version for young audiences by Justin Audibert National Theatre Dorfman Theatre (National Theatre) 6 to 21 February 2019
Dark Mutters Vault (Studio) Leake Street 6 to 10 February 2019
Anton Chekhov Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre Barbican Theatre 5 to 6 February 2019
Nir Paldi and George Mann Ad Infinitum Battersea Arts Centre 5 to 23 February 2019
William Shakespeare Lazarus Theatre Company in association with Greenwich Theatre Greenwich Theatre 5 to 16 February 2019
Arthur Miller Theatre Royal Bath Productions Wyndham’s Theatre 5 February to 27 April 2019
Leoš Janáček Royal Opera Royal Opera House 4 to 26 February 2019
Arthur Miller Old Vic Theatre 4 February to 30 March 2019
Joel Samuels & Madeline Gould Anonymous Is A Woman Vault Leake Street 2 February to 17 March 2019
Bram Stoker adapted by Kate Kerrow Creation Theatre The London Library 2 February to 3 March 2019
Devised by Mole Wetherell, Kevin Egan, Tim Ingram, Leen Dewilde & Alex Covel Reckless Sleepers Unicorn Theatre (Clore Theatre) 2 February to 10 March 2019
Joseph L Mankiewicz, adapted by Ivo Van Hove, from the 1950 Twentieth Century... Noël Coward Theatre 2 February to 11 May 2019
Rose Lewenstein Orange Tree Theatre and English Touring Theatre Orange Tree Theatre 1 February to 2 March 2019
Director Sean Gandini, choreographer Alexander Whitley, music Gabriel Prokofiev Gandini Juggling (London International Mime Festival 2019) Sadler's Wells 31 January to 2 February 2019
Harold Pinter The Jamie Lloyd Company Harold Pinter Theatre 31 January to 23 February 2019
Nouveau Riché The Vaults 30 January to 3 February 2019
Nicôle Lecky Talawa Theatre Company Royal Court Theatre Upstairs 30 January to 16 February 2019
Jon Brittain and Matthew Floyd Jones Silent Uproar The Vaults 30 January to 3 February 2019
Sara Aniqah Malik Vault (Cavern) 30 January to 3 February 2019
Jonathan Brown Something Underground Tara Theatre 30 January to 16 February 2019
Alice Higginson, Sian Keen, Laura Doble, and Hanora Kamen Scratchworks Theatre Company Vault (Brick Hall) Leake Street 30 January to 3 February 2019
Tom Wright Alexandra Da Silva and Neil Eckersley in association with MC Productions and Park Theatre Park Theatre (Park 90) 30 January to 23 February 2019
Franck Chartier and Gabriela Carrizo Peeping Tom, London International Mime Festival Barbican Theatre 30 January to 2 February 2019
Joe Wright Vault (Pit) Leake Street 30 January to 3 February 2019
Director of choreography German Cornejo Peacock Theatre 29 January to 16 February 2019
Joe Orton The Hope Theatre 29 January to 16 February 2019
Jean Anouilh TeatroLatino Omnibus Theatre 29 January to 17 February 2019
Richard Kalinoski Finborough Theatre Finborough Theatre 29 January to 23 February 2019
Ana Daud and Dmitry Acrish inspired by the Bible Unbroken Angels Tristan Bates Theatre 28 to 30 January 2019
Laura Wade National Theatre and Theatre Clwyd co-production Duke of York’s Theatre 26 January to 13 April 2019
Katrin Lange, translated by Purni Morell Unicorn Theatre Unicorn Theatre (Weston Theatre) 26 January to 10 March 2019
Mark and Marichka Marczyk Selfconscious Productions in assocation with Wild Yak Vault (Forge) Launcelot Street 26 January to 16 March 2019
Martyna Majok Hampstead Theatre Hampstead Theatre 24 January to 9 March 2019
Created and devised by Amit Lahav with his performers Gecko London International Mime Festival 2019 at the Barbican Theatre 24 to 26 January 2019
Nabilah Said Lazy Native The Vaults (Pit) Leake Street 23 to 27 January 2019
Mark and Marichka Marczyk Selfconscious Productions & Wild Yak, in association with Hot Feat Forge – The Vaults, Launcelot Street 23 January to 17 March 2019
Hannah Nixon Papercut Theatre The Vaults (the Cavern) Leake Street 23 to 27 January 2019
From the novel by Victor Hugo, lyrics by Luc Plamondon, composition by Richar... London Coliseum 23 to 27 January 2019
Elise Vigneron, Hélène Barreau Théâtre de l’Entrouvert London International Mime Festival at Barbican Pit 22 to 26 January 2019
The Company, music and songs by Tamara Astor PSYCHEdelight The Bunker 22 January to 16 February 2019
Ross McGregor Arrows & Traps Theatre The Jack Studio Theatre 19 January to 16 February 2019
Choreography Liam Scarlett and Frederick Ashton, music Francis Poulenc and An... Royal Ballet Royal Opera House 18 January to 13 February 2019
Matt Jones and Kele Okereke. Lyric Hammersmith Lyric Hammersmith 18 January to 16 February 2019
Daniel Hay-Gordon and Eleanor Perry Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler's Wells 17 to 19 January 2019
Choreography Demis Volpi, Herman Cornejo, Wayne McGregor, Fang-Yi Sheu, Russe... Alessandra Ferri, Herman Cornejo, Bruce Levingston Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House 17 to 27 January 2019
Sarah Ruhl Gate Theatre Gate Theatre 17 January to 9 February 2019
Choreography Kenneth MacMillan, music Jules Massenet English National Ballet London Coliseum 16 to 20 January 2019
Martin Crimp National Theatre Dorfman Theatre (National Theatre) 16 January to 2 March 2019
Anna Jordan Frantic Assembly and Theatre Royal Plymouth Theatre Royal, Stratford East 16 January to 2 February 2019
Book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, inspired on Alexander Hamilton ... The Public Theater Victoria Palace Theatre From 6 December 2017
Based on the novel by Roald Dahl, book by Dennis Kelly, music and lyrics by T... Royal Shakespeare Company Cambridge Theatre From 7 October 2011
Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields Mischief Theatre Duchess Theatre From 5 September 2014
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by George Furth Elliott & Harper Productions Gielgud Theatre 26 September 2018 to 30 March 2019
Adapted by James Fenton from the novel by Miguel de Cervantes, with songs by ... Royal Shakespeare Company Garrick Theatre 27 October 2018 to 2 February 2019
Based on the Sholom Aleichem stories, book by Joseph Stein, music by Jerry Bo... Menier Chocolate Factory 23 November 2018 to 9 March 2019
Catford's oldest pub reopens as Ninth Life and this summer will see a new flexible two space theatre venue open in White City.
Clive Owen will return to the West End for the first time in 18 years to play Reverend T Lawrence Shannon in Tennessee Williams's The Night of the Iguana.
Nicholas Lyndhurst and West End star Cassidy Janson will join Kelsey Grammer and Danielle de Niese in the musical Man of La Mancha which opens at the London Coliseum on 26 April 2019.
&Juliet is a new West End musical featuring the songs of Max Martin that asks: what if Juliet's famous ending was really just her beginning? What if she decided to choose her own fate?
In a new production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of being Earnest from Two Gents Productions and Tara Arts, two British-African women, Ayesha Casely-Hayford and Kudzanayi Chiwawa, play all the characters.
Hollywood star Matthew Broderick will make his West End debut in May in The Starry Messenger by Kenneth Lonergan, the Academy Award-winning writer of Manchester By the Sea.
English National Ballet has announced that the Royal Albert Hall will be a Hub Partner for its programme to provide opportunities for people with Parkinson’s across the UK to access regular dance and cultural activities.
Sandra Giorgetti reports on the reopening of Battersea Arts Centre's Grand Hall following a devastating fire in 2015.
