London editor Philip Fisher selects the top five plays in London.
Matt Winning
The Vaults (crypt) Leake Street
21 to 23 February 2020
Choreography Tim Rushton, Juliano Nunes, Johan Kobborg, Frederick Ashton
Alina Cojocaru
Sadler’s Wells
20 to 23 February 2020
Danaja Wass
The Thelmas
19 to 23 February 2020
Diane Herbert
She’s Diverse
The Vaults (cavern) Leake Street
Sergio Blanco, translated by Daniel Goldman
Tangram Theatre and the Pleasance
Pleasance Theatre (Main House)
18 February to 8 March 2020
Tim Cowbury
Shoreditch Town Hall
18 February to 7 March 2020
Tina Jay
Jack Brett Anderson, Tina Jay and Mont-Dore Anderson
Tristan Bates Theatre
18 to 29 February 2020
Choreography Jerome Robbins, Cathy Marston, music Chopin, Philip Feeney
The Royal Ballet
Royal Opera House
17 February to 4 March 2020
Choreography Jenny MacNamara, Jakob Myers, Frederick Ashton, Marius Petipa / ...
Elmhurst Ballet Company
Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells
15 February 2020
Caryl Churchill
Bridge Theatre
14 February to 14 March 2020
Jack Shepherd
Arcola Theatre
13 February to 21 March 2020
Choreography Marianela Boán, Maria Rovira, Rafael Bonachela, Juliano Nunes, R...
Acosta Danza
Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House
13 to 24 February 2020
Antoinette Nwandu
Kiln Theatre
Paul Minx
Jermyn Street Theatre production
Jermyn Street Theatre
12 February to 7 March 2020
Choreography Pina Bausch, music Béla Bartók, libretto Béla Balázs
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch
12 to 15 February 2020
Mark Heywood
Inkjocky Limited
The Vaults (Pit) Leake Street
12 to 16 February 2020
Music and lyrics by Joe Iconis, book by Joe Tracz, based on the novel by Ned ...
The Other Palace
12 February to 14 June 2020
Devised by the performers
Border Crossings in association with Dugdale Centre and Exchange Theatre
Tara Theatre
11 to 15 February 2020
Devised and directed by Caitlin Evans
Shybairn
The Vaults (studio) Leake Street
11 to 13 February 2020
Temi Wilkey
Bush Theatre, Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Bush Theatre (Holloway Theatre)
11 February to 21 March 2020
Kate Reid
Plain Heroines
11 to 16 February 2020
Various
Chickenshed
Chickenshed Theatre
11 to 22 February 2020
Olivia Hirst & David Byrne
New Diorama with Greenwich Theatre
New Diorama Theatre
11 February to 14 March 2020
Amy Bethan Evans
Scripped Up
Ben Elton
Gielgud Theatre
7 February to 25 April 2020
Donmar Warehouse
6 February to 28 March 2020
Choreography and direction Russell Maliphant
Russell Maliphant Dance Company
The Coronet Theatre
6 to 22 February 2020
Michael Keegan-Dolan (with company)
Teaċ Daṁsa
Sadler's Wells
5 to 7 February 2020
A Radical New Version of Henrik Ibsen’s Play by Stef Smith
Young Vic and Citizens Theatre Glasgow
Young Vic Theatre
5 February to 21 March 2020
Tim Crouch
Unicorn Theatre (Clore Theatre)
5 to 29 February 2020
Jonathan Harvey with songs by the Pet Shop Boys
Cahoots Theatre Company
Leicester Square Theatre
5 February to 1 March 2020
Music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. book by Lionel Bart and Joan Maitland
The Union Theatre / Phil Willmott Company
Union Theatre
5 February to 7 March 2020
Joseph Crilly
Doreen Productions in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre
Finborough Theatre, Earl's Court
4 to 10 February 2020
Ross McGregor
Arrows & Traps Theatre
Brockley Jack Studio Theatre
4 to 22 February 2020
Music and libretto Gerald Barry
The Royal Opera
4 to 9 February 2020
Florencia Cordeu and Omar Elerian
Battersea Arts Centre, Roundhouse and CASA
Battersea Arts Centre
3 to 22 February 2020
Debris Stevenson Feat. Jammz
Royal Court Theatre
1 to 22 February 2020
Mike Bartlett
Almeida Theatre
1 to 29 February 2020
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s Globe
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare's Globe
1 February to 18 April 2020
Al Blyth
Hampstead Theatre
31 January to 15 March 2020
Clint Dyer and Roy Williams
National Theatre
Dorfman Theatre (National Theatre)
31 January to 7 March 2020
Based on the play by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, adapted by Tony Kushner, original ...
Olivier Theatre (National Theatre)
31 January to 30 March 2020
31 January to 1 February 2020
Roland Schimmelpfennig translated by David Tushingham
Unicorn Theatre, presented with PRLtd, London in association with S.Fischer V...
Unicorn Theatre (Weston Theatre)
31 January to 1 March 2020
Created by Waleed Akhtar & Zoe Lafferty
Creative Destruction
Vault Festival (Network Theatre)
30 to 31 January 2020
Janice Okoh
Revolution Mix presented by Eclipse Theatre and Belgrade Theatre Coventry
Theatre Royal Stratford East
29 January to 15 February 2020
Harry Darell
Admission Productions
Bridewell Theatre
28 January to 8 February 2020
Amy Gwilliam
The Vault, Leake Street
28 January to 2 February 2020
Samuel Beckett
The Old Vic
27 January to 28 March 2020
Ensemble Productions
London Coliseum
26 January 2020
Tom Stoppard
Wyndham’s Theatre
25 January to 13 June 2020
Miriam Sherwood with music by Thom Andrewes and Will Gardner
Dynamite Island
Camden People's Theatre
24 to 26 January 2020
John Kani
The Fugard Theatre, Cape Town and Royal Shakespeare Company
Ambassadors Theatre
24 January to 28 March 2020
Chris Bush
Headlong and Lyric Hammersmith
Lyric Hammersmith
22 January to 22 February 2020
Peter Quilter
Above the Stag
Above the Stag Theatre (Main House)
22 January to 1 March 2020
The Watermill Ensemble
Wilton's Music Hall
22 January to 15 February 2020
Director Kibwe Tavares, choreography Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar, music and sound...
Rambert
21 January to 9 February 2020
Joe Marsh
Althea Theatre
Omnibus Theatre
21 January to 8 February 2020
Ingmar Bergman (adapted by Paul Schoolman)
Persona Onstage
Riverside Studios (Studio 3)
21 January to 23 February 2020
Alexis Gregory
Alexis Gregory & Emmerson and Ward
Soho Theatre
21 January to 1 February 2020
Alan Ayckbourn
Bill Kenwright / The Classic Comedy Theatre Company
Richmond Theatre
20 to 25 January 2020
Choreography John Cranko, music Tchaikovsky / Kurt-Heinz Stolze
18 January to 29 February 2020
English National Ballet
17 to 18 January 2020
Robert Pearce
Petite Pantos
Balham Bowls Club
17 to 19 January 2020
Sam Steiner
Paines Plough
Southwark Playhouse
16 January to 22 February 2020
Cormac McCarthy
Boulevard Theatre
16 January to 14 March 2020
15 January to 8 February 2020
Miriam Battye
Royal Court Theatre Upstairs
15 January to 22 February 2020
Jack Brunger
Above the Stag Theatre (Studio)
Tony Tortora
Andy Jordan Productions and Pluto Productions
15 January to 1 February 2020
Lucy Kirkwood
Lyttelton Theatre (National Theatre)
15 January to 23 May 2020
Anton Chekhov, in a new Adaptation by Conor McPherson
Harold Pinter Theatre
14 January to 2 May 2020
Daniele Finzi Pasca
Cirque du Soleil
Royal Albert Hall
12 January to 1 March 2020
Music Giacomo Puccini, libretto Guiseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
10 January to 13 February 2020
Book by Joseph Stein, music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, r...
Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment and Hope Mill Theatre in association with ...
Park Theatre (Park 200)
9 January to 8 February 2020
Choreography Anna-Marie Holmes (after Marius Petipa and Konstantin Sergeyev),...
8 to 14 January 2020
Andy Dickinson
Stolen Elephant Theatre
Park Theatre
8 January to 11 February 2020
Rosalind Blessed
Brian Blessed
Old Red Lion Theatre
8 January to 1 February 2020
Lulu Raczka
Holy What
7 January to 1 February 2020
Athena Stevens
Sarah Lawrie for Aegis Productions in association with Neil McPherson for the...
Finborough Theatre
Firenza Guidi
NoFit State Circus
Roundhouse
3 to 18 January 2020
Birmingham Royal Ballet
29 to 31 December 2019
Book by Alan Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, based on the novel by Victo...
Cameron Mackintosh
Sondheim Theatre
18 December 2019
Adapted, directed and choreographed by Luca Silvestrini, music Frank Moon
Protein Dance Company
The Place
17 to 24 December 2019
Written by Anika Barkan Composed by Mika Forsling
Gate Theatre
17 to 21 December 2019
Charles Dickens adapted by Lydia Vie
Theatre Lab Company
Playground Theatre
15 to 29 December 2019
Created by Ella Hickson and Natalie Abrahami
Shakespeare's Globe
14 December 2019 to 15 February 2020
Mischief Theatre and Penn & Teller
Mischief Theatre
Vaudeville Theatre
14 December 2019 to 30 August 2020
Alexandra Wood
Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
13 December 2019 to 18 January 2020
Book by Rupert Holmes, original book and concept by Peter Stone, music by Joh...
Dan Looney, Adam Paulden and Jason Haigh-Ellery for DLAP Entertainment, Sally...
13 December 2019 to 11 January 2020
Adapted by Derek Webb from the novel by H G Wells
Jack Studio Theatre
11 December 2019 to 4 January 2020
Ellie Griffiths
Oily Cart
Arts Depot
11 to 31 December 2019
Music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Al Dubin, book by Michael Stewart & Mark Bra...
Ovation
Upstairs at the Gatehouse
11 December 2019 to 26 January 2020
Choreography Wayne Eagling, music Tchaikovsky
11 December 2019 to 5 January 2020
Charlotte Jones
Signal Theatre Company in association with Park Theatre
Park Theatre 90
Winsome Pinnock
Graeae and Theatre Royal Plymouth
Arcola Theatre (Studio One)
10 to 21 December 2019
Fictional Theatre
10 December 2019 to 25 January 2020
Conor McPherson, Music and Lyrics by Bob Dylan
10 December 2019 to 1 February 2020
Charles Dickens adaptation by Martin Malcolm
Paragon Theatre Collective
Old Red Lion
10 December 2019 to 4 January 2020
Tania Amsell
Will Brenton
Imagine Theatre
Fairfield Halls, Croydon
10 December 2019 to 5 January 2020
Music Guiseppe Verdi, libretto Arrigo Boito
9 to 22 December 2019
Shelagh Delaney
Trafalgar Studios
9 December 2019 to 29 February 2020
Based on the book by Shaun Tan, music and words Jules Maxwell, director and c...
The Royal Opera and Candoco Dance Company
7 December 2019 to 4 January 2020
Alan McHugh with additional material by Pete Firman
Qdos Entertainment
New Wimbledon Theatre
7 December 2019 to 5 January 2020
Michael Harrison with additional material by Alan McHugh, Paul O'Grady, Julia...
London Palladium
7 December 2019 to 12 January 2020
Choreography Edward Clug, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Wayne McGregor, music Radiohe...
MuzArts
7 to 8 December 2019
Mike Lew
6 December 2019 to 1 February 2020
Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti
Royal Court Theatre Downstairs
5 December 2019 to 18 January 2020
Louise Beresford and Anna Spearpoint
Theatre 503
4 to 31 December 2019
Craig Taylor
Jermyn Street Theatre in association with The Watermill Theatre
4 December 2019 to 11 January 2020
Choreography Matthew Bourne, music Bernard Herrmann
New Adventures
3 December 2019 to 19 January 2020
Neil Gaiman, adapted by Joel Horwood
Dorfman, National Theatre
3 December 2019 to 25 January 2020
Ellice Stevens and Billy Barrett
Breach
3 to 21 December 2019
Choreography Mauro Bigonzetti, Yuri Possokhov
Svetlana Zakharova with stars of the Bolshoi
3 to 5 December 2019
Anton Chekhov, adapted by Venetia Twigg
Theatrical Niche
2 to 7 December 2019
Inua Ellams after Anton Chekhov
2 December 2019 to 19 February 2020
Peter Morris
Barons Court Theatre
2 to 6 December 2019
John Webster
30 November 2019 to 25 January 2020
Tom Morton-Smith
29 November 2019 to 18 January 2020
Book by Craig Lucas, Music by Daniel Messé, Lyrics by Nathan Tysen and Daniel...
The Watermill, Newbury
29 November 2019 to 1 February 2020
Script by John Savournin, original music and lyrics by David Eaton
Charles Court Opera
King's Head Theatre
29 November 2019 to 11 January 2020
Choreography Ninette de Valois after Lev Ivanov and Enrico Cecchetti, music L...
28 November 2019 to 7 January 2020
Jackie Sibblies Drury
Young Vic
28 November 2019 to 23 January 2020
Jesse Briton & Paula B Stanic; devised by the Company
Bear Trap Theatre and Paula B Stanic
Stratford Circus Arts Centre
27 to 30 November 2019
Lou Stein
27 November 2019 to 11 January 2020
Eve Leigh
27 November to 21 December 2019
Edmond Rostand, in a new version by Martin Crimp
The Jamie Lloyd Company
Playhouse Theatre
27 November 2019 to 29 February 2020
Choreography Richard Alston and Martin Lawrance
Richard Alston Dance Company
J B Priestley
26 to 30 November 2019
Rukhsana Ahmad
Kali Theatre
26 November to 7 December 2019
Ian Kershaw
Tara Finney Productions
26 November 2019 to 4 January 2020
Stephanie Martin
Streatham Space Project
26 November to 1 December 2019
Emlyn Williams
26 November to 21 December 2019
Book, music and lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein
Phoenix Theatre
30 January 2019 to 15 February 2020
Book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, inspired on Alexander Hamilton ...
The Public Theater
Victoria Palace Theatre
From 6 December 2017
Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields
Duchess Theatre
From 5 September 2014
Book by Stephen Levenson, music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Noël Coward Theatre
29 October 2019 to 27 June 2020
Based on the novel by Roald Dahl, book by Dennis Kelly, music and lyrics by T...
Royal Shakespeare Company
Cambridge Theatre
7 October 2011
