London editor Philip Fisher selects the top five plays in London.
Based on a play by Ivan Vyrypaev Meyerhold Theatre Centre Lilian Baylis Studio Sadler’s Wells 15 to 16 December 2018
Wayne Eagling English National Ballet London Coliseum 13 to 30 December 2018
Devised by Sally Cookson, Adam Peck and the original company The Jack Studio Theatre The Jack Studio Theatre 12 December 2018 to 5 January 2019
Music and Lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin Book by Joe Dipietro Ovation Upstairs at the Gatehouse 12 December 2018 to 27 January 2019
Tim Etchells Forced Entertainment Purcell Room, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre 11 to 15 December 2018
Tim Webb with rap lyrics by BREIS Oily Cart Arts Depot 11 to 31 December 2018
Stephen Laughton Old Red Lion Theatre 11 December 2018 to 5 January 2019
Alan McHugh with additional material by Paul Merton and Pete Firman Qdos Entertainment New Wimbledon Theatre 8 December 2018 to 6 January 2019
Charles Dickens Assembly Arts Theatre 8 December 2018 to 12 January 2019
Alan McHugh and David McGillivray Qdos Entertainment London Palladium 8 December 2018 to 13 January 2019
Alan McHugh and Jonathan Kiley, adapted from the original by J M Barrie Qdos Entertainment Richmond Theatre 8 December 2018 to 6 January 2019
Danai Gurira Young Vic Theatre 7 December 2018 to 26 January 2019
Jacky Ivimy Ex Nihilo Theatre Group in association with Park Theatre Park Theatre 6 to 29 December 2018
Mark Ravenhill Royal Court Theatre Downstairs 6 December 2018 to 26 January 2019
Written and devised by the company Little Bulb Theatre Battersea Arts Centre 5 to 30 December 2018
Anthony Neilson, based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe Dorfman Theatre (National Theatre) 5 December 2018 to 8 January 2019
Director and choreographer Matthew Bourne, music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky New Adventures Sadler’s Wells 4 December 2018 to 27 January 2019
Choreography Peter Wright after Lev Ivanov, music Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky Royal Ballet Royal Opera House 3 December 2018 to 15 January 2019
AJ AILIA theatre company Old Red Lion 3 to 8 December 2018
Patrick Barlow, with additional material by John Ramm, Jude Kelly and Julian ... Birmingham Rep The Other Palace 3 to 5 December 2018
Tim Firth and the music of Take That Theatre Royal, Haymarket 1 December 2018 to 12 January 2019
Book and lyrics by Sarah A Nixon and Mark Chatterton, original music and lyri... Theatre Royal, Stratford East 1 December 2018 to 12 January 2019
Natasha Gordon Trafalgar Studios 1 December 2018 to 9 February 2019
Choreography Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, design Antony Gormley GöteborgsOperans Danskompani Sadler's Wells 30 November to 1 December 2018
Anton Chekhov in a new version by Terry Johnson Hampstead Theatre 30 November 2018 to 12 January 2019
Tom Wentworth Watermill Theatre, originally created by Jenny Wren Productions Jermyn Street Theatre 28 November to 21 December 2018
Anthony Neilson Southwark Playhouse The Little, Southwark Playhouse 28 November to 29 December 2018
Ellie Kendrick Royal Court Theatre Upstairs 28 November 2018 to 12 January 2019
Sarah Daniels Weighed In Productions in association with CARBON The Hope Theatre 27 November to 22 December 2018
Kane Husbands and the company The Pappy Show New Diorama Theatre 27 November to 1 December 2018
Direction & choreography Wang Ramirez, original concept, co-deviser & album c... Sadler’s Wells 27 to 28 November 2018
Jon Bradfield & Martin Hooper with songs by Jon Bradfield Above the Stag Theatre Above the Stag Theatre (Main House) 27 November 2018 to 12 January 2019
Toby Marlow, Lucy Moss, Zak Ghazi-Torbati Kenny Wax & Paul Taylor-Mills Trafalgar Studios 2 27 November 2018 to 5 January 2019
Charles Dickens adapted by Jack Thorne Old Vic Old Vic Theatre 24 November 2018 to 19 January 2019
Compiled, edited and dramatised by Oliver Chris Shakespeare's Globe Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare's Globe 24 to 30 November 2018
Susie McKenna, original music by Steven Edis Hackney Empire 24 November 2018 to 6 January 2019
Choreography James Wilton James Wilton Dance The Place 23 to 24 November 2018
John Savournin Charles Court Opera King's Head Theatre 23 November 2018 to 5 January 2019
Andrew Pollard Greenwich Theatre Greenwich Theatre 23 November 2018 to 13 January 2019
Sam Shepard Vaudeville Theatre 23 November 2018 to 23 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
Nick Makoha Fuel and Ovalhouse Ovalhouse 21 November to 1 December 2018
Lou Stein, music by Dave Carey and lyrics by Lou Stein Chickenshed Chickenshed 21 November 2018 to 5 January 2019
Joanne Bogart and Eric Rockwell Above the Stag Above the Stag Theatre (Studio Theatre) 21 November to 22 December 2018
Choreography Alastair Marriott, Wayne McGregor, George Balanchine The Royal Ballet The Royal Opera House 20 to 29 November 2018
Philip Ridley First Knight Theatre The Jack Studio Theatre 20 November to 1 December 2018
Chigozie Obioma adapted by Gbolahan Obisesan New Perspectives in association with HOME Arcola Theatre (Studio 1) 20 November to 1 December 2018
Michael McManus Honourable Man Productions in association with the White Bear Theatre White Bear Theatre 20 November to 8 December 2018
Peter Groom and Oliver Gully Jimmy Jewell Wilton's Music Hall 19 to 24 November 2018
Mikhail Lermontov adapted by Oliver Bennett and Vladimir Shcherban Hunch Theatre Arcola Theatre (Studio 2) 19 November to 15 December 2018
Elizabeth Robins Dorfman Theatre, National Theatre 18 November 2018
Jude Christian and Cariad Lloyd Lyric Hammersmith Lyric Hammersmith 17 November 2018 to 6 January 2019
Bryna Turner Dorfman Theatre, National Theatre 17 November 2018
William Shakespeare Olivier Theatre (National Theatre) 18 September 2018 to 19 January 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 (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
David Hare Lyttelton Theatre (National Theatre) 2 October 2018 to 31 January 2019
Zadie Smith, adapted by Stephen Sharkey Kiln Theatre 26 October to 22 December 2018
Rosenbaum's Rescue, a new play exploring the true story of how over 7,000 Danish Jews managed to escape the Nazi occupation in 1943, will star David Bamber, Neil McCaul, Dorothea Myer-Bennett and Julia Swift.
Roxana Silbert, artistic director of Birmingham REP for the past six years, is to leave in June 2019 to take up a similar position at London’s Hampstead Theatre.
Sandra Giorgetti reports on the reopening of Battersea Arts Centre's Grand Hall following a devastating fire in 2015.
