London editor Philip Fisher selects the top five plays in London.
Adam Blanshay Productions
The Theatre Café
From 19 February 2021
Lolita Chakrabarti
Almeida Theatre
17–20 February 2021
Lorien Haynes
Platform Presents
Original Theatre Online
15 February–15 April 2021
Steven Carl McCasland
Union Theatre and Ginger Quiff Media
Stream.Theatre
1–14 February 2021
William Wycherley
Jermyn Street Theatre
31 January–6 February 2021
Sadler’s Wells / BBC Arts Digital
BBC iPlayer
28 January–25 February 2021
Mischief Theatre
Immersive LDN
23 January–21 February 2021
Umberto Giordano, libretto by Luigi Illica
The Royal Opera
Royal Opera House, London
8 January–7 February 2021
Concept, choreography & direction by Mthuthuzeli November
Ballet Black
Ballet Black On film
From 29 December 2020
Andrew Marr and Sir Nicholas Hytner
BBC
Released 28 December 2020
Various
From 23 December 2020
Ryan Calais Cameron, Si’an Chen, Yuqun Fan, Tom Fowler, Nick Gill, Ruby Holde...
Royal Court Theatre
21–27 December 2020
Adapted by Oliver Emanuel from Caroline Brothers's novel Hinterland
Vox Motus with The Barbican and The Bridge
The Bridge Theatre
10 December 2020–16 January 2021
Miriam Battye, Amir Gudarzi, Nazareth Hassan, Matilda Ibini, Sonia Jalaly, Ja...
10–20 December 2020
Neil McDermott and Gina Beck
Danielle Tarento
Charing Cross Theatre
8–23 December 2020
Ben Ashenden and Alex Owen
Sonia Friedman Productions, Tulchin Bartner Productions with Playing Field, E...
Noël Coward Theatre
8 December 2020–3 January 2021
Travis Alabanza
Bush Theatre
8 December 2020–16 January 2021
Sadler's Wells
5 December 2020–2 January 2021
Luke Bateman & Michael Conley
ALP Musicals
Southwark Playhouse
4–5 December 2020
Jon Bradfield and Martin Hooper
Above the Stag
3 December 2020–28 February 2021
Chris Bush, Rebecca Frecknall and the Company
3 December 2020–9 January 2021
Gareth Joyner
Garden Theatre
Garden Theatre at The Eagle
3 December 2020–10 January 2021
Harold Pinter
Hampstead Theatre
3 December 2020–16 January 2021
Jodie Prenger and Neil Hurst
Paul Taylor Mills for Turbine Theatre
Turbine Theatre
3–23 December 2020
Barbican Art Gallery
3 December 2020–3 January 2021
Filmmaker Sarah Vaughan-Jones, co-directors Charlotte Darbyshire and Sophie d...
Candoco Dance Company / The Alternative Limb Project
Tate Modern
30 November–4 December 2020
Clint Dyer and Roy Williams
National Theatre
Olivier Theatre / NT Theatre at Home
27–28 November 2020
Tasha Chu, Anjali Mehra, Monique Jonas
New Adventures / Tea Films
From 27 November 2020
Various Artists
Book, music and lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein
Phoenix Theatre
30 January 2019–17 October 2020
Book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, inspired on Alexander Hamilton ...
The Public Theater
Victoria Palace Theatre
From 6 December 2017
Tom Stoppard
Wyndham’s Theatre
25 January–13 June 2020
Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields
Duchess Theatre
From 5 September 2014
Robert Lepage and Ex Machina
Ex Machina
Lyttelton Theatre (National Theatre)
6–22 March 2020
John Kani
The Fugard Theatre, Cape Town and Royal Shakespeare Company
Ambassadors Theatre
24 January–28 March 2020
Book by Alan Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, based on the novel by Victo...
Cameron Mackintosh
Sondheim Theatre
18 December 2019
Based on the novel by Roald Dahl, book by Dennis Kelly, music and lyrics by T...
Royal Shakespeare Company
Cambridge Theatre
7 October 2011
Sebastian Barry
Fishamble: The New Play Company
Trafalgar Studios (Studio One)
5 March–2 May 2020
Lucy Kirkwood
15 January–23 May 2020
27 February 2021
21 February 2021
19 February 2021
14 February 2021
12 February 2021
7 February 2021
4 February 2021
3 February 2021
31 January 2021
30 January 2021
25 January 2021
23 January 2021
22 January 2021
17 January 2021
10 January 2021
7 January 2021
27 December 2020
22 December 2020
18 December 2020
15 December 2020
14 December 2020
11 December 2020
9 December 2020
8 December 2020
7 December 2020
6 December 2020
3 December 2020
29 November 2020
28 November 2020
26 February 2021
2 October 2020
11 September 2020