WORTH A LOOK?: *
WHERE: Lounge at Leicester Square Theatre
WHEN: (Press ticket) 29/3 runs to 14/4/18
There can be no better time to launch an hour-long monologue written and performed by a woman and encompassing such weighty themes as relationships and mental health.
UPDATE: Misty transfers to Trafalgar Studios 8/9 to 17/10 Tickets
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Bush Theatre
WHEN: (Press ticket) 26/3 runs to 21/4/18, now extended to 27/4
Arinzé Kene starred with Russell Tovey in our favourite film of 2016, gay footballer storyThe Pass.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE: Arts Theatre
WHEN: 23/3, press night 27/3, runs to 23/6/18
Last year we shortlisted Tracie Bennett for our Best performance of a song monsta for I’m Still Here from Follies at the National.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE: Young Vic
WHEN: 17/3, press night 28/3 runs to 19/5/18
We leave the auditorium with tears in our eyes at the end of Part 1 to be met by Vanessa Redgrave in the venue lobby who we assume is gauging audience reaction before she debuts in Part 2.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE: Menier Chocolate Factory
WHEN: 18/3, press night 21/3 runs to 5/5/18
William Hurt won an Oscar in 1986 for his memorable performance in the film version of this play as Molina, a transgender convict who entertains her political prisoner cellmate with reminiscences from escapist films.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Young Vic
WHEN: 17/3, press night 28/3 runs to 19/5/18
Author Matthew Lopez writes in the programme of the power of literature – how watching Emma Thompson in Howards End as a 16-year-old changed his life.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2
WHERE: Hampstead Theatre
WHEN: 16/3, press night 19/3 runs to 21/4/18
UPDATE: Transfers to the Playhouse 20/11 to 6/4/19. Tickets
The original UK production of this Broadway hit won a Best New Musical Olivier Award and this revival transfers from Chichester where it earned much acclaim last year.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Wyndhams Theatre
WHEN: 10/3 runs to 7/4/18
Last Sunday Lesley Manville was pipped to a Best Actress Oscar for her role as a domineering sister to Daniel Day-Lewis in Phantom Thread and a day later she was shortlisted for the Oliviers for her role in this.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Old Vic
WHEN: 24/2, press night 1/3, runs to 14/4/18
We join director Max Webster and writer Stephen Beresford for a Q&A two nights before their production of Ingmar Bergman’s beloved children’s classic Fanny and Alexander opens.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE: Almeida Theatre
WHEN: 3/3, press night 7/3, runs to 7/4/18
UPDATE: Summer And Smoke transfers to the Duke Of York’s 10/11/18 to 19/1/19 Tickets
Last year saw two acclaimed Tennessee Williams revivals in London (the Young Vic’s Cat On A Hot Tin Roof and The Glass Menagerie at the Duke Of York’s) and his Summer And Smoke is less well known for a reason.
