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		Taking Care Of Baby Hampstead Theatre, London A woman stands accused of killing her two children in Dennis Kelly's powerful new documentary-style play.

		Nakamitsu Gate Theatre, London The Gate stages Ben Yeoh's award-winning adaptation of the classic noh play.

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		Cymbeline Barbican Theatre, London Cheek by Jowl's intriguing production of Shakespeare's problematic tragedy.

		The Lower Depths Finborough Theatre, London Phil Willmott directs his new version of Maxim Gorky's drama of poverty and desperation.

		Poprygunya Greenwich Playhouse, London Art and science battle it out in an engaging new play based on the life and work of Anton Chekhov.

		Feelgood Rosemary Branch Theatre, London New staging of Alistair Beaton's political satire on the culture of spin.

		Nan Orange Tree, Richmond The Orange Tree continues its season of rarely staged plays with John Masefield's drama.

		Absolute Beginners Lyric Hammersmith, London Liam Steel directs a stage version of Colin MacInnes' novel of 1950s London.

		Elling Bush Theatre, London John Simm excels in an odd couple comedy based on a cult Norwegian film.

		Coriolanus Barbican Theatre, London Samurai-inspired staging of Shakespeare by the Ninagawa Theatre Company.

		All Mouth Menier Chocolate Factory, London Jonathan Lewis and Miranda Foster's comedy set in the world of voice-over recording artists.

		Tapestry Greenwich Playhouse, London Amanda Fawsett's catharthic black comedy, staged by the graduate students of the GSA Conservatoire.

		Called To Account Tricycle Theatre, London The latest of the Tricyle Theatre's 'tribunal' plays puts Tony Blair on trial.

		The Importance Of Being Earnest Jermyn Street Theatre, London Solid staging of Oscar Wilde's sparkling comedy by fringe company Antic Disposition.

		Menopause The Musical Shaw Theatre, London Hot flushes and night sweats abound as the globally successful musical arrives in London.

		Aalst Soho Theatre, London The National Theatre of Scotland's intense production about an unthinkable crime comes to London.

		Spread Greenwich Playhouse, London An entertaining exploration of women's complex relationship with food by Hourglass Theatre.

		Total Eclipse Menier Chocolate Factory, London Revival of Christopher Hampton's drama about the relationship between poets Rimbaud and Verlaine.

		Blame Arcola Theatre, London Beatrix Campbell and Judith Jones's drama tackles issues of poverty and powerlessness.

		Little Shop Of Horrors Duke Of York's Theatre, London The Menier Chocolate Factory's production of the cult musical transfers to the West End.

		The Entertainer Old Vic, London Robert Lindsay plays faded music hall star Archie Rice in John Osborne's still-powerful play.

		Generations Young Vic, London Debbie Tucker Green's short but powerful new play is a lyrical study of a South African family.

		Equus Gielgud Theatre, London Finally, after all the hype, Daniel Radcliffe makes his West End debut in Peter Shaffer's disturbing drama.

		The Soldier's Fortune Young Vic, London Anne-Marie Duff and David Bamber star in a revival of Thomas Otway's bawdy Restoration comedy.

		The Reporter National Theatre, London Ben Chaplin stars as BBC correspondent James Mossman at the National.

		John Gabriel Borkman Donmar Warehouse, London Michael Grandage directs David Eldridge's powerful adaptation of the Ibsen drama.

		Boeing Boeing Comedy Theatre, London Mark Rylance and Frances de la Tour star in a revival of the French farce.

		The Dumb Waiter Trafalgar Studios, London Lee Evans and Jason Isaacs star in Harold Pinter's sinister two-hander.

		The Man Of Mode National Theatre, London Nicholas Hytner directs an updated version of George Etherege's Restoration comedy.

		Relative Values Greenwich Playhouse, London Showdon'ttell theatre stage Noel Coward's sparkling social comedy.

		La Dispute/Scenes Of Love Plesance Theatre, London Big Brother meets Marivaux meets Shakespeare in this Anglo-French production.

		A Midsummer Night's Dream Roundhouse, London Tim Supple's Indian cast perform Shakespeare's comedy - in eight languages.

		Platonov Barbican Theatre, London The Maly Theatre of St Petersburg bring their production of Chekhov's early play to London.

		Plunder Greenwich Theatre, London The Watermill's production of Ben Travers' Aldwych farce transfers to London.

		King of Hearts Hampstead Theatre, London Royal weddings and political back-stabbing feature in Alistair Beaton's topical farce.

		Mr Sole Abode Lyric Studio, London Leo Kay stars in an inventive devised piece about urban overload and the need for escape.

		Venus And Adonis Little Angel Theatre, London Gregory Doran's magical staging of Shakespeare's poem - with puppets.

		The Skin Game Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond Old Money and New Money family values collide in a staging of John Galsworthy's drama.

		Thankfully There Is Moonlight! Greenwich Playhouse, London The Galleon Theatre Company stages Portuguese playwright Sttau Monteiro’s political drama.

		Love Child Finborough Theatre, London Joanna Murray-Smith's moving two-hander concludes the Finborough's new plays season.

		Diana Of Dobson's Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond The Orange Tree continues its ambitious season of Edwardian social drama.

		Strassman Pleasance Theatre, London Ventriloquist David Strassman brings his new show to North London's Pleasance.

		An Oak Tree Soho Theatre, London Tim Crouch's experimental new two-hander features a different actor every night.

		Pinter's People Theatre Royal Haymarket, London Bill Bailey, Kevin Eldon and Sally Phillips star in a series of Harold Pinter's comic sketches.

		Ramayana Hammersmith Lyric, London David Farr brings the epic story of Rama and Sita to the stage.

		The War Next Door Tricycle Theatre, London Tamsin Oglesby's new play explores issues of conflict, domestic and otherwise.

		Nothing But The Truth Hampstead Theatre, London South African playwright John Kani's moving post Apartheid drama.

		Fanny And Faggot Finborough Theatre, London Jack Thorne's new play tackles the story of the Mary Bell murders.

		A Model Girl Greenwich Theatre, London Emma Williams stars in a new musical exploration of the Profumo Affair.

		The Receipt Lyric Studio, London Will Adamsdale and Chris Branch dissect modern urban living in this inventive comedy.

		Chasing The Moment Arcola Theatre, London Music takes centre stage in Jack Shepherd's atmospheric drama set in an East London jazz club.

		Happy Days National Theatre, London Deborah Warner directs Fiona Shaw in Samuel Beckett’s study of existentialist angst.

		The Atheist Theatre 503, London A foul-mouthed journalist with a tall tale to tell features in Ronan Noone's misanthropic monologue.

		Blasted Soho Theatre, London A new staging of Sarah Kane's intense and brutal three-hander by the Graeae Theatre Company.

		Cymbeline Lyric Hammersmith, London Kneehigh's energetic and inventive staging of Shakespeare's tragicomedy.

		Product: World Remix/What Would Judas Do? Bush Theatre, London Double-header of controversial monologues penned and performed by Mark Ravenhill and Stewart Lee

		Antony and Cleopatra Novello Theatre, London Patrick Stewart and Harriet Walter shine in Shakespeare's tragedy at the Novello.

		Bash: Latterday Plays Trafalgar Studios, London Juliet Rylance stars in a revival of this trio of early plays by Neil LaBute.

		Much Ado About Nothing Novello Theatre, London Tamsin Greig stars in the RSC's entertaining Cuban set staging of Shakespeare's comedy.

		Coram Boy National Theatre, London Melly Still's dark seasonal production returns to the National for a second run.

		Waves National Theatre, London Katie Mitchell adapts Virginia Woolf's complex novel for the stage.

		Drunk Enough To Say I Love You? Royal Court, London The Royal Court continues its 50th anniversary celebrations with Caryl Churchill's latest.

		GBS Theatre 503, London A father's illness causes two brothers to reunite in Jason Hall's tender but comic two-hander.


		The Glass Room Hampstead Theatre, London Ryan Craig's issue-laden drama about a human rights lawyer defending an infamous academic.

		Not About Heroes Trafalgar Studios, London Revival of Stephen Macdonald's moving study of the friendship between war poets Sassoon and Owen.

		Soul-etude Old Abattoir, London Site specific performance piece, part of Riverside Studios' Feast of Eastern European Theatre.

		The Mouse Queen Unicorn Theatre, London An original and exciting show for children at the Unicorn Theatre pulls no punches.

		Orestes Tricycle, London Shared Experience bring Euriprides to the stage in a visceral production by Nancy Meckler.

		pool (no water) Lyric Hammersmith, London Renowned physical theatre company Frantic Assembly tackle Mark Ravenhill's play of artistic jealousy.

		Major Barbara Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, Surrey The Orange Tree Theatre continues its celebration of the works of George Bernard Shaw.

		Boys Plays Barons Court, London "Two homoerotic tales of hero worship" by Jack Heifner and Howard Walters, produced by Shamelessboyz.

		Krapp's Last Tape Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court, London Harold Pinter stars in the Samuel Beckett play as part of the Royal Court's 50th Anniversary celebrations.

		Seduced Finborough, London Michael Kingsbury directs his own play about the merits or otherwise of swinging.

		Faust 21 Wapping Lane, London Site specific specialists Punchdrunk work their magic in am East London warehouse.

		King Lear Barbican, London The acclaimed St Petersburg Maly theatre company bring their version on the Bard's greatest tragedy to London.

		Metamorphosis Lyric Hammersmith, London Kafka's most famous work, with music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

		Piano/Forte Royal Court, London Terry Johnson's sensationalist new play with Alicia Witt and Kelly Reilly.

		How To Live Barbican Theatre, London Performance artist Bobby Baker shares the stage with a pea at the Barbican.

		Fabulation Tricycle Theatre, London The ups and downs of a New York PR diva in a fast-paced new play at the Tricycle Theatre.

		Amadeus Wilton's Music Hall, London Peter Shaffer's play about Mozart and Salieri is revived at Wilton's Music Hall.

		Pumpgirl Bush Theatre, London Abbie Spallen's new play at the Bush, set in a border town in Northern Ireland.

		The Madras House Orange Tree, Richmond Harley Granville Barker's turn-of-the-century drama at The Orange Tree Theatre.

		Between Worlds Union Theatre, London A new play at Union Theatre set in a bureaucratic halfway station between life and death.

		Yerma Arcola Theatre, London Kathryn Hunter stars as the tragic heroine in a revival of Lorca's classic play.

		On The Third Day New Ambassadors Theatre, London Kate Betts makes her West End debut with the winning entry in The Play's The Thing.

		Beautiful Thing Sound Theatre, London Jonathan Harvey's gay coming-of-age romance returns to central London.

		The Last Five Years Menier Chocolate Factory, London Jason Robert Brown's clever two-way song cycle depicts a marriage in decline.

		Under The Black Flag Shakespeare's Globe, London Simon Bent's new play depicts the early life of Long John Silver - before he lost his leg.

		The Representative Finborough Theatre, London The Finborough continues its ambitious Rediscoveries season with Rolf Hochhuth's drama.

		Fuerzabruta Roundhouse, London The famous London venue reopens with a spectacular new show from Argentine troupe De La Guarda.

		Oblomov's Dream Jermyn Street Theatre, London Australian playwright Julia Britton adapts Ivan Goncharov's novel of apathy for the stage.

		Woyzeck Barbican Theatre, London Iceland's Vesturport Theatre return to the Barbican with an energetic version of Georg Buchner's tragedy.

		The Bee Soho Theatre, London Kathryn Hunter stars in Hideki Noda's Japanese revenge drama.

		Blowing Whistles Sound Theatre, London Relationships in the age of Gaydar explored in Matthew Todd's comedy.

		A Midsummer Night's Dream Barbican Theatre, London Inventive Korean production of Shakespeare's comedy by the Yohangza theatre company.

		Woman And Scarecrow Royal Court, London Fiona Shaw stars in Marina Carr's lyrical drama about a woman facing death.

		No Exit (Huis Clos) Landor Theatre, London A stifling staging of Jean Paul Sartre's 1944 vision of hell by the Chelsea Players.

		Show Boat Royal Albert Hall, London Spectacular in-the-round staging of Kern and Hammerstein's musical.

		The Seagull National Theatre, London Katie Mitchell directs Juliet Stevenson and Ben Whishaw in a pared down staging of Chekhov's drama.

		Market Boy National Theatre, London Rufus Norris directs David Eldridge's big, brash comedy of 1980s excess.

		Twelfth Night Barbican Theatre, London Cheek By Jowl's superb production - performed by an all-male troupe of Russian actors.

		Cruising Bush Theatre, London Slight but entertaining verbatim production about old people looking for love.

		Dido, Queen Of Carthage The Chapel of the House of St Barnabas, London Inventive production of Marlowe's tragedy by site specific specialists Angels in the Architecture.

		Bill Hicks: Slight Return The Venue, London Another chance to see Chas Early's uncanny impersonation of the late American comedian.

		The Field Tricycle Theatre, London Lorcan Cranitch stars in a compelling revival of JB Keane's Irish drama.

		Kabuki Sadler's Wells, London Ebizo Ichikawa XI, one of Japan's biggest kabuki players, stars in a moving double bill.

		Titus Andronicus Shakespeare's Globe, London Douglas Hodge stars in Lucy Bailey's inventive staging of the Bard's bloodiest tragedy.

		Gobsmack! White Bear Theatre, London Ali Muriel adds to his reputation as a master of the comically absurd with this trio of short plays.

		Aurelia's Oratorio Lyric Hammersmith, London Aurelia Thierree's unique mix of dance, circus and music hall trickery returns to the London stage.

		Coriolanus Shakespeare's Globe, London Jonathan Cake stars in Dominic Dromgoole's debut production as artistic director.

		Teacher's Playground Landor Theatre, London Pre-Edinburgh run for Michael Ross's staffroom-set dark comedy.

		The Changeling Barbican Theatre, London Olivia Williams stars in Cheek By Jowl's intense production of the Jacobean drama of duality.

		Cold Comfort Theatre 503, London Patrick O'Kane stars in Owen McCafferty's moving monologue about loss.

		Jane Eyre Trafalgar Studios, London Shared Experience's striking production of Charlotte Bronte's novel returns to the London stage.

		Crooked Bush Theatre, London Mike Bradwell marks ten years at the Bush with Catherine Trieschmann's comic three-hander.

		Lie Back In Anger Union Theatre, London Angry young woman: Bridget O'Donnell's response to John Osborne's seminal drama.

		Enemies Almeida Theatre, London Michael Attenborough directs a new version of Maxim Gorky's political drama.

		Tosca's Kiss Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond Kenneth Jupp's thought-provoking play about journalist Rebecca West and the Nuremberg trials.

		The Voysey Inheritance National Theatre, London Peter Gill directs Harley Granville Barker's Edwardian drama of families and finances.

		Valparaiso Old Red Lion, London London premiere of American novelist Don DeLillo's wordy media satire.

		The Royal Hunt Of The Sun National Theatre, London Trevor Nunn directs Peter Shaffer's epic telling of the Spanish conquest of Peru.

		15 Minutes Arcola Theatre, London Christine Harmar-Brown's thoughtful four-hander about the fragility of truth in the media age.

		Endgame Barbican Theatre, London Peter Dinklage stars in the penultimate production of the Beckett Centenary Festival.

		The Ash Boy Theatre 503, London Chris Lee's intense three-hander about a mentally unstable young man and his elderly mother.

		Hilda Hampstead Theatre, London Stella Gonet stars in a study of class and obsession by French-Sengalese playwright Marie NDiaye.

		Waiting For Godot Barbican Theatre, London The Beckett Centenary Festival continues with Walter D. Asmus' celebrated Irish production.

		Trad Bush Theatre, London Father Ted meets Waiting For Godot in Mark Doherty's surreal Irish comedy.

		Felt Effects Theatre 503, London Surface cracks appear in the relationship between a mother and daughter in Joy Wilkinson's new drama.

		Movin' Out Apollo Victoria, London Twyla Tharp's dialogue-free dance musical, set to the songs of Billy Joel.

		The Crucible Gielgud Theatre, London Dominic Cooke's powerful RSC production of Arthur Miller's classic play transfers to the West End.

		Larkin With Women Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond A superb turn from Oliver Ford Davies as the misanthropic poet, in Ben Brown's entertaining play.

		My Name Is Rachel Corrie Playhouse Theatre, London Alan Rickman directs the Royal Court's moving monologue, drawn from Corrie's own diaries and writings.

		Assassins Crucible Theatre, Sheffield Stephen Sondhiem's musical about the killers - and would-be killers - of US presidents.

		One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Garrick Theatre, London Christian Slater reprises his role as Randel Patrick McMurphy in the stage adapatation of Ken Kesey's novel.

		The Old Country Trafalgar Studios, London Timothy West stars in Alan Bennett's play of Englishness and exile.

		The Best Of Friends Hampstead Theatre, London Patricia Routledge stars in Hugh Whitemore's sedate but touching drama about long-lasting friendship.

		Period Of Adjustment Almeida Theatre, London Jared Harris and Benedict Cumberbatch star in Tennessee Williams' rarely performed comedy.

		As You Like It Novello Theatre, London Dominic Cooke directs the concluding production in the RSC's season of comedies.

		Pete And Dud: Come Again The Venue, London A tribute to the comic partnership of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.

		The Long And The Short And The Tall Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield Josie Rourke directs a powerful production of Willis Hall's wartime drama.

		Embers Duke Of York's Theatre, London Jeremy Irons stars in a tale of friendship and betrayal, adapted for the stage by Christopher Hampton.

		The Exonerated Riverside Studios, London Powerful verbatim drama that highlights the failings of the US penal system.

		Poet No. 7 Theatre 503, London Futuristic new drama about the perils of GM crops by Australian playwright Ben Ellis.

		The Odyssey Lyric Hammersmith, London David Farr directs an energetic and inventive retelling of Homer's Epic.

		Private Peaceful Trafalgar Studios, London Moving adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's First World War novel about a young soldier.

		Christmas Is Miles Away Bush Theatre, London Chloe Moss' third play is a study of adolescent friendship with a Stone Roses soundtrack.

		The Linden Tree Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond Oliver Ford Davies excels in welcome revival of JB Priestley's family drama.

		Taken In Baron's Court Theatre, London Cashless courtship as opposites attract in John W Lowell's two-hander, produced by Shamelessboyz

		Southwark Fair National Theatre, London Nicholas Hytner directs Samauel Adamson's quirky metropolitan comedy.

		House Finborough Theatre, London A wired and wild one-man show by Canadian playwright Daniel MacIvor.

		Measure For Measure National Theatre, London The acclaimed production by Complicite makes its return to the National. Directed by and starring Simon McBurney.

		A Midsummer Night's Dream Novello Theatre, London Highly entertaining third installment in the RSC's London season of Shakespeare's comedies.

		Blackbird Albery Theatre, London Jodhi May and Roger Allam play lovers forced to confront their past in David Harrower's drama.

		The Romans In Britain Crucible Theatre, Sheffield Sam West gets back in the director's chair with a revival of Howard Brenton's infamous drama.

		Nights At the Circus Lyric Hammersmith, London Angela Carter's richly mythic novel is superbly realised by Kneehigh Theatre.