Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss are the dynamic duo behind the fringe-to-West End musical shooting star that became Six. Here is their follow-up musical comedy, about a pair of eternally single besties who can’t understand why they are single. In a self-referential stroke reminiscent of A Strange Loop , the friends are figuring out the story of their next musical.
Garrick theatre, London, 27 August-13 February 2025 Adrien Brody is an Oscar winner with a track record for charisma on screen but now he makes his London stage debut as the lead in this true-life drama, written by Lindsey Ferrentino. It tells the story of Nick Yarris, whose wrongful conviction for murder led him to spend more than two decades on death row. Donmar Warehouse, London, 4 October-30 November Jamie Lloyd follows up his noirish take on Romeo & Juliet with a dedicated season of Shakespeare plays in the West End.
If Tom Holland caused a stir as one half of the star-cross’d couple, the wattage is arguably even more blinding with Sigourney Weaver cast as Prospero, making her London stage debut. No doubt, Lloyd will put his own unpredictable spin on this classic. Brace yourself.
Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London, 19 December-1 February 2025 It is always a treat to see Mark Rylance tread the boards but this production of Seán O’Casey’s 1922 drama also features Succession actor J Smith-Cameron opposite him, and is directed by Matthew Warchus. Famously adapted for screen by Alfred Hitchcock, the story dramatis.