Theatre

Othello

Until Sat Dec 12, Trafalgar Studios

Funny man Lenny Henry makes his Shakespearean stage debut in the title role of Northern Broadsides’ critically acclaimed production. Read more

Money

Critics' Choice

Until Wed Dec 30, Shunt Bermondsey Street

Shunt’s first company show in three years is a promenade production based on Émile Zola’s ‘L’Argent’, set in a three-storey disused warehouse. Read more

Inherit the Wind

Critics' Choice

Until Sun Dec 20, Old Vic

Trevor Nunn directs Kevin Spacey in a new stage version of the 1955 courtroom drama, made famous by the 1960 film starring Spencer Tracy and Gene Kelly. Read more

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Until Jan 9 2010, Haymarket Theatre Royal

Sean Mathias directs Anna Friel as Holly Golightly in Samuel Adamson's adaptation of Truman Capote's flighty novella. James Dreyfus and American actor Joseph Cross also star. Read more

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice

Until Jan 30 2010, Vaudeville Theatre

‘X Factor’ star Diane Vickers makes her stage debut in the first major West End revival of Jim Cartwright's social comedy since its 1992 premiere at the National Theatre. Also featuring Lesley Sharp as the long-suffering, northern mum of the painfully shy but prodigally talented ‘Little Voice’. Read more

Not Black and White: Seize the Day

Until Wed Dec 16, Tricycle

Three leading playwrights explore contemporary black Britain in a new season called ‘Not Black and White’. The second play in the season, Kwame Kwei-Armah’s ‘Seize the Day’, looks at the possibility of a black man running for Mayor of London. Read more