Help is on the way, dears! Everyone’s favourite Scottish nanny – first inhabited in the 1993 comedy film by Robin Williams, playing a divorced dad who disguises himself as Mrs Doubtfire so he can see his children – is now a West End star.

The inventive, heartfelt and raucously funny stage musical adaptation has become a new audience favourite, packed with gags, big musical numbers, and a touching reflection on how family can come in different forms, as long as there is love.

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Make your family visit to West End musical comedy *Mrs Doubtfire* a sure-fire hit by adding even more fun activities to your London trip.

Further casting has been announced for the Brie Larson-led production of Sophocles’s [*Elektra*,](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/42608-elektra) which begins performances at the Duke of York’s Theatre in the West End on 24 January, 2025.

Larson, who is making her West End debut, will be joined by Stockard Channing (*The West Wing, The Good Wife*), Marième Diouf (*Romeo and Juliet*), Greg Hicks (*Grapes of Wrath, Coriolanus*), and Patrick Vaill ([*Stranger Things: The First...

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Stockard Channing, Marième Diouf, Greg Hicks, and Patrick Vaill will join Brie Larson in Anne Carson's translation of Sophocles's great tragedy.

The full cast has been announced for William Shakespeare's *A Midsummer Night’s Dream*, which opens at the Barbican in London on 3 December, running until 18 January, 2025.

Joining Mathew Baynton (*Ghosts, Wonka*) as Bottom, is Andrew Richardson (*Guys and Dolls*) as Oberon/Theseus and Katherine Pearce (*Waterloo Road*), who returns to the RSC as Puck.

New company members also include Alexander Bellinfantie (Moth), Eliza Smith (Mustardseed), and Natalie Thomas (Peaseblossom).

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Joining Mathew Baynton as Bottom, is Andrew Richardson as Oberon/Theseus and Katherine Pearce as Puck. Eleanor Rhode directs Shakespeare's play about love, magic, appearance, and jealousy.

Lead casting has been announced for new musical *Hercules*, which opens in the West End next summer. Performances will begin at Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 6 June, 2025.

Luke Brady will play the title role in the musical next year. His stage credits include *As You Like It* (RSC), *SuperYou* (Lyric Theatre), *Assassins* (Chichester Theatre), *The Prince of Egypt* (Dominion Theatre), *Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice,* and *The Taming of the Shrew* (Shakespeare’s Globe), while on screen he...

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*Hercules* has music by Alan Menken and lyrics by David Zippel, and a new book by Robert Horn and Young Vic outgoing artistic director Kwame Kwei-Armah.

There’s no better way to escape those dark winter nights than with a trip to the theatre. Happily, November is serving up plenty of exciting London shows to keep any winter blues at bay, with some major openings in the West End and beyond. 

Those who can't wait for *The Greatest Showman* musical to arrive in London can whet their appetities with [*Come Alive!*](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/37379-come-alive), a spectacular circus show based on the music of the hit 2017 film, with an...

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Find out the best shows to see in London in November 2024, from *Barcelona* with Lily Collins and Álvaro Morte, to *Dr. Strangelove* with Steve Coogan.

Additional shows have been announced in the Bush Theatre's line-up for 2025, including a new play starring Olivier Award nominee and *It's a Sin* actor Omari Douglas.

He has been cast in Coral Wylie's new play *Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew*, which follows 19-year-old Pip as they dig into their family's past, unearthing old secrets. Directed by Debbie Hannan (Overflow), the cast also includes Wil Johnson, Pooky Quesnel, and writer Wylie. The show will run from 8 February to 22 March.

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Work by Coral Wylie, babirye bukilwa, and Mohamed-Zain Dada will continue the Bush Theatre's programming in 2025, with Olivier Award nominee Omari Douglas returning to the stage.

New play *The Last Laugh* will run at the Noël Coward Theatre in the West End from 25 February to 22 March next year, ahead of a season in New York and a UK tour. 

Written and directed by Paul Hendy, the show re-imagines the lives of three of Britain's greatest comedy heroes: Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe, and Bob Monkhouse. *The Last Laugh* played at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer. 

Bob Golding, Damian Williams, and Simon Cartwright will all reprise their roles as Eric Morecambe,...

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Written and directed by Paul Hendy, the show re-imagines the lives of three of Britain's greatest comedy heroes: Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe, and Bob Monkhouse.

Something wicked this way comes… and London is packed with spook-tacular shows and activities that are perfect for Halloween 2024. The annual fright night falls on 31 October, which is a Thursday this year, and if you just love everything about this spine-tingling holiday, then you’ll want to start thinking about your plans now.

One ghoulishly great way to celebrate Halloween is with a play or musical – perhaps one that centres on witches, like...

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Trick or treat! Discover a wide variety of fun activities and events to book for Halloween in London, ranging from spine-chilling shows to eerie attractions.

It’s Halloween, duh! [*Mean Girls*](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/35503-mean-girls) has announced it will be extending performances at the Savoy Theatre in the West End until 8 June, 2025. 

Tina Fey's hit musical, which is based on the 2004 film of the same name, follows student Cady Heron as she attempts to fit into North Shore High after being home schooled in Africa. But when she gets involved with popular girl group The Plastics, she learns that there are few things more dangerous...

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Tina Fey's hit musical, which is based on the 2004 film of the same name, follows student Cady Heron as she attempts to fit into North Shore High after being home schooled in Africa.

I dreamed a dream! West End star Lucie Jones (*Wicked, Waitress, Pippin, Ghost, The Baker’s Wife*) will return to the London production of [*Les Misérables*](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/300-les-miserables-tickets) for eight weeks this December. She will play Fantine from 23 December to 15 February 2025.

Katie Hall, who is currently playing Fantine in the West End, will perform the role in the World Tour of *Les Misérables The Arena Spectacular* from 26 December, in Manchester,...

Lucie Jones to return to 'Les Misérables' in the West End for eight weeks 

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This October, *Les Misérables* entered its 40th year in London and is celebrating with its first world tour: *Les Misérables The Arena Spectacular*.

Due to the <a href="/theatre-news/news/west-end-theatre-cancellations-extended-to-28th-june-due-to-global-coronavirus">closure of West End theatres</a>, currently to 28th June 2020, the <a href="/theatres/almeida-theatre">Almeida Theatre</a> transfer of <a href="/show/the-doctor">The Doctor</a> is now postponed to 2021. The acclaimed play will still star <a href="/actor-profile/juliet-stevenson">Juliet Stevenson</a> as Ruth Woolf, with new dates to be confirmed.If you have booked tickets with LondonTheatre.co.uk for <a href="/show/the-doctor">The Doctor</a>, you will be contacted by our customer service team.Set in a London hospital, <a href="/show/the-doctor">The Doctor</a>&nbsp;follows Ruth Woolf, a physician who is treating a young patient with sepsis. When a priest is sent by the girl's parents to deliver the last rites, Ruth faces a moral dilemma and a national discussion occurs. Stevenson will reprise her Almeida performance, with further casting to be announced.&nbsp;Speaking about the postponement, Juliet Stevenson said: "Very occasionally in a career, maybe once a decade if you're lucky, you get the chance to perform in a play that speaks so powerfully to its time that it captures everyone's hearts and minds. The Doctor did that last year at the Almeida, and was set to do it again in the West End.I am thrilled that we will be back next Spring, and that audiences emerging from their seclusion will have the chance to see it... It couldn't be more pertinent in its exploration of the ethical decisions doctors currently face on the front line today, and of much else besides - of things far beyond the realm of the merely newsworthy."<a href="/show/the-doctor">The Doctor</a> will now be at the <a href="/theatres/duke-of-yorks-theatre">Duke of York's Theatre</a> in 2021, with dates to be announced.&nbsp;

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Juliet Stevenson stars in Robert Icke's blistering production of *The Doctor* at the Duke of York’s Theatre. *The Doctor* tickets are available on London Theatre now.

*The Doctor* play is based on Arthur Schnitzler’s 1912 drama, *Professor Bernhardi*. The pre-World War One drama was banned when war broke out, and was later allowed to be staged after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918.

The original play explores the treatment of a woman who contracts sepsis after an abortion. Nearly a century later, *The Doctor* follows a similar story. This time, the story is set in north London — rather than Vienna — and follows Professor Ruth Woolf, a senior physician who treats a young patient with sepsis when a priest is sent by the girl's parents to deliver the last rites. This poses a huge moral dilemma for the doctor, which erupts into a national scandal.

Robert Icke's *The Doctor* modernises the 20th-century story, setting it in a contemporary hospital, while also posing questions about human's innate views on identity, perception and bias.

*The Doctor* premiered at the Almeida Theatre in 2019. In a [London Theatre review of *The Doctor*](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/reviews/the-doctor-review-duke-of-yorks-theatre-juliet-stevenson), our critic said: “Professor Bernhardi’s identity politics overhaul transforms *The Doctor* into an urgent and provocative piece of theatre that taps into the sociopolitical zeitgeist."

[Juliet Stevenson](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/actor-profile/juliet-stevenson) reunites with director Icke after their previous collaborations on plays such as *Hamlet* and *Mary Stuart*, both productions for the Almeida which ultimately transferred to the West End. 

*The Doctor* tickets are available on London Theatre now. Book your *The Doctor* tickets on London Theatre today.

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Morals meet medicine in a national scandal. Acclaimed writer/director Robert Icke and Juliet Stevenson unite to bring this sell-out adaptation to the West End. 
Banned in its time, this 19th century drama is reimagined as the story of a North London physician who is faced with a difficult problem that becomes national news. 
Get your tickets to *The Doctor* at the Duke of York’s Theatre today. 

Robert Icke’s *The Doctor* play raises questions of identity, religion and perception in a modern-day society. The play also reunited Icke with lead actress Juliet Stevenson. Together, they’ve worked on London plays such as *Hamlet* and *Mary Stuart*, coincidentally all shows opened at the Almeida Theatre.

Juliet Stevenson reprises her Olivier Award-nominated turn as Professor Ruth Woolf in *The Doctor*. Christopher Osikanlu Colquhoun, Mariah Louca, Daniel Rabin, Naomi Wirthner and Hannah Ledwidge also return from the Almeida production to star in the West End transfer.

Enter the West End’s newest waiting room — the Duke of York’s Theatre — this autumn. The doctor will see you now. Book *The Doctor* tickets in London on TodayTix.

## What to Watch For:

- Arthur Schnitzler’s 1912 drama, *Professor Bernhardi*, was banned when it was first published. The pre-World War One drama was banned when war broke out, and was later allowed to be staged after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918.
- Director Robert Icke often adapts contemporary texts. He’s previously worked on adaptations of *Oresteia*, *1984*, and *The Crucible*. He served as associate director at the Almeida Theatre from 2013 to 2019.

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“No human is an island. We don’t drive change alone,” says a televised debate moderator in [*The Doctor*](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/18876-the-doctor-tickets). But for Professor Ruth Wolff, the subject of said debate, what instigates change? Can medicine be the basis for all rational thoughts, or does identity politics intersect into big decision making?

At the start of *The Doctor*, Wolff rationalises denying a 14-year-old who self-administered her own abortion the ability to have her last rites as a Father is not permitted in the room. The case initially sends shockwaves in the medical community, but quickly transpires into a national medical ethics dilemma: a 50,000-strong petition demands her appearance on TV debates, she eventually resigns from her position, and becomes physical. By the end, the central case is overshadowed by wider debates about religion, ethnicity, and personal morals, but for Wolff, it all relays back to the one moment she said no.

Robert Icke adapts Arthur Schnitzler’s 1912 play, *Professor Bernhardi*, into *The Doctor*. Elements of the original text remain — Ruth Wolff is a Jewish physician, and the patient dies of sepsis. But *Professor Bernhardi*’s identity politics overhaul transforms *The Doctor* into an urgent and provocative piece of theatre that taps into the sociopolitical zeitgeist.

Icke taps into our unconscious bias from the get-go. As characters reveal their ethnicity or gender through words, we’re left to build the characters through language, rather than at face value. In doing so, it takes away potential predictability, and we learn of events at the same time as Ruth Wolff. As she begins to understands how her ideas affect others, you almost watch the character’s brain snap into action, and it’s compelling viewing. Three hours fly by in a matter of minutes. 

[Juliet Stevenson](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/stars-on-stage/juliet-stevenson) gives a masterful performance as Professor Ruth Wolff, timing every disdainful look and eyebrow raise to perfection. She starts out as a callous doctor with a penchant for correct grammar and a booming voice to a fragile, vulnerable woman who loses everything that forms her identity. You see her tears. You feel her heartache. As she frantically runs around the bare stage, you cry for someone to help her break her surroundings and the walls she built for herself. For Stevenson to do this eight times a week is seriously impressive. 

You’d be forgiven for thinking Ruth Wolff’s case in The Doctor is similar to that of the witch hunts in *The Crucible*, coincidentally playing at the National Theatre. For Wolff, “doctors are witches in white,” — a label to be feared and an easy scapegoat if things go wrong. As she’s forced into the spotlight in a televised debate (Stevenson sits with her back to the audience and we see her on camera throughout this section), Wolff must defend herself in a medical witchhunt where there’s no way out. She must wake up to “wokeness”, or else she’s on the stakes.

But for one doctor to shine, it takes an exceptional team too: Chris Osikanlu Colquhoun, Doña Croll, Mariah Louca, Daniel Rabin, Naomi Wirtner, and Sabrina Wu work commendably as doctors of all ranks in the first half to bring a *Grey’s Anatomy* likeness to proceedings, and debate show panellists in the second half. 

Detached from the main narrative, Wolff acts as an emotional crux for Sami, a young person who struggles to find their place in a confusing world. Matilda Tucker plays Sami with their heart on their sleeve, and as the pair break apart from each other, the end result is harrowing.

Hannah Ledwidge’s live drumming adds a theatrical heartbeat to the proceedings. It amplifies the tension in all the right moments without distraction, and also adds pace. Natasha Chiver’s cold and clinical lighting matched with Hildegard Bechtler’s equally bare set design complement the show.

If *The Doctor* play laid on an operating table, medical practitioners would examine how science, religion, and identity sit in the body and affect our way of living. Now, *The Doctor* sits on a wider table — the [Duke of York’s Theatre](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatres/duke-of-yorks-theatre) — allowing more audiences to understand what makes a person. *The Doctor* is the dramatic equivalent of a scientific breakthrough.

[*The Doctor is at the Duke of York's Theatre through 11 December. Book The Doctor tickets on London Theatre.*](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/18876-the-doctor-tickets)

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Juliet Stevenson is a highly regarded British stage and screen performer known for her many performances across both in films and plays in London.

Juliet Stevenson was born in Essex. Stevenson’s mother was a teacher and her father was an army officer who was assigned a new post every two and a half years. Having studied at a number of different schools, Stevenson was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company upon graduating.

During her time with the RSC, Stevenson appeared in productions of *The Tempest*, *Antony and Cleopatra*, *Measure for Measure*, *Henry IV* and *As You Like It*. Having made her name as a stage actress, Stevenson began to split her time between stage and screen as she landed roles in films like *The March* and *Truly, Madly, Deeply* during the early 1990s.

In 1991, she appeared in the role of *Death and the Maiden* at the [Royal Court](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatres/royal-court-theatre) and its subsequent West End transfer, which saw her recognised with the Olivier Award for Best Actress. She had received four nominations prior, in 1984, 1986 and 1987, and since she has been nominated for *Duet for One* in 2010.

In recent years, Stevenson has forged a relationship with Robert Icke and the [Almeida Theatre](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatres/almeida-theatre). She has starred in his productions of *[Mary Stuart](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/mary-stuart)*, *[Hamlet](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/hamlet-almeida-theatre-2017)* and *[The Doctor](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/the-doctor)*, all of which premiered at the North London fringe theatre, and subsequently transferred to the West End. *Mary Stuart* saw Stevenson share the lead role with Lia Williams, and a coin flip at the beginning of each performance determine who played the title character or Elizabeth I.

Stevenson then led the highly-acclaimed Robert Icke play, *The Doctor*, at the Almeida Theatre. *The Doctor* transfers to the Duke of York's Theatre.

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The **Duke of York's Theatre** is one of the most prestigious theatres in the bustling city of London. Nestled in the heart of St Martin's Lane, it boasts a rich history dating back to its opening in 1892. The theatre is named after King George V and since its establishment, it has featured an array of stunning performances and world-renowned plays. The auditorium is an impressive spectacle in its own right, designed in proscenium style, with the capacity to accommodate up to 640 spectators. Over the years, it has maintained its classic Edwardian decor, adding to the immersive theatre experience it provides. Furthermore, the theatre has state-of-the-art technical facilities and provides excellent acoustics, ensuring an awe-inspiring experience. 

**How to get to the venue:** 

Duke of York's Theatre is well-connected to public transportation. The closest tube stations include Charing Cross, Leicester Square, and Covent Garden. Alternatively, several buses stop near St Martin's Lane. For those driving, there are car parks nearby. However, due to London's congestion charge, public transport is the most convenient and often, the easiest way to reach the theatre.

**Additional Information** 

Venue opens 1hr 30min before showtime. 
Please arrive with plenty of time. Latecomers will be admitted at a suitable point, which may be the interval.

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The Duke Of York’s Theatre opened as the Trafalgar Square Theatre in 1892.The playhouse received its current name three years later in 1895, in honour of the future King George V. 

Famous productions to play at the Duke Of York’s Theatre include David Belasco’s *Madame Butterfly* in 1900 – Puccini was in the audience and famously turned the story into an opera. J. M. Barrie's famous creation *Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up* opened at the theatre on 27 Dec. 1904.

Typically, the Duke of York's Theatre is home to short-running plays, with West End and Broadway stars appearing.

## Duke of York's Theatre Seating Information

The auditorium has three levels – Stalls, Royal Circle and Upper Circle.

The Stalls offer good legroom throughout, and the raking of the seats is very good, noticeably from Row D onwards. 

In the Royal Circles, there is no visual obstruction from the Upper Circle. 

The seats in the Upper Circle curve towards the stage. The final two rows of the Upper Circle are bench seats.

## Additional Information

Venue opens 1hr 30min before showtime. 
Please arrive with plenty of time. Latecomers will be admitted at a suitable point, which may be the interval.

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Duke of York's theatre, initially Trafalgar Square Theatre in 1892, was renamed in 1895. It typically showcases short-running plays with West End, Broadway stars, and has three auditorium levels.

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The Duke of York's Theatre is a prestigious historical venue in London, showcasing world-renowned plays with modern facilities. It's accessible via public transport.

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