In a promotion from Viscount Bridgerton to the King of England, Jonathan Bailey returns to the stage in 2025 in Nick Hytner's newest production for The Bridge Theatre. Bailey will star as the titular monarch in Richard II, the first of Shakespeare's tetralogy of plays about the wars of succession during the Middle Ages, otherwise known as the 'Henriad'.

Two-time Tony Award winner John Lithgow reprises his 2025 Olivier-winning role as Roald Dahl on the West End stage in this vital portrait of the author and his widely publicized antisemitic views, directed by Nicholas Hytner. Playwright Mark Rosenblatt describes it as an "uncomfortably funny, urgent and provocative night in the theatre." The drama takes place at the height of Dahl's best-selling career and concerns the fallout from his interview with The New Statesman.

Ewan McGregor plots a much anticipated West End return as he heads to the Wyndham's Theatre in spring 2025 to star in this brand-new play by Lila Raicek. His first time back on the London stage in 17 years, My Master Builder reunites the Star Wars actor with director Michael Grandage. McGregor enthuses: "It's such a thrill be returning to the stage and to work with Michael again, an actor's director with whom I have had some of my happiest working experiences." Expect something big as My Master Builder (inspired by Henrik Ibsen's classic drama The Master Builder) takes to the stage, beginning performances in April.

Brendan Gleeson (Harry Potter, The Banshees of Inisherin) makes his long-awaited West End debut in Conor McPherson's masterpiece this autumn following a launch at Dublin's Olympia Theatre. Premiering in 1997 at The Royal Court, The Weir won the coveted trinity of theatre awards: the Evening Standard, Critics' Circle, and Olivier Awards for Best New Play, cementing McPherson's status as a playwright.

Bryan Cranston returns to the West End this November to be reunited with acclaimed director Ivo Van Hove for this brand new production of Arthur Miller's blistering play of familial strife, set in the aftermath of World War II. Starring alongside Paapa Essiedu and Marianne Jean-Baptiste, All My Sons marks Cranston and Van Hove's second project together after 2017's blockbuster stage adaptation of Network, which added both a Tony and Olivier to Cranston's already stuffed trophy cabinet.

Olivier-winning play by James Graham 'Dear England' is back and heading to London's National Theatre! Gareth Southgate's transformation of the England men's national football team in the hearts and minds of the nation is celebrated and explored in Dear England! This gripping play charts the glory, heartache and cultural reset of the Three Lions over the best part of the past decade under Southgate's command.