Opening: Henry Goodman in Resistible Rise, Filter's Twelfth Night and Menier's Lyons
Opening this week, in the West End and further afield, include Henry Goodman in ''The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui'', Filter's ''Twelfth Night'', Tom Ellis and Katy Secombe in ''The Lyons'', ''Routes'' at the Royal Court, and more
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Opening Wednesday
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
25 September
(Previews from 18 September)
After a sell-out run in Chichester, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui transfers to the Duchess Theatre for a limited run until 7 December. Henry Goodman stars in Brecht's parable of the rise of Hitler set in the economic turmoil of gangster controlled 1930s Chicago.
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Routes
25 September
(Previews from 20 September)
A new play from Rachel De-lahay about immigration and exile and what it is to be a citizen runs until 12 October at the Royal Court.
Twelfth Night
25 September
(Previews from 24 September)
Filter's new take on Shakespeare's story of romance, satire and mistaken identity runs until 6 October at the Park Theatre.
Opening Thursday
The Lyons
26 September
(Previews from 19 September)
Tom Ellis stars alongside Katy Secombe in this play that centres around the Lyons family, who have gathered around the hospital bed of their dying father Ben at the Menier Chocolate Factory until 16 November.
Opening Friday
Jekyll & Hyde
27 September
(Previews from 25 September)
Running until 19 October at Southwark Playhouse, Jekyll & Hyde fuses live music with black comedy and grotesque cabaret.