Once Upon a Time in Sokoto, Ellams' historical drama.
until Sat 8 May
Lyric Hammersmith
£10
Things to do in London this week
Things to do in London this week, Friday 30 October to Thursday 5 November: 4,394 events, among them 711 in party and club, 698 in concerts, 412 in sport, 382 in workshops and courses, 346 in theatre, 304 in exhibitions and museums and 1,541 others.
The Book Thief: musical of Markus Zusak's best-seller.
until Sat 28 Aug
Lyric Hammersmith
£10
The Young Team: a play on Scottish gang culture.
until Sat 25 Sep
Lyric Hammersmith
£10
Brock's Mill: play about nostalgia, with animation.
until Sat 5 Jun
Lyric Hammersmith
£10
Before the Coffee Gets Cold: time-travel in a Tokyo café.
until Sat 17 Jul
Lyric Hammersmith
£10
Priestley's classic drama, Daldry's staging.
until Sat 25 Sep
Alexandra Palace
from £22
Insane Asylum Seekers: darkly funny play on exile.
until Sat 20 Mar
Bush Theatre
£12–18
Global Majority: dystopian comedy by Chris Fung.
until Sat 16 Jan
Bush Theatre
from £12
Jim Cartwright's modern classic play about fame.
until Sat 23 Jan
Dorfman - National Theatre
£24
Glorious Madness: new musical with Joan Armatrading's songs.
until Mon 31 May
Dorfman - National Theatre
from £24
Samira: a political play about a vanished Syrian blogger.
until Sat 13 Mar
Dorfman - National Theatre
£24–56
Steven Webb in Marcelo Dos Santos' darkly funny comedy.
until Sun 10 Jan
The Other Palace
£24–42
In Pieces: a pop musical love story in three chapters.
until Sun 21 Mar
The Other Palace
from £42
Million Dollar Quartet: rock 'n' roll musical.
until Sun 6 Dec
The Arts at Marble Arch
from £21
Witness for the Prosecution: gripping courtroom drama.
until Sun 19 Sep
London County Hall
£18–123
The Pelicot Trial: Milo Rau's documentary theatre piece.
until Mon 30 Nov
London County Hall
from £20
Ivanov, Chekhov's drama with Chris Pine.
until Sat 16 Oct
Bridge Theatre
from £35
Pride The Musical: the 1984 miners' strike story.
until Sat 3 Jul
Bridge Theatre
from £34
The Gentleman Cheater: close-up magic by Christian Gambin.
until Wed 23 Dec
Radisson Blu Edwardian Grafton
£50
High School Musical, the Disney stage musical.
until Sun 3 Jan
Troubadour Theatre - Wembley
£34
The Seagull: Chekhov's classic drama of love and ambition.
until Tue 27 Apr
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
£6–8
Shakespeare's King John, staged by candlelight at the Globe.
until Sun 11 Apr
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
from £8
Wertenbaker's witty new play on the climate crisis.
until Sun 24 Jan
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
from £8
ABBA Voyage: ABBA as digital avatars in concert.
until Mon 28 Jun
Abba Arena
from £48
Private Jones: musical about a deaf WWI sniper.
until Sat 30 Jan
Southwark Playhouse Elephant
from £19
A Greatest Showman circus show in the big top.
until Sun 29 Aug
Empress Museum
£58
The Hunger Games musical.
until Sun 14 Feb
Troubadour Canary Wharf
£22
Pirates of the Caribbean: immersive theatre in Greenwich.
until Sun 6 Jun
Secret Cinema, Greenwich Peninsula
from £47
The Dark: family theatre about facing your fears, ages 4+.
until Sat 31 Oct
Battersea Arts Centre
Free
Blue Film: a feature film about queer camboy Aaron Eagle.
until Thu 5 Nov
The Arzner
£6
The Mini Ropery: try rope making, braiding and knots.
until Sun 1 Nov
Whitechapel Gallery
Free
Tom Hoar: paintings from Cornwall to North Africa.
until Fri 6 Nov
Panter & Hall
LAPADA: art and antiques fair in Berkeley Square, Mayfair.
until Sun 1 Nov
Sladmore Gallery
Wonders of the warehouse: hidden dockland history tour.
until Mon 23 Nov
London Museum Docklands
from £9
Theatre Royal Drury Lane Tours: ghosts and scandal.
until Sat 9 Jan
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
£22.50
LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair: paintings by Boudin and Lowry.
until Sun 1 Nov
MacConnal-Mason
Process Makes Practice: events for the Liz Larner show.
until Sun 8 Nov
In the Building
Free
Sashiko with B_Boheme: Japanese stitching for beginners.
until Sat 9 Jan
Chiswick House
from £45
Imprint Art Fair: print fair with galleries and artists.
until Sun 1 Nov
Jealous Gallery
Andrew Ryan: Honest Capacity, stand-up comedy.
until Sat 13 Feb
Leicester Square Theatre
£20