THEATRE

SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE

Trevor Nunn directs Iain Glen and Imogen Stubbs in this new adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s account of a troubled marriage. The Belgrade, Belgrade Square, Coventry (www.belgrade.co.uk 024-7655 3055), from Jan 12

THE VERTICAL HOUR

David Hare’s contentious latest play arrives in London with a cast led by Anton Lesser and Indira Varma. Royal Court, Sloane Square, SW1 (www.royalcourttheatre.com 020-7565 5000), from Jan 17

THREE SISTERS ON HOPE STREET

Diane Samuels and Tracy-Ann Oberman relocate Chekhov’s siblings to the Jewish community in Liverpool just after the Second World War. Everyman, Hope Street, Liverpool (www.everymanplayhouse.com 0151-709 4776), from Jan 25, then Hampstead Theatre THE MIKADO

Nichola McAuliffe and Alistair McGowan star in the first of three brief Gilbert & Sullivan runs. Also includes Jo Brand in The Pirates of Penzance and Maria Ewing in Iolanthe. The Gielgud, Shaftesbury Ave, W1 (www.delfontmackintosh.co.uk 0844 4825130), from Jan 30

THE HOMECOMING

First major production for seven years of Pinter’s weird, wonderful story of domestic tyranny. With Kenneth Cranham, Nigel Lindsay and Jenny Jules. The Almeida, Almeida Street, London N1 (www.almeida.co.uk 020-7359 4404), from Jan 31

SPEED-THE-PLOW

Old Vic boss Kevin Spacey is back on stage for a revival of David Mamet’s hypercharged look at Hollywood deal-making, with Jeff Goldblum. Old Vic, The Cut, SE1 (www.oldvictheatre.com 0870 0606628), from Feb 1

WAR AND PEACE

Shared Experience and the playwright Helen Edmunson create a two-part adaptation of Tolstoy’s classic, which then tours till May. Nottingham Playhouse, Wellington Circus, Nottingham (www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk 0115-941 9419), from Feb 1

HAMLET

Jonathan Miller becomes the first guest director for Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory. Jamie Ballard plays the great Dane. Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Road, Bristol (www.tobaccofactory.com 0117-902 0344), from Mar 20

JERSEY BOYS ( above) Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons get the biomusical treatment in this imported Broadway smash. Prince Edward, Old Compton Street, W1 (www.jerseyboyslondon.com ), from Feb 28

RSC HISTORIES

Eight Shakespeares: Richard II, both Henry IVs, Henry V, three Henry VIs and Richard III. On two weekends, you can see all the plays over four nights – but hurry! Eight-play supertickets (£96 to £280) are only available till Monday, by phone only. Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road, NW1 (www.roundhouse.org.uk 0870-389 1846), from April 1

GONE WITH THE WIND

Back in the theatre where he triumphed with Cats and King Lear, Trevor Nunn offers this musical version of Margaret Mitchell’s novel. New London, Drury Lane, WC2 (www.newlondontheatre.co.uk 0870-890 0141), from Apr 5

OPERA

PETER GRIMES

Phyllida Lloyd’s production of Britten’s masterpiece was one of the operatic highlights of 2006. The cast, headed by Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts, remains largely unchanged. Grand Theatre, New Briggate, Leeds (www.operanorth.co.uk , 0844 8482717), Jan 17-Jan 25, then touring

SALOME

What will the director David McVicar make of Richard Strauss’s steamy shocker? It has to be a mouth-watering prospect. Opera House, Floral Street, WC2 (www.royaloperahouse.org 020-7304 4000), in rep Feb 21-Mar 12

FALSTAFF

Bryn Terfel dons the fake belly for a revival of Peter Stein’s production of Verdi’s immaculate swansong. Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Place, Cardiff (www.wno.org.uk , 0870 0402000), in rep Mar 3-9, then touring

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