Anna Friel as Holly Golightly in the new stage version of Breakfast at Tiffany's Uli Weber/PA Wire

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// For the celeb-hungry //

Chicago

Destiny’s Child star Michelle Williams makes her West End debut as Roxie Hart in the long-running musical. Ooh, maybe Beyoncé will make the opening night. Read more

Cambridge Theatre, from 13 Jul, 0844 412 4652

A Streetcar Named Desire

Glamourpuss Rachel Weisz returns to the London stage for the first time in five years to play Southern belle Blanche DuBois in the ­Tennessee Williams classic. Read more

Donmar Warehouse, 23 Jul-3 Oct, 0870 060 6624

Calendar Girls

Some famous faces join the cast of this comedy based on the real-life WI naked ­calendar shenanigans. Baring flesh will be former Hollyoaks actress Gemma ­Atkinson, Jerry Hall and, er, Dot Cotton, aka June Brown. Read more

Duke of York’s, from 28 Jul, 0844 482 5140

The Naked Truth

Abi Titmuss in a comedy about local pole dancing classes. Well, it sounds like it could be amusing… Read more

Hackney Empire, 30 Jun-4 Jul, 020 8985 2424

// For hot stuff //

Dorian Gray

If you didn’t see it last time around, Matthew Bourne’s sexy men-in-pants re-imagining of Oscar Wilde’s novella is back for more. Read more

Sadler’s Wells, 7-19 July, 0844 412 4300

Carlos Acosta and Guests

Dance’s sizzling Cuban ­superstar always puts on a spectacular show and his return to the London ­Coliseum promises new ­material and old favourites. Read more

London Coliseum, 22-25 Jul, 0871 911 0200

//For the razzle dazzle //

Mariinsky Ballet

Russia’s acclaimed 200-strong Mariinsky Ballet Company storm the Royal Opera House this summer, with dance interpretations of Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, a triple Balanchine bill and The Sleeping Beauty. Read more

Royal Opera House, 3-15 Aug, WC2,

Walking with Dinosaurs

Stomping, roaring, animatronic dinosaurs at The O2 and Wembley. Raaaaargh. Read more

The O2, 5-9 Aug; Wembley Arena, 26-30 Aug, 0844 856 0202

High School Musical 2

If you’re not one of its ­millions of teenage fans, you might be nonplussed. If you are, you’ll be queuing around the block for tickets to this modern-day Grease. Read more

New Wimbledon Theatre, 22 Aug-5 Sep, 0870 060 6646

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// For new drama //

Jerusalem

Starring Mackenzie Crook, award-winning playwright Jez Butterworth’s comedy focuses on a country wastrel ducking between eviction, drunken mates, a kicking and his kids. Read more

Royal Court Theatre, 10 Jul-15 Aug, 020 7565 5000

Black Album

Hanif Kureishi’s stage adaptation of his own novel about the battle between fundamentalism and liberalism in British Muslim society. Read more

National Theatre, 14 Jul-7 Oct, 020 7452 3000

A New World

Comedians writer and political drama powerhouse Trevor Griffiths returns with a new play about 18th-century ­English ­radical Thomas Paine. Read more

Shakespeare’s Globe, 29 Aug-9 Oct, 020 7401 9919

// For the avant-garde //

Medea/Medea

A multimedia reworking of the Greek tragedy featuring “actors and dancers, live and pre-recorded images, found texts and real objects”. Read more

Gate Theatre, 18 Jun-18 Jul, 020 7229 0706

4.48 Psychosis

Nineties theatre wunderkind Sarah Kane’s last play about a mind shutting down was written shortly before she hanged herself. Unsurprisingly, it’s her most disjointed work. Read more

Young Vic Theatre, 21 Jul-8 Aug, 020 7922 2922

Pornography

Simon Stephen’s controversial Edinburgh fringe hit about the 7 July bombings ­finally comes to London. Read more

Tricycle Theatre, 4-29 Aug, 020 7328 1000

// For a giggle //

Spike Milligan’s Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall

The comedian’s war memoirs make it to the stage. ­Features comedy, song, dance and Nazis. What more could you want? Read more

Hampstead Theatre, 22 Jul-22 Aug, 020 7722 9301

Forbidden Broadway

Spoof musical which has been one of Broadway’s longest running shows comes to funky south London venue the Menier Chocolate Factory. Expect witty parodies on everything from Phantom to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Read more

Menier Chocolate Factory, 2 Jul-13 Sep, 020 7907 7060

// For musical lovers //

Too Close to the Sun

Telling the story of the last days of Ernest Hemingway’s life through song sounds like an unlikely call but, then again, so did Les Mis… Read more

Comedy Theatre, 16 Jul-5 Sep, 0844 871 7622

Hello, Dolly

Hello, Dolly’s composer, Jerry Herman, burst into tears when he saw his songs in Pixar’s heartwarming robot flick Wall-E. This ­staging has Samantha Spiro playing the role of Barbra Streisand from the 60s flick. Read more

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, 30 Jul-12 Sep, 0844 826 4242

Breakfast at Tiffany’s

The West End’s next ­mega-musical opening stars Anna Friel as good-time girl Holly Golightly in this stage remake of the film classic. Read more

Theatre Royal Haymarket, 9 Sep-9 Jan, 0845 481 1870