Deeply unsettling: Orphans

// Dead certs //

The Stefan Golaszewski plays

Double bill of tragi-comic monologues by Stefan ­Golaszewski, member of BBC Four comedy troupe Cowards, is coming to the Bush. Two touching and funny tales of love – the first told when Stefan is 18 and the second when he’s 76.

Bush Theatre, W12, from 2 Dec, 020 8743 5050, bushtheatre.co.uk

Edinburgh Comedy Award winners

Every year the funniest of fringe comedy transfers to London for a West End season. The acts are announced at the end of August, and perform with previous winners of what used to be the Perriers including The League of Gentlemen, Lee Evans and Frank Skinner.

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Catwalk Confidential

Ah, the trials and tribulations of being a 70s catwalk star. This one-woman show penned by and starring ex-supermodel Robyn Peterson is a juicy yarn of drugs and eating disorders.

Arts Theatre, WC2, from 4 Sept, 0845 017 5584

Orphans

Dennis Kelly’s bleak and tense thriller has been lavished with praise by critics in Edinburgh. “Darkly comic and deeply ­unsettling”, according to the Guardian.

Soho Theatre, W1, from 20 Sept, 020 7478 0100

Life In Three Acts

Gay icon Bette Bourne in ­conversation with playwright Mark Ravenhill, telling of his life, from Hackney upbringing to the forefront of the Gay Lib movement.

Soho Theatre, W1, 21-27 Sept, 020 7478 0100

// Good Bets //

Midsummer

Comic and romantic “play with songs” about the tussle ­between a divorce lawyer and a petty criminal. “A romantic comedy that has a good head on its shoulders as well as a huge heart at its centre,” says one critic. No firm plans yet, though.

Morecambe

This play about the life of ­legendary entertainer Eric Morecambe got five-star reviews and definitely has the broad appeal to make it in the capital.

Internal

The hot ticket of this year’s festival is a mix between a confession and a speed date. You are the only audience member as you reveal your innermost ­secrets to a complete stranger. Plans are in the offing for a London version in 2010.

// Long shots //

Blondes

Denise van Outen’s homage to blonde bombshells – including Dolly Parton and Madonna – looked like a shoo-in for a transfer ­pre-festival. But the reviews have not been kind (“entertainment’s equivalent of a bad hair day”), making the journey south touch and go.

Faust

One of the big openings at this year’s Edinburgh is a ­Romanian take on Faust – and big is the word, with its 100 ­performers. Five-star reviews (“stupendous”) might point to a future life, but moving it would be pricey.