Anna Friel will star in Breakfast at Tiffany's

// Blockbusters //

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

James Earl Jones – yep, the gravelly voice of Darth Vader – is Big Daddy in this ­all-black production of ­Tennessee ­Williams’s Pulitzer Prize-winner, which arrives fresh from a sold-out Broadway run.

Novello, 21 Nov-10 Apr, 5 Aldwych, WC2, 020 7759 9611, £10-£49.50

Mother Courage and Her Children

Tony Kushner’s translation of Brecht’s masterpiece was last performed in Central Park with Meryl Streep as the ­grotesque title character. It’s Fiona Shaw who steps into those shoes as it comes to the ­National, with two-time ­Olivier Award-winner ­Deborah Warner directing.

National, 10 Sep-8 Dec, South Bank, SE1, 020 7452 3000, £10-£30

Annie Get Your Gun

It’s Jane Horrocks who’ll be doing the gun-slinging in Irving Berlin’s Wild West ­musical, which hasn’t hit London in 17 years.

Young Vic, 3 Oct-2 Jan, 66 The Cut, SE1, 020 7922 2922, £10-£29.50

Breakfast at Tiffany’s

She’s made the transition from small to big screen, but how will Anna Friel fare as diamond-coveting Manhattanite Holly Golightly? And will Samuel Adamson’s new stage version of Truman Capote’s story stick with the schmaltzy Hollywood ending or go for the darker undertones of the original novella? Book now to find out: this one’s going to be big.

Theatre Royal Haymarket, 18 Suffolk St, SW1, 020 79308890, £15-£49.50

//New writing //

Enron

The corporation’s collapse is re-imagined in 28-year-old Lucy Prebble’s acclaimed and ultra-relevant play, which premiered in Chichester over the summer. Directed by Rupert Goold, it treats the scandal as a classical tragedy. An autumn run at the Royal Court has already sold out, but you can email the box office (boxoffice@royalcourttheatre.com) to stay in the loop about returns, or wait for a rumoured transfer to the Apollo Theatre in January.

Royal Court, 17 Sep-7 Nov, Sloane Square, SW1, 020 7565 5000, £10-£25

The Habit of Art

Start looking forward to the world premiere of Alan ­Bennett’s latest, about an ­imagined meeting between Benjamin Britten and WH Auden. Nicholas Hytner is set to direct, and Michael Gambon will star.

National, South Bank, SE1, 020 7452 3000, £10-£42.50

Cirkus Cirkör: Inside Out

Sweden can now add punk-rock circus shows to its list of things at which it excels, thanks to the internationally ­acclaimed Cirkus Cirkör troupe, who will soon be ­balancing on knife edges, throwing themselves in the air and playing with ­elements of mime and opera at a ­theatre near you – all to a cool soundtrack of electro, punk and dub.

Peacock Theatre, 14-31 Oct, Portugal St, WC2, 0844 412 4322, £10-£36

// Big names in little-known plays //

Life Is a Dream

He’s been perfecting his ­Baltimore drawl in The Wire for the past seven years, but now ­Dominic West’s back on the London stage, and it’s a change of pace. He stars in this 17th-century play as a man cut off from the rest of the world to stop a horrifying prophecy from coming true.

Donmar Warehouse, 8 Oct-28 Nov, 41 Earlham Street, WC2, 0870 060 6624, £15-£29

Inherit the Wind

Kevin Spacey (inset) returns to tread his own boards as ­crusading lawyer Henry Drummond, defending a schoolteacher whose crime is teaching the theory of evolution to his kids. Trevor Nunn directs.

Old Vic, 18 Sep-20 Dec, The Cut, SE1, 0844 871 7628, £10-£48.50

Speaking in Tongues

It’s a good time for fans of Andrew Bovell, best known for his Strictly Ballroom screenplay. The Aussie writer’s family saga When The Rain Stops Falling had an ­acclaimed run at the Almeida, and now his 1996 detective thriller is heading to the West End, starring Life on Mars star John Simm.

Duke of York’s, 18 Sep-12 Dec, St Martin’s Lane, WC2, £10-£48.50