Double Olivier Award-winner Mark Gatiss debuts as Arturo Ui in Stephen Sharkey's version of Brecht's riotous 1941 'gangster spectacle', directed by Seán Linnen. Set against the Great Depression, it follows a schemer's rise through Chicago's corrupt underworld.

Helen Hunt and Kenneth Branagh play Ranyevskaya and Lopakhin in Laura Wade's vital new version of Chekhov's great final play, directed by RSC Co-Artistic Director Tamara Harvey. Giants at war over a cherished estate as the aristocracy faces decline.

Nina Raine adapts George Eliot's celebrated novel set in her Warwickshire homeland for the Swan Theatre, directed by Jeremy Herrin and co-produced with Second Half Productions. Described as one of the greatest works in English literature.