The Prestige
The director Christopher Nolan is reunited with Christian Bale, who stars alongside Hugh Jackman in this twisted thriller about rival magicians in Victorian London. From Nov 10

Don Juan in Soho
Rhys Ifans plays the legendary lothario in Patrick Marber’s 21st-century update. Michael Grandage directs. Donmar Warehouse, WC2, from Nov 30 (0870 060 6624)

RSC winter season
Three of the company’s knockout Stratford productions from the Complete Works Festival transfer to the West End for 16 weeks: Much Ado about Nothing, with Tamsin Greig and Joseph Millson as Beatrice and Benedick; Gregory Doran’s blazing Antony and Cleopatra, with Patrick Stewart and Harriet Walter; and The Tempest, with Stewart as Prospero. Novello, WC2, from Dec 7 (0870 950 0940)

The Last King of Scotland
The documentary-maker Kevin Macdonald directs his first feature film, a Peter Morgan adaptation of Giles Foden’s novel. Forest Whitaker plays Idi Amin; James McAvoy, a young Scottish doctor. From Jan 12