Judi Dench is to appear alongside Ben Wishaw in John Logan's play Peter and Alice
Dame Judi Dench, Jude Law and David Walliams will join director Michael Grandage for the first season of his new West End theatre company.
Based at the 950-seat Noel Coward Theatre, the 15-month season features five plays, including two Shakespeares and a new play from John Logan.
More than 200 tickets will be available for every performance at £10 each.
The season kicks off with Simon Russell Beale in the Peter Nichols' classic Privates On Parade, in December.
The award-winning comedy is set against the backdrop of the Malaysian campaign at the end of World War II.
The first of two modern classics, it will be followed by Martin McDonagh's savage comedy The Cripple of Inishmaan, starring Daniel Radcliffe.
Grandage stepped down as the artistic director at London's Donmar Warehouse in late 2011, after nine years.
His work for the Donmar included Frost/Nixon, King Lear - with Sir Derek Jacobi, Guys and Dolls, and Red - from award-winning playwright and Hugo screenwriter John Logan.
In the forthcoming season, Dame Judi and Ben Whishaw will star in a new work from Logan, Peter and Alice, based on a chance meeting between the real-life inspirations for Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan.
Jude Law - who starred as Hamlet during Grandage's tenure at the Donmar Warehouse - will play Henry V, while Shakespearean comedy will come from David Walliams and Sheridan Smith in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Grandage has set up his new company along with former collaborator James Bierman. The pair worked together on more than 45 productions while he was executive producer at the Donmar Warehouse, until 201
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