Listings
Selected listings for London shows
PLAYS
A Moon for the Misbegotten
by Eugene O’Neill, director Rebecca Frecknall
Until 16 August 2025
An unlikely connection is forged on a barren farm in Connecticut between a young woman longing to escape and an older alcoholic man haunted by the death of his mother. Michael Shannon and Ruth Wilson star in O’Neill’s final work, a sequel to Long Day’s Journey into Night.
A Moon for the Misbegotten | Almeida Theatre
Barbican Theatre
Good Night, Oscar
by Doug Wright, director Lisa Peterson
31 July–21 September 2025
On a live late-night talk show in 1950s America a celebrity actor/pianist has a meltdown. Wright’s play explores fame, artistry, and the fragility of genius. Sean Hayes reprises his Tony-winning performance from Broadway.
Bridge Theatre
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by William Shakespeare, director Nicholas Hytner
Until 20 August 2025
Return of the hugely successful 2019 immersive production of Shakespeare’s magical romantic comedy.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Bridge Theatre
Donmar Warehouse
Intimate Apparel
by Lynn Nottage, director Lynette Linton
Until 9 August 2025
New York, 1905. Financially independent Esther sews exquisite lingerie for women from all walks of life and dreams of opening her own beauty salon, but feels love is passing her by until she begins to receive beautiful letters from a lonesome stranger. Starring Samira Wiley.
INTIMATE APPAREL — BY LYNN NOTTAGE | Donmar Warehouse
Duchess Theatre
The Play that Goes Wrong
by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shield, director Mark Bell
Booking to 30 August 2026
The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society are putting on a 1920s murder mystery, but as the title suggests, everything that can go wrong … does! The original Mischief Theatre show, which won the 2015 Oliver Award for Best New Comedy, now the longest-running comedy in the West End.
The Play That Goes Wrong | Book Official Tickets | Duchess Theatre (nimaxtheatres.com)
Duke of York’s Theatre
Stereophonic
by David Adjmi, director Daniel Aukin
Until 22 November 2025
Drama set in a music studio in 1976. Here, an up-and-coming rock band recording a new album finds itself suddenly on the cusp of superstardom. The ensuing pressures could spark their break-up – or their breakthrough. Inspired by Fleetwood Mac’s recording of Rumours. Most nominated Broadway play ever with 13 nominations.
Garrick Theatre
Mrs Warren’s Profession
by George Bernard Shaw, director Dominic Cooke
Until 16 August 2025
One of Shaw’s “Plays Unpleasant”, Mrs Warren’s Profession is a social problem comedy-drama about the tensions between a brothel madam and her disapproving daughter whose university education she has funded. Starring real-life mother and daughter Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter.
Mrs. Warren’s Profession – Garrick Theatre
Gillian Lynne Theatre
My Neighbour Totoro
Adapted by Tom Morton-Smith, director Phelim McDermott
Booking to 29 March 2026
Adaptation of Studio Ghibli’s 1988 animated fantasy film about the rite of passage of two sisters in post-war rural Japan. Record-breaking, multiple Oliver Award-winning show first seen at the Barbican in 2022.
My Neighbour Totoro London Theatre Tickets | Gillian Lynne Theatre
Harold Pinter Theatre
Giant
Until 2 August 2025
by Mark Rosenblatt, director Nicholas Hytner
Transfer from the Royal Court of Rosenblatt’s award-winning debut play with John Lithgow reprising his performance as anti-Semitic bestselling children’s author Roald Dahl.
Giant | Official Box Office | Harold Pinter Theatre
A Man for All Seasons
by Robert Bolt, director Jonathan Church
6 August–6 September 2025
Revival of Robert Bolt’s 1960 historical drama about the martyrdom of Roman Catholic Lord Chancellor Sir Thomas More who refuses to acknowledge Henry VIII’s divorce from Catherine of Aragon and his precedence over the Pope as Supreme Head of the Church of England. Transfer from Theatre Royal Bath starring Martin Shaw.
A Man for All Seasons | Official Box Office | Harold Pinter Theatre
National Theatre
Olivier
Nye
by Tim Price, director Rufus Norris
Until 16 August 2025
Michael Sheen reprises his role as Aneurin “Nye” Bevin, the socialist politician who from his death bed looks back on his life from a coal-mining background in South Wales to founding the NHS. A co-production with Wales Millennium Centre.
Lyttelton
Inter Alia
by Suzie Miller, director Justin Martin
Until 13 September 2025
Jessica Parks is smart, compassionate, a true maverick at the top of her career as an eminent London Crown Court Judge. While managing the impossible juggling act faced by every working mother, an event threatens to throw her life completely off balance. Can she hold her family upright? New play from the team behind the hit Prima Facie.
Dorfman
The Estate
by Shaan Sahota, director Daniel Raggett
Until 23 August 2025
The leader of the opposition has been forced to resign in a scandal. Against the odds Angad Singh emerges as the favourite to win and make history. Shaan Sahota’s debut play is a razor-sharp exploration of family, power, and the lies we tell ourselves. Starring Adeel Akhtar.
Noël Coward Theatre
The Comedy About Spies
by Henry Lewis and Henry Shields, director Matt DiCarlo
Until 5 September 2025
The latest show by Mischief (The Play That Goes Wrong, A Comedy About a Bank Robbery) is a send-up of spy thrillers set in swinging sixties London.
The Comedy About Spies at Noël Coward Theatre in London
Old Vic
Girl from the North Country
Written and directed by Conor McPherson, music and lyrics by Bob Dylan
Until 23 August 2025
Return of the multi-award-winning musical set in the small community of Duluth, Minnesota which is battling to survive the Great Depression. McPherson weaves a story around the songs of Dylan.
Girl from the North Country – Old Vic Theatre
Palace Theatre
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Parts I & II
by Jack Thorne, director John Tiffany
Booking to 15 February 2026
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a brand new stage play inspired by the Harry Potter franchise written by Jack Thorne based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany. Set “nineteen years later” after the last novel, it is presented in two parts intended to be seen in order on the same day (matinee and evening), or on two consecutive evenings.
Harry Potter London (harrypottertheplay.com)
Phoenix Theatre
Stranger Things: The First Shadow
by Kate Trefy, the Duffer Brothers, and Jack Thorne, director Stephen Daldry
Booking to 9 November 2025
This new play is set within the mythology and world of Netflix’s hugely popular sci-fi horror series Stranger Things, a prequel that features the characters when young living in the fictional small town of Hawkins, Indiana in 1959.
Stranger Things: The First Shadow Tickets | Phoenix Theatre in London West End | ATG Tickets
Royal Court Theatre
Jerwood Theatre Downstairs
Deaf Republic
Written and directed by Bush Moukarzel and Ben Kidd, co-writer Zoë McWhinney
29 August–13 September 2025
A gunshot in occupied territory. A deaf boy is killed for disobeying orders he couldn’t hear. The next day the whole town wakes up deaf. Adapted from the poems of Ukrainian-American author Ilya Kaminsky, Deaf Republic is an epic modern fable of war, humanity, and collective resistance. A collaboration between theatre company Dead Centre and Sign Language poet Zoë McWhinney with an ensemble of deaf and hearing actors.
Shakespeare’s Globe
Globe Theatre
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare, director Sean Holmes
Until 2 August 2025
Shakespeare’s early romantic tragedy in which two young lovers are caught up in a violent feud between their families.
Romeo and Juliet | Summer 25 | What’s On
The Merry Wives of Windsor
by William Shakespeare, director Sean Holmes
Until 20 September 2025
The return of the boisterous, disreputable Sir John Falstaff sees him plotting to restore his fortunes by seducing two wealthy Windsor housewives, Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. But the hunter becomes the hunted when, wise to his schemes and determined to get the last laugh, they decide to play a few tricks of their own…
The Merry Wives of Windsor | Summer 25 | What’s On
Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare, director Robin Belfield
8 August–25 October 2025
Shakespeare’s melancholic romantic comedy in which desire and disillusion walk hand in hand in Illyria.
Twelfth Night or What You Will | Summer 25
@sohoplace
The Fifth Step
by David Ireland, director Finn den Hertog
Until 26 July 2025
Black comedy about the tensions between two men on the 12-step programme of Alcoholics Anonymous, one a newcomer (Jack Lowden) and the other his sponsor (Martin Freeman). First staged to much acclaim at Edinburgh Festival last year.
The Fifth Step at @sohoplace | A Gripping New Play
Every Brilliant Thing
by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe, directors Jeremy Herrin and Duncan Macmillan
1 August–8 November 2025
A child attempts to ease their mother’s depression by creating a list of all the best things in the world. Through adulthood, as the list grows, they learn the deep significance it has on their own life. Revival of a play that has been performed worldwide, starring Lenny Henry.
Every Brilliant Thing | @sohoplace
St Martin’s Theatre
The Mousetrap
by Agatha Christie, director Ian Talbot
Booking to 21 March 2026
Agatha Christie’s 1952 murder mystery is the world’s longest-running play. A group of people gathered together in a remote part of the countryside discover there is a murderer in their midst. The question is which one of them is the guilty party.
Theatre Royal Haymarket
Till the Stars Come Down
by Beth Steel, director Bijan Sheibani
Until 27 September 2025
What happens when the happiest day of your life opens the door to a new and uncertain future? During a couple’s wedding passions boil over and the limits of love are tested. Transfer from the National Theatre.
Till The Stars Come Down | Official Theatre Website
Wyndham’s Theatre
Born with Teeth
by Liz Duffy Adams, director Daniel Evans
13 August–1 November 2025
A new play speculating that Christopher Marlowe may have collaborated with William Shakespeare on the Henry VI history plays. Starring Ncuti Gatwa and Edward Bluemel in an RSC production.
MUSICALS
Adelphi Theatre
Back to the Future the Musical
Music and lyrics by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard, book by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, director John Rando
Booking to 3 January 2026
New musical adapted from the iconic 1985 film. The story follows a teenager who via a time-travelling DeLorean finds himself back in 1955 where he meets his high school-aged parents, but his meddling with time threatens his own existence.
Back to the Future: The Musical | Adelphi Theatre (lwtheatres.co.uk)
Aldwych Theatre
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Book by Katori Hall, with Frank Ketelaar and Kees Prins, director Phyllida Lloyd
Until 13 September 2025
Jukebox musical about the life and works of superstar singer Tina Turner.
Nederlander Theatres – TINA – The Tina Turner Musical
Ambassadors Theatre
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Book and lyrics by Jethro Compton, music and lyrics by Darren Clark, director Jethro Compton
Booking to 11 October 2025
Musical version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic short story about a baby born old who gets younger as the years pass is relocated to a fishing village on the north coast of Cornwall. First seen at Southwark Playhouse.
Apollo Victoria Theatre
Wicked
Songs by Stephen Schwartz, book by Winnie Holzman, director Joe Mantello
Booking to 4 January 2026
Two friends become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch of the South. Based on Gregory Maguire’s novel that re-imagined the stories and characters created by L. Frank Baum in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Cambridge Theatre
Matilda
Songs by Tim Minchin, book by Dennis Kelly, director Matthew Warchus
Booking to 24 May 2026
Royal Shakespeare Company musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s children’s novel about a precocious girl growing up in difficult circumstances.
Matilda The Musical | Official London Website
Dominion Theatre
The Devil Wears Prada
Music by Elton John, lyrics by Shaina Taub, book by Kate Wetherhead, director Jerry Mitchell
Booking to 3 January 2026
New musical based on the popular film and book set in the offices of a fashion magazine, as a young aspiring journalist gets a job working for the formidable editor-in-chief.
The Devil Wears Prada ⋆ Nederlander Theatres
Fortune Theatre
Operation Mincemeat
Book, lyrics, and music by SpitLip, director Robert Hastie
Booking to 28 February 2025
Operation Mincemeat is a musical comedy based on the extraordinary but true story of the plan to fool the Nazis using a dead body and a dossier of fake plans in 1943, which helped the Allies to win the Second World War. After sold-out runs at New Diorama Theatre and Southwark Playhouse, plus an extended Riverside Studios last summer, the show transfers to the West End.
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical (thefortunetheatre.com)
Garrick Theatre
The Producers
Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, music and lyrics by Mel Brooks, director Patrick Marber
30 August 2025–21 February 2026
Transfer of the Menier Chocolate Factory’s production of the 12 Tony Award winning musical based on Mel Brooks’s own 1967 satirical comedy film in which a bad-taste Broadway show becomes an unexpected hit.
Mel Brooks’ THE PRODUCERS – Garrick Theatre
Gielgud Theatre
Oliver!
by Lionel Bart, directors Matthew Bourne and Jean-Pierre van der Spuy
Booking to 29 March 2026
Produced and revised by Cameron Macintosh, Lionel Bart’s ever-popular musical based on Dickens’s novel about the titular orphan’s adventures in London returns to the West End in a production enlivened by Matthew Bourne’s choreography.
His Majesty’s Theatre
The Phantom of the Opera
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart, director Harold Prince
Booking to 28 March 2026
Based on Gaston Leroux’s gothic novel, this haunting musical traces the tragic love story of a beautiful opera singer and a young composer shamed by his physical appearance into a shadowy existence beneath the majestic Opera Paris House.
The Phantom of the Opera London Tickets | His Majesty’s Theatre (lwtheatres.co.uk)
Lyceum Theatre
The Lion King
Music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice, with additional songs by Lebo M, Julie Taymor, Mark Mancina and Hans Zimmer, book by Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi, director Julie Taymor
Booking to 29 March 2026
A re-imagining of Disney’s 1994 animated adventure film which brings the African jungle to life.
The Lion King | The Lion King Musical: London Home
Lyric Hammersmith
Sing Street
Music and lyrics by Gary Clark and John Carney, book by Enda Walsh, director Rebecca Taichman
Until 23 August 2025
UK premiere of musical based on the 2016 coming-of-age film about a teenage boy who forms a band to impress a girl in 1980s Dublin.
Sing Street – Lyric Hammersmith
Lyric Theatre
Hadestown
Music, lyrics, and book by Anais Mitchell, developed with and directed by Rachel Chavkin
Booking until 15 February 2026
Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical Hadestown finally makes its West End premiere. The show takes the audience on a journey to the underworld and back, intertwining two mythic love stories – that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone.
HADESTOWN – Lyric Theatre (thelyrictheatre.co.uk)
Novello Theatre
Mamma Mia!
Book by Catherine Johnson, songs by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, director Phyllida Lloyd
Booking to 28 March 2026
Sofia invites all three of her possible fathers to her wedding on the Greek island where she lives with her mother. Inspired by the songs of ABBA.
MAMMA MIA! at Novello Theatre (delfontmackintosh.co.uk)
Piccadilly Theatre
Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Book by John Logan, director Alex Timbers
Booking to 21 February 2026
Moulin Rouge! The Musical is based on the Academy Award-winning Baz Luhrmann film set in the Montmartre Quarter of Paris at the turn of the twentieth century. It follows the show’s run on Broadway, which unveiled the jukebox musical’s eclectic pop score with songs by the likes of Madonna, Lady Gaga, and Elton John.
Playhouse Theatre
Cabaret
Songs by John Kander and Fred Ebb, book by Joe Masteroff, director Rebecca Frecknall
Booking to 28 March 2026
Celebrated musical based on Christopher Isherwood’s short stories set in early 1930s Berlin, where American writer Cliff Bradshaw meets English cabaret singer Sally Bowles, a performer at the Kit Kat Club. But the rise of Nazism threatens this hedonistic Weimar Republic haven. This immersive production won seven Olivier Awards.
Cabaret | Official Box Office | The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre
Prince Edward Theatre
MJ
Book by Lynn Nottage, director and choreographer Christopher Wheeldon
Booking to 28 March 2026
Book by multi-Tony Award-winning musical about Michael Jackson centred around his 1992 Dangerous World tour, featuring many of his most famous songs. Broadway star Myles Frost plays the lead role.
MJ – Prince Edward Theatre (delfontmackintosh.co.uk)
Prince of Wales Theatre
The Book of Mormon
Book, music, and lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone, directors Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker
Booking to 1 November 2025
Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical satire from the creators of South Park which follows two Mormon missionaries who are sent from the comfort of Salt Lake City to Uganda in Africa in order to spread the word of their church.
The Book of Mormon at Prince of Wales Theatre (delfontmackintosh.co.uk)
Savoy Theatre
Burlesque the Musical
Book by Steven Antin, music by Christina Aguilera, Sia, Diane Warren, Todrick Hall and Jess Folley, director Todrick Hall
Until 6 September 2025
Musical based on the 2010 film in which an aspiring singer leaves her small hometown for New York in search of her mother and becomes a dancer at a burlesque club.
Burlesque The Musical | Savoy Theatre | Official Box Office
Shaftesbury Theatre
Just for One Day
Book by John O’Farrell, director Luke Sheppard
Booking to 10 January 2026
Jukebox musical telling the story of Live Aid, the celebrated 1985 benefit concert raising money for famine in Ethiopia. Premiered at the Old Vic last year.
Just For One Day – Shaftesbury Theatre
Sondheim Theatre
Les Misérables
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg with original text by Alain Boublil and English lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer, directors Trevor Nunn and John Caird
Booking to 28 March 2026
Victor Hugo’s epic tale of passion and destruction in 19th-century France told in the West End’s longest-running musical.
Les Misérables at Sondheim Theatre
Trafalgar Theatre
Clueless, the Musical
Book by Amy Heckerling, music by KT Tunstall, lyrics by Glenn Slater, director Rachel Kavanaugh
Booking to 28 March 2026
New version of the musical based on the hit 1995 film of the same time which relocates Jane Austen’s Emma to a modern American high school.
Clueless, The Musical – Trafalgar Theatre
Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
Starlight Express
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Richard Stilgoe, director Luke Sheppard
Booking to 1 March 2026
Revival of Lloyd Webber’s megahit musical about a steam engine racing against modern diesel and electric locomotives trains, with the cast performing on roller skates.
Starlight Express • London (starlightexpresslondon.com)
Vaudeville Theatre
Six
by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, directors Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage
Booking to 28 June 2026
From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, the six wives of Henry VIII take to the mic to tell their tales, remixing five hundred years of historical heartbreak into an 80-minute celebration of 21st-century girl power.
Victoria Palace Theatre
Hamilton
by Lin-Manuel Miranda, director Thomas Kail
Booking to 28 March 2026
Inspired by the book Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow, this multi-award-winning Broadway show tells the story of the American founding father who rose from humble origins to become head of the Treasury after independence.