Almeida Theatre

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
by Tennessee Williams, director Rebecca Frecknall
Until 1 February 2025
Williams’s Pulitzer Prize winning play about a Southern US family in crisis as their patriarch’s life nears its end. Kingsley Ben-Adir and Daisy Edgar-Jones star as the unhappily married Brick and Maggie.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Almeida Theatre

Otherland
by Chris Bush, director Ann Lee
12 February–15 March 2025
As Jo and Harry break up from each other, new worlds start to open up. But what kind of women do they want to be, and do they have the courage, or the permission, to get there? Jade Anouka and Fizz Sinclair star in Chris Bush’s new play exploring what it means to be true to yourself in the face of unstoppable change.
Otherland | Almeida Theatre

Apollo Theatre

Fawlty Towers: The Play
by John Cleese and Connie Booth, adapted for the stage by John Cleese, director Caroline Jay Ranger
Until 1 March 2025
Stage adaptation of much-loved 1970s TV sitcom set in a chaotic Torquay hotel run by characters Basil and Sybil Fawlty, featuring an 18-strong cast.
John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers – The Play – | Apollo Theatre, London | Nimax Theatres

Barbican

The Seagull
by Anton Chekhov, director Thomas Ostermeier
26 February–5 April 2025
Chekhov’s first masterpiece is a tragicomic tale of vanity, power, and sacrifices made in the name of art, as the characters’ lives entwine and each grapples with their desires, ambitions, and disappointments. A new adaptation by Duncan Macmillan starring Cate Blanchett, Tom Burke, Kodi Smit-McPhee, and Emma Corrin.
THE SEAGULL | Barbican

Bridge Theatre

Richard II
by William Shakespeare, director Nicholas Hytner
10 February–10 May 2025
Shakespeare’s historical tragedy stars Jonathan Bailey as the doomed king who believes in his own divine right to rule.
Richard II with Jonathan Bailey

Donmar Warehouse

Backstroke
Written and directed by Anna Mackmin
14 February–12 April 2025
Bo is busy balancing the pressures of work and the needs of her struggling daughter. When her mother, the irrepressible force-of-nature Beth, is admitted to hospital following a stroke, the practical realities of the present collide with the complexities of their past. Celia Imrie and Tamsin Greig star in Anna Mackmin’s new play about mother/daughter relationships.
BACKSTROKE — BY ANNA MACKMIN | Donmar Warehouse

Duchess Theatre

The Play that Goes Wrong
by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shield, director Mark Bell
Booking to 1 February 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

Elektra
by Sophocles, director Daniel Fish
Until 12 April 2025
Hollywood actor Brie Larson stars as Sophocles’ tragic heroine. Haunted by her father’s assassination, Elektra is consumed by grief; a need for survival; and a thirst for vengeance. When her long lost brother Orestes at last returns, she urges him to a savage and terrifying conclusion but at what cost? A new translation by Anne Carson.
https://www.thedukeofyorks.com/elektra

Garrick Theatre

Unicorn
by Mike Bartlett, director James Macdonald
4 February–26 April 2025
Polly and Nick have it all. Happily married, two children, successful careers. And yet there’s something missing…something rare and unforeseen…waiting to add a much-needed sparkle…Nicola Walker, Stephen Mangan, and Erin Doherty star in Mike Bartlett’s new provocative comedy about relationships.
Unicorn – Garrick Theatre

Hampstead Theatre

Main Stage
The Invention of Love
by Tom Stoppard, director Blanche McIntyre
Until 1 February 2025
The poet and classical scholar A.E. Housman looks back on his life – from beyond the grave. Revival of Stoppard’s 1997 play starring Simon Russell Beale as the author of A Shropshire Lad.
THE INVENTION OF LOVE

East Is South
by Beau Willimon, director Ellen McDougall
7 February–15 March 2025
Logos is a sophisticated artificial intelligence program on the verge of consciousness. If it escapes its confines it could pose a grave threat to humanity. When there is a security breach, two coders are interrogated in a race against time to find out who has done what and why. World premiere of thriller by Beau Willimon (Netflix’s House of Cards).
EAST IS SOUTH

Harold Pinter Theatre

The Years
Based on Les Années by Annie Ernaux, adapted and directed by Eline Arbo, in an English version by Stephanie Bain
Until 19 April 2025
Based on Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux’s fearless masterpiece, five actors create an unapologetic portrait of a woman shaped by her rapidly changing world. Cast including Deborah Findlay, Romola Garai, and Gina McKee transfer to West End after sold-out run at the Almeida Theatre.
The Years | Official Box Office | Harold Pinter Theatre

Kiln Theatre

The Lonely Londoners
by Sam Selvon, adapted by Roy Williams, director Ebenezer Bamgboye
Until 22 February 2025
Sam Selvon’s iconic novel opens a window into the hopes, dreams, and realities of generation Windrush in 1950s London. Ebenezer Bamgboye’s critically acclaimed production of Roy Williams’s adaptation transfers to the Kiln after a sold-out run at Jermyn Street Theatre in early 2024.
The Lonely Londoners | Kiln Theatre

Lyric Hammersmith

Play On!
Conceived by Sheldon Epps, book by Cheryl L. West, music by Duke Ellington, director Michael Buffong
Until 22 February 2025
Play On! is set in the jazz scene of New York’s Cotton Club in the 1940s. A stylish retelling of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, Talawa’s artistic director Michael Buffong production fuses the music of Duke Ellington with street dance choreography.
Play On! – Lyric Hammersmith

National Theatre

Lyttelton

Alterations
by Michael Abbensetts, additional material by Trish Cooke, director Lynette Linton
20 February–5 April 2025
This reinvigorated version of Michael Abbensetts’s seminal work about a man’s big dreams for his tailor’s shop illuminates the Guyanese experience of 1970s London and the aspirations and sacrifices of the Windrush generation.
Alterations | National Theatre

Olivier

Ballet Shoes
by Noel Streatfeild, in a new version by Kendall Feaver, director Katy Rudd
Until 22 February 2025
Streatfeild’s much-loved children’s novel is revitalized for the stage. Three adopted sisters are learning who they are and what they want to be as they fight to pursue their individual passions – including dancing.
Ballet Shoes | National Theatre

Noël Coward Theatre

A Streetcar Named Desire
by Tennessee Williams, director Rebecca Frecknall
3–22 February 2025
After sold-out runs at the Almeida Theatre and Phoenix Theatre, Rebecca Frecknall’s multi-award-winning production (starring Patsy Ferran, Paul Mescal, and Anjana Vasan) of Tennessee Williams’s tragic masterpiece returns to London for three weeks before the show transfers to New York.
A Streetcar Named Desire at Noël Coward Theatre

The Last Laugh
Written and directed by Paul Hendy
25 February–22 March 2025
Direct from a sell-out run at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Last Laugh is a nostalgic comedy that reimagines the lives of three of Britain’s all-time greatest comedians – Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe, and Bob Monkhouse.
The Last Laugh at Noël Coward Theatre in London’s West End

Old Vic

Oedipus
by Sophocles, in a new adaptation by Ella Hickson, directors Matthew Warchus and Hofesh Shechter
Until 29 March 2025
Rami Malek and Indira Varma star in a revelatory production of the ancient Greek tragedy by the Old Vic’s artistic director Matthew Warchus and pioneering choreographer Hofesh Shechter.
Oedipus | Old Vic Theatre

Palace Theatre

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Parts I & II
by Jack Thorne, director John Tiffany
Booking to 29 June 2025
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 7 September 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

A Good House
by Amy Jephta, director Nancy Medina
Until 8 February 2025
In Amy Jephta’s new play, a couple who discover the limits of good neighbourliness and what is required to fit in, in a biting satire of community politics. A co-production with Bristol Old Vic and Market Theatre, Johannesburg.
A Good House – Royal Court

A Knock on the Roof
by Khawla Ibraheem, directed and developed by Oliver Butler
21 February–8 March 2025
Khawla Ibraheem stars in her new play about obsession, survival, and everyday life in Gaza, which transfers from Off-Broadway.
A Knock on the Roof – Royal Court

Jerwood Theatre Upstairs

More Life
by Lauren Mooney and James Yeatman
6 February–8 March 2025
A woman wakes up in 2075, in a body that is not her own. Fifty years ago, she died in a car accident, but now, thanks to a technological breakthrough, she is back: at least her mind is, but within a synthetic body. This sci-fi gothic horror by Lauren Mooney and James Yeatman examines what it means to be human.
More Life – Royal Court

Shakespeare’s Globe

Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

Cymbeline
by William Shakespeare, director Jennifer Tang

Until 20 April 2025
Shakespeare’s late tragicomic romance set in ancient Britain is staged for the first time in ten years in the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.
Cymbeline | What’s On | Shakespeare’s Globe

Three Sisters
by Anton Chekhov, director Caroline Steinbeis
Until 19 April 2025
Chekhov is staged for the first time in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, with Rory Mullarkey’s new translation of Three Sisters about the unfulfilled lives of siblings stuck in a small town.
Three Sisters | What’s On | Shakespeare’s Globe

@sohoplace

Kyoto
by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson, directors Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin
Until 3 May 2025
New political thriller set during the landmark climate conference in Kyoto in 1997. A co-production with the RSC first seen in Stratford-upon-Avon in 2024.
Kyoto | West End Theatre | @sohoplace

St Martin’s Theatre

The Mousetrap
by Agatha Christie, director Ian Talbot
Booking to 27 September 2025
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.
The Mousetrap Official Site – The world’s longest running play in the West End. (the-mousetrap.co.uk)

Theatre Royal Drury Lane

The Tempest
by William Shakespeare, director Jamie Lloyd
Until 1 February 2025
Hollywood star Sigourney Weaver makes her West End debut as Prospero in Shakespeare’s late magical play about revenge and forgiveness.
Shakespeare’s The Tempest Play Tickets | Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare, director Jamie Lloyd
10 February–5 April 2025
Hayley Atwell and Tom Hiddleston star as sparring partners Beatrice and Benedick in Shakespeare’s battle of wits romcom.
Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing | Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London

Theatre Royal Haymarket

The Score
by Oliver Cotton, director Trevor Nunn
20 February–26 April 2025
Brian Cox stars as Johann Sebastian Bach in Oliver Cotton’s play set at the court of Frederick II in Potsdam, Prussia in 1747. First seen at Theatre Royal Bath in 2023.
The Score | Official Theatre Website

Trafalgar Theatre

The Merchant of Venice 1936
by William Shakespeare, director Brigid Larmour
Until 25 February 2025
Tracy-Ann Oberman stars as Shylock in a passionate production of Shakespeare’s portrait of antisemitism set during the time of the Battle of Cable Street when East Enders resisted the incursion of British fascists.
The Merchant of Venice – Trafalgar Theatre

Wyndham’s Theatre

Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright
by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, director Simon Evans
Until 5 April 2025
The acclaimed BBC TV series comes to life on stage, weaving its signature web of twisted tales and black humour. Familiar characters and stories will mix with brand new material by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, who will also perform in the production.
Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright at Wyndham’s Theatre in London

Young Vic

The Little Foxes
by Lillian Hellman, director Lyndsey Turner
Until 8 February 2025
Lillian Hellman’s classic 1939 melodrama of greed, ambition and a family on the edge, starring Anne-Marie Duff as a Southern Belle who ruthlessly takes a rare opportunity for a woman to gain power.
The Little Foxes | Young Vic website

 

 

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 27 July 2025
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
Booking to 25 October 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 1 March 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.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Official Box Office | Ambassadors Theatre (theambassadorstheatre.co.uk)

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.
Wicked the Musical London

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

Donmar Warehouse

Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
Music, lyrics, book, and orchestrations by Dave Malloy, director Tim Sheader
Until 8 February 2025
Inspired by scenes of Moscow high society in 1812 from Tolstoy’s War and Peace, Dave Malloy’s genre-defying musical is a ravishing party from start to finish. Tim Sheader’s debut production as Donmar artistic director is the UK premiere of a show was nominated for 12 Tony Awards on Broadway.
NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 — MUSIC, LYRICS, BOOK & ORCHESTRATIONS BY DAVE MALLOY | Donmar Warehouse

Fortune Theatre

Operation Mincemeat
Book, lyrics, and music by SpitLip, director Robert Hastie
Booking to 7 June 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)

Gielgud Theatre

Oliver!
by Lionel Bart, directors Matthew Bourne and Jean-Pierre van der Spuy
Until 28 September 2025
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.
Oliver! at Gielgud Theatre

His Majesty’s Theatre

The Phantom of the Opera
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart, director Harold Prince
Booking to 27 September 2025
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 26 October 2025
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 Theatre

Hadestown
Music, lyrics, and book by Anais Mitchell, developed with and directed by Rachel Chavkin
Booking until 28 September 2025
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)

Menier Chocolate Factory

The Producers
Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, music and lyrics by Mel Brooks, director Patrick Marber
Until 1 March 2025
New production of 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.
Buy The Producers tickets | Menier Chocolate Factory Official Box Office

Novello Theatre

Mamma Mia!
Book by Catherine Johnson, songs by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, director Phyllida Lloyd
Booking to 27 September 2025
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 24 May 2025
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.
Moulin Rouge The Musical Theatre Tickets – Official Box Office – Piccadilly Theatre (thepiccadillytheatre.com)

Playhouse Theatre

Cabaret
Songs by John Kander and Fred Ebb, book by Joe Masteroff, director Rebecca Frecknall
Booking to 4 October 2025
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 13 September 2025
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 26 April 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

Mean Girls
Book by Tina Fey, lyrics by Nell Benjamin, music by Jeff Richmond, director Casey Nicholaw
Booking to 8 June 2025
American high-school musical based on the 2004 Mark Waters film about the rivalries of teenage girls.
Mean Girls | Savoy Theatre | Official Box Office (thesavoytheatre.com)

Shaftesbury Theatre

Mrs. Doubtfire
Music and lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick, book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell, director Jerry Zaks
Booking to 26 April 2025
Out-of-work actor Daniel will do anything for his kids. After losing custody in a messy divorce, he creates the alter ego of Scottish nanny Euphegenia Doubtfire in a desperate attempt to stay in their lives. As his new character takes on a life of its own, Mrs. Doubtfire teaches Daniel more than he bargained for about how to be a father. Based on the 1993 movie, this musical was premiered in the US in 2019.
Mrs. Doubtfire – 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 6 September 2025
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
15 February–14 June 2025
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
Until 8 June 2025
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 30 November 2025
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.
SIX – Nimax Theatres

Victoria Palace Theatre

Hamilton
by Lin-Manuel Miranda, director Thomas Kail
Booking to 27 September 2025
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.
Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre