Listings
Selected listings for London shows
PLAYS
Almeida Theatre
1536
by Ava Pickett, directed by Lyndsey Turner
Until 7 June 2025
New play set against the background of Henry VIII’s execution of Anne Boleyn which examines if female solidarity between three women can survive in a society of state-sanctioned misogyny.
Apollo Theatre
Retrograde
by Ryan Calais Cameron, director Amit Sharma
Until 14 June 2025
New play transferred from Kiln Theatre focusing on a pivotal moment in Sidney Poitier’s film career in racist 1950s Hollywood, when he is pressurized to compromise his integrity to become a star.
Bridge Theatre
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by William Shakespeare, director Nicholas Hytner
31 May–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
Dealer’s Choice
by Patrick Marber, director Matthew Dunster
Until 7 June 2025
Revival of Marber’s 1995 debut play takes place during a weekly poker game in the basement of a restaurant that turns savage as the stakes get higher.
DEALER’S CHOICE — BY PATRICK MARBER | 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
From 24 May 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. 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
Hampstead Theatre
Main Stage
House of Games
Adapted by Richard Bean from screenplay by David Mamet, director Jonathan Kent
Until 7 June 2025
Based on the 1987 film about confidence scams, the story (by David Mamet and Jonathan Katz) follows the tricksy relationship between a female psychiatrist and her male client who owes money to a gambling criminal. Bean’s version was first seen at the Almeida Theatre in 2010.
HOUSE OF GAMES – Hampstead Theatre
Harold Pinter Theatre
Giant
by Mark Rosenblatt, director Nicholas Hytner
Until 2 August 2025
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.
Lyric Hammersmith
Marriage Material
by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, based on the novel by Sathnam Sanghera, director Iqbal Khan
22 May–21 June 2025
A corner shop in Wolverhampton has been at the centre of a Sikh family for generations, but can it survive in a modern world where younger members have different priorities?
Marriage Material – Lyric Hammersmith
National Theatre
Olivier
Dear England
by James Graham, director Rupert Goold
Until 24 May 2025
The Olivier Award-winning hit play returns for extra time at the National Theatre, updated to include the end of Gareth Southgate’s reign as England’s football manager at Euro 2024.
Dear England | National Theatre
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
The Brightening Air
Written and directed by Conor McPherson
Until 14 June 2025
New play about the relationships of a dysfunctional family living in a decaying farmhouse in 1980s Ireland.
The Brightening Air – 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 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 Upstairs
Scenes from a Repatriation
by Joel Tan, directors emma + pj
Until 24 May 2025
Tan’s shape-shifting new play is about a 1000-year-old statue of the Boddhisattva Guan Yin in the British Museum stolen from its original home, which the Chinese government wants repatriated.
Scenes from a Repatriation – Royal Court
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 Crucible
by Arthur Miller, director Ola Ince
Until 12 July 2025
Miller’s classic portrait of the 1690s witchcraft trials in Salem, Massachusetts, with parallels to McCarthysim in 1950s America, where mass hysteria leads to unjust persecution.
The Crucible | Summer 25 | What’s On
@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
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
The Deep Blue Sea
by Terence Rattigan, director Lindsay Posner
Until 21 June 2025
Rattigan’s tragic drama about a married middle-aged woman’s hopeless affair with a younger man, starring Tamsin Greig. First seen at the Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath last year.
The Deep Blue Sea | Official Theatre Website
Wyndham’s Theatre
My Master Builder
by Lila Raicek, director Michael Grandage
Until 12 July 2025
A new play inspired by the Ibsen classic transposed to modern-day New York City. Starring Ewan McGregor, Elizabeth Debicki, and Kate Fleetwood.
My Master Builder at Wyndham’s Theatre
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
Booking to 10 January 2026
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 30 August 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.
Barbican
Fiddler on the Roof
Music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, book by Joseph Stein, director Jordan Fein
24 May–19 July 2025
Revival of celebrated 1964 musical in a production first seen at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre last year. Jewish milkman Tevye has his hands full trying to marry off his five daughters in a traditional shtetl at the turn of the 20th century.
Fiddler on the Roof | Barbican
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 15 November 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
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 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 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)
National Theatre
Lyttelton
Here We Go
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by David Ives, director Joe Mantello
Until 28 June 2025
Sondheim’s final musical first produced off-Broadway in 2023 two years after his death, inspired by two surrealist films of Luis Buñuel: The Discreet Charm of Bourgeoisie and The Exterminating Angel.
Here We Are | National Theatre
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 25 October 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.
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 4 October 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)
Royal Court Theatre
Jerwood Theatre Downstairs
After the Act
by Billy Barrett and Ellice Stevens, music by Frew
21 May–14 June 2025
Musical telling the story of Section 28, a 1988 law banning the “promotion” of homosexuality in schools, and the teachers, pupils, and activists who lived through it.
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
Just for One Day
Book by John O’Farrell, director Luke Sheppard
Until 30 August 2025
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 27 September 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
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 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.
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.