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. 

1536 | Almeida Theatre 

 

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. 

Retrograde – Apollo Theatre 

 

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. 

Stereophonic 

 

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. 

Giant | Official Box Office

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 Childis 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. 

The Mousetrap Official Site – The world’s longest running play in the West End. (the-mousetrap.co.uk) 

 

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 byRobert 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. 

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 

 

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. 

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 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.  

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 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. 

After the Act – Royal Court  

 

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. 

SIX – Nimax Theatres 

 

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. 

Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre