Listings
Selected listings for London shows
PLAYS
Aldwych Theatre
Shadowlands
by William Nicolson, director Rachel Kavanaugh
Until 9 May 2026
William Nicholson’s biographical drama about the unlikely late-blooming love between British academic C.S. Lewis (Hugh Bonneville) – celebrated author of The Chronicles of Narnia – and American poet Joy Davidman (Maggie Siff) which takes a tragic turn. Production premiered at Chichester Festival Theatre in 2019.
Shadowlands ⋆ Nederlander Theatres
Almeida Theatre
A Doll’s House
by Henrik Ibsen, in a new version by Anya Reiss, director Joe Hill-Gibbins
31 March–21 May 2026
Nora and Torvald’s marriage vows are a binding contract, but when scandal threatens to wreck their lives, it’s time to renegotiate the terms. Money, sex, power – this time nothing’s off the table. A new twist to Ibsen’s subversive domestic tragedy starring Romola Garai.
A Doll’s House | Almeida Theatre
Ambassadors Theatre
1536
by Ava Pickett, director Lyndsey Turner
2 May–1 August 2026
In Tudor England in a field in Essex three women meet in secret as word spreads of a clash between King Henry VIII and Queen Anne Boleyn. The women begin to see echoes of the royal drama in their own rural lives as a rise in violence spreads throughout the land. New play by Ava Pickett transferred from the Almeida Theatre.
1536 | Official Box Office | Ambassadors Theatre
Apollo Theatre
I’m Sorry, Prime Minister
Written and directed by Jonathan Lynn
Until 9 May 2026
This “final chapter” of the much-loved eighties TV sitcom sees former PM Jim Hacker’s hopes of a quiet retirement at Oxford in danger of being “cancelled” by his college as Machiavellian civil service mandarin Sir Humphrey Appleby enters the fray. Griff Rhys Jones and Clive Francis.
I’m Sorry, Prime Minister | Apollo Theatre, London | Book Tickets
Donmar Warehouse
Evening All Afternoon
by Anna Ziegler, director Diyan Zora
Until 11 April 2026
Jennifer is about to become Delilah’s stepmother. She wants so badly to connect, but they couldn’t be further apart. In a world that’s shifting under their feet, both women have to summon the quiet courage it takes to open their hearts again.
EVENING ALL AFTERNOON — BY ANNA ZIEGLER | Donmar Warehouse
Mass
by Fran Kranz, director Carrie Cracknell
18 April–6 June 2026
In a quiet room of an Episcopal church, two couples meet to have a conversation no parent should ever have to face. As defences fall away and memories surface, they attempt to reach across a divide carved by violence. A new adaptation by Fran Kranz of his 2021 film.
Duchess Theatre
The Play that Goes Wrong
by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shield, director Mark Bell
Booking to 31 January 2027
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
Teeth ’n’ Smiles
by David Hare, director Daniel Raggett
Until 6 June 2026
50th anniversary revival of David Hare’s play. Once leaders of 60s counterculture, now broke and disillusioned, a band’s youthful dreams of anarchic rebellion collapse into bitterness. Amidst the wreckage, lead singer Maggie tears through the night fuelled by booze, fury, and a voice that refuses to die. Starring actor/singer Rebecca Lucy Taylor (Self Esteem) who provides additional songs to the original music by Nick and Tony Bicât.
Teeth ‘N’ Smiles | Official Box Office | Duke of York’s Theatre
Gillian Lynne Theatre
My Neighbour Totoro
Adapted by Tom Morton-Smith, director Phelim McDermott
Booking to 30 August 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
Copenhagen
by Michael Frayn, director Michael Longhurst
27 March–2 May 2026
In 1941, in the middle of the Second World War, the great German atomic physicist Werner Heisenberg made a strange trip to Copenhagen to see his Danish mentor Niels Bohr. Michael Frayn’s multi-award-winning drama explores this mystery and the uncertainty of the human mind in the nuclear age. Starring Damien Molony, Richard Schiff, and Alex Kingston.
COPENHAGEN – Hampstead Theatre
Stage Kiss
by Sarah Ruhl, director Blanche McIntyre
8 May–13 June 2026
Art imitates life as two leading actors play estranged lovers who are reunited in the face of imminent death, during rehearsals for the long-forgotten melodrama The Last Kiss. UK premiere of Sarah Ruhl’s 2014 romantic comedy.
STAGE KISS – Hampstead Theatre
Harold Pinter Theatre
Romeo & Juliet
by William Shakespeare, director Robert Icke
19 March–20 June 2026
Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe star as the young star-crossed lovers from Verona whose budding romance becomes entangled in their families’ conflict.
Romeo & Juliet | Official Box Office | Harold Pinter Theatre
Lyric Hammersmith
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
by Jocelyn Bioh, director Monique Touko
18 March–25 April 2026
Comedy set on one sweltering day in a bustling Harlem braiding salon run by West African immigrant hairdressers, where all the women – customers and braiders – have big dreams in the city they call home. Writer Jocelyn Bioh and director Monique Touko reunite after their success with School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play at Lyric Hammersmith in 2023.
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding – Lyric Hammersmith
An Ideal Husband
by Oscar Wilde, director Nicholai La Barrie
7 May–6 June 2026
New production of Oscar Wilde’s satire on London’s upper-crust society, in which Sir Robert Chiltern’s gilded life is endangered by outsider Mrs Cheveley threatening to reveal a scandal from his past life.
An Ideal Husband – Lyric Hammersmith
Kiln Theatre
Please Please Me
by Tom Wright, director Amit Sharma
16 April–29 May 2026
New play by Tom Wright about The Beatles’ first manager Brian Epstein. Captivated by John Lennon, he succeeds in making the Fab Four the most famous group on earth, but his struggles with his own gay sexuality threaten to bring him down.
PLEASE PLEASE ME | Kiln Theatre
Menier Chocolate Factory
The Holy Rosenbergs
by Ryan Craig, director Lindsay Posner
Until 2 May 2026
The North London Rosenberg family are in crisis. The elder son has been killed fighting for Israel against Hamas, the daughter is regarded by many in the local Jewish community as a traitor for investigating war crimes in Gaza for the UN, and the father is desperately trying to save the longstanding catering business. Ryan Craig’s drama about Jewish identity and loyalties is even more pertinent now than when it was premiered in 2011.
Buy The Holy Rosenbergs tickets | Menier Chocolate Factory Official Box Office
Equus
by Peter Shaffer, director Lindsay Posner
8 May–4 July 2026
Revival of Peter Shaffer’s classic 1973 drama in which a psychiatrist probes why a 17-year-old boy blinded six horses.
Buy Equus tickets | Menier Chocolate Factory Official Box Office
National Theatre
Olivier
Summerfolk
by Maxim Gorky, in an new adaptation by Nina and Moses Raine, director Robert Hastie
Until 29 April 2026
During a hot, beautiful summer in 1905, Russia’s elite retreat to the countryside to swim, sip champagne, and start affairs. But as the party continues, how long can they ignore the storm on the horizon? A new version of Gorky’s razor-sharp portrait of class, privilege, and denial.
War Horse
Based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Nick Stafford, directors Tom Morris and Katie Henry
16 May–30 July 2026
The return to the National Theatre of the multi-award-winning show about a young man determined to bring his horse back home to Devon from the trenches of First World War France. Featuring life-sized horses from Handspring Puppet Company.
War Horse Tickets | London Theatre | Play | National Theatre
Lyttelton
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
by Christopher Hampton, based on the novel by Choderlos de Laclos, director Marianne Elliott
Until 6 June 2026
A new production of Christopher Hampton’s celebrated adaptation of Laclos’s 18th-century novel set among the glittering salons of the super-rich, where patriarchy equals power, reputation is everything – and for women, one misstep can mean ruin. Starring Lesley Manville and Aidan Turner.
Les Liaisons Dangereuses Tickets | London Theatre | Play | National Theatre
Dorfman
The Authenticator
by Winsome Pinnock, director Miranda Cromwell
26 March–9 May 2026
Soon after inheriting her family’s stately home, an eccentric artist discovers a stash of hidden diaries and enlists a young academic to confirm their authenticity. Joined by the latter’s mentor, the three women uncover secrets that are darker than they could have imagined. A new gothic psychological thriller from Winsome Pinnock.
The Authenticator Tickets | London Theatre | Play | National Theatre
Noël Coward Theatre
Dracula
by Bram Stoker, adapted and directed by Kip Williams
Until 30 May 2026
First staged by Sydney Theatre Company in 2024, Kip Williams reunites with the creative team behind the Olivier Award winning production of The Picture of Dorian Gray to bring Dracula to the West End with his groundbreaking style of cinetheatre. Wicked star Cynthia Erivo transforms into all 23 roles in Bram Stoker’s immortal gothic horror story.
Old Vic
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by Dale Wasserman, based on the novel by Ken Kesey, director Clint Dyer
1 April–23 May 2026
A bold new staging of Dale Wasserman’s adaptation of Ken Kesey’s countercultural masterpiece set in a psychiatric institution, a searing exploration of colonialism and the social structures built to silence dissent. Starring Olivia Williams, Aaron Pierre, and Giles Terera.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Old Vic Theatre
Orange Tree Theatre
Vincent in Brixton
by Nicholas Wright, director Georgia Green
Until 18 April 2026
First major revival of Nicholas Wright’s 2003 Olivier Award-winning play about the young Vincent van Gogh’s affair with his landlady while staying in her south London boarding house in 1873.
Vincent in Brixton – Orange Tree Theatre
Black Comedy
by Peter Shaffer, director Caroline Steinbeis
16 May–11 July 2026
Revival of Peter Shaffer’s 1965 one-act farce, in which a young sculptor is expecting a visit from an influential art collector when a sudden power cut plunges the building into darkness. The situation spirals rapidly out of control, with the audience being able to see everything while the characters cannot.
Black Comedy – Orange Tree Theatre
Palace Theatre
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Parts I & II
by Jack Thorne, director John Tiffany
Booking to 20 September 2026 (new one-part version opening on 9 October 2026 and booking to 27 June 2027)
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 2 August 2026
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
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Sherlock Holmes
by Joel Horwood, director Sean Holmes
2 May–6 June 2026
A new Sherlock Homes story set in London, 1890. The great detective is between cases until an unknown woman visits 221b Baker Street with a mysterious jewel. Starring Joshua James.
Sherlock Holmes | Open Air Theatre
Royal Court Theatre
Jerwood Theatre Downstairs
John Proctor Is the Villain
by Kimberly Belflower, director Danya Taymor
Until 25 April 2026
A fresh take on Arthur Miller’s The Crucible from the perspective of five young women, which challenges the patriarchal narrative. UK premiere of this bitingly funny, seven-time Tony Award-nominated play by Kimberly Belflower.
John Proctor is the Villain | Royal Court Theatre
Krapp’s Last Tape/Godot’s To-Do List
by Samuel Beckett, director Gary Oldman/by Leo Simpe-Asante, director Aneesha Srinivasan
8–30 May 2026
Gary Oldman stars in the title role of Beckett’s monologue Krapp’s Last Tape, as an elderly man looking back on his wasted life, which premiered at the Royal Court in 1958. It is preceded by a new Beckett-inspired, comic short play by Leo Simpe-Asante.
Krapp’s Last Tape / Godot’s To-Do List | Royal Court Theatre
Jerwood Theatre Upstairs
Between the River and the Sea
by Yousef Sweid and Isabella Sedlak, director Isabella Sedlak
15 April–19 May 2026
Yousef was raised as a Christian-Arab-Palestinian-Israeli kid in Haifa, and is now raising two Jewish-Arab-Austrian kids in Berlin. Only he’s facing a custody battle, so things are getting complicated. A story about family, fear, and imagining a future beyond borders. Originally produced by Maxim Gorki Theatre in Berlin.
Between The River and The Sea | Royal Court Theatre
Are You Watching?
by Georgie Dettmer
29 May–4 July 2026
Porn. Deepfakes. Disappearing girls. A journalist wired to a machine. A mother’s grief sold for clicks. As the lines blur between entertainment and abuse, technology and sex, violence and voyeurism, who’s complicit and who is in control? And are you watching? Debut play by Georgie Dettmer, who also stars.
Are You Watching? | Royal Court Theatre
Shakespeare’s Globe
Globe Theatre
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by William Shakespeare, director Emily Lim
23 April–29 August 2026
Shakespeare’s magical romantic comedy opens the Globe’s summer season.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Summer 2026 | What’s On
Mother Courage and Her Children
by Bertolt Brecht, translated by Anna Jordan, director Elle While
7 May–27 June 2026
As war rages, Mother Courage drags her cart through a wasteland stripped bare by greed and conflict – a profiteer, a survivor, and a mother. She’s learnt to make a living from war, and she’ll sell whatever’s left of humanity to keep herself and her children alive. Mother Courage and Her Children will be the first time Bertolt Brecht has been staged at the Globe, with artistic director Michelle Terry in the title role.
Mother Courage and Her Children | Summer 2026 | What’s On
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare, director Tim Crouch
Until 12 April 2026
Theatre-maker Tim Crouch brings his unique imaginative approach to Shakespeare’s late magical tragicomedy.
The Tempest | What’s On | Shakespeare’s Globe
Deep Azure
by Chadwick Boseman, director Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu
Until 2 May 2026
When her fiancé Deep is killed by the police, Azure’s world falls apart. As grief spirals, and her eating disorder tightens its grip, Azure searches for control in a world that no longer makes sense. Chadwick Boseman’s play is shaped by Shakespeare and driven by the rhythms of hip-hop.
Deep Azure | What’s On | Shakespeare’s Globe
@sohoplace
Marie and Rosetta
by George Brant, director Monique Touko
Until 11 April 2026
Mississippi, 1946. A new play with music about Sister Rosetta Tharpe, who changed the face of gospel music with her exuberant, electric guitar-playing style, and her singing partner Marie Knight, as they are about to embark on a tour of the segregated southern States. Transfers to the West End after a tour, starring Beverley Knight and Ntombizodwa Ndlovu.
Marie & Rosetta @sohoplace | Official Box Office
St Martin’s Theatre
The Mousetrap
by Agatha Christie, director Ian Talbot
Booking to 2 January 2027
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
Grace Pervades
by David Hare, director Jeremy Herrin
24 April–11 July 2026
Drama about the professional and personal relationship between the great Victorian actor-manager Sir Henry Irving (Ralph Fiennes) and the most popular actress Ellen Terry (Miranda Raison), who performed together for 25 years at the Lyceum Theatre. First seen at Theatre Royal Bath last year.
Grace Pervades | Official Theatre Website
Trafalgar Theatre
Oh, Mary!
by Cole Escola, director Sam Pinkleton
Until 18 July 2026
Tony Award-winning comedy about First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln and her husband President Abraham Lincoln in the days leading up to his assassination. Starring Mason Alexander Park as Mary.
Oh, Mary! Tickets | Trafalgar Theatre in London & West End | ATG Tickets
Troubadour Canary Wharf Theatre
The Hunger Games: On Stage
by Suzanne Collins, adapted by Conor McPherson, director Matthew Dunster
Booking to 25 October 2026
A new purpose-built, state-of-the-art venue hosts the original The Hunger Games story in the first-ever theatre adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ internationally acclaimed book and Lionsgate’s motion picture.
The Hunger Games: On Stage | London Premiere Autumn 2025
Wyndham’s Theatre
Inter Alia
by Suzie Miller, director Justin Martin
Until 20 June 2026
Jessica Parks is a maverick London Crown Court judge determined to change a system she knows isn’t always just. But her career exists inter alia (“among other things”), so when an unthinkable event rocks her finely tuned life, can she hold her family together – or will everything fall apart? From the same writer/director team of Prima Facie, first seen at the National Theatre last year, starring Rosamund Pike.
Inter Alia | London West End Play | Wyndham’s Theatre
Young Vic
Broken Glass
by Arthur Miller, director Jordan Fein
Until 18 April 2026
Revival of Arthur Miller’s best play from his late career. A Jewish woman in New York becomes paralysed after reading about the violent anti-Semitic attacks in Germany in 1938. While her husband believes it is all in her head, she forms a close attachment to her more sympathetic doctor.
BROKEN GLASS | Young Vic website
Care
Written and directed by Alexander Zeldin
11 May–11 July 2026
A single mum, two feuding pre-teens, and their gran. When Grandmother takes a fall, she is hastily moved to a care home she doesn’t want to be in, surrounded by other elderly people longing for comfort and missing home. But as time passes, she comes to see what really matters in life and, between loss and loneliness, we glimpse the unexpected joy in life’s everyday moments. New play by Alexander Zeldin.
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
Until 12 April 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)
Apollo Victoria Theatre
Wicked
Songs by Stephen Schwartz, book by Winnie Holzman, director Joe Mantello
Booking to 3 January 2027
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 Theatre
High Society
by Cole Porter, director Rachel Kavanaugh
19 May–11 July 2026
A new production of Cole Porter’s musical based on the 1956 Hollywood movie. A society wedding of the year descend into chaos, with old flames and new flames vying for attention as a sharp-eyed tabloid reporter hunts for scandal at the waterfront estate. Starring Helen George and Felicity Kendal.
Bridge Theatre
Into the Woods
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine, director Jordan Fein
Until 30 May 2026
Revival of Sondheim and Lapine’s 1986 musical which interweaves storylines from several Brothers Grimm fairy tales.
Sondheim’s Into the Woods at the Bridge Theatre
Cambridge Theatre
Matilda
Songs by Tim Minchin, book by Dennis Kelly, director Matthew Warchus
Booking to 17 January 2027
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
Criterion Theatre
Titanique
Book by Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli, and Tye Blue, director Tye Blue
Booking to 30 August 2026
Jukebox musical parodying the 1997 Hollywood blockbuster movie, in which Céline Dion hijacks the narrative.
Dominion Theatre
The Devil Wears Prada
Music by Elton John, lyrics by Shaina Taub, book by Kate Wetherhead, director Jerry Mitchell
Booking to 6 February 2027
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 26 September 2026
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
Booking to 19 September 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 14 March 2027
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 13 March 2027
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)
London Coliseum
Kinky Boots
Music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper, a book by Harvey Fierstein, director Nikolai Foster
Until 11 July 2026
Winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Musical and based on an uplifting true story and much-loved movie, Kinky Boots about how a drag queen helps to save a failing family shoe business.
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 13 December 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 Theatre
Hadestown
Music, lyrics, and book by Anais Mitchell, developed with and directed by Rachel Chavkin
Booking until 13 December 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 26 September 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 12 September 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 26 September 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
Beetlejuice
Music and lyrics by Eddie Perfect, book by Scott Brown and Anthony King
20 May 2026–17 April 2027
Based on Tim Burton’s 1988 supernatural comedy film, the musical tells the tale of an unusual teenager sharing her home with a pair of newly-deads and a demonic ghost known as Beetlejuice.
Beetlejuice at Prince Edward Theatre
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 11 July 2026
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
Paddington: The Musical
Music and lyrics by Tom Fletcher, book by Jessica Swale, director Luke Sheppard
Booking to 30 May 2027
New musical based on characters from Michael Bond’s much-loved book series.
Paddington The Musical | Savoy Theatre | Official Box Office
Shaftesbury Theatre
Avenue Q
Music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marks, book by Jeff Whitty, director Jason Moore
Booking to 31 July 2026
After two decades, the three-time Tony Award-winning musical comedy Avenue Q returns to the West End. Featuring human actors interacting with puppets, the show parodies Sesame Street with its adult themes.
Avenue Q – Shaftesbury Theatre
@sohoplace
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Book and lyrics by Richy Hughes, music and lyrics by Tim Sutton, director Lynette Linton
29 April–18 July 2026
Based on the international best-selling memoir (filmed by Chiwetel Ejiofor), this bold and uplifting new musical tells the extraordinary true story of a 13-year-old boy who dreams of saving his village in drought-stricken Malawi. First seen at Stratford-upon-Avon earlier this year.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind | West End | @sohoplace
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 13 March 2027
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
Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Hercules
Book by Robert Horn and Kwame Kwei-Armah, music and lyrics by Alan Menken
Booking to 5 September 2026
Musical based on the 1997 Disney movie (very) loosely based on the titular son of Zeus in Greek mythology.
Disney’s Hercules Musical Tickets | Theatre Royal Drury Lane | LW Theatres
Theatre Royal Haymarket
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Book by Rachel Joyce, music and lyrics by Passenger, director Katy Rudd
Until 18 April 2026
Adapted from Rachel Joyce’s bestselling novel, this musical follows the journey on foot of 65-year-old Harold Fry from south Devon to Berwick-on-Tweed where a former colleague is dying of cancer in a hospice. Transferred from Chichester, starring Mark Addy.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry | Official Theatre Website
Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
Starlight Express
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Richard Stilgoe, director Luke Sheppard
Booking to 3 May 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 13 March 2027
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.