Upcoming and New Shows

The shows coming to London next. New productions, transfers, revivals and booking extensions, with opening dates, venues and casting as soon as they are announced — so you can book before word gets out.

Upcoming and New Shows

The company of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Palace Theatre. Photo by Manuel Harlan
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child books to September 2027, with first photos of the one-part cast

The one-part Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is now booking to Sunday 5 September 2027 at the Palace Theatre, with more than 110,000 extra tickets released.

Lindsie VanWinkle, Scott Shpeley and Shannon Blanchet in Nevermore, 2015. Photo by Joan Marcus
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Nevermore, the Edgar Allan Poe musical play, comes to Charing Cross Theatre in summer 2027

Catalyst Theatre’s Nevermore – The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe will play a limited London season at Charing Cross Theatre next summer, from 19 July to 9 October 2027.

Mathew Horne (Malvolio) and members of the company in Twelfth Night at the Crucible, Sheffield. Photo by Manuel Harlan
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Twelfth Night production photos: Mathew Horne as Malvolio at Sheffield's Crucible

Twelfth Night is now playing at the Crucible in Sheffield, and the first production photos are out. Mathew Horne plays Malvolio in a run that ends on Saturday 31 October 2026.

Connor Delves in the yellow jersey, holding a toy lion aloft in Cadel: Lungs On Legs at Riverside Studios. Photo by Kyle Dax Smith
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Cadel: Lungs On Legs production photos as the cycling play opens at Riverside Studios

A yellow jersey, a toy lion held high and a lot of sweat: new photographs by Kyle Dax Smith show Connor Delves at full effort in Cadel: Lungs On Legs, which has its official London opening at Riverside Studios on…

Paddington The Musical artwork for the Sydney production, arriving at the Capitol Theatre in September 2027
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Paddington The Musical heads to Sydney's Capitol Theatre in September 2027

Paddington The Musical is going to Australia. The Olivier-winning West End hit opens at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney in September 2027, making it the third city for the show after London and Broadway.

Artwork for 9 to 5 The Musical at Pitlochry Festival Theatre
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Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 and Ayckbourn's Absent Friends join Alan Cumming's 2027 Pitlochry season

Alan Cumming has added four productions to his second season as Artistic Director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre, with Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 and Alan Ayckbourn's Absent Friends heading for the Main House and two world…

Russell Tovey in the artwork for The Guilty. Photo by Helen Murray
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Russell Tovey brings The Guilty to the Harold Pinter Theatre in January

Russell Tovey's solo thriller The Guilty transfers from the Donmar Warehouse to the Harold Pinter Theatre for a limited run from 18 January to 3 April 2027, and public booking opens at 10am on 16 October.

Artwork for Brixton Calling, inspired by Simon Parkes' Live at the Brixton Academy
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Brixton Calling returns to Southwark Playhouse Borough in a bigger staging

Brixton Calling, Alex Urwin's play about the birth of the Brixton Academy, comes back to Southwark Playhouse Borough from 22 January to 13 March 2027, this time in the theatre's Large auditorium.

Amelia Bullmore as Penelope with the Maids in The Penelopiad at York Theatre Royal. Photo by Pamela Raith
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First production photos from The Penelopiad as Amelia Bullmore opens in York

The first production photos are out for The Penelopiad at York Theatre Royal, where Amelia Bullmore leads Margaret Atwood's take on the Odyssey into its press night this evening.