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

A dancer in mid-leap against a red Gothic set in BIG Live's Dracula
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BIG Live's Dracula ballet returns to London at the Adelphi Theatre in January 2027

BIG Live's ballet Dracula is coming back to London for a fortnight at the Adelphi Theatre, from 16-31 January 2027, after a year that took it from Sadler's Wells to San Francisco, Singapore and Australia.

Tom Cassani, co-curator of UNREAL: A Festival of Magic and Performance at Battersea Arts Centre. Photo by Monika Davies
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UNREAL festival brings ten magic and performance shows to Battersea Arts Centre

UNREAL: A Festival of Magic and Performance takes over Battersea Arts Centre from 7-14 November, and its full programme is now out: ten shows, four of them UK premieres and four works in progress.

Artwork for The Actors House Christmas Songbook, Monday 7 December 2026
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Matt Henry hosts The Actors House Christmas Songbook at the Gillian Lynne Theatre

Matt Henry is hosting The Actors House Christmas Songbook, a one-night fundraising concert at the Gillian Lynne Theatre on Monday 7 December 2026, with Beverley Knight, Jess Folley and Oliver Tompsett the first guests…

Poster artwork for SLEAZE Theatre's Six Kinds of Wednesday at the Bread & Roses Theatre, Clapham
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SLEAZE Theatre brings punk rock vampire musical Six Kinds of Wednesday to Clapham

New South London actor-musician company SLEAZE Theatre makes its debut with Six Kinds of Wednesday, an original punk rock vampire musical, at the Bread & Roses Theatre in Clapham on 26-28 October.

Wits End, a comedy about death, at Circle & Star Theatre, Hampstead, 9-22 November 2026
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Steve Furst directs the world premiere of Estée Stimler's Wits End in Hampstead

Wits End, a new comedy by Estée Stimler, will have its world premiere at Circle & Star Theatre in Hampstead from 9-22 November 2026, directed by the venue's artistic director, Steve Furst.

Golda Rosheuvel, Ian McKellen, Rosie Sheehy and Arinzé Kene in the artwork for An Ark at Aviva Studios, Manchester
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Ian McKellen stars in Simon Stephens’ mixed reality play An Ark at Aviva Studios

Ian McKellen, Golda Rosheuvel, Arinzé Kene and Rosie Sheehy star in An Ark, a Simon Stephens play watched through mixed reality glasses, which receives its European premiere at Aviva Studios in Manchester from 27 March…

Key art for Mog the Forgetful Cat, a musical play adapted from the book by Judith Kerr
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Judith Kerr's Mog the Forgetful Cat to tour as a new musical play in 2027

Judith Kerr's Mog the Forgetful Cat is coming to the stage as a new musical play. It opens at the Rose Theatre in Kingston on 11 February 2027, then tours the UK until September, with tickets on sale now.

Campaign artwork for Rambert's It's A Sin, with four dancers framed by a neon pink triangle
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Rambert's It's A Sin and a new Einstein on the Beach lead Factory International's 2027 season

Rambert's dance version of It's A Sin and a new Einstein on the Beach head Factory International's 2027 season at Aviva Studios in Manchester. Members can book now, and general sale opens on 20 October.

Vinette Robinson and Kristin Scott Thomas in The Cherry Orchard at the Harold Pinter Theatre. Photo by Johan Persson
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First production photos of The Cherry Orchard, and £30 front-row seats for under-30s

The first production photos of The Cherry Orchard have landed on its opening day, with Kristin Scott Thomas and Stephen Mangan leading the company at the Harold Pinter Theatre.