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

Artwork for The Captain and Jimmy, the two Adam Riches shows opening Park Theatre's 2027 season
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Adam Riches brings Fringe First winner The Captain to Park Theatre

Adam Riches has two shows at Park Theatre in January 2027: The Captain, which won a Fringe First Award this year, and a six-performance return for Jimmy.

Artwork for Park Theatre's 2027 Park200 season: The Captain, Jimmy, Spitfire Girls, Mojo, Gianni Schicchi, The Wedding(s), The Quiet Revolution of Laurent Clerc and the Papatango New Writing Prize winner
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Mojo revival and an opera residency lead Park Theatre's 2027 season

Park Theatre has set out its 2027 Park200 season: seven productions between January and November, among them the first London revival of Jez Butterworth's Mojo in 14 years, an opera residency from OperaUpClose and the…

Santa and his Elf in Dear Santa at Battersea Arts Centre. Photo by Norwell Lapley Productions
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Rod Campbell's Dear Santa comes to Battersea Arts Centre for Christmas

Tickets for Dear Santa, the stage version of Rod Campbell's Christmas picture book, start at £16.50 when it runs at Battersea Arts Centre from 28 November to 24 December, and the opening weekend is Pay What You Can.

Rowan Atkinson seated on a stage floor beside a wicker costume hamper labelled Rowan Live
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Rowan Atkinson’s Rowan Live set for a 30-performance season at the Gillian Lynne Theatre

Rowan Atkinson is back on a West End stage next year. His new sketch show, Rowan Live, plays 30 performances only at the Gillian Lynne Theatre from 8 February 2027, and booking opens on Wednesday 7 October.

Leigh Quinn (Audrey) and Scott McClure (Seymour) with Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors at Exeter Northcott Theatre. Photo by Craig Fuller
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First look: Exeter Northcott's own Little Shop of Horrors in production photos

The first production photos are out for Little Shop of Horrors at the Exeter Northcott Theatre, the first full-scale musical to be produced in Exeter in more than 20 years.

Alaa Shehada, writer and performer of The Bridge
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Alaa Shehada brings his Fringe First winner The Bridge to the Bush Theatre

Alaa Shehada's solo show The Bridge, a Fringe First winner in Edinburgh this summer, comes to the Bush Theatre on 28 October for a two-week run. Tickets start at £15 and are on sale now.

The company of AWAKEN in costume. Photo by Sidney Sambou
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Cheryl Prince brings her witch-trial play AWAKEN to Playhouse East for Halloween

AWAKEN, the first full-length play by Cheryl Prince, will run at Playhouse East in London on 31 October and 1 November 2026 as part of The Lemon Festival.

Adeola Yemitan and Will Atiomo in Once Upon a Time in Sokoto. Photo by Tristram Kenton
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First production photos from Inua Ellams’s Once Upon a Time in Sokoto as the UK tour begins

The first production photos are out for Once Upon a Time in Sokoto, the world premiere of Inua Ellams's new play. It is at Royal & Derngate in Northampton until 10 October, then tours the UK into February 2027.

Ensemble dancers rehearse with the hare puppets for Birmingham Rep’s new The Snowman. Photo by Johan Persson
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First rehearsal photos and footage from Birmingham Rep’s new The Snowman

Birmingham Rep has opened up the rehearsal room on its new The Snowman, releasing photographs and a short film less than three weeks before the premiere. Press night is Thursday 29 October 2026.