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

Gillian Anderson as Martha and Billy Crudup as George in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at @sohoplace. Photo by Johan Persson
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First production photos: Gillian Anderson and Billy Crudup in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Gillian Anderson and Billy Crudup are seen on stage as Martha and George for the first time, in production photographs from Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? released on the day of its press night at @sohoplace.

Honor Santa Barnes in Florence. Photo by Charlie Flint
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Florence transfers to Park Theatre this November

Honor Santa Barnes's one-woman dark comedy Florence is coming to Park90 at Park Theatre for a single week in November, following its runs at The Other Palace and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Amelia Bullmore in rehearsal for The Penelopiad at York Theatre Royal. Photo by Pamela Raith
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First look: Amelia Bullmore in rehearsal for The Penelopiad

The first rehearsal photographs have been released for York Theatre Royal's revival of The Penelopiad, Margaret Atwood's retelling of the Odyssey, with Amelia Bullmore as Penelope.

The 2026 company of Jaja’s African Hair Braiding at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre. Photo by Manuel Harlan
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Jaja’s African Hair Braiding returns to the Lyric Hammersmith in January 2027

Jaja’s African Hair Braiding is heading back to the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre for five weeks, from 28 January to 27 February 2027, less than a year after its UK premiere there.

Emily Layden-Fritz and Michael O’Reilly in Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage. Photo by Michael Wharley
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Dirty Dancing heads back to the West End with Michael O’Reilly as Johnny Castle

Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage is coming back to London for a 15-week season at the Prince Edward Theatre, from 19 January to 24 April 2027.

Connor Delves riding on stage as Cadel Evans in Cadel: Lungs On Legs
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Cadel: Lungs On Legs opens a five-week London premiere season at Riverside Studios

Cadel: Lungs On Legs, the award-winning solo play in which Connor Delves cycles 27km on stage at every performance, arrives at Riverside Studios for a five-week London premiere season from Tuesday 13 October.

Three women in 1920s dress glow blue-green as they stand in a luminous pool of light, in artwork for The Radium Girls
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Marissa Jaret Winokur directs The Radium Girls at Southwark Playhouse Borough

A new musical about the young women who painted glowing watch dials in 1920s New Jersey gets its world premiere next spring.

Ellena Vincent as Christabel Pankhurst, Beverley Knight MBE as Emmeline Pankhurst and Cleve September as Lloyd George in Sylvia. Photo by Tristram Kenton
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Production photographs of Sylvia are released as Beverley Knight opens the UK tour

The first production photographs of Sylvia on tour have been released, with Beverley Knight MBE back as Emmeline Pankhurst and Naomi Katiyo as her daughter.

Jane Asher as The Queen and Laura Main as The Dresser in By Royal Appointment. Photo by Robert Day
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First production images of Jane Asher and Laura Main in By Royal Appointment

The first production photographs from the UK tour of By Royal Appointment have been released, with Jane Asher as The Queen and Laura Main as her Dresser.