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

Key art for Act of God at Riverside Studios
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Act of God, Jacob O'Connor's debut play, opens at Riverside Studios in November

Writer and actor Jacob O'Connor brings his first play, Act of God, to the Riverside Studios this November, with a reluctant young man sent on a ten-week therapy-via-poetry course.

Rachel John, Dean John-Wilson, Katie Hall and Tosh Wanogho-Maud
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Christmas by Candlelight brings four West End singers to Hyde Park Winter Wonderland

Tickets for Christmas by Candlelight at Hyde Park Winter Wonderland go on sale at midday on Wednesday 30 September, from £35, for six sing-along concerts in a purpose-built 1,000-seat arena between 5 and 23 December.

Ellen Robertson, Eloka Ivo and Tom Mothersdale in rehearsals for Cloud 9 at the National Theatre. Photo by Johan Persson
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First look at Caryl Churchill's Cloud 9 in rehearsal at the National Theatre

The first pictures from the rehearsal room have been released for Cloud 9, Caryl Churchill's 1979 play, which opens at the National Theatre's Lyttelton in November under the direction of Dominic Cooke.

Key art for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the London Coliseum, with Michael Ball as Willy Wonka
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory goes on sale today, with a first listen from Michael Ball

Tickets for the new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory go on sale at 2pm today, and Michael Ball has marked the moment with a first recording of Pure Imagination.

Artwork for DARKFIELD’s Eulogy, showing a dim hotel corridor, playing in a shipping container outside the Young Vic
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DARKFIELD park a shipping container outside the Young Vic for Eulogy

A shipping container will sit on The Cut from 24 March - 24 April 2027, and inside it, in total darkness, Eulogy will walk audiences through a hotel that is not there.

Artwork for FlawBored's What’s The F**king Point?, playing the Maria at the Young Vic in April 2027
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FlawBored bring What’s The F**king Point? to the Young Vic’s Maria

FlawBored, the disability-led company behind It’s a Motherf**king Pleasure, bring What’s The F**king Point? to the Maria at the Young Vic from 2-24 April 2027.

Edward Watson and Meow Meow in A Hunger Artist, coming to the Maria at the Young Vic
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Edward Watson and Meow Meow to star in A Hunger Artist at the Young Vic

Edward Watson and Meow Meow will star in A Hunger Artist in the Maria at the Young Vic from 9-26 June 2027, directed and choreographed by Arthur Pita.

Artwork for The Pelicot Trial, a scenic oratorio by Milo Rau and Servane Decle, receiving its UK premiere at London County Hall
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The Pelicot Trial to receive its UK premiere at London County Hall

The Pelicot Trial, the documentary theatre piece drawn from the case that made Gisèle Pelicot a household name across Europe, will be given once in London, on 30 November 2026, in the courtroom chamber at London County…

Imagery for The Pelicot Trial, the documentary theatre piece by Milo Rau and Servane Decle coming to London County Hall
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Young Vic completes its 2026/27 season with four new shows and a UK premiere

Nadia Fall has filled the last four slots in the Young Vic’s 2026/27 season, and only one of them sits inside the theatre. General booking opens at 11am on 7 October.