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

Ichikawa Somegorō VIII in Yuki no Shakkyō and Onoe Tatsunosuke III in Meoto Dōjōji. Photos © Shochiku
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Kabuki returns to Sadler’s Wells in January, 17 years after its last London visit

Shochiku and Askonas Holt bring KABUKI, a triple bill of classic dance pieces, to Sadler’s Wells Theatre on 30-31 January 2027. It is the art form’s first London staging in 17 years, and tickets are on sale now from £15.

The company of Miss Saigon. Photo by Danny Kaan
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Miss Saigon goes on sale for a 2027 return to the Prince Edward Theatre

Booking opened on Monday for Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre, where Cameron Mackintosh, in association with Michael Harrison, will present a new production of the musical from 13 May 2027.

The Afro-Cuban band of Buena Vista Social Club on stage at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on Broadway. Photo by Matthew Murphy
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Buena Vista Social Club is still looking for a West End theatre, and still building its band

The Tony-winning Cuban musical its producers want to bring to London in 2027 has spent the autumn adding players to its Broadway company rather than winding it down.

A performer from Neon Sun - Roller Circus, which plays Woolwich Works on 29 November
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Roller circus and Protein's Magic Flute lead Woolwich Works' alternative Christmas

Woolwich Works is skipping panto this Christmas. Its festive programme runs from 22 November to 3 January and is led by Neon Sun – Roller Circus and Protein's dance-theatre The Magic Flute, with drag, a solo A Christmas…

The company of The Phantom of the Opera performing Masquerade at His Majesty's Theatre. Photo by Johan Persson.
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Phantom of the Opera marks 40 years in the West End with a gala performance on 9 October

The Phantom of the Opera turns forty in October, and Cameron Mackintosh is marking it with a single gala performance at His Majesty’s Theatre on Friday 9 October 2026.

Daniel Ings and National Youth Theatre members in rehearsal for Letters to My Younger Future Self. Photo by Rich Lakos
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Daniel Ings in rehearsal for National Youth Theatre’s Letters to My Younger Future Self

The first rehearsal images are out for Letters to My Younger Future Self, the National Youth Theatre’s one-night 70th anniversary show at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday 20 September, with Daniel Ings at work…

Artwork for A Sinatra Christmas By Candlelight, starring Joel Harper-Jackson, at the Aldwych Theatre on 6 December 2026
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Joel Harper-Jackson to headline A Sinatra Christmas By Candlelight at the Aldwych Theatre

Joel Harper-Jackson, the current star of Sinatra the Musical, will front A Sinatra Christmas By Candlelight, a one-night festive concert at the Aldwych Theatre on Sunday 6 December 2026.

Myra DuBois as Ruth in Titanique at the Criterion Theatre. Photo by Mark Senior
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Titanique to close at the Criterion in January before first UK tour with Myra DuBois

Titanique gives its final West End performance at the Criterion Theatre on Sunday 3 January 2027. Myra DuBois then takes Ruth on the road, as the musical's first UK tour opens at Theatre Royal Newcastle in September…

Circa in Duck Pond, the circus company's reworking of Swan Lake, which plays Brighton Dome Concert Hall at Christmas. Photo by Pia Johnson
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Brighton Dome fills its three venues with theatre, dance and circus this autumn

Brighton Dome has set out an autumn of theatre, dance and circus across all three of its venues, led by a new play from Inua Ellams. Christmas brings Duck Pond, Circa's circus retelling of Swan Lake, to the Concert Hall.