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.

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Once Upon a Time in Sokoto, the new play by Inua Ellams, which runs at Brighton Dome Corn Exchange for five nights in November
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Inua Ellams play Once Upon a Time in Sokoto opens a new national touring initiative

Inua Ellams's new play Once Upon a Time in Sokoto runs at Brighton Dome Corn Exchange for five nights in November, as the first production from Touring Together, a nationwide initiative built to take new theatre out to…

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.

Key art for Stoker Wilde showing the cast: Jamie Bogyo as Bram Stoker, Glenn Adamson as Oscar Wilde, Christina Bennington as Florence, Jemma Geanaus as Ellen Terry, Matt Rixon as Walt Whitman, Oliver Stockley as Bosie and David Bedella as Henry Irving
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Jamie Bogyo and Glenn Adamson to star in new musical Stoker Wilde at Wilton’s Music Hall

Jamie Bogyo and Glenn Adamson will play Bram Stoker and Oscar Wilde in Stoker Wilde, a new glam-rock musical playing seven performances at Wilton’s Music Hall from 27-31 October 2026.

Roger Bart as Doc Brown and Axel Duffy as Marty McFly in rehearsals for the Back to the Future The Musical UK tour. Photo by Mark Senior
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First look: Roger Bart and Axel Duffy in rehearsals for the Back to the Future UK tour

The first rehearsal photographs have arrived from the UK tour of Back to the Future The Musical, with Roger Bart back as Doc Brown and Axel Duffy as Marty McFly ahead of opening night in Bristol next month.

Amber Davies as Elle Woods in artwork for Legally Blonde The Musical at the London Coliseum
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Legally Blonde transfers to the London Coliseum with Amber Davies as Elle Woods

Legally Blonde The Musical opens at the London Coliseum on 22 March 2027 for a strictly limited season, with Amber Davies carrying her touring Elle Woods into the West End. Tickets are on sale now, from £20.

Six productions from the 2026 Voila! Theatre Festival programme
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Voila! Theatre Festival announces 101 shows in 60 languages across eight London venues

Voila! Theatre Festival has announced its 2026 programme: 101 shows and events in 60 languages, made by 450 artists, across eight London venues from 2-22 November.

Key art for Operation Mincemeat
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Operation Mincemeat adds 36 weeks to its UK and Ireland tour

Operation Mincemeat has added 36 more weeks to its UK and Ireland tour, carrying it through 2027 and into Belfast, Dublin and nine further cities. Tickets go on general sale on 25 September.

Key art for Nerdy Prudes Must Die at the Apollo Theatre
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StarKid return to the West End with Nerdy Prudes Must Die at the Apollo

StarKid bring Nerdy Prudes Must Die to the Apollo Theatre for five weeks from February 2027, with the entire original company crossing the Atlantic to play it.

Daniel Krikler as Wladyslaw Szpilman in The Pianist at Park Theatre. Photo by Anthony Leary-White
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First production images for The Pianist, the new Szpilman musical at Park Theatre

The first production images have been released for The Pianist, a new musical built from Władysław Szpilman’s own compositions, which has its world premiere at the Park Theatre next month.