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

Anton Du Beke in costume as Great Uncle Matthew for the UK tour of Ballet Shoes. Photo by Matt Crockett
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Anton Du Beke joins Ballet Shoes for its first UK tour

The National Theatre’s Ballet Shoes tours the UK from August 2027, with Anton Du Beke making his first appearance in a National Theatre production.

A pair of yellow corduroy trousers pegged to a bare branch, key art for What Would Jarvis Do? at the Omnibus Theatre. Photo by Alicia Bridge
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What Would Jarvis Do? returns to the Omnibus Theatre in October

What Would Jarvis Do? runs at the Omnibus Theatre from 6-16 October, after two sold-out development performances at the same address.

Johannes Radebe in artwork for Finally Home
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Johannes Radebe: Finally Home adds a London Palladium matinee for May 2027

Johannes Radebe: Finally Home has added a second London date, a 2.30pm matinee at the London Palladium on 9 May 2027, with tickets on sale now.

The company of Death Note The Musical at the Barbican Theatre
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Death Note The Musical returns to the Barbican in spring 2027

Death Note The Musical is returning to the Barbican Theatre for a second London run, playing from 23 March to 15 May 2027.

Artwork for Burning Down the House by Breach Theatre at the Schwarzman Centre, Oxford. Artwork by Rebecca Pitt, photography by Rich Lakos
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Breach Theatre premieres Burning Down the House at Oxford’s Schwarzman Centre

Burning Down the House, a world premiere from Breach Theatre, runs at the Schwarzman Centre in Oxford from 25 September - 10 October 2026, and tells the story of the woman whose life Ibsen turned into Nora.

The company of Million Dollar Quartet at The Arts at Marble Arch
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Darren Day leads Million Dollar Quartet on a 23-venue UK tour in 2027

The Barn Theatre production of Million Dollar Quartet will visit 23 venues between January and July 2027, opening at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff on 26 January.

Lauren Chinery as Cyril the Squirrel and Folarin Akinmade as Robin Hood in Robin Hood at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch. Photo by Mark Sepple
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Robin Hood rides into Havering as Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch names its panto cast

Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch has named the company for Robin Hood, its family pantomime this Christmas, which opens on 18 November and runs to 2 January 2027.

Rory Kinnear in rehearsals for The Standard of Living at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. Photo by Manuel Harlan
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First look: Rory Kinnear in rehearsals for James Graham's The Standard of Living

Rehearsal images have been released for The Standard of Living, James Graham's new play about John Maynard Keynes, which begins previews at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on 21 September with Rory Kinnear in the lead.

Ian McDiarmid as King Lear with members of the company at the Crucible, Sheffield. Photo by Johan Persson
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Production photos: Ian McDiarmid is King Lear at Sheffield's Crucible

Sheffield Theatres has released production photographs of King Lear at the Crucible, with Ian McDiarmid in the title role and Titas Halder directing. The run ends on Saturday 19 September.