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

Young Romantics
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Young Romantics: new musical from Bastille's Dan Smith in development

Melting Pot has announced the development of Young Romantics, a new British musical with music and lyrics by Dan Smith of Bastille, about the fateful summer at the Villa Diodati that inspired Frankenstein and The…

Burlesque the Musical
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Burlesque the Musical launches UK tour with almost 90,000 tickets sold as London return moves to 2027

Burlesque the Musical opens its 24-venue UK tour in Sunderland this August with almost 90,000 tickets already sold, while the show's planned London engagement is postponed to 2027.

The King's Ransom
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Donmar Warehouse announces The King's Ransom and a No Man's Land revival with Simon Russell Beale and Rupert Everett

The Donmar Warehouse has announced the world premiere of The King's Ransom by Stuart Slade and a major revival of Harold Pinter's No Man's Land starring Simon Russell Beale and Rupert Everett, alongside the full cast…

NINA, Written by Caroline Williams, Co-directed by Deborah Pearson and Caroline Williams, A BAC Production © Aimee Capstick
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Battersea Arts Centre announces its 2026 Autumn-Winter season

Battersea Arts Centre has announced its Autumn/Winter 2026 season, featuring two world premieres, an experiential horror, a festival of magic, and Halloween and Christmas takeovers of its landmark building.

Shamilton! comes to The Other Palace
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Improvised hip hop musical Shamilton! comes to The Other Palace this September

Baby Wants Candy’s critically acclaimed improvised hip hop comedy Shamilton! plays The Other Palace from 8 to 20 September 2026, making up an entire historical musical on the spot every night.

The Disappearing Man
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Matt Bardock to star in new magic-fuelled drama The Disappearing Man

Matt Bardock will lead the world premiere of The Disappearing Man, a new drama about legacy, illusion and second chances featuring live onstage magic, at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch this October before a UK tour.

Swan Lake 2026 - Céline Gittens as Odette and Odile © Manvir Rai
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Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake returns this autumn with principal casting announced

Birmingham Royal Ballet revives Sir Peter Wright and Galina Samsova’s spectacular production of Swan Lake this autumn, playing Birmingham Hippodrome and London’s Sadler’s Wells with principal casting now announced.

ROLEPLAY Soho Theatre
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ROLEPLAY to transfer to London’s Soho Theatre this autumn

The award-winning producers of Baby Reindeer and Fleabag are bringing ROLEPLAY, Hannah Reilly’s razor-sharp one-woman thriller, to London’s Soho Theatre this autumn following its Edinburgh Fringe premiere.

Cirque Berserk
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Cirque Berserk! returns to the West End for a limited Garrick Theatre run

Cirque Berserk! returns to London's West End for a strictly limited run this autumn, with a new production directed by Matt Page playing the Garrick Theatre from 21 to 31 October.