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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A Skull in Connemara by Martin McDonagh, key art for the Liverpool Everyman production
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A Skull in Connemara, Constellations and a new Medea head Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse 2027 season

Martin McDonagh's A Skull in Connemara, Nick Payne's Constellations and a new Medea by Chris Bush are among the home-grown productions in the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse's 2027 season, with general booking opening…

Artwork for the Royal Court Theatre's 2027 season, including Purpose, The Apology, The Briar Patch and Afterbirth
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Jessie Buckley, Juliet Stevenson and Tobias Menzies head the Royal Court's 2027 season

Oscar winner Jessie Buckley will make her Royal Court debut in Nina Segal's Afterbirth, part of a newly announced season at the Sloane Square theatre that also brings the Broadway hit Purpose to London, puts Juliet…

Samantha Barks and Oliver Tompsett in The Greatest Showman. Photo by Sebastian Nevols
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Samantha Barks and Oliver Tompsett lead The Greatest Showman at Drury Lane from April 2027

The Greatest Showman begins previews at Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 14 April 2027, with Oliver Tompsett and Samantha Barks heading a principal cast that now includes Ben Joyce, Vajèn van den Bosch and Malinda Parris.

Glenn Adamson as Oscar Wilde with the company of Stoker Wilde at Wilton's Music Hall. Photo by Marc Brenner
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First look at glam-rock musical Stoker Wilde as it opens at Wilton's Music Hall

The first production photos from Stoker Wilde are here, taken by Marc Brenner as the new glam-rock musical about Bram Stoker and Oscar Wilde reaches its press night at Wilton's Music Hall tonight.

Giles Terera as Ebenezer Scrooge with members of the company in rehearsal for A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic. Photo by Manuel Harlan
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Giles Terera's Scrooge takes shape in rehearsal for the Old Vic's 10th anniversary A Christmas Carol

Giles Terera cowers in a faded red dressing gown while the company hold their lanterns up behind him. It is the first look inside the rehearsal room for the Old Vic's tenth anniversary A Christmas Carol, which opens on…

Deka Walmsley (Dad) and William Gurney (Billy) in rehearsal for Billy Elliot the Musical. Photo by Foteini Christofilopoulou
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Rehearsal images for Billy Elliot the Musical as the tour heads for Sunderland

The first rehearsal pictures are out for the UK and Ireland tour of Billy Elliot the Musical, which opens at Sunderland Empire next week and comes into the West End in February.

Kai Tomioka, Joshua Attwood, Elisabet Liisu Cerenius, Faye Tan, Dan Baines and Paris Fitzpatrick in rehearsal for Six Lethargies. Photo by Alex Storey
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BalletBoyz open up the rehearsal room for Six Lethargies

BalletBoyz have released the first images from the rehearsal room of Six Lethargies, the world premiere that marks the company’s 25th year at Sadler’s Wells from 18-21 November 2026.

Jonny Fines (Willy Wonka) and the company of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in rehearsal at Curve. Photo by Marc Brenner
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First look: Jonny Fines as Willy Wonka in rehearsal for Curve's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Curve has released the first rehearsal photos of its new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, with Jonny Fines as Willy Wonka, ahead of the Leicester run that opens on Saturday 21 November.

Key artwork for Caesar, Sleepwalk Immersive at Hoxton Hall
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Sleepwalk Immersive takes Caesar to 1940s Chinatown at Hoxton Hall

Sleepwalk Immersive returns to Hoxton Hall in February 2027 with Caesar, an immersive retelling of the plot against Rome’s ruler, moved to the criminal underworld of 1940s Chinatown and staged across four floors of the…