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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Farah Ashraf in campaign photography for Pink Rabbit. Photo by Stewart Bywater
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Edinburgh hit Pink Rabbit brings faith and OnlyFans to Soho Theatre

Farah Ashraf's award-winning solo play Pink Rabbit, about a young Muslim woman with a secret OnlyFans account, comes to London after its Edinburgh Fringe run.

A scene from the 2024 UK touring production of An Inspector Calls, with Ian MacNeil's Birling house set. Photo by Mark Douet
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An Inspector Calls returns to London at Alexandra Palace ahead of 2027-28 UK and Ireland tour

Stephen Daldry's National Theatre production of J.B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls will open a three-week London run at Alexandra Palace Theatre on 3 September 2027, the first stop on a UK and Ireland tour that…

Danny Beard as Lily Savage in first-look images for Savage. Photos by Oliver Rosser
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First look: Danny Beard becomes Lily Savage in Jonathan Harvey's Savage

Danny Beard is pictured as Lily Savage for the first time in Savage, Jonathan Harvey's new comedy drawn from the life of Paul O'Grady, which premieres at Curve Leicester in February before a UK tour and a West End run.

Campaign artwork for Bedlam: a silhouetted young woman in a dim hospital corridor beneath a starry sky
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Bedlam by Peter Imms to open at the Mercury Theatre before Arcola run

Peter Imms's new play Bedlam, which links a patient of the hospital in 1625 with a young man seeking help in 2022, opens at the Mercury Theatre in Colchester in April 2027 before transferring to London's Arcola Theatre.

Adeola Yemitan and Will Atiomo in Once Upon a Time in Sokoto. Photo by Tristram Kenton
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Once Upon a Time in Sokoto extends its tour to Keswick and Hammersmith

Once Upon a Time in Sokoto is touring into 2027. Fuel has added a stop at Theatre by the Lake in Keswick, 24-27 March, before Inua Ellams's play opens a four-week run at the Lyric Hammersmith on 13 April.

Campaign artwork for Jaja's African Hair Braiding, returning to the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre in 2027
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Rufus Norris, Conor McPherson and The Book Thief lead the Lyric Hammersmith's 2027 season

Rufus Norris makes his first London directing return since leaving the National, Conor McPherson adapts Before the Coffee Gets Cold and the musical The Book Thief reaches London, all in the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre's…

Jacques Imbrailo and Christine Rice in rehearsal for ENO’s Iphigénie en Tauride. Photo by Helen Murray
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First rehearsal photos from ENO’s Iphigénie en Tauride, with Christine Rice and Jacques Imbrailo

English National Opera has released the first rehearsal photographs for Iphigénie en Tauride, with Christine Rice and Jacques Imbrailo as the sister and brother at its heart.

The party scene in English National Ballet's Nutcracker. Photo by ASH
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Tosca, Adriana Mater and English National Ballet's Nutcracker lead the London Coliseum's winter line-up

English National Opera's new Tosca, the company's first Iphigénie en Tauride and Adriana Mater share the London Coliseum stage through November and December, before English National Ballet's Nutcracker takes over for…

Andrew Lloyd Webber speaking to The Independent about his Mona Lisa musical, October 2026 (still from the video interview)
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Andrew Lloyd Webber hopes to bring his Mona Lisa musical to London next autumn

Andrew Lloyd Webber has finished his musical about the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa, and he hopes to have it playing in London by this time next year.