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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Sacrilegious artwork: an older man hiding a wad of cash and a young rabbi hiding a pastrami sandwich behind their backs, for the Riverside Studios world premiere, 3 April - 29 May 2027
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Sacrilegious moves to spring 2027 at Riverside Studios

Sacrilegious, the first original play from Tom Schulman, the Oscar-winning writer of Dead Poets Society, has been pushed back to the spring.

The cast of Club NVRLND on stage at the launch event at Freedom Bar Soho. Photo by Piers Allardyce
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Club NVRLND cast party at Soho launch ahead of The Vaults run

The first pictures of the Club NVRLND company are out, taken at a launch party in Soho three weeks before the Peter Pan nightclub musical opens at The Vaults in Waterloo.

Key art for The Notebook, a new musical, at the Judi Dench Theatre from March 2027
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The Notebook musical heads to the West End’s Judi Dench Theatre in 2027

The Notebook, the Broadway musical adapted from Nicholas Sparks’ best-selling novel, begins previews in the West End on 10 March 2027 as the first show at the Judi Dench Theatre, the new name for the Shaftesbury…

Amy Winehouse performing at the Eurockéennes festival in 2007. Photo: Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 FR, via Wikimedia Commons
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Amy Winehouse musical reported to be in development for the West End

A stage musical about Amy Winehouse is in development for the West End, Variety reports, with Broadway producer Catherine Schreiber understood to be involved. Nobody named in the report has confirmed the project.

Two members of the One Day company at a table in the rehearsal room. Photo by Pamela Raith
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First look at One Day in rehearsal ahead of its Garrick Theatre opening

The first rehearsal photographs from One Day are out, less than four weeks before the musical starts performances at the Garrick Theatre on 17 November.

Circa's Duck Pond, a circus take on Swan Lake and The Ugly Duckling. Photo by Damien Bredberg
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Circa's Duck Pond and Ceilidh the Musical lead Brighton Dome's Christmas line-up

Australian circus company Circa brings Duck Pond to Brighton Dome this Christmas, with the brand-new Ceilidh the Musical and Stuff and Nonsense Theatre's The Adventures of the Little Red Hen also on the December bill.

Harry Milas in the campaign artwork for Magic In The Ditch at Shoreditch Town Hall
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Patrick Marber directs Harry Milas in Magic In The Ditch beneath Shoreditch Town Hall

The sleight-of-hand artist Harry Milas is to present a new show, Harry Milas: Magic In The Ditch, in the rooms beneath Shoreditch Town Hall this winter, under the direction of Patrick Marber.

A rider in the Globe of Death, with two more motorcyclists behind, in Cirque Berserk! at the Garrick Theatre. Photo by Jonathan Hordle
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First look at Cirque Berserk! as the circus spectacular opens at the Garrick Theatre

Cirque Berserk! opened at the Garrick Theatre on Wednesday 21 October, and the first production photos are here. It is a short half-term stay: the last performance is on Saturday 31 October.

The Snowman greets The Boy at his front door in Birmingham Rep’s new The Snowman. Photo by Johan Persson
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The Snowman takes flight in first production photos from Birmingham Rep

Birmingham Rep has released the first production photographs of its brand-new The Snowman, taken by Johan Persson now that performances are under way. Press night is Thursday 29 October 2026.