This is a schedule of upcoming London shows, organized by opening date. To view all London shows, upcoming and currently running, check out our London listings page.
- Theatre: Shaftesbury Theatre
- First Preview: March 20, 2026
- Opening: April 16, 2026
- Book: Jeff Whitty
- Music and Lyrics: Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx
- Director: Jason Moore
- Cast: Emily Benjamin, Noah Harrison, Meg Hateley, Oliver Jacobson, Charlie McCullagh, Amelia Kinu Muus, Dionne Ward-Anderson
Fresh out of college and searching for his purpose, Princeton ends up in a shabby apartment on New York’s rundown Avenue Q. He quickly meets his new and colorful neighbors where together they navigate the life struggles of work, love and paying the bills in their own hilarious way.
- Theatre: Donmar Warehouse
- First Preview: April 18, 2026
- Opening: April 29, 2026
- Playwright: Fran Kranz
- Director: Carrie Cracknell
- Cast: Adeel Akhtar, Amari Bacchus, Monica Dolan, Paul Hilton, Lyndsey Marshal, Rochelle Rose, Susie Trayling
In a quiet room of an Episcopal church, two couples meet to have a conversation no parent should ever have to face. As defenses fall away and memories surface, they attempt to reach across a divide carved by violence.
- Theatre: Theatre Royal Haymarket
- First Preview: April 24, 2026
- Opening: April 30, 2026
- Playwright: David Hare
- Director: Jeremy Herrin
- Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Raison
For Sir Henry Irving, the first actor ever to be knighted and the greatest star of the Victorian stage, the drama was everything. For Ellen Terry, the most loved and highest paid actress in England, it was incidental to the richness of her life. Their celebrated partnership - on and off the stage - changed the theatre forever.
KRAPP'S LAST TAPE / GODOT'S TO-DO LIST
- Theatre: Royal Court Theatre
- First Preview: May 8, 2026
- Opening: May 11, 2026
- Writers: Samuel Beckett and Leo Simpe-Asante
- Director: Gary Oldman
- Cast: Gary Oldman
Starring and directed by Gary Oldman, Samuel Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape returns to the Royal Court, where it played in 1958, with a new production by York Theatre Royal. Opening the performance every night is Godot’s To-Do List, a new Beckett-inspired short play by Jerwood New Playwright Leo Simpe-Asante.
- Theatre: Ambassadors Theatre
- First Preview: May 2, 2026
- Opening: May 12, 2026
- Playwright: Ava Pickett
- Director: Lyndsey Turner
- Cast: Liv Hill, Siena Kelly, Tanya Reynolds, Oliver Johnstone, George Kemp
Tudor England. A field in Essex. Three women hurry to their childhood meeting place, thirsty for gossip from London. Word spreads of a clash between King Henry VIII and his Queen, Anne Boleyn. And closer to home, another rumor begins to catch fire. As these women begin to see echoes of the royal drama in their own rural lives and a rise in violence spreads throughout the land, the actions of a queen imprisoned in a tower threaten to cost them everything.
- Theatre: Soho Theatre Walthamstow
- Opening: May 15, 2026
- Playwright: Peter Quiller
- Director: Rupert Hands
- Cast: Jinkx Monsoon, Jacob Dudman, Adam Filipe, Fred Double, Francesca Ellis, Joshy Alody
London, 1968. At the legendary Talk of the Town, Judy Garland readies herself for a series of concerts that will both captivate and haunt. The world adores her, yet behind the glittering spotlight lies a fierce struggle for control, survival, and the relentless drive to perform at whatever the cost.
- Theatre: Menier Chocolate Factory
- First Preview: May 8, 2026
- Opening: May 18, 2026
- Playwright: Peter Shaffer
- Director: Lindsay Posner
- Cast: Toby Stephens
What prompts a 17-year-old boy to blind six horses? This is the challenge presented to psychiatrist Martin Dysart as he delves into the psyche of his young patient Alan Strang to search for the answers and at the same time questioning whether the cure is more dangerous than the crime.
THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND
- Theatre: @sohoplace
- First Preview: April 25, 2026
- Opening: May 25, 2026
- Book and Lyrics: Richy Hughes
- Music and Lyrics: Tim Sutton
- Director: Lynette Linton
- Cast: Alistair Nwachukwu, Madeline Appiah, Tsemaye Bob-Egbe, Sifiso Mazibuko
In drought-stricken Malawi, a 13-year-old boy dreams of saving his village. Nobody believes he can – not his father, his friends, nor his community. As crops fail and hope runs dry, William finds inspiration in scraps of old machinery and a handful of library books. What he lacks in resources, he makes up for in determination, grit and imagination, and a windmill begins to take shape. Can William defy expectations and harness the power of the wind to bring energy, life, and hope to his people?
- Theatre: Prince Edward Theatre
- First Preview: May 20, 2026
- Opening: May 28, 2026
- Book: Scott Brown and Anthony King
- Music and Lyrics: Eddie Perfect
- Director: Alex Timbers
- Cast: David Flynn
Based on Tim Burton's beloved movie classic, this wildly funny — and weirdly life-affirming — musical tells the tale of Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager sharing her home with a pair of newly-deads and the demonic ghost with the most, Beetlejuice. He's dead trouble, but if you really want to feel alive, just say his name three times…
- Theatre: Barbican Theatre
- First Preview: May 19, 2026
- Opening: June 3, 2026
- Book: Arthur Kopit
- Music and Lyrics: Cole Porter
- Director: Rachel Kavanaugh
- Cast: Helen George, Felicity Kendal, Freddie Fox, Julian Ovenden, Carly Mercedes Dyer, Nigel Lindsay, Malcolm Sinclair
Clear your diary, because you’re invited to the most swell party of the year, Cole Porter’s High Society. Join the 28-strong cast as plans for the society wedding of the year descend into chaos, with old and new flames vying for attention as a sharp-eyed tabloid reporter hunts for scandal at a waterfront estate.
- Theatre: Aldwych Theatre
- First Preview: June 3, 2026
- Opening: June 24, 2026
- Book: Joe DiPietro
- Director: Kathleen Marshall
- Cast: Joel Harper-Jackson, Ana Villafañe, Phoebe Panaretos, Jenna Russell, Sylvie Regan, Mia Savident, Felicity Walton
It is New Year’s Eve, 1942, and a skinny 27-year-old Italian-American singer is about to step onto the stage of New York City’s Paramount Theatre and give a performance that will change music history. But as Frank Sinatra’s voice captures a nation, his heart is torn between his wife, Nancy, and movie goddess, Ava Gardner. When scandal and a hostile press send his career into a tailspin, the young crooner fights back and stages the greatest comeback in show business history.
