London Theatre Events
These are the theatre events to look out for now and in the coming months. What’s hot, what’s not, and what you need to see now.
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The Show Must Go Online
Robert Myles’ new project sees the talented actor gather together an incredible group of actors and experienced amateurs to run through the complete works of Shakespeare. Using the conferencing ...
The Great Gatsby
If live theatre now seems a somewhat far off and exotic dream in lockdown Britain, then you’ll be delighted to hear that the stage version of the Great Gatsby is planning to reopen in October 2020. Th...
Cinderella The Musical
Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber has teamed up with the writer of Killing Eve, Emerald Fennell, for a new take on the Cinderella story. Cinderella the Musical will open in September 2020 at the Gillian Lynne t...
The Golden Goose Theatre
London’s getting a brand new theatre and no one can quite believe it. The Golden Goose theatre will open in Camberwell in early October 2020, with a fascinating programme of socially distanced fringe ...
The Mousetrap
There is a wooden sign in the foyer at the St Martin’s Theatre that tells you how many times Agatha Christie’s famous play has been performed. On the day I visit the theatre, this board reads 27550. O...
Prince of Egypt
There can be miracles when you believe, or so the song goes, anyway. If you were in any doubt, just get yourself down to the Dominion Theatre for the West End’s latest hit – Prince of Egyp...
Six the Musical set to return in November 2020
Its current run at the Arts Theatre may have come to an end, but West End sensation Six the Musical is set to return in November 2020. The production, which wowed audiences in Leicester Square, will m...
Doctor Who – Time Fracture
A “ground-breaking” immersive version of Doctor Who is coming to London next year with tickets going on sale this week! Doctor Who -Time Fracture will plunge theatre goers into the incredible wo...
Hairspray the Muscal
If you’re looking for a hairspray that will add vitality, volume and shine, then you really couldn’t do much better than this carefully crafted formula, which has been delighting audiences since it fi...
Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
It’s not Shakespeare and it won’t win any awards for originality, but taken for what it is, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a charming delight. Given a fresh lick of paint by director ...
Sister Act the Musical
Hollywood superstar Whoopi Goldberg is back in London in 2021 for a blink and you miss it four week run in Sister Act the Musical. Reprising the role that she first played in the motion picture of the...
Dirty Dancing (Secret Cinema)
Get ready to have the time of your life at Secret Cinema’s new production of Dirty Dancing. Following hot on the heels of the company’s award winning version of TV hit Stranger Things, this latest off...
Singing in the Rain
You might not automatically feel like Singing in the Rain in the middle of August, but that’s exactly what we’ll be doing next summer at Sadler’s Wells. For that’s when the classic musical, based on t...
Murder She Didn’t Write – Improvised Theatre
This is much more like it! A murder mystery caper which sees the audience choose the where, when and how as well as the identity of victim, this improvised theatre production is great fun, particularl...
On Your Feet at the London Coliseum
This exhilarating new musical arrives in London for a limited season, fresh from its success on Broadway. The production tells the story of Gloria and Emilio Estefan, tracing their story from their ch...
Hampstead Theatre At Home
North London’s Hampstead Theatre has announced that it is to make some of its productions available online. Under the Hampstead Theatre At Home moniker, the theatre will screen Mike Bartlett’s Wild, B...
Royal Opera House Live
Whisper it quietly, but live theatre is slowly making a comeback. First came news that the immersive theatre version of the Great Gatsby was to reopen, next came information on the Young Vic’s sociall...
Sleepless the Musical
What better way to get back into theatre-going mode than a brand-new, jazzy, romantic comedy based on the 1993 hit film Sleepless in Seattle? Theatres are going live again in August and you can start ...
