- Theatre: Old Vic Theatre
- First Preview: January 27, 2023
- Opening: February 3, 2023
- Book: Kate Prince, Priya Parmar
- Lyrics: Kate Prince
- Music: Josh Cohen, DJ Walde
- Director: Kate Prince
- Cast: Beverly Knight, Kelly Agbowu, Verity Blyth, Kimmy Edwards, Alex Gaumond, Jade Hackett, Sweeney Holdsworth, Stevie Hutchinson, Kate Ivory Jordan, Hannah Khemoh, Jaye Marshall, Razak Osman, Jay Perry, Sharon Rose, Kirstie Skivington, Ellena Vincent
This revolutionary story celebrates the life of Sylvia Pankhurst – feminist, activist, pacifist, socialist, rebel – the lesser-known Pankhurst at the heart of the Suffragette movement, who changed the lives of working women and men across the world.
- Theatre: Gillian Lynne Theatre
- Fist Preview: January 24, 2023
- Opening: February 8, 2023
- Playwright: Stefano Massini, Ben Power
- Director: Sam Mendes
- Cast: Michael Balogun, Hadley Fraser, Nigel Lindsay, Yshani Perinpanayagam
On a cold September morning in 1844, a young man from Bavaria stands on a New York dockside dreaming of a new life. He is soon joined by his two brothers and an American epic begins with a small store in Alabama. One hundred and sixty-three years later, the firm they establish—Lehman Brothers—spectacularly collapses into bankruptcy and triggers the largest financial crisis in history. Told in three epic parts over one evening, The Lehman Trilogy is a modern theatrical classic.
- Theatre: National Theatre (Lyttelton)
- Fist Preview: February 1, 2023
- Opening: February 9, 2023
- Playwright: Simon Stone
- Director: Simon Stone
- Cast: Janet McTeer, Assaad Bouab, Mackenzie Davis
In a house of glass, one must not throw stones. After years of fierce focus on her political career, Phaedra turns her attention to her personal life. The reappearance of her step-son shakes the foundations of her house and the beliefs that have underpinned her power. As buried lust and loneliness surge to the surface, Phaedra’s actions threaten to destroy everything she has built.
- Theatre: Park Theatre
- Fist Preview: February 8, 2023
- Opening: February 13, 2023
- Playwright: Daniel Taub, Dan Patterson
- Director: Jez Bond
- Cast: Clive Anderson. Winnie Arhin, Arthur Conti, Greg Lockett, Michael Maloney, Nichola McAullife, Barrie Rutter
Two countries are locked in battle over a strip of land when a fragile ceasefire provides a chance for peace. Over the negotiating table, cynical diplomats, idealistic peacemakers and meddling mediators try to navigate a perilous path to agreement as the threat of continued conflict looms ever larger.
- Theatre: National Theatre (Olivier)
- Fist Preview: February 9, 2023
- Opening: February 13, 2023
- Book: Chris Bush
- Music and Lyrics: Richard Hawley
- Director: Robert Hastie
- Cast: Darragh Cowley, Ahmed Hamad, Séverine Howell-Men, Samuel Jordan, Bobbie Little, Robert Lonsdale, David McKechnie, Maimuna Memon, Rachel Louise Miller, Baker Mukasa, Alastair Natkiel, Faith Omole, Adam Price, Consuela Rolle, Nicole Sloane, Jake Small, Deborah Tracey, Rachel Wooding, Alex Young
Poppy wants to escape her old life in London. Joy and Jimmy want to spend the rest of their lives together. Rose and Harry want the new life they’ve been promised. A love letter to Sheffield and a history of modern Britain told through the stories of one iconic estate, Standing at the Sky’s Edge charts the hopes and dreams of three generations over the course of six tumultuous decades.
- Theatre: @sohoplace
- First Preview: February 10, 2023
- Opening: February 17, 2023
- Playwright: Euripides, adapted by Robinson Jeffers
- Director: Dominic Cooke
- Cast: Sophie Okonedo, Ben Daniels, Marion Bailey, Penny Layden, Jo McInnes, Amy Trigg
- Theatre: Donmar Warehouse
- First Preview: February 10, 2023
- Opening: February 20, 2023
- Playwright: Diana Nneka Atuona
- Director: Tinuke Craig
- Cast: Samuel Adewunmi, Rita Bernard-Shaw, Ifan Huw Dafydd, Zaqi Ismail, Gareth Kennerley, Bethan Mary-James, Sarah Parish, Zephryn Taitte
In her illegal boarding house in Butetown, Cardiff, Gwyneth Mbanefo toils tirelessly to keep afloat. It’s a port town during the war; home to souls from every corner of the globe. When Nate, an African American GI, escapes his barracks and discovers this new world without segregation, can he find safe harbour? And with danger on every corner, who can he trust?
- Theatre: Park Theatre
- Fist Preview: February 15, 2023
- Opening: February 20, 2023
- Playwright: Jo Harper
- Director: Bethany Pitts
- Cast: Kathryn Bond, Gemma Lawrence, Gemma Barnett
Moving out of the city to raise their baby, the old house by the sea is supposed to be a peaceful new start for Liv and Kate. But Liv, the stay-at-home mother, is a songwriter in crisis who's too distracted to write, while Kate, who's just had a baby, needs to go back to work to get some order back in her life. And then there's Liv's sister Jenny who, despite wanting to distance herself from her overbearing sibling, finds herself being drawn back to the beach house time and time again.
- Theatre: National Theatre (Dorfman)
- Fist Preview: February 14, 2023
- Opening: February 21, 2023
- Playwright: Gary Owen
- Director: Rachel O'Riordan
- Cast: Catrin Aaron, Paul Brennen, Anita Reynolds, Callum Scott Howells, Rosie Sheehy
Romeo is a single dad hanging on tight. Julie is fighting to follow her dream of studying at Cambridge. Two Welsh teens raised a few streets apart – but from entirely different worlds – crash into first love and are knocked off their feet. But at the crossroads to the rest of their lives, Julie’s family fears the worst in a world of unequal opportunity.
- Theatre: Almeida Theatre
- First Preview: February 11, 2023
- Opening: February 22, 2023
- Playwright: Lulu Raczka
- Director: Rupert Goold
- Cast: Leo Bill, Carly-Sophia Davies, Aurora Dawson-Hunte, Ioanna Kimbook, Nathan Armarkwei-Laryea, Lydia Leonard, Alison Oliver, Lola Shalam
England, 1640. A war is brewing. Rumours are flying. A household is in crisis…and the Devil’s having some fun. For Lady Elizabeth nothing is more important than protecting her family’s legacy and their ancestral home. When that comes under threat, she elicits the help of Agnes, a young servant suspected of witchcraft. But Agnes doesn’t want to be a witch, she wants to be a Lady, and no one will get in her way.
- Theatre: Theatre Royal Bath
- First Preview: February 16, 2023
- Opening: February 22, 2023
- Playwright: Ryan Craig
- Director: Terry Johnson
- Cast: Kris Marshall, Eve Ponsonby
Cancel culture, gender politics, trans rights, online abuse and power struggles are all at play on a University campus which is more like a battleground, where every well-intentioned thought and deed can have unexpected and long-lasting consequences. It is here that we meet two idealistic academics, Lotty and Teddy, as they pick their way through the political and social minefield to embark on a decade long romance.
- Theatre: Bush Theatre
- Opening: February 24, 2023
- Playwright: Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini
- Director: Jade Lewis
- Cast: Shayde Sinclair, Aliyah Odoffin, Amber Grappy, Bukky Bakray
Join Rey, Elle, Shan and Funmi. Armed with sugary snacks, school gossip, and secret questions they can only ask each other, their sleepovas are pretty much a sacred space for them. As each year tugs them further into adulthood and life doesn’t pan out quite as they imagined, they struggle to hold on to a friendship that they swore would last a lifetime. Sleepova is an ode to black women, their boundless spirits, and wild dreams.
THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF MUSICAL
- Theatre: Nöel Coward Theatre
- Opening: February 25, 2023
- Book: Jake Brunger
- Lyrics: Jake Brunger, Pippa Cleary
- Music: Pippa Cleary
- Director: Rachel Kavanaugh
- Cast: Scott Paige, Claire Moore, Catriana Sandison, Charlotte Wakefield, Damian Humbley, Jay Saighal, Michael Cahill, Aharon Rayner, John Owen Jones
Follow the trials and tribulations of our bakers as they enter the hallowed tent, including a policeman, a carer, a sixth form student, a retired dinner lady, an environmentalist vegan, an Italian fashionista, and more, as they come together to share their journeys of friendship, love, and laughter.
- Theatre: Wyndham's Theatre
- First Preview: February 16, 2023
- Opening: February 28, 2023
- Book and Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II
- Music: Richard Rodgers
- Director: Daniel Fish
- Cast: TBA
Based on Lynn Riggs' Green Grow the Lilacs,this musical Western tells the story of rambunctious cowboy Curly and his courtship of the equally headstrong Laurey against the backdrop of the Oklahoma territory where the "corn is as high as an elephant's eye." Songs from this groundbreaking musical include "Surrey With the Fringe on Top," "People Will Say We're in Love," "Out of My Dreams," "Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'" and the title song.
- Theatre: Finborough Theatre
- Opening: February 28, 2023
- Playwright: Bjørg Vik, translated by Janet Garton
- Director: Wiebke Green
- Cast: TBA
Edith and Oscar Tellmann have been together since before they can remember. When their family life took a turn, the couple found solace in travel and adventure. But now they’re well into their 80s, stuck in a drab flat, surrounded by cats, books, memories, and leaking pipes. As they journey into old age, the couple invent a new way to travel together…
- Theatre: Garrick Theatre
- Opening: March 4, 2023
- Book: Ivan Menchell
- Lyrics: Don Black
- Music: Frank Wildhorn
- Director: Nick Winston
- Cast: Frances Mayli McCann, Jordan Luke Gage, Georgie Maguire, Cleve September, Jodie Steele, Dom Hartley-Harris, Robbie Scotcher, Alexander Evans, Kit Esuruoso, Barney Wilkinson, Lauren Jones, Julie Yammanee, Pippa Winslow, Chloe Saunders, Charlie McCullagh, Sydnie Hocknell, Michael Cortez
In Depression-era Texas, a young Bonnie Parker falls in love with Clyde Barrow, a criminal on the run from the law. Their love affair soon spirals out of control, as Bonnie & Clyde commit a series of bank robberies. As their notoriety — and body count — rises, the ill-fated lovers find themselves racing to the top of the Public Enemies list.
- Theatre: Menier Chocolate Factory
- First Preview: March 3, 2023
- Opening: March 15, 2023
- Playwright: Jordan Harrison
- Director: Dominic Dromgoole
- Cast: Anne Reid, Richard Fleeshman, Nancy Carroll, Tony Jayawardena
It’s the age of artificial intelligence, and 86-year-old Marjorie — a jumble of disparate, fading memories — has a handsome new companion who’s programmed to feed the story of her life back to her. What would we remember, and what would we forget, if given the chance?
FURTHER THAN THE FURTHEST THING
- Theatre: Young Vic Theatre
- First Preview: March 9, 2023
- Opening: March 16, 20233
- Playwright: Zinnie Harris
- Director: Jennifer Tang
- Cast: TBA
On a remote volcanic island in the middle of the Atlantic, a community has lived undisturbed for centuries, defying the swirling currents of modernity and capitalism. Cut off and exposed to the elements, their survival has created a complex bind with their land. But when one of the inhabitants brings an outsider to the island, their way of life is changed forever.
- Theatre: Park Theatre
- Fist Preview: March 15, 2023
- Opening: March 17, 2023
- Playwright: Ian Hallard
- Director: Mark Gatiss
- Cast: Donna Berlin, James Bradshaw, Sara Crowe, Ian Hallard, Andrew Horton, Rose Shalloo, Miriam Margolyes, Paul O'Grady, Anton Tweedale, Toby Holloway, Tariye Peterside
In the late 1980s, two school friends from Birmingham tentatively come out to one another: one as gay, the other as an ABBA fan. Nearly thirty years later, a chance meeting sets them on an exciting new path, and they decide to form the world’s first ABBA tribute band – in drag. But can their friendship survive the tribulations of a life on the road; one full of platform boots, fake beards and a distractingly attractive stranger?
ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST
- Theatre: Lyric Theatre Hammersmith
- First Preview: March 14, 2023
- Opening: March 18, 2023
- Playwright: Dario Fo and Franca Rame, adapted by Tom Basden
- Director: Daniel Raggett
- Cast: Daniel Rigby
An Anarchist has fallen to his death from a police station window. But did he jump or was he thrown? As the police prepare for an inquiry into the incident, an unhinged showman known only as the Maniac is arrested and brought into the station. Seizing the opportunity to put on a show, he leads the police in an absurd recreation of their version of events, exposing the cover-ups, corruption and profound idiocy of an institution in free-fall.
- Theatre: Almeida Theatre
- Opening: March 20, 2023
- Playwright: Tennessee Williams
- Director: Rebecca Frecknall
- Cast: Patsy Ferran, Paul Mescal, Anjana Vasan, Dwane Walcott
- Theatre: Theatre Royal Stratford East
- Opening: March 24, 2023
- Playwright: Bola Agbaje
- Director: Monique Touko
- Cast: Hannah Zoé Ankrah, Tomás Azocar-Nevin, Eleanor Booth, Chloe Cooper, Daniel Cawley, Jack D’Arcy, Jez Davess-Humphrey, Jessica Enemokwu, Isolde Fenton, Kira Golightly, Thuliswa Magwaza, Dalumuzi Moyo, Olivia Ng, Jasmine Ricketts, Nathaly Sabino, Jerome Scott
When two brothers from different continents go down the street to buy a pint of milk, they lift the lid on a disunited nation; a world where everyone wants to be an individual, but no one wants to stand out from the crowd, and where respect is always demanded but rarely freely given.
- Theatre: Harold Pinter Theatre
- First Preview: March 25, 2023
- Opening: March 30, 2023
- Playwright: Hanya Yanagihara
- Director: Ivo van Hove
- Cast: James Norton, Luke Thompson, Omari Douglas, Zach Wyatt, Elliot Cowan, Zubin Varla, Nathalie Armin, Emilio Doorgasingh
A Little Life follows four college friends in New York City: aspiring actor Willem, successful architect Malcolm, struggling artist JB, and prodigious lawyer Jude. As ambition, addiction, and pride threaten to pull the group apart, they always find themselves bound by their love for Jude and the mysteries of his past. But when those secrets come to light, they finally learn that to know Jude St Francis is to understand the limitless potential of love in the face of life.
AIN'T TOO PROUD- THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS
- Theatre: Prince Edward Theatre
- First Preview: March 31, 2023
- Opening: TBA
- Book: Dominique Morisseau
- Music: The Temptations
- Director: Des McAnuff
- Cast: Cameron Bernard Jones, Kyle Cox, Sifiso Mazibuko, Tosh Wanogho-Maud, Mitchell Zhangazha
Follow The Temptations’ extraordinary journey from the streets of Detroit to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame—how they met, how they rose, the groundbreaking heights they hit, and how personal and political conflicts threatened to tear the group apart as the United States fell into civil unrest.
- Theatre: Almeida Theatre
- First Preview: April 4, 2023
- Opening: TBA
- Book:Lynn Nottage
- Music: Duncan Sheik
- Lyrics: Susan Birkenhead
- Director: Whitney White
- Cast: Ava Brennan, Tarinn Callender, Danielle Fiamanya, Rachel John, Mark Meadows, Abiona Omonua
South Carolina, 1964. Lily Owens, a restless white teenager, struggles with her merciless father and the haunting memory of her mother's death. When Rosaleen, her black caregiver, is beaten and jailed for asserting her right to vote, Lily's rebellious spirit is ignited. She and Rosaleen escape on an adventure where they are taken in by a trio of black beekeeping sisters. While Lily tries to unlock the secrets of her past, she and Rosaleen find solace in the mesmerizing world of bees and spirituality in this extraordinary tale of awakening, fellowship, and healing.
- Theatre: National Theatre (Olivier)
- First Preview: April 6, 2023
- Opening: April 18, 2023
- Playwright: Brian Friel
- Director: Josie Rourke
- Cast: Louisa Harland, Bláithín Mac Gabhann, Siobhán McSweeney, Justine Mitchell, Ardal O'Hanlon, Alison Oliver, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
Harvest time in County Donegal, 1936. Outside the village of Ballybeg, the five Mundy sisters battle poverty to raise seven-year-old Michael and care for their Uncle Jack. During the Festival of Lughnasa, Pagan and Christian meet and collide. The sisters fight each other, love each other, dance, yearn and survive.
- Theatre: Theatre Royal Stratford East
- First Preview: April 13, 2023
- Opening: April 19, 2023
- Playwright: Samson Hawkins
- Director: Nadia Fall
- Cast: TBA
Townies have decided they want a lie in, so they’re building a new high-speed railway. Issue is, it’s going right through Barbara Honeybone’s house, and she ‘ent having none of it. Barbara’s grandson Peter works for the townies and it’s his job to convince the village that having a two-tonne bullet hurtling through the cabbage patches will actually be for the best. Then there’s Harry, Barbara’s younger grandson, he ‘ent that bothered about trains, he’s only got eyes for Debbie Mahoney. But the only thing Barbara hates more than townies is the Mahoneys. Welcome to Syresham, South Northamptonshire. It’s not quite the Cotswolds, not quite one of those posh villages Americans have in movies, but it does have Syresham’s Got Talent, the headline event of the village fair. There’ll be songs, dancing, magic, drag, a bit of wrestling, and Kevin’s doing a meat raffle (vegetarian option: two tins of Strongbow).
- Theatre: Lyric Theatre Hammersmith
- First Preview: April 17, 2023
- Opening: April 21, 2023
- Playwright: Bertolt Brecht, adapted by Nina Segal
- Director: Anthony Lau
- Cast: Suni La, Nick Blakeley, Melody Brown, Aidan Cheng, Jan Chew, Callum Coates, Togo Igawa, Camille Mallet de Chauny, Louise Mai Newberry, Tim Samuels, Ami Tredrea, Leo Wan
Three gods search for just one honest person on earth to justify humanity’s existence. Finding Shen Te, penniless but principled, they reward her with a life-changing amount of cash. But starting her own business in a money centred, unequal society, her fortune soon turns to frustration as the more kindness she shows, the more complicated life becomes.
- Theatre: Park Theatre
- Fist Preview: April 19, 2023
- Opening: April 21, 2023
- Playwright: Jon Bradfield
- Director: TBA
- Cast: TBA
Meet David – gay, disabled and profoundly horny. He can’t eat, drink or shower by himself – let alone the rest. Totally inexperienced, he embarks on a sexual and romantic odyssey, armed with a fierce brain and impressive nudes (that he has to get someone else to take). But can David keep it casual whilst also relying on round-the-clock care? Can he manage the thrill and uncertainty of random hook-ups after a lifetime of knock-backs?
- Theatre: National Theatre (Dorfman)
- First Preview: April 15, 2023
- Opening: April 25, 2023
- Playwright: Deborah Bruce
- Director: Sam Mendes
- Cast: Bríd Brennan, Alison Fitzjohn, Yazmin Kayani, Andrea Lowe, Posy Sterling, Liz White
Mary has just been released from prison. She wants to come home and forget all about it but Briana has other ideas. Over a tumultuous two days a family is forced to confront not just their past but themselves. Because even if you refuse to hear the truth, the truth doesn’t go away.
- Theatre: Bush Theatre
- Opening: April 28, 2023
- Playwright: Lenny Henry
- Director: Lynette Linton and Daniel Bailey
- Cast: Lenny Henry
Charming, flawed, and with the gift of the gab, we all know a man like August Henderson. Between his three kids, devoted wife-to-be, and part-ownership of a fruit and veg shop, he is proud of the life he has built since landing in his beloved West Bromwich. So, when faced with deportation to a country he has no memory of, he isn’t prepared to go quietly. Listen up, he is ready to tell his own story.
- Theatre: National Theatre (Lyttelton)
- First Preview: April 20, 2023
- Opening: May 2, 2023
- Playwright: Jack Thorne
- Director: Sam Mendes
- Cast: Allan Corduner, Ryan Ellsworth, Johnny FLynn, Mark Gatiss, Aysha Kala, Tuppence Middleton, Luke Norris, Michael Walters, Laurence Ubong Williams
Why would the most famous movie star in the world choose to do a play which everyone already knows? And what lures us back to the same plays, year after year? Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new production of Hamlet under John Gielgud’s exacting direction. But as rehearsals progress, two ages of theatre collide and the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel.
- Theatre: Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
- Opening: May 10, 2023
- Book: Lynn Ahrens
- Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
- Music: Stephen Flaherty
- Director: Ola Ince
- Cast: TBA
Once on a golden and verdant Caribbean island, a little girl is rescued from a disastrous storm by four gods—Asaka, Mother of the Earth; Agwé, god of Water; Erzulie, goddess of Love; and Papa Ge, demon of Death. So starts the myth told in this breathtaking story of Black joy and sorrow, the aftermath of colonization and isolation, and the triumph of love against all forces. Told with Caribbean rhythms and instruments, this Tony Award–winning musical is a testament that a beautiful story simply told has the power to inspire and heal all.
- Theatre: Ambassadors Theatre
- Opening: May 23, 2023
- Playwright: Martin Sherman
- Director: TBA
- Cast: Maureen Lipman
Blending the personal with the political, this sharply drawn portrait of a feisty Jewish woman traces Rose’s story from the devastation of Nazi-ruled Europe to conquering the American dream. Rose reflects on what it means to be a survivor. Her remarkable life began in a tiny Ukranian village, took her to Warsaw's ghettos and a ship called The Exodus, and finally to the boardwalks of Atlantic City, the Arizona canyons, and salsa-flavoured nights in Miami beach.
- Theatre: Lyric Theatre
- First Preview: May 12, 2023
- Opening: May 25, 2023
- Book: Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Lyrics: Charles Hart, Don Black
- Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Director: Jonathan Kent
- Cast: Michael Ball, Jamie Bogyo
A young man has an affair with an older actress who later marries his uncle, with whom she has a daughter who eventually falls for the young man years later.
- Theatre: Dominion Theatre
- Opening: June 2, 2023
- Book: Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey
- Lyrics: Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey
- Music: Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey
- Director: Nikolai Foster
- Cast: TBA
Danny and Sandy fall for each other during a carefree summer fling. But when the school year begins, Danny is torn between his feelings for good-girl Sandy and his image with the T-Birds and the Pink Ladies.
- Theatre: Old Vic Theatre
- First Preview: May 20, 2023
- Opening: June 8, 2023
- Book: Danny Rubin
- Music and Lyrics: Tim Minchin
- Director: Matthew Warchus
- Cast: Andy Karl
Phil Connors is a cynical Pittsburgh TV weatherman who is sent to cover the annual Groundhog Day event in the isolated small town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, when he finds himself caught in a time loop, forced to repeat the same day again and again…and again. As each day plays out exactly the same as before Phil becomes increasingly despondent, but is there a lesson to be learnt through his experiences, will he ever unlock the secret and break the cycle?
- Theatre: Theatre Royal Bath
- Opening: June 10, 2023
- Book: Paul Blake, Kirsten Guenther
- Music and Lyrics: Cole Porter
- Director: Jeremy Sams
- Cast: TBA
A beautiful princess is on yet another annual, busy but extremely strict tour of Europe. Striving for a little semblance of freedom like normal girls her age, she slips away instead of attending yet another a diplomatic ball. Meanwhile, a disgruntled American journalist sent to cover the royal family's tour across Europe finds the scoop of his career when he happens upon the princess sleeping on a park bench. Not recognizing her, he takes her home to rest. The next day, news of the princess' escape breaks, and he realizes who the girl really was. Now determined to be the first to find and interview her, he joins the scramble. However, when he does find her, he recognizes a kindred spirit within, and whilst both trying to elude the agents, the paparazzi and the police, they embark on an exciting spree around Rome, and fall in love in the process.
SCHOOL GIRLS: OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY
- Theatre: Lyric Theatre Hammersmith
- First Preview: June 9, 2023
- Opening: June 15, 2023
- Playwright: Jocelyn Bioh
- Director: Monique Touko
- Cast: TBA
As the reigning queen bee of Ghana’s most exclusive boarding school, Paulina has her sights on the 1986 Miss Universe pageant. But the arrival of a new transfer student from America changes the game.
ROBIN HOOD: THE LEGEND. RE-WRITTEN
- Theatre: Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
- Opening: June 17, 2023
- Book: Carl Grose
- Lyrics: Carl Grose
- Music: Carl Grose
- Director: Melly Still
- Cast: TBA
Think you know the story of Robin Hood? Think again. Prepare for a thrilling new take on the classic tale, set in a desperate, divided kingdom where only the truly cunning can outwit the sheriff’s terrifying wrath. Promising humour, heart and a forest full of secrets, expect the arrows to fly in a bold new direction as trickery and truth collide with fiery results.
- Theatre: Shaftesbury Theatre
- First Preview: May 12, 2023
- Opening: June 22, 2023
- Book: Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell
- Music and Lyrics: Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick
- Director: Jerry Zaks
- Cast: Gabriel Hick, Carla Dixon Hernandez, Cameron Blakely, Marcus Collins, Ian Talbot, Joshua Dever, Samuel Wilson-Freeman, Maria Garrett, Kiera Haynes, Adam Lyons, Lisa Mathieson, Ellie Mitchell, Matt Overfield, Tom Scanlon, Vicki Lee Taylor Rebecca Donnelly, Amy Everett, Paulo Teixeira
After losing custody in a messy divorce, Daniel Hillard creates the kindly alter ego of Scottish nanny Euphegenia Doubtfire in a desperate attempt to stay in their lives. A hilarious and heartfelt story about holding onto your loved ones against all odds, Mrs. Doubtfire is the musical comedy we need right now — one that proves we’re better together.
- Theatre: Sheffield Theatres
- First Preview: July 8, 2023
- Opening: July 13, 2023
- Book: Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg
- Music: Claude-Michel Schönberg
- Lyrics: Richard Maltby, Jr., Alain Boublil
- Director: Robert Hastie and Anthony Lau
- Cast: Joanna Ampil
Set in 1975 during the final days of the of the Vietnam War, Miss Saigon is an epic love story about the relationship between Chris, an American GI and Kim, a young Vietnamese woman. They are separated when the country falls, until she returns to his life years later, in this musical inspired by the opera Madame Butterfly.
- Theatre: Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
- Opening: July 29, 2023
- Book: Harvey Fierstein
- Lyrics: Jerry Herman
- Music: Jerry Herman
- Director: Timothy Sheader
- Cast: TBA
Jerry Herman's musical, based on the French play of the same name, is the story of a flamboyant gay couple who must pretend to be straight for one night — with one of the men in drag — to dupe the conservative political family of their son's fiancee.
- Theatre: Gillian Lynne Theatre
- First Preview: June 24, 2023
- Opening: July 3, 2023
- Book: Ken Ludwig
- Music: George Gershwin
- Lyrics: Ira Gershwin
- Director: Susan Stroman
- Cast: Charlie Stemp, Carly Anderson, Matthew Craig, Tom Edden
A banker with a yen for show business is sent to foreclose on a property that turns out to be a theatre. After falling in love with the local postmistress, he decides to put on a show to save the theatre, in this musical featuring classic Gershwin songs and a Ken Ludwig libretto inspired by the 1930 musical Girl Crazy.
- Theatre: Donmar Warehouse
- First Preview: August 12, 2023
- Opening: TBA
- Book and Lyrics: Brian Yorkey
- Music: Tom Kitt
- Director: Michael Longhurst
- Cast: Caissie Levy, Trevor Dion Nicholas
The 2009 Tony Award®-winning pop/rock musical and winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama lifts the veil on family loss and the individual responses to crisis and endurance, while pushing the boundaries of contemporary musical theater.
- Theatre: Charing Cross Theatre
- Opening: September 4, 2022
- Book: Michael Kunze (English Adaptation by Christopher Hampton)
- Music: Sylvester Levar
- Lyrics: Michael Kunze (English Lyrics by Christopher Hamption)
- Director: Alejandro Bonatto
- Cast: TBA
In this musical adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's novel, Maxim De Winter brings his new wife to his estate at Manderlay, where she meets the sinister housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers, who constantly compares her unfavorably to the previous Mrs. De Winter, Rebecca.
- Theatre: Theatre Royal Bath
- Opening: October 12, 2023
- Playwright: Oliver Cotton
- Director: Trevor Nunn
- Cast: Brian Cox
Spring 1747. Potsdam, Prussia. Johann Sebastian Bach reluctantly visits the court of Frederick II, Europe’s most ambitious and dangerous leader. The two men could hardly be more different. As the Age of Enlightenment dawns, they stand in opposite camps. Bach is deeply religious, Frederick is an atheist. Bach loathes war, Frederick revels in it. Bach studies scripture, Frederick reads military history. Frederick remains in awe of Bach’s genius however and has mischievously prepared a musical conundrum that he hopes will baffle the composer and amuse his court. The explosive events of the following days could not have been predicted by either man.
