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: Aldwych Theatre
- Opening: February 5, 2026
- Playwright: William Nicholson
- Director: Rachel Kavanaugh
- Cast: Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Siff, Jeff Rawle, Tony Jayawardena, Timothy Watson
The unexpected love of spirited American poet Joy Davidman transforms the orderly academic life of C.S Lewis – the celebrated author of The Chronicles of Narnia. What begins as a meeting of minds becomes an uplifting and powerful journey of love and the fragile beauty of life.
THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY
- Theatre: Theatre Royal Haymarket
- First Preview: January 29, 2026
- Opening: February 10, 2026
- Book: Rachel Joyce
- Music and Lyrics: Passenger
- Director: Katy Rudd
- Cast: Mark Addy, Jenna Russell, Noah Mullins
Harold Fry was never meant to be a hero. An ordinary man in an ordinary life until a letter from a long-lost friend sends him out the front door… and he keeps on walking. From Devon’s quiet lanes to the windswept streets of Berwick-upon-Tweed, his journey becomes a pilgrimage of love, redemption, and second chances.
- Theatre: Apollo Theatre (Shaftsbury)
- First Preview: January 30, 2026
- Opening: February 12, 2026
- Playwright: Jonathan Lynn
- Directors: Jonathan Lynn and Michael Gyngell
- Cast: Griff Rhys Jones, Clive Francis
Jim Hacker is back — older, but perhaps not wiser, and still utterly baffled by the real world. Hoping for a quiet retirement at the tranquil Hacker College, Oxford, Jim instead finds himself facing the ultimate modern crisis: cancelled by the college committee. Enter the delightfully devious Sir Humphrey Appleby, who has lost none of his love for bureaucracy, Latin phrases, and well-timed obstruction. Can Humphrey outmaneuver the meddling students, the Fellowship, and reality itself? Or is it finally time to say, “I’m Sorry, Prime Minister…”?
- Theatre: Noël Coward Theatre
- First Preview: February 7, 2026
- Opening: February 17, 2026
- Playwright: Kip Williams
- Director: Kip Williams
- Cast: Cynthia Erivo
Cynthia Erivo transforms into all 23 roles in Tony Award® nominated adaptor and director Kip Williams’ intoxicating, blood-pumping reimagining of the immortal gothic horror.
- Theatre: Donmar Warehouse
- First Preview: February 14, 2026
- Opening: February 24, 2026
- Playwright: Anna Ziegler
- Director: Diyan Zora
- Cast: Anastasia Hille, Erin Kellyman
Jennifer is about to become Delilah's stepmother. She wants so badly to connect, but they couldn't be further apart. In a world that’s shifting under their feet, both women have to summon the quiet courage it takes to open their hearts again.
- Theatre: Young Vic Theatre
- First Preview: February 21, 2026
- Opening: March 3, 2026
- Playwright: Arthur Miller
- Director: Jordan Fein
- Cast: Nancy Carroll, Pearl Chanda, Juliet Cowan, Eli Gelb, Alex Waldmann
Brooklyn, New York, 1938. Sylvia Gellburg reads about the violent attacks against Jewish communities carried out an ocean away in Germany. Most people look away, believing it will pass. Not Sylvia. Her obsession grows and soon she loses her ability to walk — a paralysis her husband, Phillip, believes is all in her head. Sylvia forms an undeniable bond with Dr Hyman and soon the cracks in her marriage become impossible to ignore. In the face of silence, Sylvia rises in defiance.
- Theatre: @sohoplace
- First Preview: February 28, 2026
- Opening: March 6, 2026
- Playwright: George Brant
- Director: Monique Touko
- Cast: Beverley Knight, Ntombizodwa Ndlovu
Mississippi, 1946. Sister Rosetta has changed the face of gospel music with her exuberant, electric guitar-playing style. Shunned by straitlaced church folk for performing in nightclubs and glorying in rhythm and blues, she’s persuaded the saintly young singer Marie to join her on a tour of the segregated southern States. But first she has to convert Marie’s pure Sunday sound into something that has just a little more swing…
- Theatre: Menier Chocolate Factory
- First Preview: February 27, 2026
- Opening: March 9, 2026
- Playwright: Ryan Craig
- Director: Lindsay Posner
- Cast: Dan Fredenburgh, Nitai Levi, Adrian Lukis, Dorothea Myer-Bennett, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Nicholas Woodeson, Alex Zur
The Rosenbergs of Edgware are a family in crisis. Father David is desperately trying to save a failing catering business; mother Lesley is trying to save a failing husband, and their daughter Ruth is facing public vilification for investigating war crimes in Gaza for the UN. When tragedy strikes, the family is thrown into even deeper turmoil.
I'M EVERY WOMAN: THE CHAKA KHAN MUSICAL
- Theatre: Sadler's Wells Peacock Theatre
- First Preview: March 5, 2026
- Opening: March 11, 2026
- Book: Nia T. Hill
- Director: Racky Plews
- Cast: Alexandra Burke, Jordan Frazier, Paige Peddie, Chanice Alexander-Burnett, Charlotte St Croix, Maryla Abraham, Chrissie Bhima, Sophie Earl, Duane-Lamonte O'Garro, Miles Anthony Daley, Teddy Wills, Chris Breistein, Oliver Jacobson
Get ready to witness the incredible untold life story and music of multi-platinum selling, 10-time GRAMMY® winner and global icon, Chaka Khan! With 22 albums, 25 chart-topping hits, 70 million records sold and a career spanning five decades, Chaka Khan has shaped the sound of generations. Now, her story explodes onto the stage in a dazzling world premiere musical.
- Theatre: National Theatre/Olivier Theatre
- First Preview: March 6, 2026
- Opening: March 17, 2026
- Writers: Maxim Gorky (playwright), Nina Raine & Moses Raine (adaptation)
- Director: Robert Hastie
- Cast: Rebecca Banatvala, Thomas Barrett, Tamika Bennett, Pip Carter, Peter Forbes, Brandon Grace, Arthur Hughes, Sam Jenkins-Shaw, Gwyneth Keyworth, Daniel Lapaine, Alex Lawther, Adelle Leonce, Doon Mackichan, Justine Mitchell, Paul Ready, Sophie Rundle, Sid Sagar, Richard Trinder
It’s a hot, beautiful summer in 1905, and Russia’s elite retreat to the countryside to swim, sip champagne and start affairs. When they’re having this much fun, why care about anything else? But Varvara just can’t shake the feeling that their holiday idyll is built on borrowed time. As the party continues, how long can they ignore the storm on the horizon?
- Theatre: Royal Court Theatre
- First Preview: March 20, 2026
- Opening: March 26, 2026
- Playwright: Kimberly Belflower
- Director: Danya Taymor
- Cast: Lauryn Ajufo, Charlie Borg, Reece Braddock, Dónal Finn, Holly Howden Gilchrist, Clare Hughes, Miya James, Molly McFadden, Sadie Soverall
At a high school in a rural town in Georgia, an English class is studying The Crucible, but the students are more preoccupied with navigating young love, sex ed, and a few school scandals. As they delve into the American classic, the students begin to question the play’s perspective and the validity of naming John Proctor the show’s hero.
- Theatre: Harold Pinter Theatre
- First Preview: March 16, 2026
- Opening: March 31, 2026
- Playwright: William Shakespeare
- Director: Robert Icke
- Cast: Sadie Sink, Noah Jupe
In Verona, in the height of summer, two young people meet at a party. The rest is tragedy. Robert Icke directs Shakespeare’s electrifying and timeless tragic tale of love and innocence.
- Theatre: National Theatre/Lyttleton Theatre
- First Preview: March 21, 2026
- Opening: April 1, 2026
- Playwright: Christopher Hampton
- Director: Marianne Elliott
- Cast: Monica Barbaro, Gabrielle Drake, Lesley Manville, Aidan Turner
Marquise de Merteuil, master in the art of survival, wields her influence with intelligence and control. Alongside the magnetic Vicomte de Valmont, they turn seduction into strategy and weaponize desire. But when their alliance collapses into rivalry, the battle between them threatens to destroy everyone in their path.
- Theatre: National Theatre/Dorfman Theatre
- First Preview: March 26, 2026
- Opening: April 2, 2026
- Playwright: Winsome Pinnock
- Director: Miranda Cromwell
- Cast: Rakie Ayola, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Cherrelle Skeete
Soon after inheriting her family’s stately home, eccentric artist Fenella Harford discovers a stash of hidden diaries and enlists a young academic, Marva, to confirm their authenticity. Joined by Marva’s brilliant but overlooked mentor, Abi, the three women come together to seek the truth, soon realizing that secrets at the heart of Harford Hall were darker than they could have imagined.
- Theatre: Wyndham's Theatre
- First Preview: March 19, 2026
- Opening: April 7, 2026
- Playwright: Suzie Miller
- Director: Justin Martin
- Cast: Rosamund Pike, Jamie Glover, Cormac McAlinden, Thomas Michaelson, Luke Garner-Greene
Jessica Parks is smart, compassionate, a true maverick at the top of her career as an eminent London Crown Court Judge. At work she’s changing and challenging the system one case at a time. But behind the robe, Jessica is a karaoke fiend, a loving wife and a supportive parent. While managing the impossible juggling act faced by every working mother, an event threatens to throw her life completely off balance. Can she hold her family upright?
- 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.
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.
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: 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
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.
