Age limits for West End shows.

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ATTENTION
Bush Theatre
Book tickets for ATTENTION at Bush Theatre, a queer play about love and attention from Jules Head and Georgia Bruce.

Starts: 19 Nov 2026
Booking to: 23 Dec 2026

Age restrictions:

Austentatious - An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
Vaudeville Theatre
Get tickets to Austentatious - An Improvised Jane Austen Novel in London's West End & on tour

Booking to: 14 Dec 2026

Age restrictions: 14+

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Expecting
Riverside Studios
Book Expecting, a new comedy reuniting Game of Thrones and Derry Girls stars, at Riverside Studios from 30 January 2027.

Starts: 30 Jan 2027
Booking to: 27 Mar 2027

Age restrictions:

Man in a blue shirt and red sneakers sings into a microphone against a red background with white graffiti-style text nearby.
Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen
The Other Palace
Samuel Barnett stars in Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen at the Bush Theatre in London.

Starts: 19 Nov 2026
Booking to: 10 Jan 2027

Age restrictions: 14+

Fences directed by Daniel Bailey for Headlong
Fences
Lyric Hammersmith
Book Fences tickets at Lyric Hammersmith In London. August Wilson’s gripping and emotionally powerful American classic.

Booking to: 31 Oct 2026

Age restrictions: 14+

Fourteen Again Tickets
Fourteen Again
Menier Chocolate Factory
Book tickets for Fourteen Again, a new Victoria Wood musical starring Ria Jones and Sally Ann Triplett.

Starts: 21 Nov 2026
Booking to: 27 Feb 2027

Age restrictions: 14+

Hamlet Hail to the Thief Updated Artwork
Hamlet Hail to the Thief
Barbican Theatre
Book tickets for Hamlet Hail to the Thief at the Barbican Theatre, a reimagining of Shakespeare’s Hamlet blended with Radiohead’s iconic album, reworked for the stage by Thom Yorke.

Starts: 31 Oct 2026
Booking to: 23 Jan 2027

Age restrictions: 14+

Bright yellow theatre poster advertising the play Insane Asylum Seekers at Bush Theatre, featuring Samia Djili and Sarah Allen, directed by Emily Ling Williams.
Insane Asylum Seekers
Bush Theatre
Book tickets for Insane Asylum Seekers at Bush Theatre, the fastest-selling Studio show in the theatre’s history, now on the main stage.

Starts: 12 Feb 2027
Booking to: 20 Mar 2027

Age restrictions: 14+

Jaja's African Hair Braiding - Tickets - London
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
Lyric Hammersmith
The Tony Award-winning Broadway comedy Jaja’s African Hair Braiding by Jocelyn Bioh returns to Tony Award-winning Jaja's African Hair Braiding returns to Lyric Hammersmith for 5 weeks (28 January–27 February 2027), offering a funny and moving look at life in a Harlem salon.

Starts: 28 Jan 2027
Booking to: 27 Feb 2027

Age restrictions: 14+

Jumpers at the Hampstead Theatre
Jumpers
Hampstead Theatre
Tom Stoppard's dazzling comedy of murder, marriage and metaphysics returns to London after 20 years, at Hampstead Theatre.

Starts: 25 Nov 2026
Booking to: 23 Jan 2027

Age restrictions: 14+

Kimberly Akimbo at Hampstead Theatre in London
Kimberly Akimbo
Hampstead Theatre
West End icon Maria Friedman stars in hit Broadway musical Kimberly Akimbo at Hampstead Theatre in London.

Booking to: 14 Nov 2026

★  Save up to 54%

Age restrictions: 14+

A male ballet dancer lifts a female dancer in an on-stage performance, with 'Royal Ballet & Opera' and 'Manon' text above.
Manon
Royal Opera House
Book tickets for Manon, one of The Royal Ballet’s signature works by Kenneth MacMillan

Booking to: 25 Nov 2026

Age restrictions:

Miss Saigon - UK Tour 2025 and 2026
Miss Saigon
Prince Edward Theatre
Book tickets for Miss Saigon, the iconic love story returning to London in 2027

Starts: 13 May 2027
Booking to: 8 Jan 2028

Age restrictions: 14+

Poster for Oh, Mary! featuring a circular black-and-white portrait of Lolly Adefope as Mary Todd Lincoln, on a bold yellow background with red and black text.
Oh, Mary!
Trafalgar Theatre
Oh, Mary! plays at the Trafalgar Theatre until January 2027. Book now for Jinkx Monsoon and Lolly Adefope in London.

Booking to: 2 Jan 2027

Age restrictions: 14+

RENT Tickets - Starring Gaten Mararazzo - Duke of York's Theatre, London
Rent
The Tom Stoppard Theatre (formerly the Duke of York's Theatre)
RENT returns to the West End in a major new production starring Gaten Matarazzo. Book tickets now for the iconic musical’s 30th anniversary.

Booking to: 29 May 2027

Age restrictions: 14+

Poster for a comedy show titled 'Sacreligious' with two men in suits back-to-back on a blue background; one holds cash, the other a pastrami sandwich, large bright yellow title and show details.
Sacrilegious
Riverside Studios
Book tickets to see Sacrilegious, the world premiere comedy from Oscar winner Tom Schulman, at Riverside Studios.

Starts: 5 Dec 2026
Booking to: 23 Jan 2027

Age restrictions: 14

The Afronauts Ticket Poster, Royal Court Theatre London
The Afronauts
Royal Court Theatre
Acclaimed writer Ryan Calais Cameron (Retrograde) presents his visionary new play The Afronauts, inspired by the true story of the 1960s Zambian Space Programme.

Starts: 14 Nov 2026
Booking to: 19 Dec 2026

Age restrictions: 14+

Russell Tovey in The Guilty Artwork
The Guilty
Harold Pinter Theatre
Book The Guilty tickets at the Harold Pinter Theatre. Russell Tovey returns in Chloë Moss’s 999-call thriller, directed by Felix Barrett.

Starts: 16 Jan 2027
Booking to: 3 Apr 2027

Age restrictions: 14+

The Lives of Others - Tickets - London
The Lives of Others
Adelphi Theatre
Keira Knightley stars in The Lives of Others at the Adelphi Theatre—a powerful new West End adaptation of the Oscar-winning drama.

Booking to: 9 Jan 2027

Age restrictions: 14+

The Urmetazoan
The Urmetazoan
Hampstead Theatre
The Urmetazoan: a bold, moving new play about two sisters, the vastness of space, and the hardest goodbye of all, by Alex Rugman, at Hampstead Theatre.

Booking to: 24 Oct 2026

Age restrictions: 14+

Promotional poster for Titaniqué: a cruise-ship deck with a colorful cast posing dramatically, five gold stars, and the bold TITANIQUE logo on the right.
Titanique
Criterion Theatre
The Olivier Award-winning musical comedy Titanique brings its camp, Céline Dion-inspired chaos to the Criterion Theatre for a night of pure entertainment.

Booking to: 3 Jan 2027

★  Tickets from £30

Age restrictions: 14+



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