New Shows Autumn 2022 – New West End shows coming to London this autumn

Our annual guide to the new shows heading into London this Autumn / Fall 2022.

Autumn is always the busiest time for the West End. A wealth of new musicals and plays traditionally open in the West End, all set for the big Christmas and the festive season.

This show guide aims to bring together all of the London theatre openings for Autumn 2022, covering off some big name musicals, new work, drama, comedies, thrillers and entertainment.

Dates used for this collection are shows opening between 1 September and 30 November 2022.

Musicals by Candlelight

The Actors Church

Starts: 7 Sep 2022

A magical evening of musical theatre classics at The Actors Church in Covent Garden

★ No Booking Fee

Something Rhymes with Purple

Fortune Theatre

Starts: 25 Sep 2022

Spend an evening with Gyles and Susie. Something Rhymes with Purple live on stage! at the Fortune Theatre

English National Opera

London Coliseum

Starts: 30 Sep 2022

English National Opera 2022 and 2023 productions at the London Coliseum

The Choir of Man

Arts Theatre

Starts: 1 Oct 2022

The wordwide smash-hit The Choir of Man combines beautiful harmonies and foot-stomping singalongs

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Henry V

Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

Starts: 10 Nov 2022

Experience Shakespeare’s bombastic Henry V performed in the Globe’s intimate, indoor Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

Best of Enemies

Noel Coward Theatre

Starts: 14 Nov 2022

Zachary Quinto and Davod Harewood star in Best of Enemies from award-winning playwright James Graham at the Noel Coward Theatre

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Orlando

Garrick Theatre

Starts: 25 Nov 2022

The Crown's Emma Corrin to star in a new adaptation of Virginia Woolf's Orlando, directed by Michael Grandage

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Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre

Starts: 29 Nov 2022

Newsies, Disney's hit Broadway musical, to open in November 2022 at London's Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre

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Mandela

Young Vic Theatre

Starts: 29 Nov 2022

The world premiere of new musical Mandela at the Young Vic in London.

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