New Shows in London Theatre

New Work on the London stage: New London theatre plays and musicals now playing

New work staged in the West End, including brand new musicals, drama and comedies on stage in London.

An exciting collection of London Theatre shows that are all new work, including original plays and musicals, and new shows based on classic work. 

Where possible these shows are either world or London premieres, and even long-running shows in this collection are brand new productions and not revivals.

2:22 A Ghost Story
Apollo Theatre
The terrifying new play 2:22 A - Ghost Story at the Apollo Theatre in London

Booking to: 17 Sep 2023

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A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story
Alexandra Palace Theatre
Dickens' classic tale A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story comes to the Alexandra Palace in a new twist by Mark Gatiss

Starts: 24 Nov 2023
Booking to: 7 Jan 2024

A Little Life
Savoy Theatre
Ivo van Hove directs a stage adaptation of best-selling novel A Little Life at London's Savoy Theatre starring James Norton

Starts: 4 Jul 2023
Booking to: 5 Aug 2023

A Sherlock Carol
A Sherlock Carol
Marylebone Theatre
The worlds of Charles Dickens and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle combine in the new stage show A Sherlock Carol at the Marylebone Theatre

Starts: 24 Nov 2023
Booking to: 7 Jan 2024

A Strange Loop
Barbican Theatre
The West End premiere of A Strange Loop, a comically entertaining metafictional new musical comes to the Barbican Theatre in London

Starts: 17 Jun 2023
Booking to: 9 Sep 2023

ABBA Voyage
ABBA Arena
ABBA Voyage is the extraordinary new concert at ABBA Arena in London

Booking to: 26 May 2024

Ain't Too Proud - The Life And Times Of The Temptations
Prince Edward Theatre
Ain't Too Proud - The Life And Times Of The Temptations comes to London

Booking to: 7 Jan 2024

Back to the Future
Adelphi Theatre
A major new musical adaptation of hit Hollywood movie Back to the Future.

Booking to: 11 Feb 2024

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Beneatha’s Place
Young Vic Theatre
Blistering satirical drama Beneatha’s Place at the Young Vic theatre by Kwame Kwei-Armah

Starts: 27 Jun 2023
Booking to: 5 Aug 2023

Biscuits for Breakfast
Hampstead Theatre
An unlikely match joins forces to overcome their struggles in Biscuits for Breakfast.

Booking to: 10 Jun 2023

Bleak Expectations
Criterion Theatre
Based on the hit BBC Radio 4 comedy, Bleak Expectations is playing at the Criterion Theatre

Booking to: 3 Sep 2023

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Brokeback Mountain
@sohoplace Theatre
The world premiere production of Brokeback Mountain starring Mike Faist, Lucas Hedges & Eddi Reader

Booking to: 12 Aug 2023

Death Note The Musical
London Palladium
The visually spectacular new musical Death Note will play The London Palladium this August

Starts: 21 Aug 2023
Booking to: 22 Aug 2023

Disruption
Park Theatre
Andrew Stein’s sharp, unnerving thriller is a timely and insightful exploration of our tech obsessed world.

Starts: 7 Jul 2023
Booking to: 5 Aug 2023

Dr Semmelweis
Harold Pinter Theatre
Mark Rylance stars in the West End premiere of Dr Semmelweis at the Harold Pinter Theatre

Starts: 29 Jun 2023
Booking to: 7 Oct 2023

Elephant
Bush Theatre
Part gig, part musical love story, part journey through Empire, Anoushka Lucas’ acclaimed debut play returns to the Bush

Starts: 14 Oct 2023
Booking to: 4 Nov 2023

Es & Flo
Kiln Theatre
Jennifer Lunn's moving and powerful play Es & Flo comes to the Kiln Theatre in London for a limited season.

Booking to: 24 Jun 2023

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Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Peacock Theatre
Smash-hit Everybody's Talking About Jamie is back in London, playing the Peacock Theatre

Starts: 5 Feb 2024
Booking to: 16 Mar 2024

Fascinating Aida: 40th Anniversary Show
London Palladium
Celebrating 40 years on the road, Fascinating Aida to play the London Palladium in February 2024

Starts: 4 Feb 2024
Booking to: 6 Feb 2024

Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen
Bush Theatre
Samuel Barnett stars in Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen at the Bush Theatre in London.

Starts: 10 Nov 2023
Booking to: 23 Dec 2023

Disney's Frozen The Musical
Frozen The Musical
Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Frozen The Musical, Disney's spectacular new show now playing at London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

Booking to: 15 Oct 2023

Fury and Elysium
The Other Palace Theatre
Fury and Elysium: transgression, revolution, and decadence in Weimar Berlin - coming to The Other Palace in London in June.

Booking to: 18 Jun 2023

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Glory Ride
Charing Cross Theatre
Major new musical Glory Ride premieres at Charing Cross Theatre in London

Booking to: 29 Jul 2023

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Hamnet
Garrick Theatre
The RSC's production of Hamnet based on Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, comes to the West End's Garrick Theatre

Starts: 30 Sep 2023
Booking to: 6 Jan 2024

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, London Theatre Production
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Palace Theatre
Harry Potter And The Cursed Child tickets at the Palace theatre

Booking to: 3 Mar 2024

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Horrible Histories - Terrible Tudors
Horrible Histories – Terrible Tudors
Garrick Theatre
Horrible Histories - Terrible Tudors live on stage at the Garrick Theatre in 2023

Starts: 27 Jul 2023
Booking to: 2 Sep 2023

Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image The Musical
Phoenix Theatre
Spitting Image live on stage in their new musical Idiots Assemble at the Phoenix Theatre

Booking to: 26 Aug 2023

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Julie: The Musical
The Other Palace Theatre
JULIE: The Musical celebrates this extraordinary life, Queerness and carving a place for yourself in a world not built for you.

Starts: 25 Jul 2023
Booking to: 30 Jul 2023

Magic Mike Live
The Theatre, Hippodrome Casino
Channing Tatum's exhilarating Magic Mike Live at the London Hippodrome

Booking to: 30 Jun 2024

Mamma Mia - Novello Theatre London
Mamma Mia!
Novello Theatre
Featuring the songs of ABBA, Mamma Mia! is the ultimate feel-good show now playing at the Novello Theatre.

Booking to: 2 Mar 2024

Matilda The Musical - Cambridge Theatre London
Matilda The Musical
Cambridge Theatre
The RSC's ingenious production of Roald Dahl's Matilda now playing at the Cambridge Theatre

Booking to: 15 Dec 2024

Modest
Kiln Theatre
Theatre, music hall and drag king swagger collide as Modest brings you a Victorian art scene superstar. 

Starts: 29 Jun 2023
Booking to: 15 Jul 2023

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My Neighbour Totoro
Barbican Theatre
The RSC present the five-star hit, Olivier Award-winning show My Neighbour Totoro

Starts: 21 Nov 2023
Booking to: 23 Mar 2024

Peter Pan
Rose Theatre Kingston
Travel to Neverland with Peter Pan and friends in the high-flying adventures of Peter Pan!

Starts: 1 Dec 2023
Booking to: 7 Jan 2024

Punchdrunk: The Burnt City
One Cartridge Place London
Punchdrunk present The Burnt City, their major new immersive theatre experience at Woolwich Works

Booking to: 24 Sep 2023

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Robin Hood The Legend. Re-Written
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Think you know the story of Robin Hood? Think again, in this thrilling new take on the classic tale

Starts: 17 Jun 2023
Booking to: 22 Jul 2023

Scouts! The Musical
The Other Palace Theatre
Scouts! The Musical is the brand new family-friendly comedy musical created in partnership with The Scouts, s coming to The Other Palace theatre in London this June.

Starts: 20 Jun 2023
Booking to: 9 Jul 2023

Shooting Hedda Gabler
Rose Theatre Kingston
Reality and fiction clash in this heartfelt adaptation of Henrik Ibsen‘s masterpiece.

Starts: 29 Sep 2023
Booking to: 21 Oct 2023

Six The Musical
Six The Musical
Vaudeville Theatre
500 years of Tudor Queens remixed into a celebration of sisterly sass-itude in SIX The Musical at the Vaudeville Theatre

Booking to: 28 Apr 2024

Sleeping Beauty Takes A Prick
Charing Cross Theatre
Sleeping Beauty Takes A Prick at Charing Cross Theatre in 2023

Starts: 23 Nov 2023
Booking to: 13 Jan 2024

Spy For Spy
Riverside Studios
Spy for Spy at Riverside Studios starring Olive Gray and Amy Lennox

Starts: 15 Jun 2023
Booking to: 2 Jul 2023

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Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Gielgud Theatre
Celebrate the extraordinary legacy of musicals composer Stephen Sondheim with Cameron Mackintosh's new musical review Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends.

Starts: 16 Sep 2023
Booking to: 6 Jan 2024

Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Phoenix Theatre
Stranger Things: The First Shadow is the major new stage show at the Phoenix Theatre in London, based on the smash-hit Netflix TV series

Starts: 17 Nov 2023
Booking to: 25 Aug 2024

Stumped
Hampstead Theatre
A What If play about Samuel Becket and Harold Pinter starring Stephen Tompkinson and Andrew Lancel

Starts: 22 Jun 2023
Booking to: 22 Jul 2023

Tambo & Bones
Theatre Royal Stratford East
New comedy Tambo & Bones is a rags-to-riches hip-hop journey coming to the Theatre Royal Stratford East

Starts: 16 Jun 2023
Booking to: 15 Jul 2023

Tarantino Live: Fox Force Five & The Tyranny of Evil Men
Riverside Studios
Tarantino Live: Fox Force Five & The Tyranny of Evil Men is a one-of-a-kind, adrenaline-fueled, genre-bending rock musical coming to the Riverside Studios in London

Booking to: 13 Aug 2023

The Book of Mormon
Prince of Wales Theatre
London's hottest ticket and funniest show - The Book of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre

Booking to: 9 Sep 2023

The Choir of Man - 2022 - Arts Theatre
The Choir of Man
Arts Theatre
The wordwide smash-hit The Choir of Man combines beautiful harmonies and foot-stomping singalongs

Booking to: 3 Dec 2023

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The Crown Jewels
Garrick Theatre
The Crown Jewels is the hilarious new comedy starring Al Murray & Carrie Hope Fletcher at the Garrick Theatre in London

Starts: 7 Jul 2023
Booking to: 16 Sep 2023

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Southwark Playhouse Elephant
Smash-hit folk musical The Curious Case of Benjamin Button comes to Southwark Playhouse Elephant starring Jamie Parker

Booking to: 1 Jul 2023

The Garden of Words
Park Theatre
The Garden of Words, a new drama based on the stereotype-defying Anime and novel by Makoto Shinkai.

Starts: 10 Aug 2023
Booking to: 9 Sep 2023

The Handmaid's Tale
London Coliseum
Resistance. Rebellion. Redemption. A dystopian world where hope prevails against all odds

Starts: 1 Feb 2024
Booking to: 15 Feb 2024

The Interview
Park Theatre
Jonathan Maitland’s powerful new play The Interview gives a fascinating insight into the story behind a legendary interview: the 1995 TV interview with Princess Diana and Martin Bashir.

Starts: 27 Oct 2023
Booking to: 25 Nov 2023

The Little Big Things
@sohoplace Theatre
New musical The Little Big Things, based on Henry Fraser's inspirational memoir, is coming to @sohoplace Theatre in London this September.

Starts: 2 Sep 2023
Booking to: 25 Nov 2023

The Misandrist
Arcola Theatre
Lisa Carroll returns with a penetrating new comedy about the quest for true intimacy, sexual equality, and top-notch tupperware

Booking to: 10 Jun 2023

The Mongol Khan
London Coliseum
An epic theatrical spectacle comes to London's West End in 2023

Starts: 17 Nov 2023
Booking to: 2 Dec 2023

The Mousetrap
St Martin's Theatre
Experience Agatha Christies timeless whodunit - The Mousetrap

Booking to: 25 Nov 2023

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The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Noel Coward Theatre
The Ocean at the End of the Lane returns to London's West End for 7-weeks this Autumn

Starts: 11 Oct 2023
Booking to: 25 Nov 2023

The Phantom of the Opera
His Majesty's Theatre
Experience the thrill of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera at His Majesty's Theatre in London

Booking to: 2 Mar 2024

The Play That Goes Wrong
Duchess Theatre
The smash-hit slapstick comedy The Play That Goes Wrong at the West End's Duchess Theatre.

Booking to: 28 Apr 2024

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The Smartest Giant in the Town, London
The Smartest Giant in Town
St Martin's Theatre
Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's picture book The Smartest Giant in Town live on stage

Starts: 2 Dec 2023
Booking to: 7 Jan 2024

The Smeds and The Smoos
Lyric Theatre
A New stage adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's The Smeds and The Smoos comes to the West End for Summer 2023

Starts: 20 Jul 2023
Booking to: 3 Sep 2023

The Third Man - A Musical Thriller
Menier Chocolate Factory
Graham Greene’s brilliant story is brought to life on stage in a new musical thriller

Starts: 10 Jun 2023
Booking to: 9 Sep 2023

The Time Traveller’s Wife
Apollo Theatre
A new musical adaptation of acclaimed book The Time Traveller’s Wife is coming to the West End's Apollo Theatre

Starts: 7 Oct 2023
Booking to: 30 Mar 2024

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The Verge of Forever
The Other Palace Theatre
A limited run of Olly Novello’s latest musical The Verge of Forever is coming to The Other Palace in London this summer.

Starts: 8 Aug 2023
Booking to: 20 Aug 2023

Tina - The Tina Turner Musical
Aldwych Theatre
Tina - The Tina Turner musical now booking through 2023

Booking to: 11 Feb 2024

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UNBELIEVABLE – Magic Reimagined Tickets
Criterion Theatre
Derren Brown presents UNBELIEVABLE – Magic Reimagined, opening at the West End’s Criterion Theatre this September. Everyone you meet is performing a kind of magic trick – Presenting the parts of themselves they want you to see,Their ‘EFFECT’ – and hiding the parts they don’t, their ‘METHOD’. Following the extraordinary success of Derren’s recent production …

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Starts: 19 Sep 2023
Booking to: 7 Apr 2024

Untitled F*ck M*ss S**gon Play
Young Vic Theatre
Startling, hilarious new play Untitled F*ck M*ss S**gon comes to the Young Vic this Autumn 2023.

Starts: 18 Sep 2023
Booking to: 4 Nov 2023

Wicked, 2022
Wicked
Apollo Victoria Theatre
Experience the unforgettable, award-winning musical WICKED at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre.

Booking to: 2 Jun 2024



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