It’s never been easier to experience the best drama London has to offer. Running until 13 September 2026, London Theatre Week is your chance to book tickets for some incredible plays in the West End and beyond, from just £15, £25 or £35. These are the ones you shouldn’t miss.
London Theatre Week is officially back, and it’s the perfect excuse to catch a searing new drama, revisit a classic, or finally book the play that’s been on your list. For a limited time, you can get tickets from just £15, £25 or £35 across more than 80 incredible shows. From Greek tragedy reimagined as a family thriller to Shakespeare in the Forest of Arden, there’s something for every kind of theatre lover.
We’ve chosen our top picks to make sure you can get your hands on the most exciting play tickets running through autumn and beyond. Don’t forget: London Theatre Week is only running until 13 September 2026 and a few shows are closing soon, so grab tickets while you can.
Top plays to book during London Theatre Week
The Oresteia
Bridge Theatre – Booking to 19 September 2026
Simon Stone’s gripping reimagining of Aeschylus’s ancient trilogy, The Oresteia transforms Greek tragedy into a tense, binge-worthy modern family thriller. Starring two-time Tony Award winner Mary-Louise Parker and David Morrissey, alongside Rosie Sheehy, Tom Glynn-Carney and Archie Madekwe, this five-star production reunites Stone with the creative team behind his acclaimed The Lady from the Sea.
A contemporary family wakes up inside a Greek myth and cannot find a way out of their hellish destiny. Packed with shocking twists, dark comedy and unforgettable performances, this is Aeschylus as you’ve never seen him before.
London Theatre Week Offer: Save up to 46%
The Oresteia, Bridge Theatre, London — Book Tickets
Arcadia
Tom Stoppard Theatre – booking to 12 September 2026
Carrie Cracknell’s acclaimed production of Tom Stoppard’s masterpiece, Arcadia transfers from the Old Vic to become the first play staged at the newly renamed Tom Stoppard Theatre. Starring Isis Hainsworth, Seamus Dillane, Holly Godliman and Angus Cooper, this witty, moving drama moves between the early 19th century and the present day at an English country estate.
Blending comedy, tragedy and heartbreak, Arcadia explores knowledge, chaos theory and the impossibility of ever really knowing the past. With Hainsworth’s performance earning an Olivier nomination during its Old Vic run, this is a rare chance to see one of Stoppard’s finest plays at its very best.
London Theatre Week Offer: Save up to 42%
Arcadia, Tom Stoppard Theatre, London — Book Tickets
As You Like It
Shakespeare’s Globe – booking to 25 October 2026
Shakespeare’s joyful comedy of disguise and desire As You Like It gets a bold new staging at the Globe, co-directed by Sean Holmes and Charlie Josephine, who also stars as Orlando. Lola Shalam leads as Rosalind, alongside Gracie Oddie-James as Celia, in a production that transforms the stage from a flamboyant, wig-heavy court into the free-spirited Forest of Arden.
Critics have praised the production’s visual invention and boisterous ensemble, with particular acclaim for Shalam’s performance. A euphoric, live-music-fuelled romp through one of the Bard’s most purely enjoyable comedies.
London Theatre Week Offer: Tickets from £15
As You Like It, Shakespeare’s Globe, London — Book Tickets
The Story
National Theatre (Olivier) – booking to 24 October 2026
Letitia Wright makes her National Theatre debut in The Story, the UK premiere of Tracey Scott Wilson’s gripping newsroom thriller, directed by Clint Dyer. Wright plays an ambitious young reporter racing to uncover the truth behind a shocking death, in a propulsive drama about race, journalism and who gets to control the narrative.
A punchy, urgent piece of new writing from one of America’s most exciting playwrights, brought to the Olivier stage with real electricity.
London Theatre Week Offer: Tickets from £25
The Story, National Theatre, London — Book Tickets
The Play That Goes Wrong
Duchess Theatre – booking to October 2027
Now in its 12th record-breaking year in the West End, Mischief’s Olivier and Tony Award-winning comedy The Play That Goes Wrong continues to delight audiences with its glorious chaos. When the accident-prone thespians of the Cornley Drama Society attempt to stage a classic murder mystery, absolutely everything that can go wrong does.
A masterclass in physical comedy and perfectly engineered, very watchable disaster, this is one of London’s most purely fun nights out, ideal for first-time theatregoers and seasoned fans alike.
London Theatre Week Offer: Tickets from £20
The Play That Goes Wrong, Duchess Theatre, London — Book Tickets
Fences
Lyric Hammersmith Theatre – booking from 6–31 October 2026
August Wilson’s Pulitzer-winning drama Fences receives its first major UK revival in over a decade, in a bold new production from Headlong, directed by Daniel Bailey. Ray Fearon stars as Troy Maxson, a man who has cheated death once but finds the past closing relentlessly in on him, alongside Madeline Appiah as his wife Rose.
A story of ambition, masculinity and the hope for a different future, Fences remains one of the great American plays. This landmark production, touring via Leeds Playhouse and HOME Manchester, arrives in London for a strictly limited run.
London Theatre Week Offer: Tickets from £25
Fences, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London — Book Tickets
Cloud 9
National Theatre (Lyttelton) – booking from 2 November 2026–13 January 2027
Caryl Churchill’s radical, razor-sharp satire Cloud 9 returns in a bold new production directed by Dominic Cooke, starring Charlotte Ritchie and Sam Troughton. Set first in Victorian colonial Africa and then in 1970s London, each actor plays a different role across genders and races in both acts, challenging audiences to consider how deeply society’s norms are imposed rather than inherent.
One of the most significant and audacious British plays of the 20th century, brought to fresh, urgent life for a new generation.
London Theatre Week Offer: Tickets from £34
Cloud 9, National Theatre, London — Book Tickets
Girls
Young Vic – booking from 22 October–21 November 2026
Theresa Ikoko’s powerful, award-winning play Girls makes its London return, directed by Ewa Dina, winner of the 2026 JMK Award. Set in Nigeria in 2014, Girls follows three teenage best friends whose lives are upended when they’re kidnapped by militant insurgents, forcing them to rely on each other to survive.
It’s a gripping, deeply human story of friendship under unimaginable pressure, from one of Britain’s most exciting playwrights.
London Theatre Week Offer: Tickets from £26
Girls, Young Vic, London — Book Tickets
Affluenza
Riverside Studios – booking from 26 September–21 November 2026
Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp makes his stage debut in Affluenza, a biting new play, written and directed by Andy Sandberg. Set in the ultra-wealthy world of the Hamptons, Affluenza is inspired by real events surrounding a controversial legal defence, exploring what happens when a teenager’s reckless decision collides with the power of inherited privilege.
Joining Schnapp are Janette Manrara, Juliet Cowan, Wallis Currie-Wood and Olivier Award nominee Rupert Young, in a darkly funny, urgent look at money, morality and consequence.
London Theatre Week Offer: Tickets from £25
Affluenza, Riverside Studios, London — Book Tickets
Nine Night
Kiln Theatre – booking from 12 November–19 December 2026
Natasha Gordon’s acclaimed debut play Nine Night returns to London in a new production directed by Amit Sharma. When matriarch Gloria passes away, her British-Jamaican family gathers to observe the traditional nine-night wake, and over nine days of remembrance and celebration, old tensions rise and long-held secrets come to light.
Since its premiere at the National Theatre, Nine Night has become one of the most significant British plays of recent years, and made history as the first West End production written by a Black British woman.
London Theatre Week Offer: Tickets from £19
Nine Night, Kiln Theatre, London — Book Tickets
The Cherry Orchard
Harold Pinter Theatre – booking from 3 October 2026–9 January 2027
Kristin Scott Thomas and Stephen Mangan lead a landmark new production of Chekhov’s final masterpiece The Cherry Orchard, in a fresh adaptation by Conor McPherson, directed by Ian Rickson. Scott Thomas stars as Lyubov Ranevskaya, returning to her family estate to find her home, and the beloved orchard that surrounds it, under threat of sale.
Bittersweet, funny and quietly devastating, this is one of the greatest plays ever written, brought to the stage by two of Britain’s finest actors.
London Theatre Week Offer: Tickets from £20
The Cherry Orchard, Harold Pinter Theatre, London — Book Tickets
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