A run down of what new theatre shows are opening in London’s West End in 2022.

London is going to look very starry in 2022.

As news comes in of what’s going to open up on the London stage next year, we are seeing a high star quotient!

None more so than Cock – Mike Barlett’s play coming to the Ambassadors Theatre in March starring Bridgerton’s Jonathan Bailey and Hollywood movie star Taron Egerton (Rocketman, Kingsman).

Not to be outdone, a few days later Rafe Spall (Constellations) opens in the award-winning Broadway production ofTo Kill A Mockingbird (Gielgud Theatre), adapted for the stage by The West Wing’s Aaron Sorkin. And in April, Mark Rylance and Mackenzie Crook reprise their multi-award winning roles in Jezz Butterworth’s Jerusalem at the Apollo Theatre.

The following month, Hollywood royalty Amy Adams makes her West End debut over at the Duke of York’s Theatre, in Tennessee Williams’ masterpiece The Glass Menagerie.

And later in the year, in the Summer, the big-budget revival of Sister Act finally makes it to London’s Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith.

Other new shows for 2022 include the RSC’s new adaptation of My Neighbour Totoro at the Barbican Theatre; and Elf The Musical returning to London this Christmas season at the Dominion Theatre.

Event: Cirque Du Soleil - Luzia
Cirque Du Soleil - Luzia
Cirque Du Soleil returns to London with an exciting new show - LUZIA
Hamlet
Hamlet
Go inside the mind of Shakespeare's grief stricken prince as Hamlet is performed in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.
A Number - Old Vic London
A Number
The Old Vic revives Caryl Churchill's acclaimed play A NUMBER starring Paapa Essiedu and Lennie James
Taboo The Stage Show
Taboo
Boy George’s award-winning musical Taboo returns to London for one night only
Saturday Night Fever
Saturday Night Fever
Experience the bestselling Bee Gees soundtrack live on stage in this spectacularly reimagined music and dance extravaganza.
Event: Cyrano De Bergerac London
Cyrano de Bergerac
James McAvoy stars in Cyrano de Bergerac at the Harold Pinter Theatre
Event: Broken Wings
Broken Wings
An autobiographical account of Kahlil Gibran’s first love. Get swept away in the magic of this epic, poignant, and romantic musical
The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice
Shakespeare’s complex exploration of prejudice, patriarchy, and capitalism, The Merchant of Venice
The Collaboration - Young Vic (2)
The Collaboration
Paul Bettany and Jeremy Pope star in Anthony McCarten's thrilling drama The Collaboration about
event: Maria Friedman & Friends
Maria Friedman & Friends - Legacy
Maria Friedman & Friends present an evening of show tunes from Marvin Hamlisch, Michel Legrand and Stephen Sondheim
Death Drop
Death Drop
Murder can be such a Drag. Welcome to a very Dragatha Christie Murder Mystery evening.
COCK at the Ambassadors Theatre London
Cock
Marianne Elliott directs Mike Bartlett’s razor sharp play Cock at The Ambassadors Theatre
Bridgerton, 2022
Bridgerton - Secret Cinema
Prepare the carriages. You have been invited to secret cinema's immersive Bridgerton ball
Straight Line Crazy - Bridge Theatre London
Straight Line Crazy
Ralph Fiennes stars in David Hare's new play Straight Line Crazy at the Bridge Theatre
Event: The Human Voice
The Human Voice
Jean Cocteau's classic play The Human Voice is revived at the Harold Pinter Theatre starring Ruth Wilson
Punchdrunk The Burnt City, Immersive Theatre
Punchdrunk: The Burnt City
Punchdrunk present The Burnt City, their major new immersive theatre experience at Woolwich Works
The Fever Syndrome
The Fever Syndrome
Robert Lindsay stars in The Fever Syndrome at Hampstead Theatre in London.
Small Island, National Theatre
Small Island
Epic and inspiring. Small Island returns to the National Theatre this Spring
The 47th
The 47th at the Old Vic in London by award-winning playwright Mike Bartlett, starring Bertie Carvel as Donald Trump
Mulan Rouge, The Vaults
Mulan Rouge
Mulan Rouge, the musical parody theatre & dining experience
event: Zorro The Musical, London
Zorro The Musical
The sizzling caped crusader returns in this smash hit musical featuring the music of the Gipsy Kings
Anyone Can Whistle, london
Anyone Can Whistle
Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents’ political satire Anyone Can Whistle is revived at Southwark Playhouse
Scandaltown, Lyric Hammersmith
Scandaltown
Mike Bartlett’s hilarious and irreverent new comedy Scandaltown at the Lyric Hammersmith staring Rachael Stirling
Marys Seacole - Donmar Warehouse
Marys Seacole
The UK premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner Jackie Sibblies Drury’s celebrated new play Marys Seacole comes to the Donmar Warehouse for a strictly limited season.
Jerusalem Apollo Theatre London
Jerusalem
JERUSALEM returns to its West End home, The Apollo Theatre, for a strictly limited 16 week run from 16th April 2022
Underbelly Festival, London 2022
Underbelly Festival 2022
Underbelly Festival returns to London in Summer 2022 at new venues in Earls Court & Cavendish Square
My Fair Lady, London Coliseum
My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady returns to the West End in a lavish new production at the London Coliseum
german cornejo wild tango
German Cornejo’s Wild Tango
Book tickets to the World premiere of German Cornejo’s Wild Tango at the Peacock Theatre
Lift Musical Southwark Playhouse
Lift
Lift tickets at Southwark Playhouse
Henry VIII, Globe Theatre
Henry VIII
Shakespeare’s exploration of love, lineage and power comes to the Globe Theatre this Summer
The Gunpowder Plot London
The Gunpowder Plot
Travel back in time to one of Englands most notorious moments in history in The Gunpowder Plot immersive show.
Circus Abyssinia: Tulu
Circus Abyssinia: Tulu Tickets at the Underbelly Earls Court
Poster Art: The Lion, Southwark Playhouse
The Lion
Drama Desk Award-winning musical, The Lion, now playing at Southwark Playhouse
New poster art for ABBA Voyage Concert, London
ABBA Voyage
ABBA Arena
Get ABBA Voyage tickets for the groundbreaking concert experience at the ABBA Arena in London.
Starts: 27 May 2022

★  Special prices, including dance floor tickets for £55
machine de cirque
Machine de Cirque
Book tickets to Machine de Cirque at the Peacock Theatre
The Still Room, Park Theatre
The Still Room
The Still Room, a razor sharp black comedy from Sally Rogers
liszt mosaics
Liszt Mosaics
Hungarian folk, classical music, dance and the work of Franz Lizst are brought to life in Liszt Mosaics
Jitney, Old Vic Theatre
Jitney
Acclaimed August Wilson play Jitney comes to the Old Vic Theatre in London
That Is Not Who I Am
That Is Not Who I Am
A slippery new thriller in which nothing is as it seems and nobody is who they are.
A Dolls House, Part 2
Noma Dumezweni stars in A Dolls House, Part 2. Lucas Hnath's audacious sequel to Ibsen's classic. Read a round of reviews of A Dolls House, Part 2
The Witches of Eastwick
The Witches of Eastwick In Concert
The Witches of Eastwick In Concert will be performed at the Sondheim Theatre on 20 June 2022.
The Fellowship, Hampstead Theate
The Fellowship
The world premiere of Roy Williams’ The Fellowship, an electrifying, hilarious, gripping tale set in modern Britain.
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Disney's Beauty and the Beast returns to London's West End this June
Peaky Blinders: The Rise
Peaky Blinders: The Rise
Peaky Blinders: The Rise - a new immersive show in London
Anything Goes, London 2022
Anything Goes
It's De-Lovely! Anything Goes returns to London's Barbican in summer 2022!
Mad House - Ambassadors Theatre
Mad House
Hollywood stars David Harbour and Bill Pullman star in Theresa Rebeck's new play Mad House at the Ambassadors Theatre
The Seagull
The Seagull
Emilia Clarke makes her West End debut in The Seagull
9 Circles, Park Theatre
9 Circles
A taut psychological thriller, Park Theatre present the European premiere of 9 Circles
The Throne, Charing Cross Theatre
The Throne
A witty and irreverent new comedy at Charing Cross Theatre
The Southbury Child at the Bridge Theatre London
The Southbury Child
Book tickets to The Southbury Child at the Bridge Theatre in London , directed by Nicholas Hytner and starring Alex Jennings.
Jack Absolute Flies Again, National Theatre
Jack Absolute Flies Again
Jack Absolute Flies Again - a rollicking new comedy by Richard Bean & Oliver Chris starring Caroline Quentin
yummy iconic
Yummy Iconic
Breath-taking drag, music, circus and burlesque come see Yummy Iconic at The Underbelly Festival Cavendish Square
Sh!tfaced Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet
Sh!tfaced Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet
Sh!tfaced Shakespeare is back: wilder, funnier, more outrageous and drunker than ever before!
Much Ado About Nothing - National Theatre
Much Ado About Nothing at the National Theatre starring Katherine Parkinson and John Heffernan
Millennials, The Other Palace
Millennials
A new British musical that turns up the microphone on the lives, the losses, and the frustrations of young people
Secret Cinema: Dirty Dancing
Secret Cinema: Dirty Dancing
Dirty Dancing is brought to life in this immersive new show by Secret Cinema
Bad Jews
Hilarious comedy Bad Jews returns to the West End for 11-weeks only.
Closer, Lyric Hammersmith
Closer
In the chaos of London; four strangers meet, fall in love and fall apart. Closer comes to the Lyric Hammersmith
The Darkest Part of the Night
Zodwa Nyoni’s new play comes to the Kiln Theatre
Jean Paul Gautier Fashion Freak Show - poster
Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion Freak Show
Jean Paul Gaultier shakes up the Roundhouse this summer in an all-singing, all-dancing fashion freak show
Briefs Bite Back - London
Briefs Bite Club
Briefs returns to London with an all new show Briefs Bite Club
Yeast Nation, Southwark Playhouse
Yeast Nation
From the creators of Urine Town comes a bonkers new musical, Yeast Nation
Tom Dick And Harry, Alexandra Palace
Tom, Dick & Harry
Tom, Dick & Harry - a sensational new play coming to Alexandra Palace
South Pacific, London
South Pacific
Chichester's glorious, 5 star production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific comes to Sadler's Wells starring Julian Ovenden and Gina Beck
Tasting Notes, Southwark Playhouse
Tasting Notes
The world premiere of Tasting Notes, a new musical from Richard Baker & Charlie Ryall
Chess The Musical In Concert
Chess In Concert
Chess In Concert starring Samantha Barks & Hadley Fraser
Kinky Boots In Concert
Kinky Boots returns to the West End in a one-off concert performance at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Wonderville Magic & Cabaret
Wonderville - prepare to be amazed by vaudevillian acts of magic, illusion & cabaret
Cruise
Cruise - an inspirational new play celebrating life, queer culture and survival in 1980s London
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Celebrating 50 entertaining years of The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Beyond Bollywood, Peacock Theatre
Beyond Bollywood
Experience an epic journey through Indian culture, dance, and music.
I, Joan at Shakespeare's Globe
I, Joan
The premiere of a powerful new play, Joan uncovers the unlikely hero behind the legend
The Clinic - Almeida Theatre
The Clinic
The Clinic at the Almeida Theatre London
secret cinema guardians of the galaxy
Secret Cinema: Guardians of the Galaxy
Guardians of the Galaxy is brought to life in this immersive new show by Secret Cinema
Help! We Are Still Alive
Help! We Are Still Alive
New musical Help! We Are Still Alive at Seven Dials Playhouse in London
Walking with Ghosts
Gabriel Byrne: Walking with Ghosts
Acclaimed actor Gabriel Byrne tells his own story live on stage at the Apollo Theatre this September
Eureka Day, Old Vic
Eureka Day
Helen Hunt makes her West End debut in new comedy, Eureka Day.
The Snail House, Hampstead Theatre
The Snail House
Sir Richard Eyre's The Snail House comes to Hampstead Theatre for a limited run!
Who Killed My Father, Young Vic
Who Killed My Father
Ivo van Hove's acclaimed adaptation of Who Killed My Father starring Hans Kesting
Handbagged, Kiln Theatre
Handbagged
The Lady's not for turning. Or is she? Handbagged returns to the Kiln Theatre in London
The Two Popes
The Two Popes
Anton Lesser and Nicholas Woodeson star in this gripping new play
A Journey To The Past
A Journey to the Past
Leading forensic scientist Dr Richard Shepherd comes to Duchess Theatre
Les Ballets Trockadero De Monte Carlo Programme B
Les Ballets Trockadero De Monte Carlo Programme B
Frivolous and fun, The Trocks all-male comedy ballet company comes to the Peacock Theatre in London
Cages - London
Cages
Cages is the indescribable “genre-busting game changer” (LA Times) that leaves audiences in awe!
Jews. In Their Own Words
Jews. In Their Own Words
The Royal Court theatre presents exciting new play Jews. In Their Own Words
SUS
A timely revival of Barrie Keeffe’s incendiary play about institutional racism and abuse of power.
Upstart Crow Apollo Theatre
The Upstart Crow
Ben Elton's lough out loud comedy Upstart Crow returns to the West End for 10-weeks only.
John Gabriel Borkman
John Gabriel Borkman
A gripping, penetrating and savagely funny adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman starring Simon Russel Beale, Lia Williams and Clare Higgin
Audra McDonald
Audra McDonald
Broadway legend Audra McDonald sings the Great American Songbook at The London Palladium
Something Rhymes with Purple, Fortune Theatre
Something Rhymes with Purple
Spend an evening with Gyles and Susie. Something Rhymes with Purple live on stage! at the Fortune Theatre
he Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore
The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore
Don't miss Tennessee Williams’ rarely performed drama The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore
The Band's Visit
The Band's Visit
David Yazbek and Itamar Moses’ award-winning musical The Band’s Visit at the Donmar Warehousw
Only An Octave Apart, Wilton's Music Hall
Only An Octave Apart
Justin Vivian Bond & Anthony Roth Costanzo star in Only An Octave Apart at Wilton's Music Hall
Blues For An Alabama Sky
Lynette Linton directs this extraordinary play by Pearl Cleage, set during the Harlem Renaissance.
The Doctor - Duke of York's Theatre
The Doctor
The West End transfer of Almeida Theatre smash-hit The Doctor, to the Duke of York's Theatre.
The Witches of Oz
A new musical theatre dining experience
Iphigenia in Splott
Iphigenia in Splott
Sophie Melville stars in Gary Owen's Iphigenia in Splott at the Lyric Hammersmith
The Caucasian Chalk Circle - Rose Theatre Kingston
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
A thrilling and romantic adventure starring Carrie Hope Fletcher
GOOD - David Tennant
Good
David Tennant returns to the West End for 11 weeks only in GOOD
But I'm A Cheerleader: The Musical
But I'm A Cheerleader: The Musical
Film to stage musical comedy, But I'm A Cheerleader is a quirky coming of age musical
The Canterville Ghost, Southwark Playhouse
The Canterville Ghost
Oscar Wilde’s spine-chilling ghost story is retold in a gloriously ghoulish and uproarious vaudeville spectacular
Tammy Faye The Musical
Tammy Faye – A New Musical
Tammy Faye – A New Musical coming to London's West End
Marvellous at Sohoplace Theatre
Marvellous
Marvellous comes to the new @sohoplace theatre in London
Peter Pan's Labyrinth
Peter Pans Labyrinth - A fast paced alternative comedy mash-up
King Hamlin, Park Theatre
King Hamlin
This heart-wrenching tale comes to London's Park Theatre for a limited run!
Mary, Hampstead Theatre
Mary
Rona Munro's political thriller comes to Hampstead Theatre
Daddy Issues - Seven Dials Playhouse
Daddy Issues
Daddy Issues is the devilishly dark new comedy by Offie award-winner Lewis Cornay.
South African Road Trip, Peacock Theatre
South African Road Trip - Good Hope
South African Road Trip’s ‘Good Hope’ is a swinging and exuberant musical experience
Super High Resolution at the Soho Theatre
Super High Resolution
Super High Resolution at Soho Theatre in London
From Here To Eternity, London
From Here To Eternity
Tim Rice's epic musical From Here To Eternity comes to the Charing Cross Theatre
Dr Richard Shepherd: Unnatural Causes
Dr Richard Shepherd: Unnatural Causes
Leading forensic scientist Dr Richard Shepherd comes to Duchess Theatre
Emojiland The Musical
Emojiland The Musical
EmojiLand The Musical
The Yeoman of the Guard, London Coliseum
The Yeoman of the Guard
Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta comes to the London Coliseum
Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me
Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me
Zadie Smith‘s bawdy beautiful comedy returns to the Kiln Theatre
Holy Sh*t
A less than holy dark new comedy comes to Riverside Studios this December
The Sexy Party
The Sex Party
The world premiere of Terry Johnson's new play The Sexy Party comes to the Menier Chocolate Factory
Death Drop: Back in the Habit
Death Drop: Back in the Habit
Death Drop is back with Back in the Habit starring Willam and Cheryl Hole
Best of Enemies, Noel Coward Theatre
Best of Enemies
Zachary Quinto and Davod Harewood star in Best of Enemies from award-winning playwright James Graham at the Noel Coward Theatre
Pickle, Park Theatre
Pickle
This hilarious one-woman show returns to the Park Theatre for a limited run
Anything With A Pulse, Park Theatre
Anything With A Pulse
This new play comes to the Park Theatre for an extremely limted run!
Liz Kingsman: One Woman Show
One Woman Show
Liz Kingsman’s hilarious One Woman Show comes to the West End.
Casino Royale In Concert - Royal Albert Hall
Casino Royale In Concert
See Casino Royale on the big screen as David Arnold’s powerful score is performed live by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Skyfall In Concert - Royal Albert Hall
Skyfall In Concert
See Skyfall on the big screen as Thomas Newman's Award winning score is performed live by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Baghdaddy - Royal Court
Baghdaddy
Baghdaddy is a playfully devastating coming-of-age story
Sarah - The Coronet Theatre
Sarah
Jonathan Slinger stars in Sarah at the Coronet Theatre in London
Mother Goose
Pantomime returns to Hackney Empire in 2022 with Mother Goose
Spectre In Concert - Royal Albert Hall
Spectre In Concert
Experience Bond film Spectre with Thomas Newman’s super-charged musical score performed live by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Gary Barlow - A Different Stage
Gary Barlow - A Different Stage
Take That's Gary Barlow bring his A Different Stage show to the Savoy Theatre in London
Saving Grace
Saving Grace
The new musical based on the hit movie Saving Grace has a try-out at the Riverside Studios
The Wind in the Wilton's
The Wind in the Wilton's
The Wind in the Wilton’s is a modern adaptation of Kenneth Graham's much loved book
It's a Wonderful Life, London Coliseum
It's A Wonderful Life
Your favourite Christmas film comes to life in this new family friendly opera!
Orlando
The Crown's Emma Corrin to star in a new adaptation of Virginia Woolf's Orlando, directed by Michael Grandage
Hex at the National Theatre
Hex
The classic fairytale is reimagined in this heartfelt new musical at the National Theatre this Christmas
Tunnels, Park Theatre
Tunnels
A cold war drama direct from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Press, Park Theatre
Press
This new play comes to the Park Theatre for an extremely limted run!
Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty at Sadler's Wells
Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty
Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty at Sadler's Wells Christmas 2022.
Disney's Newsies
Newsies, Disney's hit Broadway musical, to open in November 2022 at London's Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
Mandela - Young Vic
Mandela
The world premiere of new musical Mandela at the Young Vic in London.
Wickies: The Vanishing Men of Eilean Mor
Wickies: The Vanishing Men of Eilean Mor
A supernatural thriller based on a true story
Hakawatis, Globe Theatre
Hakawatis
Ancient tales reclaimed in the candlelit surrounds of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Ghosted - Another F***ing Christmas Carol
Ghosted – Another F***ing Christmas Carol
Ghosted – Another F***ing Christmas Carol is the spicy new adults-only, queered-up panto the Other Palace this Christmas.
The Dinosaur Show
The Dinosaur Show will delight and excite all children big and small over the age of 3.
A Christmas Carol, Rose Theatre
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens' timeless classic is reimagined at Rose Theatre this Christmas
Paradise Now at the Bush Theatre
Paradise Now!
Paradise Now! is a funny and raging new play about ambition, exploitation and the search for connection in a fractured world.
Bugsy Malone, Alexandra Palace
Bugsy Malone
Get your splurge gun at the ready as Alan Parker's world famous musical Bugsy Malone hits London
Sons of the Prophet
Sons of the Prophet
Award-winning comedy Sons of Prophet comes to Hampstead Theatre this Christmas.
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol returns the Bridge Theatre this Christmas with Simon Russell Beale
As You Like It @sohoplace
As You Like It
William Shakespeare’s As You Like It comes to @sohoplace starring Rose Ayling-Ellis, Martha Plimpton, Alfred Enoch, Leah Harvey
handel's messiah
Handel's Messiah
Danielle De Niese, Nicky Spence, Idunnu Münch and Cody Quattlebaum star in a visionary new classical concert experience.
Harry's Christmas
Harry’s Christmas by acclaimed actor and writer Steven Berkoff is a searingly dark comedy
Who's Holiday - Southwark Playhouse
Who's Holiday!
A camp and fabulous new adults-only show for the Christmas holidays starring Miz Cracker, at Southwark Playhouse
Dolly Parton's Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol
Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol
Dolly Parton reimagines Charles Dickens classic tale in Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol - The Musical
Gloriana, London Coliseum
Gloriana
ENO to stage special concert of Benjamin Britten’s Gloriana for the Platinum Jubilee.
Derren Brown: Showman
Derren Brown: Showman
Master of illusion Derren Brown returns to the West End with SHOWMAN
Watch on the Rhine - Donmar
Watch on the Rhine
The Donmar Warehouse has announced full and final casting for its forthcoming production of Lillian Hellman’s masterpiece political thriller Watch on the Rhine.
Jack and the Beanstalk at the London Palladium
Jack and the Beanstalk - Palladium Panto
Jack and the Beanstalk is this year's panto at the London Palladium, starring Dawn French, Nigel Havers
Rumpelstiltskin, Park Theatre
Rumpelstiltskin
Rumpelstiltskin - a boutique panto coming to the Park Theatre this Winter
Jordan Gray: Is It a Bird? at Soho Theatre
Jordan Gray: Is It A Bird?
Jordan Gray is back at Soho Theatre with the show that everybody is talking about!
The Wife of Willesden, Kiln Theate
The Wife of Willesden
Zadie Smith‘s bawdy beautiful comedy returns to the Kiln Theatre
Hey Duggee at the Royal Festival Hall
Hey Duggee
Hit CBeebies show Hey Duggee is coming to the Royal Festival Hall in London
Circus 1903, London Theatre Production
Circus 1903
The spectacular Circus 1903 returns to London this Christmas
The Fir Tree
Experience the magic of Christmas at the Globe Theatre with all the family with The Fir Tree
Demon Dentist
A brand new family adventure from David Walliams! Book tickets to Demon Dentist at the Bloomsbury Theatre
Mother Goose
Ian McKellen and John Bishop star in Mother Goose at the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End this Christmas.


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