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Best New London Shows
London is the heart of theatre, whether it’s revivals of old shows or brand-new original plays born from the minds of rising star playwrights and directors.
Whilst there are timeless favourites in town, London's West End also offers a plethora of new additions to your watchlist. Whether you want to experience the Broadway smash-hit musical, The Great Gatsby or experience Conor McPherson's Olivier and Tony Award-winning play The Girl from the North Country for the final time in London - there's something for everyone! Here are some of the new and upcoming shows we’re most excited to catch this year:
Born With Teeth
Edward Bluemel and Ncuti Gatwa star in this bold new production in the West End.
Edward Bluemel and Ncuti Gatwa star as theatre icons and literary rivals William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe as they flirt and feud in this dark, sexy original play set in the politically turbulent and dangerous underworld of Elizabethan London.
- Playing at: Wyndham's Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 1 November 2025
All My Sons
Stunning revival of Arthur Miller's 1946 play heads to London.
Directed by Ivo Van Hove, All My Sons is a powerful American drama about family, guilt, and the consequences of someone's actions.
The production, which stars Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Paapa Essiedu and Bryan Cranston, plays at the Wyndham's Theatre for a strictly limited season later this year.
- Playing at: Wyndham's Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 7 February 2026
The Great Gatsby
The Broadway smash-hit is now in London!
F Scott Fitzgerald’s timeless novel about ambition, obsession, and the dark side of the American dream comes to life on the West End stage in this dazzling spectacle of a musical that will plunge you right back into the Roaring Twenties.
- Playing at: London Coliseum
- Booking until: Sunday, 7 September 2025
Fiddler on the Roof
13-time Olivier Award nominated production returns to London
Experience the revival of this classic, unforgettable play about a Jewish family struggling against a changing world at the turn of the 20th century, a powerful story filled with songs like ‘If I Were a Rich Man’ and ‘Sunrise, Sunset’.
- Playing at: Barbican Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 19 July 2025
Burlesque The Musical
Vibrant new musical based on the 2010 film starring Christina Aguilera and Cher.
A dazzling new musical inspired by the classic 2010 Golden Globe Best Picture-nominated film makes its West End debut this summer.
Now playing in London after a smash-hit debut in Manchester, Burlesque The Musical is about pursuing your dreams, the power of sisterhood, and discovering your own voice.
- Playing at: Savoy Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 6 September 2025
The Comedy About Spies
New show from Mischief Comedy makes West End debut.
From the creators of the beloved West End hit The Play That Goes Wrong comes The Comedy About Spies—an action-packed comedy thriller set in 1960s London.
Prepare for a whirlwind of misunderstandings, miscommunication, and mistaken identity in this hilarious new production.
- Playing at: Noel Coward Theatre
- Booking until: Friday, 5 September 2025
Oscar at the Crown
An explosive new immersive production hits London this summer!
OSCAR at The Crown is a cabaret musical sensation that follows the life and death of one of the most flamboyant figures in history: Oscar Wilde.
The explosive immersive production, opens at a new London venue following a successful run as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2023.
- Playing at: The Crown
- Booking until: Sunday, 31 August 2025
Disney's Hercules Musical
New stage adaptation of the Disney animated classic is now in the West End!
Rooted in ancient Greek mythology, Disney's Hercules is a new adaptation of the Disney animated classic and it's perfect for audiences of all ages.
Filled with larger-than-life energy, humour, and heart, this spectacular show is sure to win over gods and mortals alike.
- Playing at: Theatre Royal Drury Lane
- Booking until: Saturday, 28 March 2026
Sunny Afternoon The Musical
The Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical is back in town!
Sunny Afternoon, the stage musical inspired by the songs of The Kinks, is packed with Kinks chart hits and a feast of real-life drama exploring the band's lives, times, successes, failures, challenges and troubles.
- Playing at: Alexandra Palace
- Booking until: Saturday, 31 January 2026
Girl From the North Country
The Olivier and Tony Award-winning play returns to London.
Conor McPherson's Olivier and Tony award-winning play returns to the Old Vic for a limited run following its world premiere in 2017.
Packed with Bob Dylan's greatest hits, this musical takes us back to 1930s America and follows a community of misfits in the wake of the Great Depression.
- Playing at: Old Vic Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 23 August 2025
Evita
Timeless new revival heads to the West End this summer
Rachel Zegler stars as the beautiful, tragic Eva Peron in this sweeping, epic story of revolution and political upheaval in Argentina, featuring beloved songs like ‘Don’t Cry For Me Argentina’.
The new revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical plays in London for a limited summer season.
- Playing at: London Palladium
- Booking until: Saturday, 6 September 2025
The Hunger Games: On Stage
A striking new production based on the beloved book series heads to London.
Step back into the deadly, dystopian world of Panem, where children are forced to fight to the death and a revolution begins to spark, in this musical adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ culturally momentous best-selling book series.
- Playing at: Troubadour Canary Wharf
- Booking until: Wednesday, 15 April 2026
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