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Celebrities on Stage in London
If you love to see celebrities on stage, we have some treats in store with dazzling performances from household-name talent on the menu. TV stars and movie stars, band members, solo chart toppers, comedians, soap and reality TV stars, these talented people make the West End shine brighter. Walk this way for glittering stars on stage in theatreland... live!
Oliver!
Gielgud Theatre
4.9 217 reviews 4.9 217 reviews Tickets from £23.00Lionel Burt's timeless musical Oliver! is making a triumphant return to the West End this Winter. Bringing Dickens’ classic tale and its unforgettable songs back to life, audiences can look forward to a fresh revival of this timeless story from Cameron Mackintosh and Matthew Bourne. It'll leave you asking for more!
- Booking until: Sunday, 4 October 2026
- Running time: 2hr 40min. Incl. interval.
- Starring: Simon Lipkin
- Playing at: Gielgud Theatre
- Booking until: Sunday, 4 October 2026
All My Sons
Wyndham's Theatre
4.8 8 reviews 4.8 8 reviews Tickets from £27.00A self-made businessman during World War II faces the fallout of his actions and the breakdown of his family in Arthur Miller’s 1946 play, directed by Ivo van Hove and starring Bryan Cranston.
- Opens: Thursday, 13 November 2025
Booking until: Saturday, 7 March 2026 - Starring: Bryan Cranston, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Paapa Essiedu
- Playing at: Wyndham's Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 7 March 2026
The Importance Of Being Earnest
Noel Coward Theatre
4.6 84 reviews 4.6 84 reviews Tickets from £30.00The National Theatre’s sold-out production of The Importance of Being Earnest transfers to the Noel Coward Theatre this autumn. Oscar Wilde’s final and best-loved farce is full of scathing satire of Victorian society, endlessly quotable witticisms, featuring a deliciously tangled story about mistaken identities and impersonations that’ll leave you in peels of laughter.
- Booking until: Saturday, 10 January 2026
- Running time: 2hr 45min. Incl. 1 interval.
- Starring: Olly Alexander, Stephen Fry
- Playing at: Noel Coward Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 10 January 2026
Woman in Mind
Duke of York's Theatre
Acclaimed British playwright and director Alan Ayckbourn’s jaw-dropping 1985 play returns to the stage after fifteen years in a breath-taking new revival. In Woman in Mind, melancholy housewife Susan dreams up the perfect, loving family to replace her existing one, but the hallucinations of her ideal family members begin encroaching further on reality in this darkly surreal story of domestic horror.
- Opens: Tuesday, 9 December 2025
Booking until: Saturday, 28 February 2026 - Starring: Sheridan Smith
- Playing at: Duke of York's Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 28 February 2026
The Weir
Harold Pinter Theatre
4.1 15 reviews 4.1 15 reviews Tickets from £30.00Conor McPherson’s darkly atmospheric and powerful play, The Weir,returns to the stage almost thirty years after it first premiered to critical acclaim and praise in the West End and on Broadway. McPherson directs, with Brendan Gleeson making his West End stage debut in the role of Jack.
- Booking until: Saturday, 6 December 2025
- Running time: 1hr 45min. No Interval.
- Starring: Brendan Gleeson
- Playing at: Harold Pinter Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 6 December 2025
Kinky Boots
London Coliseum
4.8 1230 reviews 4.8 1230 reviews Tickets from £24.00The beloved British musical comes home after strutting its way through Broadway. Starring Strictly Come Dancing’s Johannes Radebe and rising star Dan Partridge and featuring music and lyrics by pop icon Cyndi Lauper, this story of the unlikely team-up between a shoemaker and a drag queen is sure to leave a smile on your face.
- Opens: Tuesday, 17 March 2026
Booking until: Saturday, 11 July 2026 - Running time: 2hr 20min. Incl. 1 interval.
- Starring: Johannes Radebe
- Playing at: London Coliseum
- Booking until: Saturday, 11 July 2026
Waitress
New Wimbledon Theatre
4.6 430 reviews 4.6 430 reviews Tickets from £23.25Friendship, following your dreams, and the perfect pie - these are the ingredients for your favourite uplifting musical. The beloved musical based on the iconic 2007 film returns to the stage for a magical tour through the UK and Ireland, starting in London. Relive the story of waitress and budding pie-maker Jenna, as she navigates an abusive marriage, an unexpected pregnancy, and a budding romance on her journey to make her dreams come through.
- Opens: Saturday, 28 March 2026
Booking until: Saturday, 4 April 2026 - Running time: 2 hours 30 minutes
- Starring: Carrie Hope Fletcher
- Playing at: New Wimbledon Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 4 April 2026
The Devil Wears Prada
Dominion Theatre
4.7 371 reviews 4.7 371 reviews Tickets from £30.00The Devil Wears Prada is in the West End! Based on Lauren Wisberger's best-selling 2003 novel and the 2006 blockbuster film, the new musical features an all-star, award-winning creative team including Elton John and Jerry Mitchell.
- Booking until: Saturday, 3 January 2026
- Running time: 2hr 30min. Incl. 1 interval.
- Starring: Vanessa Williams
- Playing at: Dominion Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 3 January 2026
Othello
Theatre Royal Haymarket
4 4 reviews 4 4 reviews Tickets from £25.00Tom Morris directs David Harewood, Toby Jones, and Caitlin FitzGerald in this modern take on Othello at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. Step into a Venice plagued by political turmoil and paranoia, where the noble Othello is pulled into a web of lies by the scheming, villainous Iago in this explosive, thrilling tragedy.
- Opens: Thursday, 23 October 2025
Booking until: Saturday, 17 January 2026 - Running time: 2hr. Incl. 1 interval.
- Starring: David Harewood, Toby Jones, Caitlin FitzGerald
- Playing at: Theatre Royal Haymarket
- Booking until: Saturday, 17 January 2026
Inter Alia
Lyttelton - National Theatre
4.9 7 reviews 4.9 7 reviews Tickets from £132.00Emmy award-winner, Golden Globe winner and Academy Award nominee Rosamund Pike will star in the world premiere of Inter Alia. Set to be a "searing exploration of modern masculinity and motherhood", this production will reunite the team behind the global phenomenon Prima Facie.
- Booking until: Wednesday, 15 October 2025
- Starring: Rosamund Pike
- Playing at: Lyttelton - National Theatre
- Booking until: Wednesday, 15 October 2025
The Land of the Living
Dorfman - National Theatre
Directed by Stephen Daldry, this astonishing new play by the ex-Young Vic Artistic Director David Lan weaves the story of displaced and stolen children following WWII, with Juliet Stevenson (The Doctor) in a starring role.
- Booking until: Saturday, 15 November 2025
- Starring: Juliet Stevenson
- Playing at: Dorfman - National Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 15 November 2025
Born With Teeth
Wyndham's Theatre
4.9 8 reviews 4.9 8 reviews Tickets from £42.00Liz Duffy Adams 's Born With Teeth reimagines the iconic relationship between playwrights William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe, played by Edward Bluemel and Ncuti Gatwa. RSC Co-Artistic Director Daniel Evans directs this thrilling tale of wordplay and espionage, which opens at Wyndham's Theatre from 13 August.
- Booking until: Saturday, 1 November 2025
- Running time: 1hr 30min. No Interval.
- Starring: Edward Bluemel, Ncuti Gatwa
- Playing at: Wyndham's Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 1 November 2025
I'm Sorry, Prime Minister
Apollo Theatre
Tickets from £18.00From Jonathan Lynn, the mind behind the political satire sitcom Yes, Minister and its theatrical spin-offs, comes the final chapter chronicling the story of the now ageing former Jim Hacker and Humphrey Appleby. I’m Sorry, Prime Minister comes to the West End in January 2026, opening at the Apollo Theatre.
- Opens: Friday, 30 January 2026
Booking until: Saturday, 25 April 2026 - Running time: 1hr 55min. Incl. 1 Interval.
- Starring: Griff Rhys Jones, Clive Francis
- Playing at: Apollo Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 25 April 2026
Every Brilliant Thing
Soho Place Theatre (@sohoplace)
5 2 reviews 5 2 reviews Tickets from £42.00Every Brilliant Thing, a heartrendingly beautiful exploration of depression and the little things that keep us going, comes to the West End after a successful international tour and a sold-out anniversary run at Roundabout.
- Booking until: Saturday, 8 November 2025
- Running time: 1hr 15min.
- Starring: Lenny Henry
- Playing at: Soho Place Theatre (@sohoplace)
- Booking until: Saturday, 8 November 2025
Mary Page Marlowe
Old Vic Theatre
Tickets from £53.00Told across 90 minutes and 11 scenes, depicting 70 years and five versions of one extraordinary woman, Tracy Letts’s Mary Page Marlowe is a stunningly original and deeply moving portrait of a life. Susan Sarandon and Andrea Riseborough star as the titular character at various points in her life over the course of this non-chronological play.
- Opens: Monday, 29 September 2025
Booking until: Saturday, 1 November 2025 - Running time: 1hr 30min. No interval.
- Starring: Andrea Riseborough, Susan Sarandon
- Playing at: Old Vic Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 1 November 2025
Rob Lamberti Presents Perfectly George
Adelphi Theatre
Tribute artist and mega George Michael fan Rob Lamberti has spent his career channelling the music of the iconic musician who influenced an entire generation. Now he brings the legacy of George Michael to life on the West End stage, in an electric, energetic show that features some of George's most popular songs and honours his legendary musical career.
- Opens: Tuesday, 25 November 2025
Booking until: Tuesday, 25 November 2025 - Starring: Rob Lamberti
- Playing at: Adelphi Theatre
- Booking until: Tuesday, 25 November 2025
Clarkston
Trafalgar Theatre
Tickets from £25.00In this bold new original play by Samuel D Hunter, Joe Locke (Heartstopper, Agatha All Along) makes his West End debut as Jake, who leaves his old life behind after a heartbreaking discovery, and connects with the equally lonely and troubled Chris in the small town of Clarkston, Washington. Two lost young men try to find themselves in this heartfelt, clever story that will leave you laughing and crying.
- Opens: Wednesday, 15 October 2025
Booking until: Monday, 15 December 2025 - Running time: 1hr 40min. No Interval.
- Starring: Joe Locke, Ruaridh Mollica, Sophie Melville
- Playing at: Trafalgar Theatre
- Booking until: Monday, 15 December 2025
Grace Pervades
Theatre Royal Haymarket
Ralph Fiennes and Miranda Raison star as Henry Irving and Ellen Terry in this new play by acclaimed playwright David Hare and directed by Jeremy Herrin. Grace Pervades transfers to London after a wildly successful run at the Theatre Royal Bath. Don't miss this witty, dramatic historical play about two theatre legends and the resounding impact they had on an industry we all love.
- Opens: Sunday, 5 April 2026
Booking until: Monday, 15 June 2026 - Starring: Miranda Raison, Ralph Fiennes
- Playing at: Theatre Royal Haymarket
- Booking until: Monday, 15 June 2026
To Sir, With Love
Gillian Lynne Theatre
Tickets from £57.00Don't miss this one-day only special concert that brings to the stage the beloved autobiographical novel by E.R Braithwaite, in which fighter pilot turned teacher Rick Braithwaite seeks to inspire his class of troubled inner-city kids while grappling with racism and prejudice. Wayne Brady stars alongside Lulu, who returns to To Sir, With Love almost sixty years later. Featuring the classic song ‘To Sir, With Love' and a moving original score, this heartwarming, powerful story is just as resonant today as it was sixty years ago.
- Opens: Monday, 24 November 2025
Booking until: Monday, 24 November 2025 - Starring: Wayne Brady, Lulu
- Playing at: Gillian Lynne Theatre
- Booking until: Monday, 24 November 2025
Teeth ‘n’ Smiles
Duke of York's Theatre
Rebecca Lucy Taylor stars in this revival of David Hare's defiant, powerful musical about rock 'n' roll and counterculture in the 1970s as a struggling band fights to preserve their fame and reputation. Taylor plays the washed-up and disillusioned rock star Maggie Frisby in a performance that will enchant and ensnare audiences in this poignant, stirring story about love for music and the perils of fame.
- Opens: Tuesday, 10 February 2026
Booking until: Saturday, 20 June 2026 - Starring: Rebecca Lucy Taylor
- Playing at: Duke of York's Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 20 June 2026
Your favourite stars on the West End stage
You know that boy band you adored as a teen? Now your biggest teenaged crush is on stage in a West End musical and you're thrilled. Maybe a star of a popular children's TV show is making their way to theatreland for a West End debut and your kids can't wait to see them in real life. Perhaps someone from a beloved TV drama is taking to the stage to deliver masterful live entertainment. How can you resist?
It's no surprise stars on stage in London are such a big attraction. Adrian Dunbar, star of TV's Line of Duty, Ridley, Blood and Broken doesn't just act, he also sings like an angel. Dominic West from the US crime drama The Wire is no stranger to the stage. Mr Robot's Rami Malek and Mark Strong from Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy, they've all transferred from screen to stage and made an impressive impact on the world of theatrical entertainment.
Keep an eye open for your best-loved celebs on stage in the capital and make your dreams come true. There they are, right in front of your eyes, and it's amazing. There's a huge variety of great talent to see on stage. Your only challenge is choosing which to see first.
Celebrities on Stage Frequently Asked Questions
Will I have the chance to meet this celebrity cast member after the show?
On occasion, cast members may choose to greet audience members at the stage door for photos and autographs. But there is no guarantee of this - it is not included in your ticket and depends entirely on the discretion of the cast, who may be tired and looking to get home quickly after the show. Please do not gather at the stage door unless you’ve been told in advance, and be respectful of the cast’s time and energy.
Do celebrity-led shows sell out faster or have premium pricing?
Shows featuring popular actors, television personalities, or musicians usually attract high demand, which means tickets sell out quickly, and prices can be higher, especially for front-row seats. Book in advance to avoid missing out!
Will I only see British celebrities on the West End?
While you’re more likely to see a British celebrity on stage - many great actors made their start in theatre - the West End also attracts many international stars from film, television, and Broadway, which means you’ll have plenty of chances to catch American celebrities, in particular, crossing the pond for their West End debut, as Rachel Zegler did most recently in Evita.
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