Celebrities on Stage in London

Award-winning Director Rachel Bagshaw (Midnight Movie, Royal Court) makes her Globe directorial debut with John Webster’s seminal revenge tragedy, ten years after it opened the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in 2014.

Did you adore the TV series Succession? If so this one’s for you, an equally incredible classic horror story starring Succession’s ‘Shiv’, Sarah Snook. The award-winning Aussie actor comes back to the West End to star in an awesome new adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the drama takes place at the Theatre Royal Haymarket from 23rd January to 13th April 2024.

Theatre Royal Bath Productions has been celebrating the 40th birthday of one of the nation’s best-loved comedy plays, Noises Off, the multi-award-winning farce by Michael Frayn. It’s a perfectly hilarious comedy dating back to 1982, inspired by the backstage goings-on the playwright observed at a real-life production. National Treasure Felicity Kendal stars and the play is directed by Lindsay Posner. Having opened in Bath to great acclaim then wowed audiences at theatres across the UK, now it’s due in the West End for a triumphant London season.

Dance across to the Gillian Lynne Theatre for an unmissable revival of Crazy For You. Starring the Olivier-nominated Charlie Stemp, Drama Desk Award winner Tom Edden and star of Wicked, Carly Anderson. A huge hit with critics and audiences, don't miss this "Spine-tingling musical" (The Guardian).

Lyonesse – A dazzling new play by Penelope Skinner

In Arthurian legend, Lyonesse was a kingdom consisting of a long strand of land stretching from Land's End at the South West tip of Cornwall to the Isles of Scilly in the Celtic Sea, part of the Atlantic Ocean. As the story goes, the kingdom was swallowed up by the sea overnight. It’s also a brilliant new play of the same name by Penelope Skinner, starring the legendary Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James, directed by Ian Rickson, and on stage at the Harold Pinter Theatre from October 17th to December 23rd 2023.

Meet the marvellous William John Stephenson Tallon RVM, who was born in 1935 and died in 2007. Nicknamed Billy Tallon or Backstairs Billy, he was a steward to the Royals and a valued member of the Queen Mother's staff at Clarence House. Penelope Wilton and Luke Evans will star in this fantastic comedy, set in 1979 against a landscape of severe civil unrest. The play explores the unusual relationship between Billy and the Queen Mother, and it’s hilarious.

The Motive and The Cue – Fresh from the pen of Jack Thorne

The Motive and The Cue theatre tickets take you to an extraordinary new play by Jack Thorne, billed as a love letter to theatre. This co-production with Neal Street Productions sees Sam Mendes directing a ‘startling’ new piece about the making of Burton and Gielgud’s famous production of Hamlet. The big question is this: why would the world’s most famous movie star decide to act in a play everyone already knows? And what attracts audiences back to the same plays, time and time again?

The wonderfully funny Catherine Tate takes to the stage with the equally brilliant David Threlfall in a new West End thriller, The Enfield Haunting. In May 2015 the British drama horror series version of the story was aired on TV, commissioned by Sky Living. This new play is based on Guy Lyon Playfair’s novel This House Is Haunted, detailing the bizarre events around the infamous Enfield Poltergeist which haunted a council house in the town during the 1970s. Now it’s on stage in theatreland, and it’s wonderfully scary.

The National Theatre is delighted to announce the transfer of its critically acclaimed, sold-out production of Dear England to the capital’s Prince Edward Theatre. The fun is on stage from 9th October 2023 for a strictly limited 14-week season. Dear England is all about the brilliant England football manager Gareth Southgate, exploring the pressures of top-level sport and the impact of a team of eleven players on the nation’s emotional landscape. The story is inspired by Southgate’s open letter to England fans, which he wrote during the 2021 pandemic.

Ian McKellen and Roger Allam star in the new comedy hit, Ben Weatherill’s Frank and Percy. A funny and touching take on the unexpected relationship that blossoms between two men.

An Oscar-winning American actor, an English director and a Northern Irish playwright are about to begin rehearsals for a new play — one that could transform each of their careers. But when it turns out that they’re not on the same page, the night threatens to spiral out of control.