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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! tickets Opens 14 Dec 2024 Opens 14 December 2024 Oliver!

Oliver!

Gielgud Theatre

Tickets from £36.00

The fabulous score from this Olivier, Tony and Oscar-winning masterpiece includes Food Glorious Food, Consider Yourself, You’ve Got to Pick-a-Pocket or Two, I’d Do Anything, Oom Pah Pah and As Long As He Needs Me.

  • Opens: Saturday, 14 December 2024
    Booking until: Sunday, 6 April 2025
  • Starring: Simon Lipkin
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Abigail's Party

Theatre Royal Stratford East

4.7 3 reviews 4.7 3 reviews Tickets from £27.00
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In 1970s suburbia, Beverly and her husband Laurence are hosting a drinks party for their neighbours. There is plenty of alcohol, an array of cheese-pineapple savoury bites and olives, and Demis Roussos on the record player. But as prejudices are unmasked and tempers flare, the evening seems headed for disaster.
  • Booking until: Saturday, 12 October 2024
  • Running time: 2hr. Incl Interval.
  • Starring: Jill Halfpenny, Natalie Casey, Joe Absolom, Susannah Harker
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Much Ado About Nothing tickets Opens 10 Feb 2025 Opens 10 February 2025 Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing

Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Tickets from £20.00

Tom Hiddleston is Benedick and Hayley Atwell is Beatrice. Two of their generation’s finest actors collaborate with director Jamie Lloyd again in this savagely funny and beautifully tender battle of wits.

  • Opens: Monday, 10 February 2025
    Booking until: Saturday, 5 April 2025
  • Starring: Hayley Atwell, Tom Hiddleston
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A Midsummer Night's Dream tickets Opens 3 Dec 2024 Opens 3 December 2024 A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Barbican Theatre

4.7 3 reviews 4.7 3 reviews Tickets from £30.00
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A Midsummer Night's Dream offers audiences an enchanting blend of romance, comedy, and magical elements and it heads to London this summer. Starring Matthew Baynton, this 'ravishing fusion of flamboyancy and fun’ (Guardian) performs at the Barbican Theatre for a limited time this Winter.

  • Opens: Tuesday, 3 December 2024
    Booking until: Saturday, 18 January 2025
  • Running time: 2hr 30min. Incl. 20min interval.
  • Starring: Mathew Baynton
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The Tempest tickets Opens 7 Dec 2024 Opens 7 December 2024 The Tempest

The Tempest

Theatre Royal Drury Lane

The legendary Sigourney Weaver makes her West End debut as Prospero in this enchanting story of revenge and forgiveness.

  • Opens: Saturday, 7 December 2024
    Booking until: Saturday, 1 February 2025
  • Starring: Sigourney Weaver
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Waiting For Godot tickets Waiting For Godot

Waiting For Godot

Theatre Royal Haymarket

4.2 5 reviews 4.2 5 reviews Tickets from £19.00

Lucian Msamati and Ben Whishaw star in one of the greatest plays of the 20th century – Samuel Beckett’s masterpiece, Waiting for Godot, directed by James Macdonald is heading to London. Waiting for Godot centres on Vladimir and Estragon who wait for the mysterious Godot. The play delves into themes of existentialism, absurdity, and the human condition, highlighting the uncertainty and repetitiveness of life.

  • Booking until: Saturday, 21 December 2024
  • Running time: 2hr 45min. Incl. 1 interval.
  • Starring: Ben Whishaw
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Oedipus (Old Vic) tickets Opens 21 Jan 2025 Opens 21 January 2025 Oedipus (Old Vic)

Oedipus (Old Vic)

Old Vic Theatre

Tickets from £31.00
It’s a cold case but, according to the Oracle, if the murderer of old King Laius is found and punished then all will be well. The people turn to their new King, Oedipus, the man who solved the riddle of the Sphinx, to hunt down the perpetrator and bring salvation. He vows to succeed whatever the cost and so begins an unstoppable pursuit of the truth through a harrowing labyrinth of fear and love.
  • Opens: Tuesday, 21 January 2025
    Booking until: Saturday, 29 March 2025
  • Starring: Indira Varma, Rami Malek
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The Real Thing

Old Vic Theatre

4.3 7 reviews 4.3 7 reviews Tickets from £17.00

James McArdle (Mare of Easttown) and Bel Powley (The Morning Show) star in a new production of Tom Stoppard's 1982 play The Real Thing.

  • Booking until: Saturday, 26 October 2024
  • Running time: 2hr 20min. Incl. 1 interval.
  • Starring: James McArdle, Bel Powley
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The Deep Blue Sea tickets Opens 7 May 2025 Opens 7 May 2025 The Deep Blue Sea

The Deep Blue Sea

Theatre Royal Haymarket

Tickets from £27.00

Tamsin Greig stars in Terence Rattigan’s 1950’s study of obsession and the destructive power of love in a new production originally presented at the Theatre Royal Bath.

  • Opens: Wednesday, 7 May 2025
    Booking until: Saturday, 21 June 2025
  • Running time: 2hr 30mins. Inc. 1 Interval.
  • Starring: Tamsin Greig
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Elektra tickets Opens 13 Jan 2025 Opens 13 January 2025 Elektra

Elektra

Duke of York's Theatre

Klytämnestra has murdered her husband, King Agamemnon. Her daughter Elektra determines to avenge her father’s death.

  • Opens: Monday, 13 January 2025
    Booking until: Saturday, 15 March 2025
  • Running time: 1 hour 50 minutes
  • Starring: Brie Larson
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Only Fools and Horses the Musical tickets Opens 17 Dec 2024 Opens 17 December 2024 Only Fools and Horses the Musical

Only Fools and Horses the Musical

Eventim Apollo

4.7 370 reviews 4.7 370 reviews Tickets from £42.00
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If you fell about laughing every time Del Boy, Rodney, Trigger and co appeared on telly, you're not the only one. Millions of us almost did ourselves a mischief when Del Boy fell through the bar, and you're in good company. More or less the entire nation laughed fit to bust, and now it's coming to the West End stage. Welcome to Only Fools and Horses, the Musical.
  • Opens: Tuesday, 17 December 2024
    Booking until: Sunday, 5 January 2025
  • Running time: 2hr 30min. Incl. 1 interval.
  • Starring: Paul Whitehouse, Ryan Hutton, Tom Bennett
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The Seagull tickets Opens 8 Feb 2025 Opens 8 February 2025 The Seagull

The Seagull

Barbican Theatre

4.9 7 reviews 4.9 7 reviews
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The Seagull marks a return to the Barbican stage for Cate Blanchett following her performance in Botho Strauss’ Big and Small (Gross und Klein), in 2012, adapted by Martin Crimp and directed by Benedict Andrews for Sydney Theatre Company (STC), where Blanchett was co-Artistic Director alongside Andrew Upton. Early in their tenure at STC they welcomed Thomas Ostermeier to the company with his acclaimed production of Hamlet as part of Sydney Festival.

  • Opens: Saturday, 8 February 2025
    Booking until: Saturday, 29 March 2025
  • Starring: Cate Blanchett, Tom Burke
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Dr. Strangelove tickets Opens 8 Oct 2024 Opens 8 October 2024 Dr. Strangelove

Dr. Strangelove

Noel Coward Theatre

Tickets from £30.00

Stanley Kubrick's astonishing story, Dr Strangelove, will arrive in the West End in 2024, a world premiere. Widely described as one of the greatest comedy films of all time, Kubrick's 1964 movie was nominated for four Academy Awards and seven BAFTAs. This brand new stage production is the first adaptation of the film-maker’s work, a collaboration by the BAFTA and Emmy Award winner Armando Iannucci and the Olivier winner Sean Foley. Prepare for a very dark, horribly funny satire about nuclear war.

  • Opens: Tuesday, 8 October 2024
    Booking until: Saturday, 25 January 2025
  • Running time: 2hr 15min. Incl. 1 Interval.
  • Starring: Steve Coogan
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Oedipus (Wyndham's Theatre)

Wyndham's Theatre

5 1 review 5 1 review Tickets from £30.00
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Election night. The polls predict a landslide victory. Everything is about to change. Starring the internationally renowned, multi award-winning Mark Strong and Lesley Manville, Sophocles’ epic tragedy is transformed into an essential, explosive human thriller.
  • Booking until: Saturday, 4 January 2025
  • Starring: Lesley Manville, Mark Strong
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Robin Hood tickets Opens 7 Dec 2024 Opens 7 December 2024 Robin Hood

Robin Hood

London Palladium

The annual Christmas London Palladium Pantomime is back and this time audiences can expect an unforgettable experience with Robin Hood! A stellar cast is expected including Julian Clary, Jane McDonald, Marisha Wallace, Charlie Stemp and Rob Madge. Add this show to your festive plans!

  • Opens: Saturday, 7 December 2024
    Booking until: Sunday, 12 January 2025
  • Starring: Charlie Stemp, Julian Clary, Nigel Havers, Paul Zerdin, Jane McDonald, Marisha Wallace, Rob Madge, Tosh Wanogho-Maud
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Inside No.9 tickets Opens 18 Jan 2025 Opens 18 January 2025 Inside No.9

Inside No.9

Wyndham's Theatre

The theatrical world premiere of Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith’s award-winning television comedy Inside No.9 will open in London’s West End at Wyndham’s Theatre on 18 January with a newly written story – Inside No.9 Stage/Fright.
  • Opens: Saturday, 18 January 2025
    Booking until: Saturday, 5 April 2025
  • Starring: Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton
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Buyer & Cellar

King's Head Theatre

Tickets from £13.00
Meet Alex, an out-of-work actor who finds himself working beneath Barbra Streisand’s Malibu home in her legendary basement shopping mall. A big hit in New York and London, Buyer & Cellar is an outrageous comedy about the price of fame, the cost of things, and the oddest of odd jobs.
  • Booking until: Saturday, 19 October 2024
  • Starring: Rob Madge
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Calamity Jane tickets Opens 13 May 2025 Opens 13 May 2025 Calamity Jane

Calamity Jane

New Wimbledon Theatre

Blending romance, comedy and action - Calamity Jane is back on stage in a new production led by West End favourite Carrie Hope Fletcher. Back in town for the first time in a decade, the musical will be staged in London following a UK tour.

  • Opens: Tuesday, 13 May 2025
    Booking until: Saturday, 17 May 2025
  • Starring: Carrie Hope Fletcher
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Richard II tickets Opens 10 Feb 2025 Opens 10 February 2025 Richard II

Richard II

The Bridge Theatre

Tickets from £23.00

Richard II is charismatic, eloquent and loved by his friends. And a disastrous King – dishonest, capricious and politically incompetent.

Echoing down the centuries is the perennial problem: how to deal with a ruler who has a rock solid right to rule but is set on wrecking the country he leads.

  • Opens: Monday, 10 February 2025
    Booking until: Saturday, 10 May 2025
  • Running time: 2hr 30min. Incl 1 interval.
  • Starring: Jonathan Bailey
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The Duchess

Trafalgar Theatre

Tickets from £30.00

Returning to the stage for the first time in over a decade, Jodie Whittaker (Doctor Who, Broadchurch) takes on the role of a lifetime in Zinnie Harris' acclaimed contemporary adaptation of The Duchess of Malfi, playing at the Trafalgar Theatre for 11 weeks only.

  • Booking until: Saturday, 21 December 2024
  • Running time: 2hr 30min. Incl. 1 interval.
  • Starring: Jodie Whittaker
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Shifters

Duke of York's Theatre

4.7 3 reviews 4.7 3 reviews Tickets from £138.00
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This epic and universal love story is about the enduring power of memory and young love. Meet Dre and Des, they are young, gifted, Black. He stayed. She left. Years later they come crashing back into each other’s lives, carrying new secrets and old scars. Caught in the space between memory and reality, they struggle to navigate the shifting borders that threaten to rewrite their past and reshape their future.

  • Booking until: Saturday, 12 October 2024
  • Running time: 1hr 40min. No Interval.
  • Starring: Heather Agyepong, Tosin Cole
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The Fear of 13

Donmar Warehouse

Nick’s got a story to tell you. About how a routine traffic stop turned into a conviction for murder. About how he spent the next 22 years on Death Row. About how he finally petitioned the court to ask not for an appeal, but for his execution date. And about what happened next…

  • Booking until: Saturday, 30 November 2024
  • Starring: Adrien Brody
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Barcelona tickets Opens 21 Oct 2024 Opens 21 October 2024 Barcelona

Barcelona

Duke of York's Theatre

Tickets from £31.00

Late night in Barcelona. An American tourist goes home with a handsome Spaniard. What begins as a carefree, one-night stand becomes an invitation to danger, as the personal and political catastrophically intertwine.

  • Opens: Monday, 21 October 2024
    Booking until: Saturday, 11 January 2025
  • Starring: Lily Collins
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Inter Alia

Lyttelton - National Theatre

From the team behind Prima Facie, Rosamund Pike (Saltburn) leads the cast as an eminent High Court Judge forced to reckon her professional life and role as wife, mother, friend and feminist in Suzie Miller’s new play, directed by Justin Martin.

  • Opens: To be announced
    Booking until: To be announced
  • Starring: Rosamund Pike
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The Land of the Living

Olivier Theatre (National Theatre)

Directed by Stephen Daldry (An Inspector Calls), this remarkable new play by former Young Vic Artistic Director David Lan tells the story of displaced children following WWII. Cast includes Juliet Stevenson (The Doctor).

  • Opens: To be announced
    Booking until: To be announced
  • Starring: Juliet Stevenson
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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.

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