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Opera, Dance and Ballet in London
The Royal Opera House, set in bustling, vibrant Covent Garden, is home to the world renowned Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet. The Coliseum and Sadlers Wells theatres also regularly host internationally renowned, star studded performances, delivering some of the most exciting opera experiences in town. Buy your opera tickets here, at your first stop for top price London opera tickets. Whether you love comedies, tragedies or folk tales, sheer drama, opera classics, traditional or brand new innovative offerings, Italian, German or British opera, book your London opera tickets with us now and enjoy a unique night out.
Whether you enjoy ballet, rock ‘n’ roll, hip hop, vaudeville, contemporary, traditional, classical or modern dance, we have tickets for the best shows in London’s vibrant West End. With our help you can treat yourself, your family, friends, colleagues or the one you love to an exciting and unforgettable night out. The world’s most creative choreographers, talented dancers and magnificent music take the stage to provide a dance experience you’ll remember forever.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Royal Opera House
Tickets from £228.00Christopher Wheeldon's unique theatrical interpretations of Lewis Carroll's beloved story heads to the Royal Opera House for the first time since 2011. Supported by ballet scores of the 19th century, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland features an explosion of colour, stage magic and captivating choreography. A perfect dose of entertainment for the whole family awaits you!
- Booking until: Saturday, 28 June 2025
- Running time: 2hr 50min. Incl. 2 intervals.
- Playing at: Royal Opera House
- Booking until: Saturday, 28 June 2025
Carmen
Royal Opera House
3.8 4 reviews 3.8 4 reviews Tickets from £132.00French composer Georges Bizet's beloved opera Carmen is set to play at the Royal Opera House. With its fascinating blend of passion, sensuality and violence - this is a great production for devoted opera fanatics and people who want to be introduced to a timeless piece.
- Booking until: Thursday, 3 July 2025
- Running time: 3hr. Incl. 1 interval.
- Playing at: Royal Opera House
- Booking until: Thursday, 3 July 2025
Semele
Royal Opera House
Tickets from £48.00In a new production which hasn't been seen for over 280 years, Semele is an opera which tackles the themes of power and privilege. Directed by Oliver Mears, follow how Semele's love for Jupiter introduces her to luxury and leads to total destruction. It heads for a limited run at the Royal Opera House from June 2025.
- Opens: Monday, 30 June 2025
Booking until: Friday, 18 July 2025 - Running time: 3hrs. Incl. 1 interval.
- Playing at: Royal Opera House
- Booking until: Friday, 18 July 2025
Il Trovatore
Royal Opera House
Tickets from £53.00Adele Thomas will direct this co-production with Opernhaus Zurich to capture the thrilling story of love, revenge, and fate at the iconic Royal Opera House. Hailed by the Opera Gazet as "one of the most fascinating works of Italian Gothic romanticism, Il Trovatore will run for a limited season from February 2025.
- Booking until: Saturday, 19 July 2025
- Running time: 2hr 55min. Incl. 1 Interval.
- Playing at: Royal Opera House
- Booking until: Saturday, 19 July 2025
Quadrophenia, a Mod Ballet
Sadlers Wells
Tickets from £18.00Themes of lost youth, rebellion, the search for belonging, and the desire for social change head to London in an explosive new dance production, Quadrophenia, a Mod Ballet. Inspired by a multi-million-selling album by Pete Townshend and set against the backdrop of the 1960s - there's a lot to be excited about with this new production this summer.
- Opens: Tuesday, 24 June 2025
Booking until: Wednesday, 13 August 2025 - Running time: 2hrs Incl. 1 interval.
- Playing at: Sadlers Wells
- Booking until: Wednesday, 13 August 2025
Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby
Sadlers Wells
5 3 reviews 5 3 reviews Tickets from £18.00The "Thrillingly visceral, darkly beautiful and deeply moving" dance production Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby returns to London for a limited run in August 2025. Inspired by the popular TV series, this thrilling adaptation captures the Peaky story through a strong company of 20 dancers and a live-on-stage band.
- Opens: Tuesday, 5 August 2025
Booking until: Saturday, 16 August 2025 - Running time: 2hr 10min. Incl. 1 interval.
- Playing at: Sadlers Wells
- Booking until: Saturday, 16 August 2025
Rough Magic | Globe
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Tickets from £18.00The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse's staple production for families returns once again to the stage this summer. Produced by an Oliver Award-nominated team, Rough Magic cooks up a treat with this supernaturally silly adventure hailed as 'wildly entertaining' by The Stage.
- Opens: Friday, 18 July 2025
Booking until: Saturday, 23 August 2025
- Playing at: Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
- Booking until: Saturday, 23 August 2025
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
Sadlers Wells
4.6 73 reviews 4.6 73 reviews Tickets from £20.00Step into the enchanting world of Narnia and witness the epic battle of good versus evil in the spectacular stage adaptation of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. This critically acclaimed production returns to London as part of a UK tour, bringing C.S. Lewis’s beloved classic to life with stunning visuals and unforgettable performances.
- Opens: Wednesday, 20 August 2025
Booking until: Sunday, 7 September 2025 - Running time: 2hr 10min. Incl. 20min interval.
- Playing at: Sadlers Wells
- Booking until: Sunday, 7 September 2025
The Great Gatsby
London Coliseum
4.5 166 reviews 4.5 166 reviews Tickets from £20.00Direct from a smash-hit on Broadway, The Great Gatsby: A New Musical heads to London in Spring 2025 with a run at the London Coliseum. Experience F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ageless tale of love, wealth and ambition in this fresh and unforgettable production led by Jamie Muscato (Moulin Rouge! The Musical) as Jay Gatsby and Frances Mayli McCann (Bonnie and Clyde The Musical) as Daisy Buchanan.
- Booking until: Sunday, 7 September 2025
- Running time: 2hr 30min. Incl. interval.
- Playing at: London Coliseum
- Booking until: Sunday, 7 September 2025
Cinderella (La Cenerentola)
London Coliseum
Tickets from £14.00Gioachino Rossini’s 19th century reimagining of the beloved fairytale gets a sparkling new revival in this modern-day retelling of Cinderella, full of magic and mayhem and the perils of true love, told through a delightful and unforgettable score.
- Opens: Wednesday, 24 September 2025
Booking until: Tuesday, 14 October 2025 - Running time: 2hr 45 min. Incl. 1 Interval.
- Playing at: London Coliseum
- Booking until: Tuesday, 14 October 2025
Albert Herring
London Coliseum
Tickets from £14.00Benjamin Britten's quirky, off-beat coming-of-age comedic opera comes to the English National Opera for the first time, directed and designed by Antony McDonald and conducted by Daniel Cohen. Don't miss this perfect May Day comedy about springtime revelry in a small town.
- Opens: Monday, 13 October 2025
Booking until: Thursday, 16 October 2025 - Running time: 2hr 45min. Incl. 1 interval.
- Playing at: London Coliseum
- Booking until: Thursday, 16 October 2025
Carmen
London Coliseum
4.1 10 reviews 4.1 10 reviews Tickets from £14.00Book your opera tickets now for a taste of the Iberian peninsula, as Bizet’s Carmen returns to the London Coliseum. The 19th century French opera, which scandalised and shocked audiences when it premiered, is transposed to the 1970s, in the final days of the Franco regime.
- Opens: Wednesday, 8 October 2025
Booking until: Wednesday, 5 November 2025 - Running time: 2hr 50min. Incl. 1 interval.
- Playing at: London Coliseum
- Booking until: Wednesday, 5 November 2025
Dead Man Walking
London Coliseum
Tickets from £14.00Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally’s harrowing, poignant opera, based on Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir about her experiences counselling a murderer on death row, returns to the London stage 25 years after its world premiere.
- Opens: Saturday, 1 November 2025
Booking until: Tuesday, 18 November 2025 - Running time: 2hr 50min. Incl. 1 interval.
- Playing at: London Coliseum
- Booking until: Tuesday, 18 November 2025
Partenope
London Coliseum
5 1 review 5 1 review Tickets from £14.00Handel’s comedic masterpiece about the beautiful Partenope and her four hapless suitors is a colourful, laugh-out-loud opera and a dazzling tale of love and mistaken identities. Now this 18th century Italian opera is getting a 1920s makeover with its new revival at the London Coliseum.
- Opens: Thursday, 20 November 2025
Booking until: Saturday, 6 December 2025 - Running time: 3hr 30min. Incl. 2 Intervals
- Playing at: London Coliseum
- Booking until: Saturday, 6 December 2025
The Nutcracker - Royal Albert Hall
Royal Albert Hall
4.5 6 reviews 4.5 6 reviews Tickets from £18.00- Opens: Monday, 29 December 2025
Booking until: Wednesday, 31 December 2025 - Running time: 2hr 50min. Incl. 2 intervals.
- Playing at: Royal Albert Hall
- Booking until: Wednesday, 31 December 2025
Othello
Theatre Royal Haymarket
4 4 reviews 4 4 reviews Tickets from £30.00Tom 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
Akram Khan's Giselle
London Coliseum
4.8 6 reviews 4.8 6 reviews Tickets from £21.00In January 2026, the English National Ballet will bring a bold reimagining of the classic romantic ballet, Giselle, to the grand stage of the London Coliseum, directed and choreographed by Akram Khan.
- Opens: Thursday, 15 January 2026
Booking until: Sunday, 18 January 2026 - Running time: 2hr Incl. 1 interval.
- Playing at: London Coliseum
- Booking until: Sunday, 18 January 2026
Matthew Bourne The Red Shoes
Sadlers Wells
5 4 reviews 5 4 reviewsBased on the film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and Hans Christian Anderson's fairytale; Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes heads to London for the Christmas season at Sadler's Wells. This powerful tale of obsession, possession and one girl's dream to be the greatest dancer in the world has captivated audiences for years!
- Opens: Tuesday, 2 December 2025
Booking until: Sunday, 18 January 2026 - Running time: 120 minutes
- Playing at: Sadlers Wells
- Booking until: Sunday, 18 January 2026
HMS Pinafore
London Coliseum
4.8 18 reviews 4.8 18 reviews Tickets from £14.00A clueless Captain, a spirited siren and pompous petty officers come together in this hilarious tale of love, honour, and duty that pokes fun at the British class system. Cal McCrystal’s revival of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera, set aboard the HMS Pinafore, makes its much-anticipated return to the stage.
- Opens: Thursday, 4 December 2025
Booking until: Saturday, 31 January 2026 - Running time: 2hr 15min. Incl. 1 interval.
- Playing at: London Coliseum
- Booking until: Saturday, 31 January 2026
Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny
London Coliseum
Tickets from £14.00Jamie Manton directs Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s gripping, beautiful opera about three fugitives in a desert boomtown where dreams come true, told through a rich score that blends opera and jazz in a truly unique cultural and musical experience.
- Opens: Monday, 16 February 2026
Booking until: Friday, 20 February 2026 - Running time: 2hr 30min. Incl. 1 Interval.
- Playing at: London Coliseum
- Booking until: Friday, 20 February 2026
Cosi Fan Tutte
London Coliseum
4.5 4 reviews 4.5 4 reviews Tickets from £14.00Mozart’s classic Italian comedy about swapped fiancees and the games we play in love is transported to Coney Island in the 1950s. Phelim McDermot’s revival of Cosi Fan Tutte is a rollercoaster of fun, flair, and wit, told through a sparkling score full of unforgettable melodies.
- Opens: Friday, 6 February 2026
Booking until: Saturday, 21 February 2026 - Running time: 3hr 10min. Incl. 1 Interval.
- Playing at: London Coliseum
- Booking until: Saturday, 21 February 2026
Ballet Shoes
Olivier Theatre (National Theatre)
4.8 5 reviews 4.8 5 reviews Tickets from £42.00Noel Streatfeild's beloved story about three orphaned sisters pursuing their dreams returns to the National Theatre following a critically acclaimed run in 2024. Hailed as "a superlative adaptation that never puts a foot wrong" (Evening Standard), this enchanting production is the perfect family treat.
- Opens: Monday, 17 November 2025
Booking until: Saturday, 21 February 2026 - Running time: 2hr 30min. Incl. 1 Interval
- Playing at: Olivier Theatre (National Theatre)
- Booking until: Saturday, 21 February 2026
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