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Last Chance to See in London
This is your chance to be captivated, inspired, impressed, terrified, amused and thoroughly entertained by these West End shows about to close. These theatrical masterpieces are what memories are made of, shows that proved so good, hard to resist and well-loved they made West End history. Explore our Last Chance list, displayed by popularity, and embrace the magic while you can.
Hamlet
Lyttelton - National Theatre
4.6 25 reviews 4.6 25 reviews Tickets from £59.00Opening at the National Theatre this autumn, Robert Hastie’s production of Hamlet starring Hiran Abeysekera promises to be a powerful contemporary retelling of Shakespeare’s most melancholic revenge tragedy.
- Booking until: Saturday, 22 November 2025
- Running time: 2hr 50min. Incl 1 Inverval
- Playing at: Lyttelton - National Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 22 November 2025
Stereophonic
Duke of York's Theatre
2.7 10 reviews 2.7 10 reviews Tickets from £45.00Heading to the West End this Spring is the most Tony-nominated play ever, Stereophonic and we couldn't be more excited! Experience an electrifying portrayal of a 1970s rock band as they navigate creativity and chaos.
- Booking until: Saturday, 22 November 2025
- Running time: 3hr 10min.
- Playing at: Duke of York's Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 22 November 2025
Wendy & Peter Pan
Barbican Theatre
4.8 4 reviews 4.8 4 reviews Tickets from £30.00The RSC’s wonderful, whimsical retelling of Peter Pan returns in time for the festive season. In this heartfelt coming of age play written by Ella Hickson and directed by Jonathan Munby, Wendy embarks on a dangerous quest into the heart of Neverland, accompanied by Peter Pan, Tinkerbell, and Tiger Lily, while the terrifying Captain Hook chases them relentlessly. What does it mean to grow up and is it really as frightening as Wendy believes? Bring your family and find out, in this bold, witty adaptation full of magic and wonder.
- Booking until: Saturday, 22 November 2025
- Running time: 2hr 45min. Incl. 1 interval.
- Playing at: Barbican Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 22 November 2025
Murder, She Didn't Write
Duchess Theatre
Tickets from £23.00Experience a classic murder mystery on the spot with Murder, She Didn't Write - an ingenious improvised comedy which heads to London as part of a UK tour. A huge success with audiences during its Edinburgh Festival Fringe, be a part of your very own Agatha Christie-inspired masterpiece live on stage.
- Booking until: Monday, 24 November 2025
- Running time: 2hr. Incl. 1 interval.
- Playing at: Duchess Theatre
- Booking until: Monday, 24 November 2025
To Sir, With Love
Gillian Lynne Theatre
Tickets from £98.00Don'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
Rob Lamberti Presents Perfectly George
Adelphi Theatre
Tickets from £38.00Tribute 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
Punch
Apollo Theatre
4.9 28 reviews 4.9 28 reviews Tickets from £168.00'The must-see new play of the year' (Baz Bamigboye, Deadline), Punch transfers to the West End this Autumn for a strictly limited 10-week run. Experience a powerful true story of hope, humanity, and the possibility of change from the Olivier Award-winning playwright James Graham and directed by Adam Penford.
- Booking until: Saturday, 29 November 2025
- Running time: 2hr 25min. Incl. 20 min. interval.
- Playing at: Apollo Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 29 November 2025
The Unbelievers
Royal Court Theatre
4.3 4 reviews 4.3 4 reviews Tickets from £65.00Nicola Walker stars in Nick Payne's play, which presents a striking portrayal of motherhood, faith, family - and the lengths we go to for those we refuse to forget. The Unbelievers makes its debut at the Royal Court Theatre in Autumn 2025.
- Booking until: Saturday, 29 November 2025
- Running time: 1hr 45mins.
- Playing at: Royal Court Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 29 November 2025
Gwenda’s Garage
Southwark Playhouse Borough
Tickets from £34.00Inspired by the uplifting true story of a lesbian-run car repair shop in 1980s Sheffield, this clever, joyful musical takes you back into the heart of Thatcher's Britain, where a trio of female mechanics set up a garage that becomes a hub for women's education and activism. Nicky Hallett and Val Regan's new musical is a defiant call to arms and celebration of feminist and queer empowerment and collective action.
- Booking until: Saturday, 29 November 2025
- Running time: 2hrs 15min. Incl. 1 interval.
- Playing at: Southwark Playhouse Borough
- Booking until: Saturday, 29 November 2025
Perspectives: Balanchine, Marston and Peck - Royal Ballet and Opera
Royal Opera House
Tickets from £46.00The Royal Ballet and Opera introduces a mixed programme combining the talents of George Balanchine, Cathy Marson, and Justin Peck as they present three vastly different but equally astounding and beautiful ballets. Fall in love with Serenade, be swept away by Everywhere We Go, and marvel at the world premiere of a new Cathy Marson ballet. This evening of dance and storytelling is a must-watch for ballet lovers.
- Booking until: Tuesday, 2 December 2025
- Running time: 2hr 45min. Incl. 2 intervals
- Playing at: Royal Opera House
- Booking until: Tuesday, 2 December 2025
The Weir
Harold Pinter Theatre
4.2 38 reviews 4.2 38 reviews Tickets from £252.00Conor 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
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.
- Booking until: Saturday, 6 December 2025
- Running time: 3hr 30min. Incl. 2 Intervals
- Playing at: London Coliseum
- Booking until: Saturday, 6 December 2025
Emerald Storm
Emerald Theatre
Tickets from £15.00Back by popular demand, Emerald Storm fuses the rhythm of traditional Irish dance with the grittiness of urban tap in a genre-defying and boundary-breaking production by West End star Adam Garcia. Featuring performances from viral tap sensation Bayley Graham and Lord of the Dance's Olivia Graydon, with singing by Britain and America's Got Talent finalist Tom Ball, this immersive theatrical experience will enchant and delight you with its dazzling choreography and musical spectacle before inviting you to join in the fun.
- Opens: Tuesday, 25 November 2025
Booking until: Sunday, 14 December 2025 - Running time: 1hr 55min.
- Playing at: Emerald Theatre
- Booking until: Sunday, 14 December 2025
Garry Starr: Classic Penguins
Garrick Theatre
Tickets from £34.00Dressed in flippers and not much else, comedic star Garry Starr pays tribute to the western literary canon by recreating and performing every Penguin Classics novel ever published. Witness classic works like Moby Dick and The Little Prince as you've never seen them before, in this one-of-a-kind, riotously funny comedy show.
- Opens: Sunday, 23 November 2025
Booking until: Sunday, 14 December 2025 - Running time: 1hr 10mins. No Interval.
- Playing at: Garrick Theatre
- Booking until: Sunday, 14 December 2025
West End Musical Christmas
Lyric Theatre
Tickets from £24.00- Opens: Monday, 15 December 2025
Booking until: Monday, 15 December 2025 - Running time: 2hrs. Incl. 1 interval.
- Playing at: Lyric Theatre
- Booking until: Monday, 15 December 2025
Clarkston
Trafalgar Theatre
5 2 reviews 5 2 reviews Tickets from £47.00In 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.
- Booking until: Monday, 15 December 2025
- Running time: 1hr 35min. No Interval.
- Starring: Joe Locke, Ruaridh Mollica, Sophie Melville
- Playing at: Trafalgar Theatre
- Booking until: Monday, 15 December 2025
After Sunday
Bush Theatre
Tickets from £12.00In this absorbing new debut play by Bush Writers’ Group alumni Sophia Griffin, four strangers find solace and community in a Caribbean cooking group as they seek to overcome their pasts.
- Booking until: Saturday, 20 December 2025
- Running time: 1hr 40min.
- Playing at: Bush Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 20 December 2025
Ariodante - Royal Ballet and Opera
Royal Opera House
Tickets from £44.00Court conspiracy meets baroque opera in this visually stunning production of Handel’s classic opera about a pair of lovers torn about by accusations of infidelity. Dutch director Jetske Mijnssen, in her Royal Opera debut, brings the powerful, gripping, emotionally thrilling story to life with conduction by Stefano Montanari.
- Opens: Tuesday, 9 December 2025
Booking until: Sunday, 21 December 2025 - Running time: 3hr 45min. Incl. 2 intervals.
- Playing at: Royal Opera House
- Booking until: Sunday, 21 December 2025
The Nutcracker - Royal Albert Hall
Royal Albert Hall
4.5 6 reviews 4.5 6 reviews Tickets from £96.00- 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
West End shows to see before they close
Maybe you missed out on a new musical you were dying to see, and now it's your last chance. Perhaps you saw a play once before and it was so inspiring you really want to experience it again. You might have only just realised the season's coming to an end for the production you've been keen to see. Either way we have a collection of unforgettable entertainment to see before it's too late. Grab tickets before the curtain falls for the last time, then relax.
So what's it like attending one of the final few performances of a popular West End show? It's really exciting, there's a great buzz, and the audiences are dotted with super-fans there to say goodbye to a production that has meant a lot to them. There's a fast turnaround to enjoy as shows close every week, replaced by new productions set to become just as well-loved.
For every West End closing, there's a new opening. Don't miss out on these last-chance treats, some of the most exciting shows in town. Check out the scheduled end dates then choose your favourite production. Do it right now to void disappointment and fall in love with London Theatre all over again.
Last Chance to See Frequently Asked Questions
I missed a chance to see a show; will it return?
Occasionally, popular shows may see a revival, limited return season or extension, or a UK or global tour. This depends entirely on the production’s popularity, demand, and scheduling. Keep an eye on the News section of our website for announcements about possible revivals and returns.
Are there special discounts for closing-soon shows?
Yes, many productions nearing their final performances offer discounts to fill remaining seats. You’ll often find reduced prices or special promotions in the weeks leading up to a show’s closing date, though availability can be limited.
How will I know if a show I want to see is closing soon?
Keep an eye on this page for an updated list of shows that are closing soon, and check the production’s official website for the dates the show is running for. Most productions will heavily advertise when a show is closing soon, to encourage audiences to book tickets to catch it before it closes.
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