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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.
Salome
Theatre Royal Haymarket
Tickets from £30.00Oscar Wilde's scandalous, daring retelling of the biblical story of Salome and Herod, banned in Britain when it was first performed, returns to the stage in this bold revival by Maxim Didenko. Lust, obsession, and power form the basis of this dark, bloody story where the beautiful, bored Salome tries to seduce John the Baptist while her lecherous stepfather lusts after her. How will it all end? Find out in this stunning, shocking play starring Neta Roth in her West End debut.
- Booking until: Saturday, 11 October 2025
- Running time: 1hr 40min. No Interval.
- Playing at: Theatre Royal Haymarket
- Booking until: Saturday, 11 October 2025
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Ambassadors Theatre
4.8 46 reviews 4.8 46 reviews Tickets from £234.00The critically acclaimed production of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has arrived in the West End following its sold-out run at the Southwark Playhouse in 2024. Based on the 2008 movie but brought to life with a new lease of life and a group of talented actor-musicians. This life-affirming musical is a must-see!
- Booking until: Saturday, 11 October 2025
- Running time: 2hr 30min. Incl. interval.
- Playing at: Ambassadors Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 11 October 2025
Dracula (Lyric Hammersmith)
Lyric Hammersmith
3.5 4 reviews 3.5 4 reviews Tickets from £15.00Eerie, unexpected, and brilliantly clever, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, directed by Emma Baggott, brings a fresh new and feminist take on the familiar story of the world's most famous vampire, retold by overlooked heroine Mina Murray. Filled with visually stunning set design, terrifying twists and turns, and sinister Gothic atmospheric storytelling, this play will take you deep into the dark and thrilling world of Stoker's novel while keeping you on the edge of your seat.
- Booking until: Saturday, 11 October 2025
- Running time: 1hr 40min. No Interval.
- Playing at: Lyric Hammersmith
- Booking until: Saturday, 11 October 2025
The Code
Southwark Playhouse Elephant
Tickets from £30.00A film legend, a rising star, a fading talent, and an ambitious agent come together in this scathing, witty look at the darker side of 1950s Hollywood, where everyone must abide by an unspoken code to survive. Catch the UK premiere of this darkly funny and emotionally resonant play written by Michael McKeever and directed by Christopher Renshaw, where rich storytelling and a stellar cast shine a light on the realities of queerness in the Golden Age of Hollywood.
- Booking until: Saturday, 11 October 2025
- Running time: 1hr 30min. No interval.
- Playing at: Southwark Playhouse Elephant
- Booking until: Saturday, 11 October 2025
Cinderella (La Cenerentola)
London Coliseum
3.3 3 reviews 3.3 3 reviews 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.
- Booking until: Tuesday, 14 October 2025
- Running time: 2hr 45 min. Incl. 1 Interval.
- Playing at: London Coliseum
- Booking until: Tuesday, 14 October 2025
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
Albert Herring
London Coliseum
Tickets from £26.00Benjamin 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
Like Water For Chocolate - Royal Ballet and Opera
Royal Opera House
Tickets from £59.00The iconic Latin American magical realism novel comes to life in this breathtaking, enchanting ballet set on a Mexican ranch, where true love and family duties come into conflict. The stunning choregraphy and spellbinding score will sweep you away into this timeless, heart-rending story by one of the most beloved authors of the genre, retold in a brand new way.
- Booking until: Friday, 24 October 2025
- Running time: 2hr 45min. Incl. 2 Intervals.
- Playing at: Royal Opera House
- Booking until: Friday, 24 October 2025
Twelfth Night
Globe Theatre
5 32 reviews 5 32 reviews Tickets from £7.00Prepare to have your world turned upside down as Shakespeare’s dizzying tragicomedy, Twelfth Night, or What You Will, sweeps into the Globe Theatre in an intoxicating whirlwind this summer for a limited season.
- Booking until: Saturday, 25 October 2025
- Running time: 2hr 30min. Incl. interval.
- Playing at: Globe Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 25 October 2025
The Woman in Black
Alexandra Palace
4.4 2138 reviews 4.4 2138 reviews Tickets from £22.00- Booking until: Saturday, 25 October 2025
- Running time: 2hr. Incl. 1 interval.
- Playing at: Alexandra Palace
- Booking until: Saturday, 25 October 2025
(the) Woman
Park Theatre
Tickets from £18.00Award-winning playwright Jane Upton’s Bruntwood Prize shortlisted play is a fiercely funny and brutally honest story about the messy truths of motherhood. After a critically acclaimed run in Nottingham, it transfers to London this autumn. Don’t miss your chance to catch this thought-provoking and daringly original story that confronts the harsh truths of how we see ourselves.
- Booking until: Saturday, 25 October 2025
- Running time: 1hr 30min. No Interval.
- Playing at: Park Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 25 October 2025
Troilus and Cressida
Globe Theatre
Tickets from £7.00Considered one of Shakespeare's more complex and cynical plays, Troilus and Cressida heads to the Globe Theatre as part of their 2025 season this Autumn. Experience a sharp take on love and war in the beautiful surroundings of this theatre.
- Booking until: Sunday, 26 October 2025
- Running time: 3hr. Incl. interval.
- Playing at: Globe Theatre
- Booking until: Sunday, 26 October 2025
Not Your Superwoman
Bush Theatre
Tickets from £42.00Celebrated actors Letitia Wright and Golda Rosheuvel, Not Your Superwomanis a brand new production which will premiere at the Bush Theatre in the Autumn. The play follows two women as they struggle to come to terms with the death of their family's matriarch.
- Booking until: Saturday, 1 November 2025
- Running time: 1hr 20min. No interval.
- Playing at: Bush Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 1 November 2025
Born With Teeth
Wyndham's Theatre
4.8 12 reviews 4.8 12 reviews Tickets from £45.00Liz 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
Bacchae
Olivier Theatre (National Theatre)
5 1 review 5 1 review Tickets from £41.00Euripides’s greatest tragedy gets a bold new revival, filled with music, poetry, and spoken word, where the wild women of the Bacchae take centre-stage to make their voices heard. Bacchae comes to the National Theatre as part of Indhu Rubasingham’s inaugural season.
- Booking until: Saturday, 1 November 2025
- Running time: 1hr 45min. No interval.
- Playing at: Olivier Theatre (National Theatre)
- Booking until: Saturday, 1 November 2025
Mary Page Marlowe
Old Vic Theatre
3.8 6 reviews 3.8 6 reviews 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.
- 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
The Magic Flute
Royal Opera House
5 1 review 5 1 review Tickets from £233.00Equal parts fairy tale, farce, and moral allegory, The Magic Flute is arguably Mozart's most popular opera. This thriling, visually stunning, and epic tale takes the classic story of a prince on a quest to rescue a princess and packs it with deep philosophical themes and marvellous, powerful music that will resonate deeply with you.
- Opens: Friday, 10 October 2025
Booking until: Monday, 3 November 2025 - Running time: 3hr 5min. Incl. 1 interval.
- Playing at: Royal Opera House
- Booking until: Monday, 3 November 2025
Carmen
London Coliseum
4.1 10 reviews 4.1 10 reviews Tickets from £42.00Book 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.
- Booking until: Wednesday, 5 November 2025
- Running time: 2hr 50min. Incl. 1 interval.
- Playing at: London Coliseum
- Booking until: Wednesday, 5 November 2025
Entertaining Mr Sloane
Young Vic
Tickets from £38.00A brother and sister become obsessed with their handsome, charming new tenant, but the dashing Mr Sloane is hiding a secret… find out the truth in this dark, comedic thriller written by Joe Orton and directed by Nadia Fall.
- Booking until: Saturday, 8 November 2025
- Running time: 2hr 30min. Incl. 1 Interval.
- Playing at: Young Vic
- Booking until: Saturday, 8 November 2025
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
The Lady from the Sea
The Bridge Theatre
4.3 9 reviews 4.3 9 reviews Tickets from £42.00Inspired by Henrik Ibsen’s play, adapted and directed by Simon Stone, The Lady From the Sea is a complex, haunting story about how one choice can lead our lives down different paths. It opens at the Bridge Theatre, starring Alicia Vikander and Andrew Lincoln.
- Booking until: Saturday, 8 November 2025
- Running time: 2hr 45min. Incl. 1 interval.
- Playing at: The Bridge Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 8 November 2025
La Fille Mal Gardee
Royal Opera House
5 1 review 5 1 review Tickets from £42.00Frederick Ashton’s joyful ballet is a love letter to the countryside, a light-hearted pastoral tale about a battle of wills between Lise and her mother over the question of marrying for love or for money. This whimsical, humourous ballet features dancing chickens, a dizzying ribbon dance, clog-dancing and an adorable Shetland pony, making it a comic masterpiece that will leave you smiling long after you've left the theatre.
- Opens: Saturday, 18 October 2025
Booking until: Thursday, 13 November 2025 - Running time: 2hr 15min. Incl. 1 Interval.
- Playing at: Royal Opera House
- Booking until: Thursday, 13 November 2025
Get Down Tonight: The KC and the Sunshine Band Musical
Charing Cross Theatre
3.7 3 reviews 3.7 3 reviews Tickets from £25.00Written by J.F. Lawton in collaboration with Harry Wayne Casey (KC), Get Down Tonight tells the story of KC’s early life in 1970s Miami, featuring 20 songs from KC and the Sunshine Band.
- Booking until: Saturday, 15 November 2025
- Running time: 1hr 30min.
- Playing at: Charing Cross Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 15 November 2025
Fanny
King's Head Theatre
Tickets from £12.00This original play by Calum Finlay, which first premiered at the Watermill Theatre in 2024, is based on the life of German composer Fanny Mendelssohn, older sister of Felix Mendelssohn. Bold, witty, and joyful, Fanny gives a voice to a brilliant composer who spent her life overshadowed by her brother.
- Opens: Friday, 10 October 2025
Booking until: Saturday, 15 November 2025 - Running time: 2hr. Incl. interval.
- Playing at: King's Head Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 15 November 2025
50 First Dates The Musical
The Other Palace
5 1 review 5 1 review Tickets from £30.00Casey Nicholaw directs and choreographs the joyful, laugh-out-loud musical based on the beloved 2004 rom-com, 50 First Dates, where a man tries to win over an amnesiac woman who can never remember him, or any of their many first dates, the next day.
- Booking until: Sunday, 16 November 2025
- Running time: 1hr 40min.
- Playing at: The Other Palace
- Booking until: Sunday, 16 November 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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