Classic Literature - Shows & Events
Classic Literature
Shows & Events
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
Friday 12 December 2025 - Saturday 31 January 2026
The Martians are back! Based on HG Wells' dark Victorian tale, the production remains a favourite to millions around the world, exciting audiences of all ages. In October 2026, Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of The Worlds - Live...
Oliver!
Friday 12 December 2025 - Sunday 4 October 2026
Cameron Mackintosh's new production of Lionel Bart's iconic musical, Oliver!, which he has fully reconceived with director and choreographer Matthew Bourne stars Simon Lipkin (Guys and Dolls, Avenue Q) as Fagin, Shanay Holmes (Miss Saigon, ...
Witness for the Prosecution
Friday 12 December 2025 - Sunday 4 October 2026
Art imitates life with Witness for the Prosecution, the suspenseful courtroom drama by Agatha Christie now showing in the eye-popping Council Chamber of the Edwardian Baroque County Hall. Step foot inside the jaw-dropping interior of Cou...
Count Arthur Strong is Charles Dickens in A Christmas Carol
Saturday 13 December 2025
Due to public pressure, Count Arthur Strong extends his fond farewell to you, for a 'once in a lifetime' limited run. Arthur delivers the Charles Dickens story and follows this with his own adaptation of the most classic of festive tales, A...
Count Arthur Strong is Charles Dickens in A Christmas Carol
Sunday 14 December 2025
Due to public pressure, Count Arthur Strong extends his fond farewell to you, for a 'once in a lifetime' limited run. Arthur delivers the Charles Dickens story and follows this with his own adaptation of the most classic of festive tales, A...
Austentatious - An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
Monday 15 December 2025
The award-winning smash-hit comedy, as seen in the West End every week since 2022, and heard on BBC Radio 4, comes to you on a strictly limited tour. For one delightful evening only, the all-star Austentatious cast will improvise a hilariou...
Frantic Assembly - Lost Atoms
Thursday 29 January - Saturday 28 February 2026
Following sell out tours of Othello and Metamorphosis contemporary theatre company Frantic Assembly returns with a brand-new play for its 30th Anniversary year, written by Anna Jordan (Succession, Killing Eve, The Unreturning, Yen). ...
Garry Starr - Classic Penguins
Sunday 1 - Sunday 22 February 2026
Literature! Literature! Literature! It might not rhyme with anything but it's still very important. Having already saved everything else, Garry Starr is back and this time he's hell-bent on saving books from extinction by performing every P...
Agatha Christie London Walking Tour
Sunday 15 February 2026
? Smartphone tickets ? Instant access to your tickets ? Duration: 2h ? Experience available in English Dive into the streets of London on the Agatha Christie London Walking Tour! Discover the city's hidden gems that sparked the imaginati...
Dickens Theatre Company - Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
Wednesday 4 March 2026
Dickens Theatre Company present an exciting new stage adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Victorian gothic masterpiece as part of their Revision on Tour programme, which comprises unique stage adaptations of compulsory GCSE texts tou...
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
Saturday 24 October 2026
The Martians are back! Based on HG Wells' dark Victorian tale, the production remains a favourite to millions around the world, exciting audiences of all ages. In October 2026, Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of The Worlds - Live...
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
Saturday 24 October 2026
The Martians are back! Based on HG Wells' dark Victorian tale, the production remains a favourite to millions around the world, exciting audiences of all ages. In October 2026, Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of The Worlds - Live...
