DRAMA PLAYS IN LONDON
DRAMA PLAYS IN LONDON
Most Popular Drama Plays in London
Murder Trial Tonight V - Death in the Family
Adelphi Theatre
Sat 13 Feb - Sun 30 May 2027
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
New Wimbledon Theatre
Tue 10 Nov 2026 - Sat 20 Feb 2027
The Hunger Games On Stage
Troubadour Canary Wharf Theatre, London
Wednesday 17 June - Sunday 25 October 2026
The premiere of the first-ever theatre adaptation of Suzanne Collins' internationally acclaimed book and Lionsgate's motion-picture, The Hunger Games: On Stage comes to London in 2025. The theatrical event of the year will be performe...A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare's Globe, London
Wednesday 17 June - Saturday 29 August 2026
In this vibrant new production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Globe Theatre becomes a space for communal celebration under starry, summer skies. Enter a world where the veil between the everyday and the extraordinary grows ...War Horse
National Theatre, London
Wednesday 17 June - Thursday 30 July 2026
The global phenomenon gallops home to the National Theatre At the outbreak of the First World War, young Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France. Too young to enlist, Albert refuses to forget him, embarking ...Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Palace Theatre, London
Wednesday 17 June - Sunday 20 September 2026
There's magic in every moment at Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the most awarded play in history and "one of the most defining pop culture events of the decade" (Forbes). And now, the 8th Harry Potter story is bringing the magic back...My Neighbour Totoro
Gillian Lynne Theatre, London
Wednesday 17 June 2026 - Sunday 10 January 2027
Discover your spirit with the epic return of the Royal Shakespeare Company's My Neighbour Totoro, the acclaimed staging of the celebrated 1988 animated feature film by Hayao Miyazaki. My Neighbour Totoro is a captivating coming-of-age ta...Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Phoenix Theatre, London
Wednesday 17 June - Sunday 27 December 2026
Get ready to journey into the supernatural world of Stranger Things: The First Shadow, coming to the Phoenix Theatre in London's West End in late 2023. Brought to life by a multi-award-winning creative team, Stranger Things: The First Shado...Grace Pervades
Theatre Royal Haymarket, London
Wednesday 17 June - Saturday 11 July 2026
Legendary star of stage and screen, Ralph Fiennes, stars opposite Miranda Raison (Spooks) in David Hare's 'fascinating, absorbing and very funny' (FT) play, transferring from a sell-out season at Theatre Royal Bath. Ralph Fiennes gives a ...Inter Alia
Wyndham's Theatre, London
Wednesday 17 - Saturday 20 June 2026
Rosamund Pike delivers a 'remarkable' (The Times) and 'triumphant turn at the height of her powers' (The Standard) in the celebrated role for which she won Best Actress at the Olivier Awards 2026. Following its smash hit debut at the Natio...Oh Mary!
Trafalgar Theatre, London
Wednesday 17 June 2026 - Saturday 2 January 2027
Oh, Mary! is an uproariously dark comedy about a miserable, suffocated Mary Todd Lincoln in the weeks leading up to Abraham Lincoln's assassination. Unrequited yearning, alcoholism, and suppressed desires abound in this 80-minute one-act p...Romeo & Juliet
Harold Pinter Theatre, London
Wednesday 17 - Saturday 20 June 2026
In Verona, in the height of summer, two young people meet at a party. The rest is tragedy. Starring Sadie Sink (Stranger Things) as Juliet and Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place, Hamnet) as Romeo in their West End debuts, Robert Icke (Oedipu...The Mousetrap
St Martin's Theatre, London
Wednesday 17 June 2026 - Saturday 2 January 2027
Producer, Brian Fenty, is delighted to announce that Agatha Christie's iconic thriller and the world's longest running play, The Mousetrap will embark on a major UK tour from September 2026 running through to 2027. The tour forms part of wi...The Play That Goes Wrong
Duchess Theatre, London
Wednesday 17 June 2026 - Sunday 3 October 2027
The longest running comedy in the West End. Still disrupting the West End in its 10th disastrous year, the award-winning international smash-hit The Play That Goes Wrong continues to tickle audiences at the Duchess Theatre. You all know ...Mrs Dalloway
Wilton's Music Hall, London
Wednesday 17 - Saturday 20 June 2026
The must-see adaptation of Virginia Woolf's masterpiece novel. The immersive new stage version of Woolf's classic novel has been co-created by award-winning director Jen Heyes and Olivier Award-winning writer and performer Kit Green who als...1536
The Ambassadors Theatre, London
Wednesday 17 June - Saturday 1 August 2026
Following a ★★★★★ sold-out run at the Almeida, 1536 transfers to The Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End. Written by Ava Pickett, winner of the 2024 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and directed by Lyndsey Turner (Chimerica), this...Witness for the Prosecution
London County Hall, London
Wednesday 17 June 2026 - Sunday 25 April 2027
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...Driftwood
Kiln Theatre, London
Wednesday 17 June - Saturday 4 July 2026
An inspiring story about hope, love and belonging from the company that produced hit shows Peak Stuff and How Not To Drown. Two brothers on a beach need to figure out what to do with their dad - but the sea has other ideas. Mark and Tiny wa...Equus
Menier Chocolate Factory, London
Wednesday 17 June - Saturday 4 July 2026
Peter Shaffer's brilliantly intriguing award-winning 1973 play Equus is now considered a modern masterpiece. What prompts a 17-year-old boy to blind six horses? This is the challenge presented to psychiatrist Martin Dysart as he delves in...Eat the Rich (but maybe not me mates x)
Soho Theatre, London
Wednesday 17 June - Friday 3 July 2026
Fresh from a sell-out, five-star debut at the Edinburgh Fringe, Jade Franks's award-winning solo show is back. Winner of The Scotsman's Fringe First Award, The Holden Street Theatres Award and The Filipa Braganca Award, this is the play eve...Shakespeare's Globe - Much Ado About Nothing
Cyrano de Bergerac
Noel Coward Theatre, London
Wednesday 17 June - Saturday 5 September 2026
????? ?Playful, poignant, profound? ? Financial Times????? ?This huge-hearted production is enchanting? - The Times?No master to serve, no leash to bear. I walk as I please, and I speak as I dare.?Poet. Soldier. Philosopher. Cyrano de Berge...The Truth
Apollo Theatre, London
Wednesday 17 June - Saturday 12 September 2026
Two couples. A tangle of secrets. And a truth nobody is ready to face. From Oscar-winning writer Florian Zeller comes ?a funny and devious must-see? (The Guardian). The Truth is a wickedly entertaining comedy where trust is fragile, loyalty...A Fine Idea
Arcola Theatre, London
Wednesday 17 June - Saturday 4 July 2026
Without us here, though, can you imagine how much worse it would be?It?s 2024. After years circling the globe delivering aid, Jo has built a career supporting those most in need ? a good person doing good things. But 75 years after her gran...What's Wrong With Angry
King's Head Theatre, London
Wednesday 17 June - Sunday 5 July 2026
Before Heartstopper, Sex Education, and Love, Simon, came Patrick Wilde?s award-winning play, What?s Wrong With Angry?. Set against a Hi-NRG soundtrack, What?s Wrong With Angry? candidly explores the challenges faced by two schoolboys, Stev...Whodunnit Unrehearsed 4
Park Theatre, London
Wednesday 17 - Saturday 27 June 2026
The fastest draw in the West? doesn?t know their linesYeehah! We?re rollin? into the Wild West for the return of Park Theatre?s hit fundraiser Whodunnit [Unrehearsed]; back in 2026 with more murder, mayhem, and, this time, a touch of musica...Glengarry Glen Ross
The Old Vic, London
Thursday 18 June - Saturday 18 July 2026
One of the most influential and thrilling dramatic comedies of the late 20th century, David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross won the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Considered a modern classic, this production will be staged by Tony Award...Relics
Lyric Hammersmith, London
Thursday 18 June - Saturday 18 July 2026
?There?s some Alphabites in the freezer. Pop the oven on. You can eat your own words.?When four siblings reunite at their recently-deceased mother?s home with the intention of divvying up her possessions, a long-buried family secret explode...
Mother Courage and Her Children
Shakespeare's Globe, London
Friday 19 - Saturday 27 June 2026
Shakespeare's Globe welcomes revolutionary playwright Brecht to the stage for the very first time with a new production of his anti-war masterpiece, Mother Courage and Her Children. War rages. Resources are scarce. Hope is a luxury. Mother ...Arcadia
Duke Of York's Theatre, London
Saturday 20 June - Saturday 12 September 2026
Brought vividly to life by acclaimed director Carrie Cracknell, this elegant, witty and deeply moving new production of Arcadia is 'a fitting tribute to Tom Stoppard's genius' (The Standard). Brilliant minds, burning hearts and the unsto...The Guilty
Donmar Warehouse, London
Saturday 20 June - Saturday 15 August 2026
Directed by Felix Barrett, The Guilty is by award-winning writer Chloe Moss, based on the films Den Skyldige and The Guilty. Russell Tovey is troubled police officer Joe, stuck on the night shift, who takes a desperate 999 call from...Why I Stuck A Flare Up My Arse For England
Garrick Theatre, London
Sunday 21 June 2026
Joshua Beaumont and Matthew Emeny present the Roxy Dog production of Why I Stuck A Flare Up My A**e For England Written and performed by Alex Hill It's the EURO 2020 Final at Wembley and Billy's gone viral for sticking a flare up his a**e! ...The Tiger Who Came To Tea
Theatre Royal Haymarket, London
Monday 22 June - Saturday 5 September 2026
Based on Britain's best-loved picture book by Judith Kerr, the Olivier Award nominated smash hit show The Tiger Who Came to Tea returns to the West End. The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mummy are sitting down to tea. Who could it p...To Kill A Mockingbird
Wyndham's Theatre, London
Thursday 25 June - Saturday 12 September 2026
The powerful and enduring coming-of-age story of racial injustice and childhood innocence is set in 1930s Alabama where lawyer Atticus Finch tries to prove the innocence of Tom Robinson, a Black man wrongly accused of raping a white woman. ...Malory Towers
Richmond Theatre, Richmond
Tuesday 30 June - Saturday 4 July 2026
Nostalgic, naughty, and perfect for now, Enid Blyton's Malory Towers is the original 'Girl Power' story. Get ready for high jinks, high drama and high spirits, all set to sensational live music, as Emma Rice Company's production has been de...Our Public House
Marylebone Theatre, London
Tuesday 30 June - Saturday 4 July 2026
Dash Arts in association with Leeds Playhouse presentsOur Public HouseA big hearted and funny new playWith Kit Esuruoso (Tina The Musical), Chaya Gupta (EastEnders), Gabriella Leon (Casualty), Lauren Moakes (Romeo and Juliet), Fergus O Donn...The Oresteia
Bridge Theatre, London
Thursday 2 July - Saturday 19 September 2026
Writer and director Simon Stone is joined by the same creative team that brought the "fantastically original, gripping and magnificent" (The Guardian) The Lady from the Sea to life. A contemporary family wakes up in a Greek myth and can...Noda Map - 320°F
Sadler's Wells, London
Thursday 2 - Saturday 11 July 2026
A Faustian descent through myth, memory and other bad ideas. NODA MAP returns to Sadler?s Wells Theatre after sell-out shows A Night At The Kabuki (2022) and Love In Action (2024). Starring Sadawo Abe, Suzu Hirose, Eri Fukatsu,Koji Ohkura, ...Ivanov
Bridge Theatre, London
Saturday 4 July 2026 - Saturday 16 October 2027
Nikolai has forgotten how to be happy. Or was he ever? Is it just burnout? He?s married to the perfect woman, he?s had a successful career: he should be heading into mid-life feeling confident and settled. Sure there?s some debts piling up,...Diana:The Untold and Untrue Story
Arcola Theatre, London
Monday 6 - Saturday 11 July 2026
Do you know the story of Diana? Probably. But do you know this story of Diana? We very much doubt it. Join Diana in heaven as she shares the untold and untrue tale of her extraordinary life in this multi-award-winning hit show from Edinburg...ShakeItUp
The Other Palace, London
Tuesday 7 - Saturday 11 July 2026
Shakespeare hasn\'t written anything new for an age, so we thought we would give him a hand... Using his language, your audience suggestions and our overactive imaginations, we create a brand new Shakespeare play live on stage!Complete with...Tilly No-Body
Arcola Theatre, London
Tuesday 7 - Saturday 25 July 2026
A true story of love, survival and transformation. In a deserted circus, the true story of actress Tilly Wedekind unfolds in a heartrending performance of virtuosic storytelling. When Tilly?s controlling husband, the playwright Frank Wedeki...Allegra
Harold Pinter Theatre, London
Wednesday 8 July - Saturday 8 August 2026
Maureen Lipman stars as Allegra, in this moving comedy with lively musical sequences and plenty of laughter. It is also a tender and emotional story about family, love and the way even the most beautiful minds can begin to disappear. Allegr...The Smile of Her
Marylebone Theatre, London
Friday 10 July - Saturday 29 August 2026
Smiling is not my ?girl-duty,? a**hole!Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy winner Christine Lahti brings her acclaimed new play The Smile of Her to London for a strictly limited run at the Marylebone Theatre. Funny, furious and achingly p...Local
Finborough Theatre, London
Tuesday 14 July - Saturday 1 August 2026
A show about home, belonging or not, and letting go. 'Local' is a solo show where storyteller Liz Richardson revisits her childhood memories and home in West Cumbria in an attempt to understand whether she still belongs there, or ever did. ...The Jury Experience - Diamonds, Lies and a Dead Man
Shaw Theatre, London
Friday 17 July 2026
You've been called for jury duty. Step into a thrilling courtroom drama where the audience is the jury. Listen to testimonies, analyze evidence, and ultimately decide... guilty or not guilty? Scandal brews as a disgraced ex-driver stands tr...Love's Labour's Lost
Shakespeare's Globe, London
Friday 17 July - Sunday 13 September 2026
This Summer, see Shakespeare?s Love?s Labour?s Lost as you?ve never experienced it before, in this blazing, flamenco-inspired new production. Passion, power, and poetry collide as four women arrive in Navarre on a diplomatic mission, testin...
Abigail's Party
Richmond Theatre, Richmond
Monday 20 - Saturday 25 July 2026
Mike Leigh's razor-sharp portrait of social class, materialism and sexual tension in 1970s England is an unmissable modern classic. Tamzin Outhwaite, much-loved from her television roles including EastEnders, Red Cap, Hotel Babylon and ...Ripen Our Darkness
