DRAMA PLAYS IN LONDON
DRAMA PLAYS IN LONDON
Most Popular Drama Plays in London
Murder Trial Tonight V - Death in the Family
Churchill Theatre
Sat 13 Feb - Sun 30 May 2027
Victoria Wood's dinnerladies
New Wimbledon Theatre
Fri 22 Jan - Sat 7 Aug 2027
Paranormal Activity
The Ambassadors Theatre
Thu 17 Sep 2026 - Sat 2 Jan 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
Thursday 17 September - 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...Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Phoenix Theatre, London
Thursday 17 September - 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...Electra/Persona
National Theatre, London
Thursday 17 September - Saturday 10 October 2026
Featuring Cate Blanchett (The Seagull), Nina Hoss (The Cherry Orchard), and Ella Lily Hyland (Black Doves), Benedict Andrews' (A Streetcar Named Desire) thrilling new play fuses ancient myth and modern psychology in a powerful exploration o...Abigail's Party
Harold Pinter Theatre, London
Thursday 17 - Saturday 19 September 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 ...Oh Mary!
Trafalgar Theatre, London
Thursday 17 September 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...The Mousetrap
St Martin's Theatre, London
Thursday 17 September 2026 - Saturday 17 July 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 Oresteia
Bridge Theatre, London
Thursday 17 - 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...Paranormal Activity
The Ambassadors Theatre, London
Thursday 17 September 2026 - Saturday 2 January 2027
Inspired by the iconic, terrifying film series, Paranormal Activity is a new story live on stage. James and Lou move from Chicago to London to escape their past, but they soon discover that places aren't haunted, people are... Only the fe...How the Other Half Loves
The Old Vic, London
Thursday 17 - Saturday 19 September 2026
?I haven?t got any problems.??Never mind, we?ll soon invent some.?Three couples, two homes, one laugh-out-loud domestic farce. When Fiona Foster and Bob Phillips are each accused of having an affair by their spouses, they use the innocent a...As You Like It
Shakespeare's Globe, London
Thursday 17 September - Sunday 25 October 2026
Run wild and free in the muddy magic of the woods this summer with this euphoric new production of Shakespeare?s As You Like It in the Globe Theatre. When the Duke?s court proves cold and cruel, Rosalind, Celia, and their friends escape int...Ivanov
Bridge Theatre, London
Thursday 17 September 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,...My Son's A Queer But What Can You Do
Apollo Theatre, London
Thursday 17 September - Saturday 3 October 2026
When Rob was twelve, they attempted a full-blown Disney parade in their house for their Grandma. As Rob donned wigs and played Mary Poppins, Ariel, Mickey Mouse and Belle, their Dad doubled as Stage Manager, Sound Technician and Goofy. Unfo...Fire Fire
Arcola Theatre, London
Thursday 17 September - Saturday 3 October 2026
Today, Eddie is holding a memorial for his brother at a park near their council estate. Today is also the day Paige decides to close the road to this countryside sanctuary in a protest about climate action. Naturally, when the pair meet, sp...Holy Fool
Park Theatre, London
Thursday 17 September - Saturday 10 October 2026
His music made him. It could destroy him. At the height of Stalin?s regime, celebrated composer Dmitri Shostakovich walks a perilous tightrope. One wrong note could topple him; one perfectly judged crescendo might save his life. Under the c...Table 17
Kiln Theatre, London
Thursday 17 September - Saturday 24 October 2026
If your ex wanted to meet up again, would you? Previously engaged, Jada and Dallas reunite for dinner to hash out the good, the bad, and the ugly from their romantic past. Despite the intrusion of sassy waiters, complicated memories, and th...Tartuffe - Remixed
Marylebone Theatre, London
Thursday 17 September - Saturday 24 October 2026
Following his sell-out performance of Venus and Adonis, Mark Rylance returns to the Marylebone Theatre to star in Tartuffe (Remixed), a new version of Moliere?s classic comedy, written and directed by Darren Raymond. Relocated to a Nigerian...The Turn of the Screw
Arcola Theatre, London
Thursday 17 September - Saturday 10 October 2026
England. A remote country house. A young governess, hired to care for two children, begins what appears to be an idyllic new life ? but something about the children hints at a darker presence. Desperate to protect them from what she believe...
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Palace Theatre, London
Friday 18 - 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...The Children
Lyric Hammersmith, London
Friday 18 September - Saturday 3 October 2026
\"Together Hazel and I are going to live forever. On a diet of yoga and yoghurt.\"Hazel and Robin have survived a catastrophe. Living on the edge of a radiation exclusion zone, Hazel still practises her yoga and Robin?s brewing parsnip wine...Three Men in a Boat
Rose Theatre, Kingston upon Thames
Friday 18 September - Saturday 10 October 2026
Jerome, George and Harris are lifelong pals. Whenever one is in a spot of bother the others will always jump in to help him out. So what could possibly go wrong as they set out on a carefree boat trip up the Thames - from leafy Kingston to ...The Jury Experience - Diamonds, Lies and a Dead Man
Greenwood Theatre, London
Saturday 19 September 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...White Rabbit Red Rabbit
Duchess Theatre, London
Monday 21 September - Monday 26 October 2026
What happens when no one knows what comes next?Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour?s internationally acclaimed theatrical experiment White Rabbit Red Rabbit returns to London to celebrate its 15th anniversary, with a fresh lineup of cele...Present Laughter
Richmond Theatre, Richmond
Tuesday 22 - Saturday 26 September 2026
Tracy-Ann Oberman stars as Geri Essendine in this new production of Noel Coward's celebrated and hilarious portrayal of the temptations and pitfalls of theatrical celebrity. Geri Essendine is a hugely successful actress (who has been 39 for...Hay Fever
Wyndham's Theatre, London
Tuesday 22 September - Saturday 12 December 2026
Emmy, two-time Tony, Screen Actors Guild and Drama Desk winner Christine Baranski makes her West End debut as the iconic Judith Bliss, sparring alongside Academy Award nominated stage and screen legend Richard E. Grant in a stinging new pro...Shakespeare's Globe - As You Like It
Witness for the Prosecution
London County Hall, London
Thursday 17 September 2026 - Sunday 19 September 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...Affluenza
Riverside Studios, London
Monday 28 September - Saturday 21 November 2026
Privilege is inherited. So are the consequences. When a teen?s drunken car ride ends in devastation, the verdict comes down to one question - is it possible to be too affluent to know the difference between right and wrong? Inspired by true...The Cherry Orchard
Harold Pinter Theatre, London
Saturday 3 October 2026 - Saturday 9 January 2027
Kristin Scott Thomas returns to the West End in a gripping new production of THE CHERRY ORCHARD, Anton Chekhov's poignant and piercing tragicomedy about a family on the brink of irreversible change. Olivier and Tony Award nominated Director...The Haunting of Hill House
Richmond Theatre, Richmond
Tuesday 6 - Saturday 10 October 2026
Don't miss this chilling theatrical adaptation of Shirley Jackson's "near perfect" (Stephen King) classic ghost story. From best-selling novel to major hit Netflix series, The Haunting of Hill House now takes to the stage in this gripping n...The Banality of Evil: Hannah Arendt France 1940
Arcola Theatre, London
Wednesday 7 October - Saturday 7 November 2026
In May 1940, three German Jewish women are arrested in France ? Hannah Arendt, who would become one of the 20th century?s most influential political theorists, the artist Charlotte Salomon, and the Communist schoolgirl Eva Daube. Branded ?U...Shakespeare's Globe - Much Ado About Nothing
Fences
Lyric Hammersmith, London
Tuesday 6 - Saturday 31 October 2026
August Wilson's landmark play set in the 1950s, returns in a vital new production directed by the award-winning Daniel Bailey (Red Pitch, West End). From one of America's most influential 20th century writers, this is a story of ambition fo...The Gang of Three
Richmond Theatre, Richmond
Tuesday 13 - Saturday 17 October 2026
Deep in the heart of the corridors of power, the Labour Party's Roy Jenkins, Denis Healey and Tony Crosland clash over the soul of British socialism and their own relentless ambitions. Set against the backdrop of economic crisis, Robert Kha...Jane Eyre
Rose Theatre, Kingston upon Thames
Tuesday 13 - Saturday 24 October 2026
A Rose Theatre, Mercury Theatre Colchester, and Storyhouse Chester production in association with Northern Stage and supported by a grant from The Royal Theatrical Support Trust. Directed by 2025 RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award-winner Li...The Lives of Others
Adelphi Theatre, London
Wednesday 14 October 2026 - Saturday 9 January 2027
Starring Academy Award nominee Keira Knightley (Black Doves, Atonement, The Misanthrope), Emmy Award winner Stephen Dillane (Game of Thrones, The Tunnel, Vigil) and Olivier Award nominee Luke Thompson (Bridgerton, Dunkirk, Oresteia)...Double Bill: Tell Me Straight & Aggy May
King's Head Theatre, London
Thursday 15 October - Saturday 14 November 2026
Following a critically acclaimed run at the Park Theatre, Paul Bradshaw returns to the Kings Head with a double bill of tell me straight and aggy, with design by Olivier nominated Damien Stanton, lighting by OFFIE winner Cheng Keng, sound b...The Master Builder
Arcola Theatre, London
Friday 16 October - Saturday 21 November 2026
Halvard Solness, a leading architect at the height of his fame, is paralysed by fear. Fear of the younger generation. Fear of irrelevance. Fear of the past catching up with him. When young, enigmatic Hilde Wangel bursts back into his world,...The Jury Experience - Death on the Port Side
Greenwood Theatre, London
Saturday 17 October 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? On a summer night, the son of a powerful politic...The Standard of Living
Theatre Royal Haymarket, London
Monday 21 September - Saturday 12 December 2026
Can you put a price on happiness, beauty and love?Husband to ballerina Lydia Lopokova. Lover to Duncan Grant. Friend to Virginia Woolf. Keynes moves between the corridors of power in Whitehall and the intoxicating freedom of a radical circl...Agatha Christie's The Hollow
Richmond Theatre, Richmond
Tuesday 27 - Saturday 31 October 2026
Following sell-out tours of Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile, Fiery Angel reunites with director Lucy Bailey to bring this darkly seductive new staging of one of Agatha Christie's most compelling mysteries The Hol...The Moth
Finborough Theatre, London
Tuesday 27 October - Saturday 21 November 2026
Acclaimed Elysium Theatre Company return after their celebrated 50th Anniversary production of 'The Island' in 2024 with a drama by Paul Herzberg that will grip you from the beginning and not let go. 1994: a chance meeting on a train betwee...My Neighbour Totoro
Gillian Lynne Theatre, London
Thursday 17 September 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...The Jury Experience - Frankenstein on Trial: The Man Who Defied God
Shaw Theatre, London
Thursday 29 October 2026
Dr. Victor Frankenstein stands trial. His creation - a being assembled from human remains and brought to life through forbidden science - has already been convicted of murder. Now, the court must decide whether Frankenstein himself should b...Speculations
