DRAMA PLAYS IN LONDON
DRAMA PLAYS IN LONDON
Most Popular Drama Plays in London
Only Fools and Horses The Musical
Eventim Apollo
Tue 17 Dec 2024 - Sun 5 Jan 2025
TINA - The Tina Turner Musical
Aldwych Theatre
Fri 18 Oct 2024 - Sat 25 Oct 2025
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Palace Theatre
Fri 18 Oct 2024 - Sun 29 Jun 2025
The Merchant of Venice (1936)
Trafalgar Theatre
Sat 28 Dec 2024 - Sat 25 Jan 2025
Austentatious - An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
Arts Theatre
Sun 20 Oct - Mon 16 Dec 2024
TINA - The Tina Turner Musical
Aldwych Theatre, London
Friday 18 October 2024 - Saturday 25 October 2025
This highly anticipated musical based on the life of Tina Turner made a huge splash in the UK during its West End premiere. The musical is based on the often tumultuous life and legendary music of international recording artist Tina Turner....The Mousetrap
St. Martin's Theatre, London
Friday 18 October 2024 - Saturday 27 September 2025
Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap is the world's longest-running play. This thrilling West End production is THE genre-defining murder mystery from the best-selling novelist of all time... case closed!As news spreads of a murder in London, a ...John Cleese's Fawlty Towers - The Play
Apollo Theatre, London
Friday 18 October 2024 - Saturday 4 January 2025
The classic comedy follows Basil Fawlty, a huffy hotelier whose increasingly ludicrous efforts to "raise the tone" of his dilapidated seaside hotel are met with complaints, complications, and chaos. Determined to cater for the guests he thi...Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Phoenix Theatre, London
Friday 18 October 2024 - Sunday 6 April 2025
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...The Play That Goes Wrong
Duchess Theatre, London
Friday 18 October 2024 - Sunday 1 February 2026
Be prepared to laugh yourself silly! Winner of the 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, Mischief Theatre's The Play That Goes Wrong is remarkably still and as funny as ever, even after all these years! When a production of the fictitious...Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Palace Theatre, London
Friday 18 October 2024 - Sunday 29 June 2025
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 to...Dr. Strangelove
Noel Coward Theatre, London
Friday 18 October 2024 - Saturday 25 January 2025
Steve Coogan stars in the first ever adaption of Stanley Kubrick?s iconic Dr. Strangelove, as the world premiere stage production prepares for a strictly limited run at London?s No?l Coward Theatre from 8 October 2024. This jet-black comedy...Juno and the Paycock
Gielgud Theatre, London
Friday 18 October - Saturday 23 November 2024
Tony award-nominee J. Smith-Cameron (Succession?s Gerri Kellman) stars as Juno Boyle opposite Mark Rylance as ?Captain? Jack Boyle in a highly anticipated new production of JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK, Se?n O?Casey\'s timeless masterpiece, directe...Oedipus
Wyndham's Theatre, London
Friday 18 October 2024 - Saturday 4 January 2025
Behind every great man is a great women. Election night. The polls predict a landslide victory. Everything is about to change. Starring the internationally renowned, multi award-winning Mark Strong and Lesley Manville, Sophocles? epic trage...The Lehman Trilogy
Gillian Lynne Theatre, London
Friday 18 October 2024 - Sunday 5 January 2025
On a cold September morning in 1844, a young man from Bavaria stands on a New York dockside dreaming of a new life in the new world. He is joined by his two brothers, and an American epic begins. 163 years later, the firm they establish ? L...Waiting for Godot
Theatre Royal Haymarket, London
Friday 18 October - Saturday 21 December 2024
Lucian Msamati and Ben Whishaw star in one of the greatest plays of the 20th century ? Samuel Beckett?s masterpiece, Waiting for Godot, directed by James Macdonald. Didi and Gogo wait by a tree for a man named Godot. They don?t know who he ...Macbeth
Harold Pinter Theatre, London
Friday 18 October - Saturday 14 December 2024
David Tennant and Cush Jumbo return to their landmark performances in Shakespeare?s most extraordinary psychological drama....A Raisin in the Sun
Lyric Hammersmith, London
Friday 18 October - Saturday 2 November 2024
In a rented apartment on Chicago?s South Side, the Younger family is full of hope, dreams, grief, and big plans. Their beloved father has died, and the money from his life insurance policy could change their lives. Mama wants to put down ro...Tattooer
Charing Cross Theatre, London
Friday 18 - Saturday 26 October 2024
Seikichi is a young tattoo artist and former Ukiyo-e artist of high repute. His longtime wish is to ?carve his soul into the skin of a beautiful woman? but he has been unable to find a willing partner. The story begins when Seikichi finall...The Duchess
Trafalgar Theatre, London
Friday 18 October - Friday 20 December 2024
Returning to the stage for the first time in over a decade, Jodie Whittaker (Doctor Who, Broadchurch) takes on the role of a lifetime in Zinnie Harris? acclaimed contemporary adaptation of The Duchess of Malfi, playing at the Trafalgar Thea...White Rabbit Red Rabbit
@sohoplace, London
Friday 18 - Saturday 19 October 2024
Experimental drama at its best. See what happens with no rehearsal, no director, a different actor each night and a script waiting in a sealed envelope on the stage. Each night a completely new adventure awaits ? depending on how the author...Giant
Royal Court Theatre, London
Friday 18 October - Saturday 16 November 2024
?I wanted to put you bang in the picture. Apprise you of the difficulties. Because, in case you hadn?t noticed, he?s a human fucking boobytrap. And now, guess what, surprise surprise, boom!?A world-famous children?s author under threat. A b...Princess Essex
Shakespeare's Globe, London
Friday 18 - Saturday 26 October 2024
History. It's hers for the making. Discover the world of Edwardian seaside beauty pageants at the Globe this summer, as Princess Essex, a new play by Anne Odeke, bursts into our iconic open-air theatre. It's Southend-on-Sea, Essex, in 1...The Taming of the Shrew
Shakespeare's Globe, London
Friday 18 - Saturday 26 October 2024
Step inside an absurd carnival this summer as Shakespeare's vicious comedy The Taming of the Shrew arrives in the Globe Theatre. Lucentio is determined to win the beautiful Bianca's hand in marriage. When her father declares that it will...French Toast
Riverside Studios, London
Friday 18 - Saturday 26 October 2024
?By all means die if you want to, just not in my show!?This uproarious comedy by France?s acclaimed playwright Jean Poiret (La Cage aux Folles) lands on the English stage for the first time in a glittering new adaptation. A little bit rude,...Autumn
Park Theatre, London
Friday 18 October - Saturday 2 November 2024
Based on the novel by Ali Smith, Adapted by Harry McDonald, Directed by Charlotte VickersSummer 2016. Britain has voted to leave the European Union, Elisabeth has returned home to the village she grew up in, and her elderly former next-door...Pins and Needles
Kiln Theatre, London
Friday 18 - Saturday 26 October 2024
PINS AND NEEDLESBY ROB DRUMMONDCAUTION: CONTAINS TRUTH, LIES AND MISINFORMATION. YOU DECIDE. Rob is putting science and scepticism to the test in his new play. For research, he speaks to Mary, a mother trying to make the best decisions for...The Cabinet Minister
Menier Chocolate Factory, London
Friday 18 October - Saturday 16 November 2024
Arthur Wing Pinero?s breathless farce THE CABINET MINISTER is given a new life in a brand-new adaptation by Nancy Carroll directed by Paul Foster. Sir Julian Twombley is in trouble: his wife and son have run up massive debts and his politic...The Cabinet Minster
The Forsyte Saga Part 1: Irene
Park Theatre, London
Friday 18 October - Saturday 7 December 2024
?If you don?t get the person you truly love, your life is ruined and there?s no going back.? Penniless Irene has married into the wealthy Forsyte family out of necessity. Her husband Soames adores her, but Irene does not love him. When she...What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
Marylebone Theatre, London
Friday 18 October - Saturday 23 November 2024
Based on the Pulitzer-finalist short story by Nathan Englander, don\'t miss this brand new serious-comedy starring West Wing and Big Bang Theory actor Joshua Malina, and directed by Leopoldstadt\'s Patrick Marber.? WHAT A serious ne...Asi Wind - Incredibly Human
Underbelly Boulevard, London
Friday 18 October 2024 - Sunday 5 January 2025
Making its UK debut in London?s West End this Autumn, Asi Wind?s new show, INCREDIBLY HUMAN, is shrouded in mystery. Yet, those familiar with his performances know to expect jaw-dropping feats of magic and mind-reading, promising an utterly...BRACE BRACE
Jerwood Theatre Upstairs At The Royal Court, London
Friday 18 October - Saturday 2 November 2024
\"A plane fell out of the sky, and we happened to be on it? A man hijacks a plane. The plane begins to fall. Fight or flight. Back on the ground, survivors Ray and Sylvia struggle to reconcile their responses to this life-changing ...Buyer and Cellar
King's Head Theatre, London
Friday 18 - Saturday 19 October 2024
Meet Alex, an out-of-work actor who finds himself working beneath Barbra Streisand?s Malibu home in her legendary basement shopping mall. A big hit in New York and London, Buyer & Cellar is an outrageous comedy about the price of fame, the ...Mad Gay King
King's Head Theatre, London
Friday 18 October 2024
When Richard Hornig, a stable master with a secret, arrives at the court of King Ludwig II, the young monarch?s most decadent obsessions are ignited?placing the future of his kingdom, his legacy, and even his sanity at the edge of a dangero...Reykjavik
Hampstead Theatre, London
Friday 18 October - Saturday 23 November 2024
?For Those in Peril on the Sea? makes dying at sea sound like something noble, patriotic. Whereas their husband, son or father has died for one half of a fish and chip supper? February 1975. In freezing weather off the coast of Iceland, the...The Wild Duck
The Coronet Theatre, London
Friday 18 October - Saturday 2 November 2024
A co-production with The Norwegian Ibsen Company and Den Nationale Scene, BergenShould truth be pursued at all cost?The Norwegian Ibsen Company makes a very welcome return to The Coronet with a new production of one of Ibsen?s best known pl...
The Comedy of Errors
Shakespeare's Globe, London
Saturday 19 - Sunday 27 October 2024
Back by popular demand, get ready to experience 'the Globe at its most joyous' (WhatsOnStage) as our ???? production of The Comedy of Errors makes a triumphant return this summer. Be transported back to Elizabethan London as the Globe tran...The Forsyte Saga Part 2: Fleur
Park Theatre, London
Saturday 19 October - Saturday 7 December 2024
?Those who don?t understand their own history are doomed to repeat it.?Years have passed since the family scandal and Soames and Irene are divorced with children of their own. Soames? daughter Fleur, headstrong like her father, is determine...Austentatious - An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
Arts Theatre, London
Sunday 20 October - Monday 16 December 2024
Austentatious is saddling the horses for a Grand Tour of the United Kingdom! Austentatious is an improvised comedy play starring a cast of the country's quickest comic performers. Every single show the cast conjures up a brand new 'lost' Ja...Barcelona
Duke Of York's Theatre, London
Monday 21 October 2024 - Saturday 11 January 2025
Lily Collins (Emily in Paris) & ?lvaro Morte (Money Heist) make their West End debuts in Bess Wohl?s explosive two-hander, BARCELONA. Directed by Lynette Linton....The Buddha of Suburbia
Barbican Centre, London
Tuesday 22 October - Saturday 16 November 2024
South London in the late seventies. High unemployment, high inflation, food shortages and strikes. But despite the winter of discontent, 17-year-old Karim?s life is about to explode into glorious technicolour as he navigates a path to enlig...Machinal
How To Survive Your Mother
King's Head Theatre, London
Wednesday 23 October - Sunday 24 November 2024
The true story of a Technicolor Woman in a black and white worldBy Jonathan Maitland (Dead Sheep, An Audience with Jimmy Savile, The Interview)How do you navigate a crazy, glamorous, narcissistic, scandal-loving mother whose idea of fun is ...Women Who Blow On Knots
Arcola Theatre, London
Thursday 24 October - Saturday 23 November 2024
Women Who Blow On Knotsby Ece Temelkuranin a new adaptation by Leyla NazliDirected by Lerzan PamirArcola co-founder Leyla Nazli adapts Ece Temelkuran's bestselling novel: an epic tale of empowerment and adventure. Three women meet by ...Abigail's Party
Rose Theatre Kingston, Kingston upon Thames
Tuesday 5 - Saturday 16 November 2024
By Mike LeighDirected by Jack BradfieldBeverly, the queen of suburbia, is hosting a cocktail party. Next door, 15-year-old Abigail is throwing a party of her own. No one can stop talking about Abigail\'s Party. No one can stop thinking abou...Queen Bette
King's Head Theatre, London
Tuesday 5 - Saturday 23 November 2024
\"The Queen has no hour for love. Time presses, and events crowd upon her. And for a shell, an empty, glistening husk, she must give up all that a woman holds most dear.\"Bette Davis was a true movie legend. This acclaimed one-woman show re...All's Well That Ends Well
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London
Friday 8 November 2024 - Saturday 4 January 2025
Inside the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, uncover a twisted tale of obsession, game-playing and deception in Shakespeare?s ruthless thriller, All?s Well That Ends Well. When Helen cures the dying King, he grants her one wish: to choose any man sh...All's Well That Ends Well - Shakespeare's Globe
Distant Memories of the Near Future
Arcola Theatre, London
Tuesday 12 - Saturday 30 November 2024
An isolated tech mogul tries to turn love into an algorithm. A jaded consumer confronts their loneliness. An astronaut is trapped in the cosmos. Distant Memories of the Near Future is a piece of multimedia storytelling-theatre featuring pro...The Purists
