PLEASE NOTE: Theatre scheduling is only changed when a new production is entered, so check dates carefully before attending a performance, also we do not advertise one nighters here – hope you find the site useful!

Detailed Listings

Above the Stag - Jurassic Tart - Sept 1-5/09; Bathhouse the Musical - Sept 8/09 to Oct 11/09; Silence! The Musical - Jan 19/10 to Feb 28/10;

Adelphi - Love Never Dies - starts Feb 22, 2010 - opening March 9, 2010 to Oct 23/10;

Albery -

Aldwych - Dirty Dancing - to Oct 23/10;

Almeida - (too many short stands to list) – Measure for Measure (dir Michael Attenborough) - Feb 12/10 - opens Feb 18/10 to April 10, 2010; Ruined (Pulitzer Prize winner) - April 15/10 to June 5/10; Glass Darkly - June 10/10 to July 31/10;

Ambassadors - see New Ambassador's Theatre - Stomp - starts Sept 27/08 - transfer from Vaudeville - to April 4/10;

Apollo - 29 Shaftesbury Ave (Piccadilly Circus) – Jerusalem - Feb 10/10 - closes April 24/10; Debbie Reynolds Alive and Fabulous - April 28/10 to May 9/10; All My Sons - May 19/10 - opening May 27/10;

Apollo Victoria - (Wilton Road)(Victoria) - Wicked - to April 30/11;

Arcola Theatre - Riff Raff - April 6-24/10;

Arts - Party - March 1- opens March 2/10 to March 13/10; Shirley Jones and Patrick Cassidy - March 22/10 to March 27/10; Jan 25/11 to Mar 27/11 - @ 10:00 p.m. in repertory Naked Boys Singing and Nunsense A-Men; Wet Weather Cover - April 6/10 to April 12/10; Puss in Boots - Nov 18/10 to Jan 9/11;

Arts Depot (Tally Ho Corner, North Finchley alongside the Cannons Health & Leisure Centre, Nether Street) -

Barbican Centre - Pit - (Many short or one-night programmes - check paper) - Macbeth - to April 10/10; Les Miserables - Sept 14/10 to Oct 2/10 (25th Anniversary Edition-opened @ Barbican Oct 8/85);

Bush Theatre - 2nd May 1997 - The Whisky Taster - January 20/10 - opens Jan 26/10 to February 20/10; Eisengrau - March 10/10 to April 10/10;

Cadogan Hall -

Cambridge - Chicago - to July 30/09;

Cambridge Arts -

Camden Roundhouse - La Clique - starts Nov 19/09;

Cinema on Haymarket - ;

City Circ Season - new five-month showcase of contemporary circus designed to raise the profile of the art form in London - to run from April/09 to August 09/ at 20 venues including Camden’s Roundhouse, Lyric Hammersmith, National Theatre, Shunt Vaults, E4 Udderbelly at the Southbank Centre, Greenwich Dance Agency and Polka Theatre

Cock Tavern - Shrunk - May 18/10 to June 12/10

Coliseum - (Many short or one-night programmes - check paper) - ;

Comedy - The Misanthrope (Keira Knightley) - opens Dec 7/09 for limited season to March 13/09; Mrs. Warren's Profession - starts March 16/10 for 14 week run; La Bete(David Hyde Pierce) - June 26/10 to Aug 28/10 - then transfer to Broadway

Criterion - 39 Steps - April 23/07 - to Sept 6/09;

Dominion - We Will Rock You - to Oct 23/10;

Donmar Warehouse - also taking over Wyndhams Theatre in 2009; Polar Bears - April 1/10 - opens April 6/10 to May 22/10; The Late Middle Classes, from 27 May to 17 July 2010; The Prince of Homburg from 22 July to 4 Sep 2010; Passion from 21 Sep to 27 Nov 2010; King Lear from 7 Dec 2010 to 5 Feb 2011 starring Derek Jacobi as King Lear; Donmar Warehouse will also host four events to celebrate Stephen Sondheim's 80th birthday: On 16 Sep Sondheim at the Donmar - Michael Grandage and Sam Mendes in conversation about staging Sondheim at the Donmar; On 11 Oct Stephen Sondheim in Discussion about his life and career; On 31 Oct Company concert performance; On 7 Nov Merrily We Roll Along concert performance.

Drillhall - ;

Drury Lane, Theatre Royal - Oliver (revival - Rowan Atkinson) - starts Dec 12/08 - opening Jan 14/09 - to Feb 26, 2011;

Duchess - Ghosts - Feb 11/10 - opens Feb 23/10 to March 27/10; The Fantasticks - starts May 24/10 - opening June 9/10;

Duke of York's - Bedroom Farce - starts March 24/10 - opening March 30/10 to July 10/10; Ghost Stories - starts June 25/10;

English National Opera

Fortune - Woman in Black (opened 1989 - 20th Anniversary) - to Dec 18/10;

Fringe Festival - August 6-30/10;

Frog and Peach - Richard III - Oct 2-26/08;

Garrick - The Little Dog Laughed - starts Jan 8/10 - opening Jan 20/10 to April 10/10; All the Fun of the Fair (David Essex) - starts April 17/10 - opens April 28/10 to Sept 5/10;

Gatehouse - Zanna Don't - June 9/09 to July 5/09 (upstairs);

Gate TheatreGielgud - Avenue Q reopens here June 1/09 to March/10 - moves to Wyndhams - opening March 19/10; Hair (from Broadway) starts April 1/10 - opening April 11/10;

Globe - see Shakespeare's Globe

Greenwich Playhouse - ;

Hackney Empire - The Hounding of David Oluwale - March 24-28/09;

Hammersmith - see Lyric Hammersmith

Hammersmith Apollo – ;

Hampstead Theatre - The Gods Weep (Jeremy Irons) - starts March 12/10 - opening March 17/10 to April 3/10;;

Hanover Grand -

Theatre Royal Haymarket - Waiting for Godot (Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart) - Jan 21/10 - opening Jan 27/10 to April 3/10; Sweet Charity - from April 23/10 - opens May 4/10 to Jan 8/11; Three Sisters ( Gwyneth Paltrow) - early 2010; Blithe Spirit (Angela Lansbury) - 2010?;

Her Majesty's - Phantom of the Opera (22nd birthday as of Oct 9/08) - to Feb 26/11;

Hippodrome - La Clique - starts Oct 2/08 - opening Oct 10/08 to June 27, 2009 - then closing to become Casino ;

Jermyn Street Theatre - Jihad! The Musical - Jan 8/10 to Feb 6/10; Durang Durang - Feb 15/10 to Mar 6/10; Anyone Can Whistle - March 10/10 to April 17/10;

Kensington Gardens - 1,100 seat tent - Peter Pan - starts May 26/09 - opening June 10/09 to September 30/09 then to tour U.S.;

King’s Head – Wet Weather Cover - Jan 20/10 to Feb 21/10;;

Landor Theatre - Zombie Prom - Oct 20/09 to Nov 14/09;

Leicester Square Theatre (formerly Venue) - Austin's Women - April 20/10 to May 9/10; Children of Darkness - May 11-29/10; Cannibal! The Musical - July 27/10 to Sept 11/10;

Lillian Bayliss Theatre -

London Apollo (Hammersmith) -

London Colisseum - Chun Yi - the Legend of Kung Fu - July 29/09 to Aug 16/09;

London Hippodrome see Hippodrome

London Palladium - Sister Act (musical with Whoopi Goldberg) - starts May 6/09 - opening June 2/09 to Dec 18, 2010; The Wizard of Oz - opens March 29/11;

Lyceum - Lion King - to Jan 31/11;

Lyric Theatre - Thriller - Live - starts Jan 2/09 - opens Jan 21/09 to Sept 12/10; The Dark Side of Buffoon - Apr 7-17/10; Spymonkey's Moby Dick - Apr 20/10 to May 1/10; A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky - May 7-29/10; Lifegame - July 6-17/10;

Lyric Hammersmith - Ghost Stories - Feb 24/10 to April 17/10;

Menier Chocolate Factory - Aspects of Love; Hannah Waddingham - March 16-20/10; Educating Rita and Shirley Valentine (in repertory) - March 26/10 to May 8/10; Paradise Found (musical with John Cullum,Mandy Patinkin,Judy Kaye) - May 19, 2010 to June 26/10, then to Broadway);

Millenium Dome (O2) - Ben Hur - September 2009;

National - (Cottesloe;Lyttleton and Olivier) - (Many short or one-night programmes - check paper) - Eurydice; Really Old, Like Forty Five - starts Jan 27/10 - opening Feb 3/10; London Assurance - starts March 2/10 - opening March 10/10; The White Guard - starts March 15/09 - opening March 23/10; Power of Yes - to April 18/10; Women Beware Women - starts Apr 20/10 - opens April 27/10 to June 8/10; Love and the Sinner - starts May 4/10 - opens May 11/10 to June 17/10; Frankenstein (Danny Boyle) - Winter 2010; After the Dance - starts June 1/10 - opens June 8/10 to June 20/10; Welcome to Thebes (Danny Boyle) - starts June 15/10 - opens June 22/10 to Aug 19/10; Danton's Death - July 15/10 to Aug 22/10; Earthquake in London - July 28/10 to Aug 21/10; Beyond the Horizon - starts March 24/10 - opening April 7/10 to June 19/10; Spring Storm (Tennessee Williams) - starts March 24/10 - opening April 7/10 to June 12/10; Habit of Art - closes May 19/10 and reopens July 14/10; Hamlet - Sept 2010; new play by JT Rogers - Sept 2010; new play by Neil Bartlett - Sept 2010; Twelfth Night - winter 2010/11; Fela - Nov 16/10 to Jan 11/11;

Neverland Pavilion - Kensington Gardens - Peter Pan - May 26/09 to Aug 30/09;

New Ambassador's changed to Ambassadors - Waiting for Godot;

New End Theatre (Hampstead) - ;

New London - War Horse (transfer from National) - starts March 28/09 - opens April 3/09 - to Oct 22, 2011;

New Players Theatre - will reopen on Villiers Street – The Full Monty - Dec 2/09 to Jan 2/10;

New Wimbleton -

Noel Coward – Calendar Girls - starts April 4/09 to Jan 9/10 (may transfer); Enron - opens Jan 16/10 to August 14/10; Deathtrap - starts August 21/10 - opening Sept 7/10;

Novello - formerly Strand – An Inspector Calls - Sept 22/09 to Nov 14/09 - reopening at Wyndhams early December; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (James Earl Jones,Phylicia Rashad) - starts Nov 22/09 - opening Dec 1/09 to April 10/10; Tap Dogs - June 15/10 to Sept 5/10;

Old Vic - Real Thing - starts April 10/10 - opens April 21/10; Ditch - opens May 19/10; (Bridge Project) As You Like It and The Tempest - June 12/10 to Aug 21/10;

Open Air - 10th Anniversary season 2010 - Hello Dolly - July 30/09 to Sept 12/09; 2010 season includes: The Crucible - May 24/10 to June 19/10; Comedy of Errors - June 24/10 to July 31/10; Macbeth - starts July 3/10; Into the Woods - Aug 5/10 to Sept 11/10;

Orange Tree - The Years Between; Once We Were Mothers; Chairs;

Palace - Priscilla Queen of the Desert - starts March 10/09 - opening March 24/09 to May 28/11;(1 year March 23/10)

Peacock Theatre - ;

Phoenix - Blood Brothers - to Nov 27/10;

Piccadilly - Grease - starts July 25/07 - opens August 8/07 to Sept 3/11;

Pit -

Playhouse - Dreamboats and Petticoats - starts Jan 6/10 (moves from Savoy)to Nov 27/10;

Prince Edward - Jersey Boys - begins Feb 28/08 - opening March 27, 2010;

Prince of Wales - Mamma Mia - to March 26/10;

Queen's - Les Miserables - to Feb 26/11;

Richmond Theatre - A View From the Bridge - to May 30/09;

Riverside Studios – Soap - closes April 25/10;

Roundhouse/Undercroft - RSC programme here Dec 2010 for 10 weeks; CircusFest 2010 - April 7/10 to May 16/10;

Royal Albert Hall - Kristina - April 14/10; King and I - June 12/09 to June 28/09;

Royal Court -(Many short or one-night programmes - check paper) - Empire - March 31/10 - opens April 8/10 to May 8/10; Posh - April 9/10 to May 22/10; Ingredient X - May 20/10 - opens May 26/10 to June 19/10; Sucker Punch - June 11/10 to July 24/10; Spur of the Moment - July 14/10 to August 14/10;

Royal Festival Hall -(too many one nighters to list) - ;

Royal National Theatre -

Royal Opera House - (too many one night programmes to be listed here - check theatre in listings) - 2007/8 seasons. Highlights include three complete performances of The Ring Cycle starring Bryn Terfel, Placido Domingo and John Tomlinson, new opera The Minotaur, new productions of Salome and Don Carlo, a revival of George Balanchine's Jewels and new work by Wayne McGregor, Christopher Wheeldon and Kim Brandstrup

Royal Shakespeare Theatre (Stratford-Upon-Avon) - 2009/10 season to include Matilda; Hamlet; Romeo and Juliet; Antony and Cleopatra; Twelfth Night - various venues and dates TBA;

Sadler's Wells - (too many one night programmes to be listed) - Shall We Dance - July 23/09 to Aug 30/09;

St. Martin's - Mousetrap - to Nov 20/10 (Nov 2002 50th Anniversary-56th Anniversary November 2008;

Savoy - Legally Blonde - starts Dec 5/09 - opens Jan 13/10 to Feb 20/11;

Shaftesbury - Burn the Floor - July 21/10 to Sept 4/10; Flashdance - the Musical - Sept 24/10 to Feb 26/11;

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre - 2010 season - Macbeth - April 23/10 - opens April 29/10 to June 27/10; Henry VIII - May 15/10 - opens May 24/10 to August 21/10; Henry IV Part I - June 6/10 - opens July 14/10 to Oct 2/10; Henry IV - Part II - July 3/10 - opens July 14/10 to Oct 3/10; Henry V - opens May 24/10; Anne Boleyn - July 24/10 - opens July 28/10 to Aug 21/10; Merry Wives of Windsor - Aug 14/10 - opens Aug 19/10 to Oct 2/10; Bedlam - Sept 5/10 - opens Sept 9/10 to Oct 1/10;

Shaw Theatre - Dai (enough) - March 11-17/09;

Soho - Orphans - closes Oct 24/09;

Sound Theatre -

Stag Theatre - new upstairs space Above the Stag - ;

Strand - name changed to Novello –

Stratford-Upon-Avon - 2009 season;

TKTS LONDON

Theatre Royal Drury Lane - see Drury Lane

Theatre Royal Haymarket - see Haymarket

Trafalgar Studios - Holding the Man - starts April 23/10 - opening May 4/10 to July 3/10; Dirty White Boy; Tales of Soho - closes May 22/10; Confessions of a Dancewhore - June 22/10 to July 3/10; Wolfboy - July 8-31/10; State Fair - Aug 3-28/10; The Donmar Warehouse is to launch an annual three-month residency - Lower Ninth (30 Sep to 23 Oct 2010); Novecento (28 Oct to 20 Nov 2010); and Les Parents Terribles (25 Nov to 18 Dec 2010)

Tricycle - Chronicles of Long Kesh - March 15/10 to April 17/10; Twelfth Night - May 4-29/10; Women, Power and Politics - 12 plays starts June 4 - opening June 11/10 to July 17/10; Tiny Kushner - Sept 1-25/10;

Union Theatre - (near Southwark Station) - Tick, Tick....Boom! - May 17/10 to June 5/10; Remains of the Day (musical) - August 31/10 to Sept 25/10;

Vaudeville - Private Lives - starts Feb 24/10 - opening March 3/10 to May 1/10;

Venue - ;

Victoria Palace - Billy Elliot - The Musical - to Oct 24/09;

Watermill -

Westminster -

Wilton's Music Hall - Pirates of Penzance (all male production) - April 8/10 to May 16/10;

Wimbleton Theatre -

Whitehall -

Wyndhams - Donmar will take up residency as of September 2008 while continuing to run its smaller Covent Garden site as well - An Inspector Calls - reopens here from Novello early December/09 - closes March 13/10; Avenue Q - starts March 19/10;

Young Vic - The 2009/10 season at the Young Vic: Eurydice - April 29/10 to June 5/10; Elegy for Young Lovers - April 24/10 to May 8/10; Eurydice - opens May 5/10; Joe Turner's Come and Gone - from May 27/10; Sus - June 8-26/10; No Idea - July 21/10 to July 31/10; Beauty Queen of Leenane - July 15/10 to Aug 21/10;

PLANS AFOOT FOR THE WEST END - (most of these never actually happen)

Aida

American Plan - November 2005

Anna in the Tropics

Annie (revival) - 2009

Bad Girls

Barnum (Michael Ball) - 2010

Bat Out of Hell - musical - 2008/09

(La) Bete (David Hyde Pierce) - possibly Comedy Theatre - transfer to Broadway

Blonde Bombshells

Blunkett - the Musical - Spring 2005

Boyfriend (Liliane Montevecchi)

Brigit Jones - musical - 2011

Can't Smile Without You (Barry Manilow) - 2009

Carnaby Street - musical 2009/10

Cyrano (musical) - Spring 2006

Daydream Believer (Monkees musical) - plans cancelled July 2008

Desperately Seeking Susan (musical) - Fall 2007 - theatre TBA

Dinner at Eight - musical

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (musical) - Spring 2007

Dreamgirls - 2009/10?

Enchanted April

Fences (Denzel Washington, Viola Davis - 2010?

Follies (dir Trevor Nunn) - 2010?

42nd Street - 2007/08

From Here to Eternity

Funny Girl (Connie Fisher) - 2008

Ghost (musical) - 2010

Grey Gardens - 2007/08

Gypsy (Patti LuPone)

Hans Christian Anderson - 2004/05

Hello Dolly (Connie Fisher) - revival 2009/10

Importance of Being Earnest (Diana Rigg) - 2006

Inadmissable Evidence (Michael Sheen) - Feb 2010 - theatre TBA

It's A Wonderful Life (musical) 2004

Kean - May 2007 - Theatre TBA

Jekyll and Hyde (musical) - 2005

La Boheme -

Little Women (musical) - 2006

Macbeth

Masada - 2004 season

Memory House (Dianne Wiest)

Merrily We Roll Along - 2008

Million Dollar Quartet - from Chicago - 2009

Minsky's - musical - 2010 or early 2011

Monsoon Wedding - 2008/09

Mormon Musical (Cheyenne Jackson) - 2009

Never Forget - musical - 2007/08

Next Fall - from Broadway - 2010

Night Heron

Over Here (Donna McKechnie) - Jan 8, 2007 to Feb 16/07 - Theatre TBA

Pravda

Prisoner: Cell Block H (Paris Hilton) - 2008

Private Function - renamed Betty Blue Eyes - Easter 2011

Promises, Promises (Sean Hayes) - 2010?

Rock of Ages - 2010

700 Sundays (Billy Crystal) - tenative

Shrek - the musical - late 2010 or early 2011 - theatre TBA

Simply the Best (Tina Turner musical) - 2009

Some Like It Hot - Fall 2007

Song and Dance - 2002/03

South Pacific - theatre TBA - from Lincoln Centre

Steady Rain (Jackman/Craig) - 2010

Sweet Bird of Youth (Christian Slater) - (perhaps Gielgud)

Sweet Charity - transfer from Menier to West End?

To Be Or Not To Be

Twelve Angry Men - Fall 2005

Urinetown - 2003

Viva Forever (Spice Girls musical)?

Vortex - 2008

When Harry Met Barry - 2005 TBA

White Chocolate - 2005

Wizard of Oz (new musical-Andrew Lloyd Webber) - 2010/11 season

Xanadu - from Broadway August 2009 - theatre TBA

Yes, Prime Minister - late 2010