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The Ocean at the End of the Lane at the Noël Coward Theatre

The Ocean At The End Of The Lane

Based on the best-selling novel by Neil Gaiman, our smash-hit production of The Ocean at the End of the Lane returns to the West End this October for seven weeks only.

11 October — 25 November 2023

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Noël Coward Theatre

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Hansard

Olivier Award winners Lindsay Duncan and Alex Jennings play husband and wife in Simon Woods’ witty and devastating portrait of the governing class.

22 August — 25 November 2019

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Lyttelton Theatre

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Standing at the Sky's Edge at the Gillian Lynne Theatre

A young man in a white t-shirt is singing into a microphone, one arm outstretched. Behind him, other people are holding microphones on stands and singing.

Standing at the Sky's Edge

The multi-award winning new musical is now storming the West End, following sold-out runs at the National Theatre and Sheffield Theatres.

8 February — 3 August 2024

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Gillian Lynne Theatre

Sucker Punch on tour

Sucker Punch on tour

This tender, bruising and funny play by leading British dramatist Roy Williams, brilliantly explores being young and black in the 80s.

30 March — 24 June 2023

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National tour

Dancing at Lughnasa

A group of women dancing exuberantly, kicking up dust around them, smiling, wearing light cotton dresses and skirts

Dancing at Lughnasa

Brian Friel’s Olivier Award-winning play is an astonishing evocation of a family’s world on the brink of change.

6 April — 27 May 2023

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Olivier Theatre

The Motive and the Cue at the Noël Coward Theatre

The Motive and the Cue

Following a highly acclaimed, sold-out run at the National Theatre, and named Best Play at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards, The Motive and the Cue transfers to the West End for a strictly limited 15-week run.

9 December 2023 — 23 March 2024

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Noël Coward Theatre

The Odyssey: Episode 5 - The Underworld

An illustration of a child holding a lantern by moonlight on the edge of cliff overlooking a calm sea.

The Odyssey: Episode 5 - The Underworld

The final act of our new multi-venue nationwide production of The Odyssey. Created with our Public Acts partners, this episode will be a full-scale musical written by Chris Bush and with music by Jim Fortune played out on the Olivier stage.

26 — 28 August 2023

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Olivier Theatre

The Motive and the Cue

Two men (Mark Gatiss and Johnny Flynn) stand back to back, with pensive expressions, each with one hand raised to their mouth.

The Motive and the Cue

Sam Mendes directs Mark Gatiss and Johnny Flynn in the fierce and funny new play.

20 April — 15 July 2023

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Lyttelton Theatre

Wuthering Heights

3 February — 19 March 2022

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Lyttelton Theatre

Phaedra

Writer-Director Simon Stone (Yerma, Young Vic) reimagines Seneca’s famous tragedy in this striking new play.

1 February — 8 April 2023

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Lyttelton Theatre

Romeo and Julie

Two 18-year-olds raised a few streets apart – but from entirely different worlds – crash into first love and are knocked off their feet.

14 February — 1 April 2023

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Dorfman Theatre

Standing at the Sky's Edge 2023

Three women, of mixed age and race, leaning against railings on a walkway in a block of flats.

Standing at the Sky's Edge

A love letter to Sheffield and a history of modern Britain of the last six decades, set to the irresistible songs of Richard Hawley. Winner of Best Musical Production at the UK Theatre Awards and 2020 South Bank Sky Arts Award for Theatre.

9 February — 25 March 2023

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Olivier Theatre

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