What's on by event
At the South Bank
Nye
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Nye
Michael Sheen is Nye Bevan in an epic Welsh fantasia about one man's dream of the NHS.
Until 11 May 2024
Underdog: The Other Other Brontë
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Underdog: The Other Other Brontë
Sarah Gordon’s new play is an irreverent retelling of the life and legend of the Brontë sisters.
Until 25 May 2024
London Tide
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London Tide
Ian Rickson returns to direct Ben Power's adaptation of Dickens' Our Mutual Friend, with music by PJ Harvey
Until 22 June 2024
Boys from the Blackstuff
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Boys from the Blackstuff
James Graham’s (Dear England) powerful new adaptation comes to the South Bank, 40 years after Alan Bleasdale’s ground-breaking television series.
22 May — 8 June 2024
Mnemonic
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Mnemonic
25 years after its first staging, Complicité bring their ‘Astonishing, transfixing, transcendent production’ (New York Times) back to the National Theatre.
22 June — 10 August 2024
The Hot Wing King
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The Hot Wing King
Katori Hall’s Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy makes its London debut in a fiery new production directed by Roy Alexander Weise.
11 July — 14 September 2024
The Grapes of Wrath
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The Grapes of Wrath
Carrie Cracknell (Julie, The Deep Blue Sea) directs Frank Galati’s Tony Award-winning adaptation of John Steinbeck’s masterpiece.
17 July — 14 September 2024
Ballet Shoes
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Ballet Shoes
The beloved best-selling book is spectacularly reinvented for stage in this new adaptation by Kendall Feaver.
From 23 November
Booking soon
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Ballet Shoes
The beloved best-selling book is spectacularly reinvented for stage in this new adaptation by Kendall Feaver.
Member booking from midday Tuesday 23 April.
Public booking from midday Thursday 2 May.
West End and on tour
Standing at the Sky's Edge at the Gillian Lynne Theatre
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Standing at the Sky's Edge at the Gillian Lynne Theatre
The Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical transfers to the West End, from 8 February 2024, following sold-out runs at the National Theatre and Sheffield Theatres.
Now playing
Hadestown at the Lyric Theatre
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Hadestown at the Lyric Theatre
The Tony and Grammy Award®-winning musical phenomenon by singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and director Rachel Chavkin, makes its long-awaited West End premiere in February 2024.
Now playing
People, Places and Things
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People, Places and Things
Denise Gough reprises her Olivier Award-winning role in Duncan Macmillan’s intoxicating hit play, directed by Jeremy Herrin.
3 May — 10 August 2024
Boys from the Blackstuff at the Garrick Theatre
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Boys from the Blackstuff at the Garrick Theatre
James Graham’s (Dear England) powerful new adaptation makes it’s West-End premier 40 years after Alan Bleasdale’s ground breaking television series.
13 June — 3 August 2024
War Horse UK Tour
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War Horse UK Tour
Our acclaimed production is an unforgettable theatrical experience, which takes audiences on an extraordinary journey in a remarkable story of courage, loyalty and friendship.
From 5 September
The Lehman Trilogy
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The Lehman Trilogy
The Tony Award®-winning Best Play tours to the American Conservatory Theater’s Toni Rembe Theater in San Francisco.
25 May — 23 June 2024
In cinemas
Vanya
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Vanya
Andrew Scott (Fleabag) features in this radical new production of Chekhov’s classic.
In cinemas now
The Motive and the Cue
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The Motive and the Cue
Sam Mendes directs Mark Gatiss and Johnny Flynn in the fierce and funny new play.
In cinemas now
Nye
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Nye
Michael Sheen is Nye Bevan in the epic Welsh fantasia, following one man's dream of the NHS.
Dear England
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Dear England
Joseph Fiennes plays Gareth Southgate in this gripping examination of both nation and game. A new play by James Graham, directed by Rupert Goold.
In select international cinemas
Fleabag
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Fleabag
Phoebe Waller-Bridge's award-winning one-woman show returns to the big screen.
In select international cinemas
Online
The House of Bernarda Alba
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The House of Bernarda Alba
Forced to live under their mother’s tight grip as they mourn their father’s death, can five sisters survive when young Adela dares for passion and freedom?
Now streaming
The Father and the Assassin
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The Father and the Assassin
Stream Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera in the gripping play that traces Godse’s life over 30 years: from a devout follower of Gandhi, through to his radicalisation and their tragic final encounter in Delhi in 1948.
Now streaming
The Effect
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The Effect
Jamie Lloyd directs Lucy Prebble’s funny and intimate examination of love and ethics, with Paapa Essiedu as Tristan and Taylor Russell as Connie.
Now streaming
Phaedra
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Phaedra
Writer-Director Simon Stone (Yerma, Young Vic) reimagines Seneca’s famous tragedy in this striking new play.
Now streaming
Fleabag
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Fleabag
Phoebe Waller-Bridge's award-winning one-woman show is now available to stream for UK subscribers and renters.
Now streaming
Best of Enemies
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Best of Enemies
David Harewood (Homeland) and Zachary Quinto (Star Trek) play feuding political rivals in James Graham's blistering new thriller.
Now streaming
The Wife of Willesden
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The Wife of Willesden
A proper local legend. Married five times. Mother. Lover. Aunt. Friend. Alvita will tell her life story to anyone in the pub – there’s no shame in her game. The question is: are you ready to hear it?
Now streaming
The Little Big Things: A New Musical
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The Little Big Things: A New Musical
An extraordinary true story about an ordinary family. Stream this colourful new musical based on the Sunday Times best-selling autobiography by Henry Fraser.
Streaming from 9 May
International touring
The Lehman Trilogy
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The Lehman Trilogy
The Tony Award®-winning Best Play tours to the American Conservatory Theater’s Toni Rembe Theater in San Francisco.
25 May — 23 June 2024
The Effect at the Shed, New York
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The Effect at the Shed, New York
Transferring to the Shed, New York from 3 March 2024, Jamie Lloyd directs Lucy Prebble’s funny and intimate examination of love and ethics.
3 — 31 March 2024
Grenfell: in the words of survivors at St Ann's Warehouse
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Grenfell: in the words of survivors at St Ann's Warehouse
The powerful new verbatim play, from the testimony of residents at the heart of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, will be performed in Brooklyn, NY
Until 12 May 2024