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  • The Suicide

    A comedy

    by Suhayla El-Bushra, after Erdman

    Erdman's satiric masterpiece smashes into a London estate. Fast-paced, provocative and funny. 

    Now playing

    Travelex £15 Tickets

     

    Javone Prince. Photography by Jay Brooks

  • Les Blancs

    by Lorraine Hansberry
    final text adapted by Robert Nemiroff

    A breathtaking story of race and identity by the writer of A Raisin in the Sun.

    ★★★★★
    ‘An exquisite production. Humane and disturbingly beautiful.’
    Daily Telegraph

    Travelex £15 Tickets

    Les Blancs / The Whites

  • People, Places & Things West End transfer

    Fresh from a sold-out run at the NT, Duncan Macmillan's acclaimed new play transfers to the Wyndham's Theatre.

    Winner! Oliver Awards 2016
    Best Actress - Denise Gough
    Best Sound Design - Tom Gibbons 

    Playing until 18 June. Book now.

    People, Places and Things poster, with Denise Gough

  • Another World: Losing Our Children to Islamic State

    by Gillian Slovo
    developed with Nicolas Kent from his original idea 

    From 9 April 

    Another World

  • Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

    By August Wilson

    Winner! Olivier Awards 2016 - Best Revival

    ★★★★★
    ‘A masterpiece. Breathtaking.’
    Sunday Times

    Best availability for May performances.

     

    Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Photo of Sharon D Clarke by Seamus Ryan

  • wonder.land

    A new musical inspired by Lewis Carroll’s iconic Alice in Wonderland, created by Damon Albarn, Moira Buffini and Rufus Norris.

    Now playing.

    SOME GOOD SEATS AVAILABLE THIS WEEKEND.

  • Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Photo of Sharon D Clarke by Seamus Ryan
  • Cleansed. Photo: Untitled by Birgit Kahle
  • Another World Title
  • Les Blancs / The Whites
  • Javone Prince. Photography by Jay Brooks
  • Brainstorm. Teenage boy with blue exploding head
  • The Flick poster - photo of a cinema floor
  • Young Chekhov: Platonov
  • Young Chekhov: Ivanov
  • Young Chekhov: The Seagull
  • Young Chekhov three play day
  • The Deep Blue Sea poster with Helen McRory
  • The Plough and the Stars. Woman looking out of a bullet shattered window
  • Sunset at the Villa Thalia
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
  • People, Places and Things poster, with Denise Gough
  • The James Plays - The three Kings
  • War Horse on Tour - close up of horse's eye, with sketch of horse and rider just below
  • Images of Rory Kinnear (Hamlet), Benedict Cumbrbatch and Jonny Lee Miller (Frankenstein) and Rory Kinnear and Adrian Lester (Othello)

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