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The Witches
Title treatment of Roald Dahl's The Witches, with a cartoon of a claw-like hand reaching down to pick up a belligerent-looking mouse who is standing on the H of Witches.

The Witches

Lyndsey Turner directs a rip-roaring musical version of Roald Dahl’s timeless tale, filled with wit, daring and heart.
Until 27 January 2024
Info & Tickets for The Witches
Olivier Theatre - South Bank
Infinite Life
A pencil and collaged image of a woman's naked back, tensed and fractured.

Infinite Life

James Macdonald directs Annie Baker’s bold, dreamlike story, direct from a run at the Tony Award®-winning Atlantic Theater Company in New York.
Until 13 January 2024
Info & Tickets for Infinite Life
Dorfman Theatre - South Bank
Dear England at the Prince Edward Theatre
A lone figure stands, his back to us, wearing a waistcoat, shirt and trousers, in the centre of the red cross of the England flag that appears as a landscape rolling off into the distance.

Dear England at the Prince Edward Theatre

The smash-hit production of James Graham’s new play transfers to the West End for a strictly limited season, with Joseph Fiennes’ ‘pitch-perfect’ (Time Out) portrayal of Gareth Southgate.
Until 13 January 2024
Info & Tickets for Dear England at the Prince Edward Theatre
Prince Edward Theatre - West End
Tickets from £20
The Motive and the Cue at the Noël Coward Theatre
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 at the Noël Coward Theatre

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.
Until 23 March 2024
Info & Tickets for The Motive and the Cue at the Noël Coward Theatre
Noël Coward Theatre
Kin
A woman runs, carrying a black suitcase with metal trim, her coat and headscarf billowing and blurred, behind her.

Kin

This powerful piece of physical theatre is a provocative story of desperation, compassion, and acceptance, inspired by the migration stories of Gecko’s international performers. Created and directed by Amit Lahav.
12 — 27 January 2024
Info & Tickets for Kin
Lyttelton Theatre - South Bank
Till the Stars Come Down

Till the Stars Come Down

In Beth Steel's new play a family gather for a wedding that threatens to tear them apart.
24 January — 16 March 2024
Info & Tickets for Till the Stars Come Down
Dorfman Theatre
Dear Octopus

Dear Octopus

This captivating revival of Dodie Smith’s play is a moving dissection of family and what it means to grow up and return home.
7 February — 27 March 2024
Info & Tickets for Dear Octopus
Lyttelton Theatre
Nye

Nye

Michael Sheen is Nye Bevan in an epic Welsh fantasia about one man's dream of the NHS.
24 February — 11 May 2024
Info & Tickets for Nye
Olivier Theatre
Underdog: The Other Other Brontë

Underdog: The Other Other Brontë

Sarah Gordon’s new play is an irreverent retelling of the life and legend of the Brontë sisters.
27 March — 25 May 2024
Info & Tickets for Underdog: The Other Other Brontë
Dorfman Theatre
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Two men (Mark Gatiss and Johnny Flynn) stand back to back, with pensive expressions, each with one hand raised to their mouth.

Coming up in cinemas

Just announced: Sam Mendes directing Mark Gatiss and Johnny Flynn in The Motive and the Cue, and Michael Sheen in Nye, to follow Dear England, and the sold-out West End hit Vanya with Andrew Scott.

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