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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
Olivier Theatre - South Bank
The House of Bernarda Alba
A woman with swept-back short, dark, wavy hair, looking stern and pointing at the viewer.

The House of Bernarda Alba

Harriet Walter plays the formidable matriarch guarding her reputation against the rising tide of her family’s desires, directed by Rebecca Frecknall in her National Theatre debut.
Until 6 January 2024
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
Dorfman Theatre - South Bank
Jekyll & Hyde

Jekyll & Hyde

Jekyll & Hyde, based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, in a powerful version by Evan Placey. A National Theatre schools touring production.
12 — 13 January 2024
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
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
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
The Lehman Trilogy

The Lehman Trilogy

The Tony Award®-winning Best Play makes its Australian premiere in February 2024, and tours to the American Conservatory Theater’s Toni Rembe Theater in San Francisco, from 25 May until 23 June 2024
From 21 February
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
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
London Tide

London Tide

Ian Rickson returns to direct Ben Power's adaptation of Dickens' Our Mutual Friend, with music by PJ Harvey
10 April — 22 June 2024
Grenfell: in the words of survivors
'Grenfell in the words of survivors' in black on a green background

Grenfell: in the words of survivors

The powerful new verbatim play, from the testimony of residents at the heart of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, will be performed in Brooklyn, NY
13 April — 12 May 2024
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
The Motive and the Cue at the Noël Coward Theatre

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.
9 December 2023 — 23 March 2024
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.
From 8 February 2024
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.
From 10 February 2024