The critically acclaimed West End production of Mischief Theatre’s The Comedy About A Bank Robbery is set to play its final performance on Sunday 3rd May 2020 completing a successful four year run at the Criterion Theatre, and playing for over 2000 performances in London and on tour. The Comedy About A Bank Robbery opened at the Criterion Theatre on 21 April 2016 and went on to be nominated for Best New Comedy at the 2017 Olivier Awards. Audiences will still be able to catch Mischief’s work … [Read more...]
Best Plays in London - New Plays in London
Here is our guide to plays in London. From long-running West End plays such as The Mousetrap and The Woman in Black to new plays opening soon. Book London theatre tickets online for plays – click one of the images or the link below which shows all listings of plays currently on sale.
Top shows of 2019 from reviewers at LondonTheatre1.com
1. West Side Story, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester “Gangs, fighting in the streets, tensions relating to race and immigration, crimes against the person committed using knives: it’s indicative of some elements of urban Britain today, making this retelling of the Romeo and Juliet story all the more relevant.” and West Side Story, Curve Theatre, Leicester “Leicestershire’s Curve Theatre has put on many good shows in recent years – this one must surely rank amongst its very best. A … [Read more...]
Emilia Clarke to make her West End debut in Anya Reiss’ The Seagull
The Jamie Lloyd Company, the successful partnership between Ambassador Theatre Group and Artistic Director Jamie Lloyd, today announces Emilia Clarke is to make her West End debut in Anya Reiss’ adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull, completing the new season at the Playhouse Theatre in association with British Airways. The production opens on 19 March, with previews from 11 March and runs until 30 May. Tickets are on sale now to ATG Theatre Card Members and British Airways Executive Club … [Read more...]
On Blueberry Hill London West End Transfer
Olivier Award-winning and internationally-acclaimed Irish theatre company, Fishamble: The New Play Company, will be bringing its production of On Blueberry Hill to the West End in Spring 2020. Following hugely successful and sell-out seasons in Dublin and New York, Fishamble’s critically acclaimed production of Sebastian Barry’s new play opens at London’s Trafalgar Studios on 5 March (Press Night 11 March) for a strictly limited season until 2 May 2020. On Blueberry Hill is Sebastian Barry’s … [Read more...]
Superstar by Nicola Wren at The Little at Southwark Playhouse
Superstar: hot play or cold gig? Actually a hot gig about Coldplay. Well a bit about Coldplay, anyway, but much more about what it’s like to be the runt in a family of five siblings, what it’s like to be a panto bunny (aged 8), what it’s like to be Anne Frank and in love with Shippy, and what it’s like to be a bespectacled Toad who spots through her squint from the stage a woman in a cap that is apparently Gwyneth Paltrow though she could be the Princess of China for all you know. Shippy, … [Read more...]