Jack Thorne's (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Adolescence) joyful version of A Christmas Carol returns to The Old Vic for the 2026 festive season! Directed by Matthew Warchus, this stirring and sumptuously designed production of the Charles Dickens classic takes us into the heart of Victorian London and into the austere counting offices of one Mr Ebeneezer Scrooge for a lesson in kindness he'll never forget.

Writer Conor McPherson (The Weir, The Girl From The North Country) turns his attention to one of theatre's greatest works, with Olivier and Tony Award nominee Ian Rickson (Uncle Vanya, Jerusalem, The Weir) directing this new adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard in London! The production is set to star five-time BAFTA Award winner and British icon Kristin Scott Thomas as Lyubov Ranevskaya.

Set in East Berlin in 1984, The Lives of Others follows a playwright and an actress as the Stasi quietly invades their lives. From the attic above their apartment, officer Captain Gerd Wiesler listens to their unfolding secrets and soon finds himself unexpectedly drawn into the lives of the people he is spying on, shifting the story from political surveillance into one of human connection.

S J Watson's bestselling phenomenon gets a thrilling new stage adaptation from Rachel Wagstaff and Loveday Ingram (The Girl On The Train), touring across the UK from January 2027! Following a woman uncovering disturbing fragments of her former life following a bizarre occurrence of memory loss, Before I Go To Sleep will bring the novel's twists and turns to shocking life.

The day of triumph has surely arrived! Cole Escola's Tony-winning play has transferred to the West End. Oh Mary! the dark comedy is set to star Mason Alexander Park as former United States First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, breaking down her life from the inside, and in Escola's own words, through the lens of an idiot. Tony Award winner Sam Pinkleton directs. Don't miss out on this exciting and hilarious chance to see the First Lady as you've never seen her before!

Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a new play by Jack Thorne. It is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. The critically acclaimed production is the most awarded new play in theatre history, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has won 24 major theatre awards in the UK and is the most awarded play in the history of the Olivier Awards, winning a record-breaking nine awards including Best New Play. The production has also won 25 major US awards with six Tony Awards including Best Play.

Combining the Ghibli joy, Joe Hishaishi's glorious score, puppetry and more than a little bit of magic, this spectacular show is adapted from Hayao Miyazaki's film by playwright Tom Morton-Smith, with puppets from Basil Twist and direction from triple Oliver award winner Phelim McDermott.

Following the last installment of the record-breaking book and movie franchise, Lionsgate and Dutch entertainment group Imagine Nation are bringing the entire Panem universe to the specially built immersive Troubador Canary Wharf! Follow the adventures of Katniss, Peeta, and Haymitch as they traverse the dystopian world of the Games and try to stay alive amidst conspiracy and death using extreme survival methods.

The National Theatre stages Cloud 9, an early-career masterwork from the celebrated award-winning playwright Caryl Churchill (Top Girls, Serious Money) this year. Directed by the National's associate director Dominic Cooke (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Follies), the revival marks the latest collaboration in a long running professional association between Cooke and Churchill. A trademark, hard-hitting work from Churchill with themes of oppression both colonial and sexual, further details and casting will soon be announced.

Starring Kathryn Hunter and Ben Whishaw, Walter Meierjohann directs this epic drama adaptation of Christian Kracht's deeply moving, acclaimed novel. Eurotrash explores the complicated bond between a parent and child, and the struggle to confront a strained relationship as an unsettling history rears its head. Showing as part of the Young Vic 2026/2027 season!

Joe Hill-Gibbins (Ghosts, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse) returns to stage to tell Shakespeare's powerful and urgent story of loyalty, betrayal, and political conflict. Originally written around 1599, Julius Caesar draws on real events from Roman history. Experience Shakespeare's gripping political drama in the atmospheric, candlelit setting of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse!

Making its world premiere at the candlelit setting of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, The Animals Come to the Table brings eco-politics to the stage in brazen, thought-provoking fashion. Written by celebrated British dramatist Timberlake Wertenbaker (Our Country's Good; The Love of the Nightingale) and directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins, the piece is a poignant, witty and satirical view of the pressing ecological issues that hang over our times, imagining how the earth itself and its flora and fauna might present to the suits at the negotiating table. A timely new work, held in the Globe's uniquely intimate, atmospheric indoor stage!

Iowa Stage Theatre Company heads to a country retreat for Anton Chekov's 1895 masterpiece. Featuring an ensemble cast of characters falling in and out of love at over a country house break, this new adaptation by Alex Wendel lends some urgency to the tale where, despite being set in the late 19th century, you'll find that secrets and desires have not changed much in this iconic melodrama.

From the hallowed team behind the smash hit theatrical farce The Play That Goes Wrong comes a Christmas play in danger of falling apart at any minute - A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong! Hitting the West End for the 2026 festive season sandwiched between tour dates around the UK, Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields (otherwise known as the minds behind Mischief Theatre)'s hilarious stage show comes following a televised version in 2017.

Christmas 2026 once again sees a welcome revival of the 2012 Olivier-nominated family show Room On The Broom. Based on the popular picture book and film by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler (The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo's Child), this is a real treat for young children and includes lots of magical and musical fun!

The acclaimed adaptation of the popular children's book Stick Man returns to London for Christmas 2026! Based on the illustrated work by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, the duo behind the Gruffalo phenomenon, this stage production sees three talented actors act out the scenes, and is filled with puppetry, songs, live music and funky moves; Touching, funny and utterly original, this fabulous show has proved to be a surefire hit when it premiered in 2014, and has garnered praise from other authors and playwrights for its ingenuity.