Two-time Tony Award winner John Lithgow reprises his 2025 Olivier-winning role as Roald Dahl on the West End stage in this vital portrait of the author and his widely publicized antisemitic views, directed by Nicholas Hytner. Playwright Mark Rosenblatt describes it as an "uncomfortably funny, urgent and provocative night in the theatre." The drama takes place at the height of Dahl's best-selling career and concerns the fallout from his interview with The New Statesman.

Ewan McGregor plots a much anticipated West End return as he heads to the Wyndham's Theatre in spring 2025 to star in this brand-new play by Lila Raicek. His first time back on the London stage in 17 years, My Master Builder reunites the Star Wars actor with director Michael Grandage. McGregor enthuses: "It's such a thrill be returning to the stage and to work with Michael again, an actor's director with whom I have had some of my happiest working experiences." Expect something big as My Master Builder (inspired by Henrik Ibsen's classic drama The Master Builder) takes to the stage, beginning performances in April.

From the creators of The Play That Goes Wrong and The Comedy About a Bank Robbery comes an exhilarating new production that will leave you shaken (not stirred) with laughter! The Comedy About Spies takes place swinging 1960s London, with chaos ensuing when a British double agent swipes the blueprints for a top-secret weapon being developed. Writers Henry Lewis and Henry Shields have redefined modern farce through their brilliant work as part of Mischief Theatre, and this new piece under the direction of Matt Di Carlo (The Play That Goes Wrong off-Broadway, Moulin Rouge) is set to be absolutely no exception.

Imelda Staunton makes a welcome stage return in 2025, alongside her daughter Bessie Carter (Bridgerton) in George Bernard Shaw's Mrs Warren's Profession. Once banned for three decades under Lord Chamberlin, Shaw intended the play to address prostitution in the era, and to: "draw attention to the truth that prostitution is caused, not by female depravity and male licentiousness, but simply by underpaying, undervaluing and overworking women", as played out when Vivie Warren (Carter) returns home from university to discover her mother Kitty's (Staunton) true profession as a brothel madam.

Olivier-winning play by James Graham 'Dear England' is back and heading to London's National Theatre! Gareth Southgate's transformation of the England men's national football team in the hearts and minds of the nation is celebrated and explored in Dear England! This gripping play charts the glory, heartache and cultural reset of the Three Lions over the best part of the past decade under Southgate's command.

The Royal Shakespeare Company and Joe Hishaishi's multi-Olivier Award-winning My Neighbour Totoro is returning to the West End stage in March 2025! Combining the Ghibli joy, 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.

Winner of two Olivier Awards including Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play! The West End is being turned upside down due to this exciting new addition to the Duffer Brother's Stranger Things universe! Taking us back to the town of Hawkins in 1959, this new story by Kate Trefry, the Duffer Brothers, and playwright of the moment, Jack Thorne, features some of the Netflix show's favourite characters, including a young Jim Hopper, Joyce Maldonado and Bob Newbie as they grapple with the first shadows of danger in the sleepy small town. With a whopping five Olivier nominations, this West End gem is not to be missed!

Ryan Calais Cameron's Retrograde takes to the Apollo stage following its sold-out success at Kilburn's Kiln Theatre! The play brings to life the tension of a moment in Hollywood history, as Sidney Poitier contemplates a career-making contract laced with dangerous compromises. Directed by Amit Sharma, Retrograde stars Ivanno Jeremiah, whose portrayal of Poitier at the Kiln was hailed by the press, alongside Stanley Townsend and Oliver Johnstone. Following the critical triumph of For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy, Cameron cements his reputation as one of the most vital voices in contemporary theatre.

Head into the surrounds of the Grand Chamber of London County Hall for this innovative staging of Agatha Christie's dazzling play that casts you as the jury in the case of the Crown versus Leonard Vole. Directed by Lucy Bailey with design by William Dudley, follow the evidence as Vole attempts to prove his innocence and avoid a date with the hangman.

The Olivier Award winning playwright behind The Weir and Girl from the North Country, Conor McPherson, premieres his latest work at the Old Vic! The Brightening Air is set in 1980s Ireland and follows the lives of siblings Stephen and Billie, whose decaying farmhouse becomes the stage for family conflict after the arrival of an ex-clergyman uncle, a sister-in-law looking for divine intervention, and a troubled brother.

In 1952, Agatha Christie's sprawling and intricate new whodunnit, The Mousetrap (based on her radio play, Three Blind Mice), opened in the West End on a very strict condition; no one was to ever give away the plot of the show. To this day, seventy years later, audiences have abided by the rule, ensuring that whether it is your first or 30th time seeing it, the experience and the discovery of "whodunnit" will come as a surprise!

Now eyeing up a decade in the West End, Mischief Theatre's bonkers theatrical farce is one of the capital's most consistent audience favourites. The original production from the company, discover where it all began, and get ready to ache from laughing as anything that can go wrong, will!