The festive classic to end all classics, no holiday season is complete without taking your seats for a showing of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol - and this year, Mark Gatiss' version of Dickens' winter ghost story is coming to haunt the Alexandra Palace Theatre again in 2025. A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story - a thrillingly atmospheric take on the tale - promises to sweep you up in this supernatural Victorian world, with the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformative supernatural Christmas Eve visitations.

The day of triumph has surely arrived! Cole Escola's Tony-winning play is finally set to transfer 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!

A roaring rebel yell permeates David Hare's landmark play, set to enjoy a 50th anniversary revival in 2026 in a new production directed by Daniel Ragget. Starring Rebecca Lucy Taylor, AKA Self Esteem, as Maggie Frisby, an iconoclastic singer with a band on the verge of collapse, TEETH 'N' SMILES follows Maggie as she reckons with the death of her dreams of youthful rebellion and features the play's original alongside new contributions from Ivor Novello award-winning Taylor.

Coming to the West End's Lyric Hammersmith Theatre is Jocelyn Bioh's Jaja's African Hair Braiding! Jocelyn Bioh is a Ghanaian-American writer and actor, and penned the emotional comedy School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, which won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play. Meanwhile, this play is set to be directed by Monique Touko, winner of Best Director at The Stage Debut Awards 2022 for Malindadzimu at the Hampstead Theatre.

Join the Gruffalo's Child as she embarks on an exciting adventure in Tall Stories' captivating musical adaptation of the beloved book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler! On a stormy night, the Gruffalo's Child secretly heads out into the deep dark wood, against her father's advice about the Big Bad Mouse who lurks there.

Playwright Kimberly Belflower's show, John Proctor is the Villain, is now coming to London for a limited run. Known for her relatable themes of growing up in the modern age, Belflower brings the same concept to John Proctor is the Villain, and will be joined by the Tony Award-winning Danya Taynour as director. A stunning work depicting the youth of the modern age, you won't want to miss it!