In a refugee camp, a fight breaks out over lost land. To seek resolution, a singer tells the fable of ‘The Chalk Circle’: in the midst of a bloody revolution, a servant girl risks all to raise the abandoned child of the Governor and his wife. Years later, when the Governor’s wife returns seeking her son, a rogue judge turns justice on its head.
London Theatre Openings
See at all the new shows in London and see all the upcoming West End shows with theatre tickets on London Theatre. We’ve listed all the new theatre shows coming to the West End, as well as upcoming West End shows that are reopening. Check out all the new shows in London that are definitely going to impress with our top London musicals guide and top plays in London so you can see all the new theatre shows in town. All shows have to close too, so don’t miss out on the shows closing soon. You won’t want to miss a big hit!
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Jez Butterworth’s play Jerusalem returns to London’s West End for a limited run, with original stars Mark Rylance and Mackenzie Crook reprising their roles.
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Fresh from their sell-out tour with their highly entertaining and innovative Remembering The Movies, Aljaz and Janette, will be returning with their brand new show Remembering The Oscars. Get ready to celebrate the Oscar winning songs in this exhilarating new dance spectacular with Strictly’s favourite couple, Aljaz and Janette.
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As dawn breaks, Maggie is heating some milk and Gary wonders what she’s doing out of bed. Maybe it’s time for an honest conversation – but how much honesty can this marriage take?
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Grittier and more electrifying than ever before, the world’s best-loved musical makes a triumphant return to London’s Dominion Theatre.
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“Your hobbies are limited to Arab Idol and cooking lentils and having sex in fields late at night.”
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A spine-tingling new tale is coming to the West End — see it if you dare! In this supernatural thriller, something otherworldly happens every night at 2:22am. Do you believe the dead can return? Test your courage. 2:22 A Ghost Story tickets will be available on London Theatre soon.
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Blanche McIntyre (The Writer) directs the world premiere of Beth Steel’s (Wonderland) revelatory new play which spans five decades of the lives, and deaths, of the Webster family, starring Anne-Marie Duff.
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New York’s Lincoln Center Theater’s critically acclaimed and multi award-winning production of Lerner & Loewe’s much loved My Fair Lady will transfer to the London Coliseum for a limited summer engagement in what will be the first major West End revival of the show for 21 years. The season comes as part of the ongoing celebrated tradition of summer musicals at the London Coliseum.
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Lotus Beauty follows the intertwined lives of five multigenerational women, inviting us into Reita’s salon where clients can wax lyrical about their day’s tiny successes or have their struggles massaged, plucked or tweezed away. But with honest truths and sharp-witted barbs high among the treatments on offer, will the power of community be enough to raise the spirits of everyone who passes through the salon doors?
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Indhu Rubasingham directs Anupama Chandrasekhar’s new play for the Olivier theatre, which tells the story of Nathuram Godse and his journey from being a devout follower of Gandhi to becoming his eventual assassin in 1948.
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Omigod you guys, meet fashion merchandising major Elle Woods and her college sweetheart Warner Huntington III. Popular, stylish, they have the perfect relationship. That is until Warner heads to Harvard Law School and decides that he needs a more 'serious' kind of girlfriend. Dumped, Elle embarks on a drastic plan to win him back. But, on the way, she discovers that there's more to love - and definitely Elle Woods - than meets the eye.