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The 8 best open air theatre shows to see in London in 2026
A sunny hello to you all! London’s outdoor theatre season started in late April whether the weather likes it or not…
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The 10 best new London theatre openings in May 2026
From Gary Oldman to Jinkx Monsoon via ‘Beetlejuice the Musical’
Comedy
The top London comedy shows to see in May
A pleasingly eclectic month of London chuckles this May
Dance
The best dance and ballet shows in London this month
It’s May, and London’s twinkliest-toed performers are gearing up for another fantastic month of dance on stage
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The Young Vic’s new season includes the world premiere of the ‘Thelma & Louise’ musical, plus Ben Whishaw in ‘Eurotrash’
The Young Vic’s second season proper under new boss Nadia Fall is a pretty damn exciting one
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The Price
This 1968 play by the great dramatist of the fractured American Dream isn’t one of Arthur Miller’s best. But The Price is compelling in its...
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Please Please Me
Who would the Fab Four be without their fifth member? Would Beatlemania have existed at all? Would their US success have even been possible? And those albums...
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I Saw Satan at the 7-Eleven
If you know Christopher Brett Bailey you will surely know him for 2014’s This Is How We Die, a hallucinatory, hilarious beat poetry-style road trip...
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The 8 best open air theatre shows to see in London in 2026
Our theatre editor rounds up his highlights of the outdoor theatre calendar this spring and summer
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Keira Knightley will return to the London stage to star in a West End adaptation of award-winning film ‘The Lives of Others’
Stephen Dillane and Luke Thompson will co-star in Robert Icke’s West End adaptation of the Oscar-winning film at the Adelphi Theatre
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The 10 best new London theatre openings in May 2026
From ‘Beetlejuice’ and Jinkx Monsoon to Gary Oldman, it’s all happening on the London stage this month
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Old Vic
One of London's most storied theatres, the Old Vic – which opened its doors in 1818 – was the first home of the National Theatre, under the...
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National Theatre
Arguably the greatest theatre in the world, the Royal National Theatre is also one of London's most recognisable landmarks and perhaps this country's foremost...
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Royal Court Theatre
London's premiere new writing theatre, the Royal Court made its name in the 1950s when it was synonymous with kitchen sink dramas and the Angry Young Men, and...
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Shakespeare's Globe
Built in 1599 and destroyed by fire in 1613, the original Globe Theatre was at the heart of London’s seedy South London entertainment district in William...
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Lyric Hammersmith
A beacon of culture in Hammersmith, the Lyric's distinctive look is largely down to a fusion of the building's 1970s structure, the theatre's Victorian...