In a promotion from Viscount Bridgerton to the King of England, Jonathan Bailey returns to the stage in 2025 in Nick Hytner's newest production for The Bridge Theatre. Bailey will star as the titular monarch in Richard II, the first of Shakespeare's tetralogy of plays about the wars of succession during the Middle Ages, otherwise known as the 'Henriad'.

Five extraordinary actresses portray a woman at various points in her life in this stunning stage adaptation of Annie Ernaux's The Years, which is unlike anything you've ever seen on the West End. A philosophical reflection on life, a rollercoaster ride through the decades - The Years depicts a woman's seemingly normal life in France, from the post-war period to the present day. However, as with any story where world events intersect with life, there is more than meets the eye. Don't miss this thrilling look at life, directed and adapted by visionary Edline Arbo, with English adaptation by Stephanie Bain.

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.

Marvel movie star and Academy Award winner Brie Larson is making her West End debut this January in Anne Carson's revival of Sophocles classic Greek tragedy, Elektra, after an initial run in Brighton's Theatre Royal. Taking the role of director is Tony Award-winning powerhouse Daniel Fish, and together the team promises a marvelous production.

Multi-award winning stage and film star Brian Cox (Succession) stars in Oliver Cotton's new play The Score, transferring to the West End following a successful run at Theatre Royal Bath in 2023. Directed by Trevor Nunn (Les Miserables), Cox portrays the legendary genius of composer Johann Sebastian Bach, as he finds himself in a fateful encounter with the King of Prussia, Frederick II.

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!

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!

In a fractured world hungry for power, the Macbeths seize their chance to rule. But at what cost? This brand new production of Shakespeare's classic at the Lyric lays bare the timeless tale of ambition, chaos and the darkness lurking within us all, as it challenges a society caught in a relentless cycle of destruction.

For the first time in its history, the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse will host this masterful study of family and its legacy by Anthon Chekov as part of The Globe's 2024/25 Winter Season. In a new translation from Rory Mullarkey and with direction from Caroline Steinbeis, Three Sisters takes us into the heart of a family desperate for an escape from their ennui. Although written in 1900, many of the themes resonate heavily today as we each search for meaning in an increasingly tumultuous world.

Director Lynette Linton (Blues for an Alabama Sky, Shifters) heads up a bold new staging of the award winning writer Michael Abbensetts' Alterations, at the National Theatre. This fresh production of the essential work features additional material by playwright Trish Cooke, bringing fresh urgency to a defining story of resilience, community and, ultimately, self-worth. Set against the backdrop of 1970s London, it paints a vivid portrait of the Windrush generation's struggle to carve out success in an often hostile new world.