The curtains are rising on an extraordinary year for the West End! With the recent welcoming to 2025, London's theatre district is set to dazzle audiences with an incredible lineup of new productions. From reimagined classics to groundbreaking world premieres, these highly anticipated shows promise to make waves on the stage. 

Second Best

Riverside Studios, January 24 - February 22, 2025

Best known for his role as 'Otis' in the hit Netflix show Sex Education, Asa Butterfield will take on this one-man play written by Barney Norris, based on David Foenkinos' novel by the same name. Butterfield will play Martin Hill, who as a child missed out on playing the famous role of Harry Potter. Now, as adult life intensifies with a child on the way, Martin reflects on this crucial moment and the what ifs' it conjures up.
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Elektra

Duke of Yorks Theatre, January 24 - April 12, 2025

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.
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Richard II

Bridge Theatre, February 10 - May 10, 2025

In a promotion from Viscount Bridgerton to the King of England, Jonathan Bailey returns to the stage in early 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'.
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Clueless

Trafalgar Theatre, February 15 - June 14, 2025

As if no more! Clueless the Musical is finally coming to the West End in this brand new adaptation from the iconic movie's screenwriter Amy Heckerling, with direction from Sarna Lapine, music from multi-platinum singer-songwriter KT Tunstall and lyrics from Glenn Slater (Grammy winner and Tony nominee no less). So don't be branded as ensemble-y challenged, get your electronic wardrobe to pick out your best threads to relive this nineties cult classic live on stage!
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My Neighbour Totoro

Gillian Lynne Theatre, March 8 - November 2, 2025

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.
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Evita

London Palladium, June 14 - September 6, 2025

Andrew Lloyd Webber's renowned musical Evita returns to the West End this summer at the Palladium. Tony Nominee Jamie Lloyd's revival premiered at 2019's Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, stunning audiences with its new and thrilling take on the classic, incorporating modern-day touches, twerking, spray cans, ticker tape, and more. Fabian Aloise's choreography brings a new twist to beloved songs, such as the adored "Don't Cry For Me Argentina", "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" and more, sure to leave you singing and dancing all the way home!
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Hercules

Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Coming Summer 2025!

Bless My Soul! Adapted from the classic Disney movie, Hercules is set to dazzle at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in the summer of 2025! Featuring music by the legend (and Disney favorite) Alan Menken, lyrics by David Zippel, a brand-new book by Kwame Kwei-Armah and Robert Horn, and choreography by Casey Nicolaw, this exciting new production is set to be legendary as it tells the story of the half-god half-mortal and his thrilling adventures!
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And that's not all! There are so much more, head to London Theatreland to find your next show!