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War Horse

By Michael Morpurgo — Adapted by Nick Stafford in association with Handspring Puppet Company

At the outbreak of the First World War, young Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France. Too young to enlist, Albert refuses to forget him, embarking on an extraordinary journey from the fields of rural Devon to the trenches of wartime France – determined...

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Quartet in Autumn

By Barbara Pym — Adapted by Samantha Harvey

In 1970s London, four co-workers approach retirement, each quietly marking time. As the seasons turn, they go about their daily rituals and routines. Marcia (Pooky Quesnel, The A Word) hoards tinned food and drifts into solitude. Letty (Kate Duchêne, The Worst Witch) dreams of something more. Edwin (Anthony Calf,...

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Dark of the Moon

By Jonathan Prince

DARK OF THE MOON is a supernatural tale of powerful witchcraft, small-town prejudices and the power of love. This timeless, spellbinding new musical portrays the clash of two dynamically polarized worlds—a charming rural Appalachian town and the mystical world of witches and warlocks from the Smoky Mountains that loom...

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Recent Openings

Are You Watching?

By Georgie Dettmer

Royal Court Theatre - Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, London

Previews29 May 2026
Opens/Press Night04 June 2026
Closes04 July 2026
Running Time1 hour 5 minutes
First PerformedWorld premiere
Presented ByRoyal Court Theatre

Porn. Deepfakes. Disappearing girls. A journalist wired to a machine. A mother's grief sold for clicks. As the lines blur between entertainment and abuse, technology and sex, violence and voyeurism - who's complicit and who is in control? And are you watching?

See cast, creatives, and 9 reviews

The P Word

By Waleed Akhtar

Bush Theatre, London

Previews28 May 2026
Opens/Press Night01 June 2026
Closes27 June 2026
Running Time1 hour 40 minutes
First PerformedBush Theatre London, 2022
Presented ByBush Theatre, Chuchu Nwagu Productions, Dr Ranj Singh, Seventh Productions & Tan France

Zafar flees homophobic persecution in Pakistan to seek asylum in the UK. Londoner Bilal (or Billy as he prefers to be known) is ground down by years of Grindr and the complexity of being a brown gay man. Their worlds are about to change forever. Moving through casual hook-ups to the UK's hostile environment, Waleed Akhtar's sharp-witted and devastating new play charts the parallel lives of two gay Pakistani men.

See cast, creatives, and 5 reviews

Annie

By Thomas Meehan, Martin Charnin & Charles Strouse

New Wimbledon Theatre, London
& touring

Previews23 May 2026
Opens/Press Night27 May 2026
Closes30 May 2026
Running Time2 hours 20 minutes
First PerformedGoodspeed Opera House Connecticut, USA 1976
UK premiere Victoria Palace Theatre London, 1978
Presented ByCrossroads Live, David Ian & Michael Harrison

Set in 1930s New York, brave young Annie is forced to live a life of misery at Miss Hannigan's orphanage. Her luck soon changes when she's chosen to spend a fairytale Christmas with famous billionaire, Oliver Warbucks. Meanwhile, spiteful Miss Hannigan has other ideas and hatches a plan to spoil Annie's search for her true family…

See cast, creatives, and 2 reviews
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