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Trainspotting - The Musical

By Irvine Welsh

Cult heroes of youth culture; Renton, Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud, Tommy, and Kelly are back, alongside an ensemble cast and a live band. Featuring some of the electrifying tracks from the film that defined a generation, together with catchy, confrontational and celebratory original songs, set to become singalong, dance-along classics,...

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Tao of Glass

By Phelim McDermott & Philip Glass

Composer Philip Glass and performer-director Phelim McDermott (Improbable) have worked together on acclaimed opera productions in London, New York and beyond, and Tao of Glass is their most personal collaboration yet. Inspired by a dream, this West End premiere marries ten meditations on life, death and Taoist wisdom with ten...

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Death Note: The Musical

From the manga by Tsugumi Ohba & Takeshi Obata — Reimagined by Frank Wildhorn & Jack Murphy

Based on the best-selling Japanese manga series of the same name by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, Death Note tells the story of Light Yagami, a bright but dissatisfied student in Tokyo. When he comes across a discarded notebook owned by Ryuk, a mythological god of death, he discovers that...

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Recent Openings

The Comedy About Spies

By Henry Lewis & Henry Shields

Adelphi Theatre, London

Previews02 August 2026
Opens/Press Night09 August 2026
Closes26 September 2026
Running Time2 hours 20 minutes
First PerformedNoël Coward Theatre London, 2025
Presented ByKenny Wax and Stage Presence in association with Jo Danvers

Set in 1960s London, The Comedy about Spies is a farcical, physical double-crossing caper full of misunderstanding, miscommunication, and mistaken identity. A rogue British agent steals plans for a top-secret new weapon. Spies from the CIA and the KGB assemble at London's Piccadilly Hotel to track down the British mole and obtain the file. When a young British couple and an older actor auditioning for the title role in the first James Bond film check into the hotel, the stakes reach boiling point in this hilarious Cold War comedy.

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Jesus Christ Superstar

By Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice

London Palladium, London
& touring

Previews20 June 2026
Opens/Press Night07 July 2026
Closes05 September 2026
Running Time2 hours
First PerformedMarUK premiere of this production Open Air Regent's Park London, 2016
Presented ByLloyd Webber Harrison Musicals & Michael Harrison

Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar follows the events of the last days of the life of Jesus Christ, as seen through the eyes of Judas. Reflecting the rock roots that defined a generation, the legendary score includes I Don't Know How to Love Him, Gethsemane and the iconic title number Superstar.

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Arcadia

By Tom Stoppard

Duke of York's Theatre, London

Previews20 June 2026
Opens/Press Night01 July 2026
Closes12 September 2026
Running Time2 hours 50 minutes
First PerformedNational Theatre London, 1993
This revival Old Vic London, 2026
Presented ByBrenda Leff, Dodge Hall Productions, Heni Koenigsberg & Michelle Riley, No Guarantees Productions, Old Vic, Richard Batchelder, Sayers & Sayers Productions, Sonia Friedman Productions, Tilted, Tulchin Bartner Productions, Willette Klausner & D'Angora Padgett Productions, Winkler & Smalberg

A dazzling collision of science and romance, Arcadia explores the beauty of curiosity, the ache of lost knowledge and the timeless thrill of discovery In a country house, two centuries apart, genius, passion and discipline unfold. In 1809, teenage prodigy, Thomasina Coverly races ahead of her time – exploring mathematics, nature and the unpredictable forces that govern both the universe and the human heart. In the present day, author Hannah Jarvis investigates a mysterious chapter in the life of Lord Byron with precision, patience and rigor, determined to resist the pull of romanticised myth. As past and present intwine, their questions begin to echo across time: can we ever truly understand the patterns of life or are we forever poised on the edge of disorder?

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