Book theatre tickets to top West End plays during London Theatre Week
Check out our selection of dozens of West End plays taking part in London Theatre Week, and get tickets to classic and upcoming plays in summer 2024 and beyond.
London Theatre Week is the best time to find great ticket prices for the capital's top shows, including West End blockbusters and Off West End and fringe hits. If there's a show you've been eyeing up, now is the time to book tickets at exclusive prices. There's over 60 shows taking part, and tickets start from £15, £25, and £35.
London Theatre Week will run until 15 September, and the event covers a wide range of brilliant productions — from long-running classics to the latest premieres. So, if you're looking for inspiration, check out our selection of amazing plays to get tickets for this London Theatre Week, plus their equally amazing ticket prices!
Book tickets to West End plays during London Theatre Week.
The Mousetrap
Agatha Christie's murder mystery is the world's longest-running show. Audiences still eagerly flock to find out "whodunnit." A group of strangers are trapped by snow in a guesthouse, with a killer on the loose…
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
JK Rowling's wizard saga continues on stage in this eighth installment in the series, with Harry Potter's son heading off to Hogwarts – and a new villain to battle. Prepare to be wowed by the magical stagecraft and enthralling storytelling.
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The Play That Goes Wrong
Mischief Theatre's debut play continues to leave audiences in fits of laughter at the Duchess Theatre. Join the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society as they do whatever it takes to stage their latest play — with disastrous consequences.
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Shifters
Tosin Cole (Doctor Who) and Heather Agyepong (The Power) star in this gripping romance about two people whose paths re-cross following a tragedy.
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The Lehman Trilogy
When Lehman Brothers collapsed, it caused a global meltdown. Sam Mendes's award-winning production sees a trio of incredible actors play the company's founding members, plus dozens of others, in this story of family, faith, finance, and the American Dream.
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Slave Play
See what all the buzz is about and watch Kit Harington, Fisayo Akinade, Olivia Washington, and more in this riveting drama about the intersections of race, sex, romance, and power.
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Death of England
Clint Dyer and Roy Williams's gripping state-of-the-nation plays are all running in one season for the first time in a major West End event. Catch them separately (that's Michael, Delroy, and Closing Time) or get the full experience and see all three.
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Fawlty Towers – The Play
One the best sitcoms of all time has become a side-splitting West End comedy, with co-creator John Cleese taking three of the most beloved episodes (and all your favourite characters) and bringing them to the stage. Just don't mention the war...
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The 39 Steps
It's back! The utterly ingenious comic spoof of John Buchan's spy novel and the iconic Alfred Hitchcock movie adaptation is returning to the West End. Four ultra-talented actors play a whopping 139 characters in this thriller-turned-giddy farce.
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Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Fans of Netflix's smash-hit sci-fi series will love this jaw-dropping piece of event theatre, which combines the show's mix of teen drama and supernatural horror while telling a prequel story – and hinting at the series's endgame...
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The Duchess
Doctor Who and Broadchurch star Jodie Whittaker leads Zinnie Harris's modern adaptation of John Webster's bloodthirsty Jacobean tragedy The Duchess of Malfi, about a daring woman who rebels against her brothers and society.
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Horrible Histories – Terrible Tudors
Back for a third triumphant year, this popular family show brings you history with the nasty bits left in, from Henry's headless wives to the Spanish Armada. Perfect for keeping the kids entertained, while sneaking in some educational nuggets.
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The Merchant of Venice 1936
By moving the action of Shakespeare's drama to 1930s east London and the real-life Battle of Cable Street, featuring Oswald Mosley's violent fascists, this urgent production makes it feel like the play for today. Tracy-Ann Oberman stars as Shylock.
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Farm Hall
Discover the extraordinary story of Farm Hall, a stately home near Cambridge where six German nuclear scientists learnt the shocking news that America had used an atom bomb against Japan. The cast features David Yelland, Alan Cox and Daniel Boyd.
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The Real Thing
Tom Stoppard's brilliant, witty play about an actress married to a playwright, and the layers of performance, love and infidelity in their lives, gets a major revival. James McArdle and Bel Powley star, directed by Max Webster.
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Peanut Butter & Blueberries
Author and poet Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan's debut play sees two young people, Hafsah and Bilal, bonding over the titular ingredients of a sandwich. But can their burgeoning relationship survive their obligations and social realities?
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The Forsyte Saga
John Galsworthy's classic novels are brought to the stage in an epic two-part drama by Shaun McKenna and Lin Coghlan. Don't miss this gripping tale about a controlling husband, a beautiful wife and a steamy affair, and the generational ripples of that fallout.
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Statues
Written and performed by the acclaimed playwright Azan Ahmed, whose past shows include Deen & Dunya and The Father and the Assassin, Statues sees a man mourning his dad who, after finding a mixtape, discovers a host of family secrets.
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23.5 Hours
Carey Crim's gut-wrenching, socially relevant new play centres on Leigh Hodges, whose life is turned upside down when her high-school teacher husband is jailed for sexual misconduct. Can she stand by him, and also shield their son?
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The Buddha of Suburbia
The great director Emma Rice adapts Hanif Kureishi's award-wining novel for the stage in a co-production between her company Wise Children and the RSC. In 1970s south London, mixed-race teenager Karim is about to discover life, love, theatre and enlightenment.
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Land of the Free
As we head into another fiercely fought American election, catch this play set in 1865, when an actor named John Wilkes Booth walked into a theatre and assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. Why did he do, and what does it tell us about the world now?
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One Small Step
This original play by the prolific Japanese writer and director Takuya Kato follows a married couple who are working on a project to sent humans to a new city on the Moon. However, they encounter a surprising obstacle to their plans...
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Pins and Needles
Rob Drummond dives into the thorny debates around vaccines, science and scepticism in his new play, in which he speaks to an anxious mother, an angry man who distrusts institutions, and Edward Jenner, father of modern vaccinations.
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Tattooer
Based on a short story by the renowned writer Junichiro Tanizaki, and by the world-famous Irezumi tattoos, this fascinating drama sees the meeting of a a man who wishes to “carve his soul into the skin of a beautiful woman” and his ideal canvas.
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Tender
Ivy has it all together, apart from a secret she refuses to acknowledge, while Ash is happy after escaping a bad relationship. When the two women meet, both their lives change forever. Eleanor Tindall's sensitive new play is directed by Emily Aboud.
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The Lonely Londoners
It's 1950s London and Henry 'Sir Galahad' Oliver is part of the eager Windrush generation who came to make a home in the Motherland. But the city isn't quite what he expected. Roy Williams adapts Sam Selvon's iconic novel for the stage.
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The Real Ones
Besties Zaid and Neelam dream of building a future together, writing plays and living honestly. But their priorities begin to differ and their bond is tested. Writer Waleed Akthar reinutes with director Anthony Simpson Pike following Olivier-nominated The P Word.
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Viola's Room
The award-winning immersive theatre company Punchdrunk takes audiences on an audio-driven journey in their latest installation. Barefoot and wearing headphones, you wander through a gothic labyrinth while listening to Helena Bonham Carter narrating a dreamlike tale.
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Wolves On Road
How would you like to make thousands of pounds? Manny has big dreams, so when he's offered a cryptocurrency get-rich-quick scheme by his friend, he can't resist – and winds up putting his whole family at risk. A world premiere from Beru Tessema.
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The Cabinet Minister
Comedy and panic ensue when a politician's wife and son rack up loads of debt, and it's on him, the title cabinet minister, to avoid the bad press.
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Sh!t-faced Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream
This is Shakespeare's classic comedy as you've never seen it. Emphasis on the comedy, as one actor gets drunk at the top of the show, making for a totally unpredictable evening as the rest of the troupe tries to keep the show somewhat on track.
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Cockfosters
Mind the gap! Back in London after multiple sold-out runs, this play follows strangers James and Tori as they meet on the London Underground and take a tube ride they'll never forget.
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Our Country's Good
When a ship full of British convicts arrive in Australia, they're met with cruelty and back-breaking work. And then, a young lieutenant decides they should perform a play, in this searing drama based on a true story.
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When It Happens to You
When a mother's world is rocked by a devastating incident, she must plunge the depths of courage
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