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Best theatre to see in London in March

From Rosamund Pike's return to the stage in Inter Alia to the arrival of a gang of puppets celebrating their 20th anniversary in Avenue Q, here’s the top theatre picks in London this March.

Stephen Crocker
Written byStephen Crocker

The shortest month of the year has whizzed past us, and March is finally here. The sun shines a little brighter, the days are a little longer, and there’s plenty of exciting shows to look forward to. There’s dozens of new shows opening in the West End and across London in March 2026. Here’s our top picks for what to see in London in March.

Avenue Q

Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Arcadia

Back to the Future: The Musical

Summerfolk

Romeo and Juliet

Inter Alia

John Proctor Is the Villain

Avenue Q

Anniversary
Comedy
Puppets

Avenue Q is gearing up for its West End return later this month, with its newly announced cast preparing to bring the cult musical back to London. Leading the company are Emily Benjamin as Kate Monster/Lucy the Slut, Noah Harrison as Princeton/Rod, Amelia Kinu Muus as Christmas Eve, Dionne Ward-Anderson as Gary Coleman, Meg Hateley as Mrs T/Bad Idea Bear, Charlie McCullagh as Nicky/Trekkie Monster/Bad Idea Bear, and Oliver Jacobson as Brian. Reunited with original Broadway director Jason Moore, the cast is ready to tackle love, money, purpose, and the uncomfortable truth that none of us really know what we’re doing. Along the way they will discover these highly valuable life lessons; (a) the internet is for porn, (b) everyone’s a little bit racist, (c) how to spell schadenfreude, and (d) everything in life is only for now.

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Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Star-casting
National Theatre
Play
Must see

It’s about to get hot at the National, when an all-star cast heads up the first major revival of this acclaimed play. Aidan Turner (Poldark, The Rivals), Lesley Manville (The Crown, Oedipus), and Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown) will bring fresh urgency to Christopher Hampton’s tale of betrayal and deception, under the direction of the brilliant Marianne Elliott.

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Arcadia

Stoppard
Play
Popular

The limited run of Tom Stoppard’s masterwork sadly comes to an end this month. Arcadia unfolds in a single English country house, shifting between the early 19th century and the present day, with both eras sharing the same room. As contemporary scholars attempt to reconstruct what really happened there centuries earlier, fragments of romance, rivalry, and disaster surface from the past. This revival brings together Prasanna Puwanarajah, Isis Hainsworth, Seamus Dillane, Leila Farzad, and Angus Cooper, letting time overlap as questions, clues, and consequences echo across generations.

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Back to the Future: The Musical

Musical
Must see
Last chance
Screen to stage

Sad news for time travellers and devotees of 1980s nostalgia, as the smash-hit musical gets ready to close the DeLorean doors for good next month. For five years, this spectacular staging of the iconic film has blown away expectations of how an action adventure can be brought to theatrical life, and delighted millions of theatregoers in the process. The show is heading out on a UK tour which promises to bring the same unbelievable thrills to the regions — but this is your very last chance to see the show in the West End...

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Buckingham Palace

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Summerfolk

Must see
Revival
Play
National Theatre

Robert Hastie (Standing at the Sky’s Edge) directs Maxim Gorky’s Summerfolk — a portrait of class, privilege and denial — which has been revived for the National Theatre's Olivier stage in a new adaptation from Nina and Moses Raine. Alex Lawther, Doon Mackichan, Paul Ready, and Sophie Rundle are among a cast depicting a group of Russia's elite as they retreat to the countryside — with a social storm brewing.

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Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare
Tragedy
Star-casting

Sadie Sink (Stranger Things) and Noah Jupe (Hamnet) will play famous star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet in Robert Icke's adaptation of Shakespeare's great romantic tragedy. Parting is such sweet sorrow, so don't miss your chance to see these two exciting young talents as they make their West End debuts.

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Inter Alia

Play
West End transfer
Star-casting

Suzie Miller had huge success with her Olivier Award-winning play Prima Facie in 2022, starring Jodie Comer. Now she returns with another nail-biting drama focused on law and order, Inter Alia, which had its first outing at the National Theatre in summer 2025. The production returns, now in the West End, with its star Rosamund Pike, who plays a London Crown Court Judge forced to make a terrible decision of her own.

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John Proctor Is the Villain

Must see
Girlhood
Broadway

Kimberly Belflower's play about girlhood, rebellion, and fighting for your voice to be heard transfers from Broadway to London's new writing venue the Royal Court. A full new cast joins the production in London, including three performers making their professional stage debuts. This fresh look at what it means to be a young woman today is in conversation with Arthur Miller's The Crucible, which made its English debut at the Royal Court exactly 70 years ago.

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