#west-end

#west-end

Anyone who was burnt badly by the news that tickets to see Gary Oldman in Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape' are already sold out, knows that you can never be too hasty in securing next year's theatre tickets. Although 2026 still feels like a lifetime away, star-studded productions, promising new shows and long-loved revivals are already beginning to sell fast on London's West End theatre scene.

Lily Allen's first album in seven years "fuses fact and fiction" as it traces the breakdown of an open marriage. Recorded over ten days following her 2024 breakup from Stranger Things actor David Harbour, whom she married in 2020, it's hard not to picture him as the subject of the lyrical cheating allegations. "I made this record in December 2024 and it was a way for me to process what was happening in my life," Allen told British Vogue in an October 17 profile.

Having opened on Broadway in 2019, part of the reason it's taken a while to cross the pond is that a big theatre is needed to contain it and there aren't many of those free over here. Fellow US smash MJ the Musical previously nipped in to claim the Prince Edward Theatre, but the Michael Jackson jukebox joint will be offski in the new year.

Following a five-star sold-out run at the Menier Chocolate Factory, The Producers, directed by Tony Award-winner Patrick Marber and starring Andy Nyman, Marc Antolin, Trevor Ashley, Raj Ghatak, Harry Morrison and Joanna Woodward, has transferred to the Garrick Theatre.

Foremost among them is undoubtedly Jamie Lloyd's production of , which is effortlessly the most talked about theatre production of 2025. If star Rachel Zegler stayed on board it could easily have run at the huge London Palladium for a year. But she's a busy woman, and Lloyd rarely if ever recasts musicals: Evita will complete its scheduled run on Saturday.

David Harewood returns to Shakespeare's Othello, marking a powerful return to the role that once cemented his legacy in British theatre, bringing fresh perspective and renewed vigour.

Paranormal Activity: A New Story Live on Stage, taking place at The Ambassadors Theatre, promises an immersive theatrical adaptation rooted in unsettling intimacy.

Johannes Radebe will make his West End debut as Lola in Kinky Boots at the London Coliseum starting March 17, 2026. He previously reached the final on Strictly Come Dancing.

The proposals include making Regent Street St James's traffic-free and enlarging the pedestrian space at Piccadilly Circus. The introduction of safer cycling routes on the main section of Regent Street and two-way traffic on Haymarket, plus the improvement of pedestrian crossings on Regent Street and the removal of the road's central island have also been presented.

Oxford Street, Europe's busiest shopping precinct, topped the list with 6,539 reports last year, nearly 18 a day. Regent Street was next with 2,002 thefts.