Tickets for London Plays

There are all kinds of plays in London to keep you on the edge of your seat, on your seat or maybe even under your seat. From the hilarious 39 Steps to the terrifying The Woman in Black (which has been playing in London for over 20 years) there are plenty of good plays to see.

There are long running classics such as Agatha Christie's Mousetrap which has been playing in London for over 50 years and is the world's longest running play, revivals of some old classics and some fantastic new plays like War Horse.

So whatever kind of play you prefer there is sure to be something on in London to suit your taste.

Plays A-Z

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13 at the Olivier Theatre

A new play by Mike Bartlett.
Morning in London, Autumn 2011. Across the city, people wake up from an identical, terrifying dream. At the same moment, a yo... more →

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39 Steps

39 Steps at the Criterion Theatre

John Buchan's THE 39 STEPS - memorably filmed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1935 - is thrillingly adapted for the stage.
Nothing has been cut from this hil... more →

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Abigail's Party

Abigail's Party at the Menier Chocolate Factory

The Menier Chocolate Factory is delighted to announce the revival of Mike Leigh's acclaimed play, Abigail's Party. From the award-winning writer and d... more →

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Absent Friends

Absent Friends at the Harold Pinter Theatre

Welcome to a tea party you'll never forget, as Alan Ayckbourn's classic comedy of manners and social embarrassment serves up a slice of deliciously bl... more →

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All New People

All New People at the Duke of York's

The dead of winter, Long Beach Island, New Jersey, Charlie (Zach Braff) has hit rock bottom. Away from the rest of the world, this perfect escape is interrupted... more →

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Being Shakespeare

Being Shakespeare at the Trafalgar Studios

Simon Callow brings to life Shakespeare's unforgettable characters and the real man behind the legend in this triumphant play, Being Shakespeare. After tak... more →

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Big Pants and Botox

Big Pants and Botox at the Arts Theatre

After a phenomenally successful run in 2011, Casualty's Rebecca Wheatley is hitting the road again in 2012 with her tremendous one-woman show, the tour-de-... more →

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Broken Glass

Broken Glass at the Vaudeville Theatre

Broken Glass, Arthur Miller's Olivier award-winning drama, tells the story of Phillip and Sylvia Gellburg, a New York couple living in Brooklyn in 1938.more →

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Can We Talk About This?

Can We Talk About This? at the Lyttelton

From the 1989 book burnings of Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, to the murder of filmmaker Theo Van Gogh and the controversy of the Muhammad cartoons i... more →

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Death and the Maiden

Death and the Maiden at the Harold Pinter Theatre

Beware of turning into the enemy you most fear.
Years have passed since political prisoner, Paulina suffered at the hands of her captor: A man whose face ... more →

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Driving Miss Daisy

Driving Miss Daisy at the Wyndham's Theatre

Don't miss this year's hottest theatre tickets as two of the world's greatest living actors arrive in London to perform Alfred Uhry's timele... more →

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Frank Skinner and Friends

Frank Skinner and Friends at the Noel Coward Theatre

Frank Skinner presents Frank Skinner and Friends - a night of comedy, cabaret and music all on one bill in London's West End. Each night will feature four ... more →

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Hay Fever

Hay Fever at the Noel Coward Theatre

For the first time since its renaming and refurbishment, one of Noel Coward's most well known plays will be performed at the Noel Coward Theatre. Howard Da... more →

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Horrible Histories - Barmy Britain

Horrible Histories - Barmy Britain at the Garrick Theatre

Have you ever wondered why the Romans never won MasterChef? Would you lose your heart or head to horrible Henry? Will Parliament escape gunpowder Guy? Enrol you... more →

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Ida Barr's Festive Bingo

Ida Barr's Festive Bingo at the Arts Theatre

Grandma Gangsta Rapper, RnB and Hip Hop Artist, DJ, and Rap Superstar, Ida Barr introduces her own brand of festive bingo, featuring her patented calls, such as... more →

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Jackie Mason - Fearless

Jackie Mason - Fearless at the Wyndham's Theatre

The US Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award-winning comic legend, Jackie Mason, is back in London with an all new show - Fearless. This is Jackie's farewell to the ... more →

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Jerusalem

Jerusalem at the Apollo Theatre

Age recommendation: 14+
A comic, contemporary vision of rural life in our green and pleasant land, Jez Butterworth's epic new play is wildly origina... more →

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Juno and the Paycock

Juno and the Paycock at the Lyttelton

Jack Boyle is out of work and determined to stay that way. He postures and drinks with his sidekick Joxer while the long-suffering Juno balances threats with ca... more →

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Long Day's Journey Into Night

Long Day's Journey Into Night at the Apollo Theatre

Following his critically acclaimed performance in Arthur Miller's All My Sons at the Apollo Theatre in 2010, David Suchet returns in Eugene O'Neill�... more →

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Lord Of The Flies

Lord Of The Flies at the Open Air

William Golding's classic novel Lord Of The Flies is adapted for the stage.
After a group of schoolboys survive a massive plane crash, what starts as... more →

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Master Class

Master Class at the Vaudeville Theatre

Don't miss Master Class, an extraordinary insight into the life and loves of Maria Callas, the iconic opera singer whose turbulent private life and fiery t... more →

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Mousetrap

Mousetrap at the St Martins Theatre

Agatha Christie's legendary whodunit is still packing them in after more than 50 years in the West End.
The world's longest running play has lo... more →

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Noises Off

Noises Off at the Old Vic Theatre

Lindsay Posner directs a new production of Michael Frayn's irresistible, multi-award-winning backstage comedy Noises Off.
Enjoyed by millions of peo... more →

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Noises Off

Noises Off at the Novello Theatre

Following its triumphant and universally acclaimed run at The Old Vic, Michael Frayn's multi award-winning backstage comedy Noises Off will transfer to the... more →

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Office Party

Office Party at the Pleasance Theatre

Tired of the same old boring office party?
Then let yourself be entertained by legendary cabaret artists Ursula Martinez (La Clique, La Soiree) and Christ... more →

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One Man, Two Guvnors

One Man, Two Guvnors at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

Following sell-out seasons at the National Theatre and Adelphi Theatre, smash-hit comedy One Man, Two Guvnors opens at Theatre Royal Haymarket on 2 March with a... more →

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Santa Claus and the Christmas Adventure

Santa Claus and the Christmas Adventure at the The Ambassadors Theatre

The adventure takes place at Santa's HQ in the North Pole.
The Reindeer Sat Nav is programmed and the toys are piled high on the sleigh, then. chaos ... more →

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Sex With a Stranger

Sex With a Stranger at the Trafalgar Studio Two

Sex With A Stranger is the third play from Stefan Golaszewski; writer of BBC 3's hit sitcom Him & Her and erstwhile writer and star of BBC4's crit... more →

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She Stoops to Conquer

She Stoops to Conquer at the Olivier Theatre

One of the great, generous-hearted and ingenious comedies of the English language, Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer offers a celebration of chaos, ... more →

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The Awkward Squad

The Awkward Squad at the Arts Theatre

What chance does Lorna have of a quiet weekend when both daughters and her granddaughter descend on her with their own problems?

She's spent t... more →

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The Comedy Of Errors

The Comedy Of Errors at the Olivier Theatre

Shakespeare's furiously paced comedy will be staged in a contemporary world into which walk three prohibited foreigners who see everything for the first ti... more →

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The Complete World of Sports (Abridged)

The Complete World of Sports (Abridged) at the Arts Theatre

The "bad boys of abridgement" are back in the UK following a highly successful run in New York and a sell-out US tour of The Complete World of... more →

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The Duchess Of Malfi

The Duchess Of Malfi at the Old Vic Theatre

Eve Best returns to The Old Vic in March 2012, in John Webster's great Jacobean tragedy, The Duchess of Malfi, directed by Jamie Lloyd. She last appeared a... more →

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The Fitzrovia Radio Hour

The Fitzrovia Radio Hour at the The Ambassadors Theatre

The Fitzrovia Radio Hour is a spoof of the early days of radio drama, taking audiences back to an era of casual imperialism and cut-glass accents as they watch ... more →

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The Houdini Experience

The Houdini Experience at the Peacock Theatre

For the first time ever, Hans Klok, the Master of Mystery, arrives at the Peacock Theatre for five weeks only. Described as a 'chilling, thrilling and brea... more →

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The Importance Of Being Earnest

The Importance Of Being Earnest at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

Don't miss Oscar Wilde's classic play, running for a limited time only.
Two girls earnest to marry, two gentlemen eager to respond, and one Lad... more →

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The Ladykillers

The Ladykillers at the Gielgud Theatre

The celebrated Ealing comedy, The Ladykillers, comes to life on stage this Autumn in a hilarious and thrilling new adaption by Graham Linehan (Father Ted) and d... more →

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The Leisure Society

The Leisure Society at the Trafalgar Studio Two

A deliciously offensive four-hander comedy by the award-winning Montreal playwright Francois Archambault (translated by Bobby Theodore). A well-heeled, self-obs... more →

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The Lion In Winter

The Lion In Winter at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

Robert Lindsay and Joanna Lumley star in The Lion in Winter, directed by Trevor Nunn.

A family Christmas becomes a family at war.
Henry II,... more →

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The Madness Of George III

The Madness Of George III at the Apollo Theatre

David Haig gives the performance of his life as King George III in the West End premiere of Alan Bennett's smash-hit comedy The Madness Of George III.
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The Pajama Men - In The Middle of No One

The Pajama Men - In The Middle of No One at the Charing Cross Theatre

Following the most successful comedy run ever at Soho Theatre, the Pajama Men make their West End debut with In the Middle of No One!

In the Middl... more →

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The Pitmen Painters

The Pitmen Painters at the Duchess Theatre

In 1934, a group of Ashington miners hired a professor to teach an art appreciation evening class. Rapidly abandoning theory in favour of practice, the pitmen b... more →

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The Railway Children

The Railway Children at the Waterloo Station Theatre

After a record breaking run, E Nesbit's classic triumphantly steams back into the 'Welcome to Yorkshire theatre' at London Waterloo for a second ... more →

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The Sooty Christmas Show

The Sooty Christmas Show at the Garrick Theatre

Izzy Wizzy let's get Busy! - Introduce your children to the magic of Sooty!
The nation's favourite magical teddy bear returns to The West End th... more →

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The Sunshine Boys

The Sunshine Boys at the Savoy Theatre

Kings of comedy, Willie Clark (Danny DeVito) and Al Lewis (Richard Griffiths) aka The Sunshine Boys haven't spoken to each other in years.

Whe... more →

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The Veil

The Veil at the Lyttelton

May 1822, rural Ireland. The defrocked Reverend Berkeley arrives at the crumbling former glory of Mount Prospect House to accompany seventeen-year-old Hannah to... more →

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The Woman in Black

The Woman in Black at the Fortune Theatre

Since 1989, over 7 million people have lived to tell the tale of one of the most exciting, spooky, gripping and successful theatre events ever staged.
Una... more →

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Three Days In May

Three Days In May at the Trafalgar Studios

Bill Kenwright presents Warren Clarke as Winston Churchill in the World Premiere of Ben Brown's thrilling political drama, directed by Alan Strachan and al... more →

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Travelling Light

Travelling Light at the Lyttelton

Following Vincent in Brixton and The Reporter, Nicholas Wright's new play is a funny and fascinating tribute to the Eastern European immigrants who became ... more →

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War Horse

War Horse at the New London Theatre

At the outbreak of World War One, Joey, young Albert's beloved horse, is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France. He's soon caught up in enemy fire,... more →

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