Shows at London theatres

Macbeth

Playing now

Shakespeare - tragedy

The ruined aftermath of a bloody civil war. Ruthlessly fighting to survive, the Macbeths are propelled towards the crown by forces of elemental darkness.

When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other

Playing now

Drama

This new play breaks through the surface of contemporary debate to explore the messy, often violent nature of desire and the fluid, complicated roles that men and women play.

The Winter's Tale

Playing now

Shakespeare - comedy

Perdita is a brave, intelligent and much-loved girl, but something is not quite right in her world. Join her on a journey through magic and mayhem as she uncovers her story - the girl who was once lost and then found.

Tartuffe

Playing now

Drama

Orgon is the man who has everything. Money, power, a beautiful home and family. But lately he's been questioning the point of it all. A ferocious new version of Molière's comic masterpiece.

Follies

Playing now

Musical

New York, 1971. There's a party on the stage of the Weismann Theatre. Tomorrow the iconic building will be demolished. 30 years after their final performance, the Follies girls gather to have a few drinks, sing a few songs and lie about themselves.

Downstate

Upcoming show

Drama

In downstate Illinois, four men convicted of sex crimes against minors share a group home where they live out their lives in the shadow of the offences they committed. A man shows up to confront his childhood abuser.

Top Girls

Upcoming show

Drama

Marlene is the first woman to head the Top Girls employment agency. But she has no plans to stop there. With Maggie in at Number 10 and a spirit of optimism consuming the country, Marlene knows that the future belongs to women like her.

Small Island

Upcoming show

Drama

A company of 40 tells a story which journeys from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 - the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury.

Anna

Upcoming show

Thriller

1968. East Berlin. Anna and Hans are married, in love and moving up in the world - but it is a world ruled by suspicion. Who can be trusted when everyone is listening?

Rutherford and Son

Upcoming show

Drama

In a Northern industrial town, John Rutherford rules both factory and family with an iron will. But even as the furnaces burn relentlessly at the Glassworks, at home his children begin to turn against him.

Peter Gynt

Upcoming show

Drama

In this radical new version, David Hare kidnaps Ibsen's most famous hero and runs away with him into the 21st century.