Top 10 Best Plays in London 2026 - 2027

Find your spirit with tickets to the "awe-inspiring" (Time Out) West End transfer of Studio Ghibli's beloved film on stage. This six-time Olivier Award winning play is a breathtaking triumph from the Royal Shakespeare Company and Joe Hisaishi that has already enjoyed two sold-out seasons at the Barbican Theatre. Now, it is one of the biggest theatre events for anyone who wants to escape into a world of whimsy, sisterhood and childhood imagination.

This new play from three-time Olivier winner and Tony nominee James Graham (Dear England) follows groundbreaking economist John Maynard Keynes as he fights for a better world following an economic crash. The dance-infused drama explores Keynes’ various roles in life - husband to famous ballerina Lydia Lopokova, the lover of painter Duncan Grant, friend to Virginia Woolf, member of the Bloomsbury set, and conscientious objector - and his trailblazing work. Rory Kinnear stars as Keynes opposite acclaimed ballerina Natalia Osipova in her theatrical debut as Lopokova, and is directed by Nicholas Hytner. This is unmissable theatre - book today.

Golden Globe and Emmy winner Gillian Anderson (The Crown, Sex Education, X-Files) leads this huge revival of Edward Albee’s scathing classic, opposite Emmy winner Billy Cruddup (The Morning Show). Edward Albees acclaimed American Classic follows troubled couple Martha and George as they host an explosive cocktail party and draw a younger pair, Honey and Nick, into a series of psychosexually fraught mind games.

This hilarious history-ish play from Tony winner and Pulitzer finalist Cole Escola shoves aside her famous presidential husband, Abe, and puts Mary Todd Lincoln firmly in the spotlight. Delving into the hidden hopes, desires and troubles of the first lady in the weeks leading up to her husband's assassination, this “smartly stupid riot” (Variety) puts a blackly satirical, tongue-in-cheek and fabulously queer slant on this famous couple. Book your tickets today!

BAFTA and Olivier winner and Academy Award nominee Kristen Scott Thomas leads the cast as Ranevskaya in this brand-new adaptation of The Cherry Orchard from Tony and Olivier nominee Conor McPherson (Girl from the North Country). A family of Russian aristocrats must contend with interpersonal drama while they sell their beloved family estate, and its cherry orchard, to pay off debts, in this huge revival of Chekhov’s classic drama. Secure your tickets today.