This is London Magazine New Year Edition 2026 - Flipbook - Page 28
HIGH NOON
Billy Crudup and Denise Gough star as the
couple whose love is tested by impossible
choices, as the clock ticks down to the return
of a deadly outlaw on the high noon train.
HAROLD PINTER THEATRE
Panton Street, SW1 (0333 009 6690)
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National Theatre
OLIVIER THEATRE
BALLET SHOES
Noel Streatfeild’s much loved novel is brought
to life in this production, complete with
crumbling house full of dinosaur bones and
three girls fighting to pursue their individual
passions.
STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW
A new lead cast has joined the critically acclaimed, Olivier Award-winning, world
première production of Stranger Things: The First Shadow. As the show approaches
its second anniversary in the West End, it will also extend into its third year at the
Phoenix Theatre, now running until 5 April this year. The multi award-winning hit
production is now running on both sides of the Atlantic, having opened on
Broadway last year.
LYTTELTON THEATRE
PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD
A young man walks into a pub, claiming that
he has killed his father... Caitriona Mclaughlin
directs this stage adaptation of John
Millington Synge’s riveting story.
DORFMAN
END
Touching and funny third part of David
Eldridge’s trilogy exploring love and
relationships. With Clive Owen and Saskia
Reeves.
NATIONAL THEATRE
South Bank, SE1 (020 7452 3000)
PLAYS
THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE
COLD
Powerful new adaptation of John Le Carré’s
novel. With betrayal at every turn, it’s a tense
evening exploring love, sacrifice and Cold
War deception.
@sohoplace
4 Soho Place, Charing Cross Road, W1
GERRY & SEWELL
Based on the cult film Purely Belter, it follows
two Gateshead lads on a desperate, hilarious
mission to secure Newcastle United season
tickets. The West End transfer features the
original cast, live music and puppet dogs.
ALDWYCH THEATRE
Aldwych, WC2 (0345 200 7981)
I’M SORRY PRIME MINISTER
Griff Rhys Jones and Clive Francis star in this
new final chapter of the iconic Yes, Minister
series, as Jim Hacker faces a modern ‘cancel
culture’ crisis at Oxford, with the devious Sir
Humphrey Appleby ready to navigate red tape.
APOLLO THEATRE
Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 (0330 333 4809)
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY
James and Lou move from Chicago to London
to escape their past, but they soon discover that
places aren't haunted, people are...
AMBASSADORS THEATRE
West Street, WC2 (020 7395 5405)
WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION
Based in a unique court room setting inside
London’s County Hall, a landmark production
of Agatha Christie’s gripping story of justice,
passion and betrayal.
COUNTY HALL
Belvedere Road, SE1 (0844 815 7141)
STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW
Directed by Stephen Daldry, this gripping new
adventure will take you back to the beginning
of the Stranger Things story – and may hold
the key to the end...
PHOENIX THEATRE
Charing Cross Road, WC2
FAULTY TOWERS THE DINING EXPERIENCE
Inspired by one of Britain’s greatest ever
comedy series, a 2 hour production is set in a
restaurant where the audience are the diners.
PRESIDENT HOTEL
Guilford Street, WC1 (0845 154 4145)
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
A polytechnic amateur drama group are putting
on a 1920s murder mystery and everything that
can go wrong... does!
DUCHESS THEATRE
Catherine Street, WC2 (0330 333 4810)
THE MOUSETRAP
Agatha Christie’s whodunnit is the longest
running play of its kind in the history of
British theatre.
ST MARTIN’S THEATRE
West Street, WC2 (0844 499 1515)
WOMAN IN MIND
Dark new take on Alan Ayckbourn’s depiction
of a bored vicar’s wife who replaces her
mundane, miserable family with a fantasy one
where all is perfect.
DUKE OF YORK’S THEATRE
St. Martin’s Lane, WC2
OTHELLO
Shakespeare’s play rages to life like never
before in an explosive new production starring
David Harewood, Toby Jones and Caitlin
FitzGerald. Until 17 January.
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