Must-book West End transfers
Seize your second chance to see some our favourite plays from the last year as they transfer to the West End due to popular demand
The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Duke of York's Theatre
After an impressive premiere at the National Theatre, this modern myth from the mind of Neil Gaiman comes to life on the West End.
Read more ...Baby Reindeer, Ambassadors Theatre
Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Richard Gadd exorcises his chilling past in his debut one-man play, coming to the West End's Ambassadors Theatre after impressing at the Edinburgh Fringe and Bush Theatre. The word is glowing for Baby Reindeer, after it played to a sold-out run,
Read more ...City of Angels, Garrick Theatre
This West End transfer has been very long awaited. After dazzling audiences and selling out and winning an Olivier Award when it opened at the Donmar Warehouse in 2014, Josie Rourke's production of City of Angels finally comes to the West End. The original creative team, including choreographer Stephen Mear and designer Robert Jones will return.
Read more ...The Watsons, Harold Pinter Theatre
You know all about Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Mansfield Park, but what about The Watsons? Jane Austen's unfinished novel gets an ending courtesy of Olivier-winning playwright Laura Wade (Posh, Home I'm Darling) in her post-modern play The Watsons. It transfers to The West End's Harold Pinter Theatre after impressing at first Chichester Festival Theatre, then the Menier Chocolate Factory.
Read more ...The Doctor, Duke of York's Theare
After a sold out, five-star opening at the Almeida Theatre in summer 2019, The Doctor transfers to the West End's Duke of York's Theatre with Juliet Stevenson reprising her starring role. Robert Icke’s freely adapted version of H Arthur Schnitzler’s 1912 play Professor Bernhardi questions the roles of religion versus medicine and whether the identities we carve out for ourselves in life can ever override the labels bestowed on us from birth.
Small Island, National Theatre
Andrea Levy's epic tale of love, hope and sacrifice between Britain and Jamaica in the 40s returns to the National Theatre due to popular demand, after sold out premiere in 2019.
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