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Theatre

The best new theatre shows: London, January 2023

By Holly O'Mahony on 4/1/2023

The London stage isn't offering anyone a slow and sleepy start to the new year. In fact, January is a bumper month for theatre, with farces through to gory tragedies offering thrilling entertainment for just about everybody. Here are 11 shows not to miss...

Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons, Harold Pinter Theatre

Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons, Harold Pinter Theatre

TV’s Jenna Coleman and Aidan Turner star in the West End revival of Sam Steiner’s dystopian romcom Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons, where people are rationed to using 140 words a day.

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WHEN
18 Jan 2023 – 18 Mar 2023, 7:45 PM – 9:00 PM
WHERE
Harold Pinter Theatre
Panton Street, London, SW1Y 4DN
A Streetcar Named Desire, Almeida Theatre

A Streetcar Named Desire, Almeida Theatre

It's official opening has been delayed from December 2022 because of a cast change, now Rebecca Frecknall's hotly-tipped production of Tennessee Williams' masterpiece is finally here, starring Paul Mescal (Aftersun, Normal People) alongside Patsy Ferran (Summer and Smoke, Three Sisters) and Anjana Vasan (We Are Lady Parts).

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WHEN
Saturday 17 December–Saturday 4 February 2023
WHERE
Almeida Theatre, Almeida Street, London N1 1TA
Sylvia, Old Vic Theatre

Sylvia, Old Vic Theatre

Kate Prince's suffragette musical Sylvia is being fully realised at the Old Vic, after running there as a work-in-progress in 2018. The cast is mouth-watering, featuring world-famous soul singer Beverley Knight (The Bodyguard, Memphis et al) as Emmeline Pankhurst and Sharon Rose (Hamilton, Caroline or Change, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) in the title role.

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WHEN
Friday 27 January–Saturday 1 April 2023, 7:30pm–9pm
WHERE
The Old Vic, The Cut, London SE1 8NB
The Unfriend, Criterion Theatre

The Unfriend, Criterion Theatre

A British couple befriend a right-wing widow from the US while on holiday and get surprise when she invites herself to visit them back home. But that's nothing on what they find out when they look her up online...


The Unfriend premiered at Chichester Festival Theatre last year to rave reviews, now it's getting a West End run. While its nail-biting plot will likely have audiences on the edge of their seats, the real pull here is the creative team: Sherlock and Doctor Who writer Steven Moffat – in his playwriting debut – is behind the script, while his Sherlock collaborator Mark Gatiss is in the director's chair.

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WHEN
15 January - 16 April
WHERE
Criterion Theatre, 218-223 Piccadilly, St. James's, London W1J 9HR
The Lehman Trilogy, Gillian Lynne Theatre

The Lehman Trilogy, Gillian Lynne Theatre

Stefan Massini's finance saga opened at the National to critical acclaim in 2018 before transferring to the West End and later Broadway. Having scooped up five Tony Awards, including Best Play, The Lehman Trilogy is returning to London this month.

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WHEN
Tuesday 24 January–Saturday 20 May 2023
WHERE
Gillian Lynne Theatre, 166 Drury Lane, London WC2B 5PW
VAULT Festival 2023: fringe theatre, cabaret, comedy and more

VAULT Festival 2023

VAULT Festival returns to the subterranean tunnels beneath Waterloo Station for the first time since 2020, when it was pulled early (remember The Lost Week?) because of the pandemic. London's answer to Edinburgh Festival Fringe, it's mounting 500 productions during its eight-week run, spanning theatre, comedy, cabaret and more.

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WHEN
24 Jan 2023 – 19 Mar 2023, Times vary depending on event
WHERE
The Vaults
Leake Street, London SE1 8SW
Titus Andronicus, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

Titus Andronicus, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

Steel yourself: a new production of Shakespeare’s first and most gory tragedy Titus Andronicus is getting 2023 off to a stomach-lurching start in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. It won’t be all blood-thirsty horror and no poignance, though, when exciting director Jude Christian (Dick Whittington) is at the helm.

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WHEN
19 Jan 2023 – 15 Apr 2023, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
WHERE
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
21 New Globe Walk, London, SE1 9DT
Sound of the Underground, Royal Court Theatre

Sound of the Underground, Royal Court Theatre

Trans playwright Travis Alabanza (of the stunningly memorable Overflow) makes their Royal Court debut with Sound of the Underground, a celebration of queer club culture bringing some of its most colourful characters above ground.

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WHEN
19 January - 25 February
WHERE
Royal Court Theatre, 50-51 Sloane Square, London SW1W 8AS
Noises Off, Phoenix Theatre

Noises Off, Phoenix Theatre

Michael Frayn's side-splittingly farcical comedy gets a brief West End run as part of its 40th anniversary outing, directed by Lindsay Posner and starring Felicity Kendal (The Good Life), Tracy-Ann Oberman (EastEnders) and Matthew Kelly (Stars in Their Eyes).

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WHEN
19 January - 11 March
WHERE
Phoenix Theatre, Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0JP
Saint Jude, special location in Westminster

Saint Jude, special location in Westminster

They sent us on an intense cat-and-mouse chase to retrieve a missing book in last year's show The Drop, now theatrical escape-game specialists Swamp Motel are back with Saint Jude, an hour-long journey into someone else's mind.

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WHEN
24 January - 11 March
WHERE
100 Petty France, London SW1H 9EW
LIMF 2023 Familie Floez, FESTE © Simon Wachter

London International Mime Festival 2023

If a show doesn't fit into orthodox definitions of theatre or dance, it finds a place in the London International Mime Festival (LIMF), and LIMF 2023 is crammed full of enticing, off-the-wall, ingenious offerings. Altogether eight London venues ranging from the Barbican to Shoreditch Town Halll will host 15 international shows over three weeks in January/February.

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WHEN
16 Jan 2023 – 05 Feb 2023, Times vary according to show and venue
WHERE
Various Locations
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