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Cleansed

By Sarah Kane

Two lovers and two siblings. How far are they prepared to go to prove their devotion? And will their love survive when subjected to the most extreme violence?

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Love's Labour's Lost

By William Shakespeare

Self-denial is in fashion at the court of Navarre where the young king and three of his courtiers solemnly forswear all pleasures in favour of serious study. But when the Princess of France and her entourage arrive, it isn't long before the all-male ?academe' have broken every one of...

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Tao of Glass

By Phelim McDermott & Philip Glass

Composer Philip Glass and performer-director Phelim McDermott (Improbable) have worked together on acclaimed opera productions in London, New York and beyond, and Tao of Glass is their most personal collaboration yet. Inspired by a dream, this West End premiere marries ten meditations on life, death and Taoist wisdom with ten...

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Recent Openings

Now You See Me Live

By Adam Trent, Boaz Yakin & Edward Ricourt

London Coliseum, London

Previews31 July 2026
Opens/Press Night02 August 2026
Closes06 September 2026
Running Time2 hours 10 minutes
First PerformedWorld premiere
Presented ByHaley Swindal, Bos Productions, David and Hannah Mirvish, Fiery Dragons, Lionsgate, Runaway Entertainment, Tammy Blossom, Tim Lawson and Simon Painter & Timothy Laczynski

The acclaimed stage illusion spectacular has captivated audiences across the globe, bringing magic to life with an explosive mix of high-tech illusions, solo stunts and jaw-dropping spectacles. For a strictly limited five-week summer season at the iconic London Coliseum, four world-class illusionists will unite as The Horsemen, transforming the magic of the films into a live stage spectacle with never-before-seen feats of wonder. Collectively, these illusionists have performed thousands of shows in hundreds of cities, including sell-out residencies on Broadway and across Australia, Asia and Las Vegas - leaving audiences spellbound and questioning the very limits of possibility.

See cast, creatives, and 7 reviews

A World Elsewhere

By Ben Hales & Kerry Frampton

Shakespeare's Globe - Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London

Previews25 July 2026
Opens/Press Night30 July 2026
Closes30 August 2026
Running Time1 hour 50 minutes
First PerformedWorld premiere
Presented ByShakespeare's Globe with Splendid Productions

Cass is a boy who finds real life tricky. Luckily, he can take refuge in his imagination – a place where stories burst out effortlessly, and he can be whoever he wants. Inspired by tales from Shakespeare, read to him by his Gran, Cass and his band of imaginary friends have fought with kings, flown with witches, faced shipwrecks, ghosts and monsters, and dived into adventures of every kind. But something is going wrong. The stories have stopped making sense, the adventures aren't adventurous, and a strange darkness is creeping in. Finding himself lost in a Shakespearean Shadow Land, Cass must work out if he's in a tragedy like Hamlet, a Comedy of his own Errors, or another world altogether?  Wherever he is, escaping is going to be a whole other story… Bring all the family together for this funny, moving, and gloriously inventive celebration of storytelling, and revel in the worlds waiting to be told.

See cast, creatives, and 6 reviews

Big Dog

By Izzy Radford

Riverside Studios, London

Previews30 July 2026
Opens/Press Night30 July 2026
Closes01 August 2026
Running Time1 hour
First PerformedWorld premiere
Presented ByCurrie Productions

Eve lands a ghostwriting job for a major true crime podcaster. Should be easy, right? She's intelligent and doesn't about rising through the ranks. Besides, she has her own hidden agenda. But as the boundaries between ethics, ambition and self-preservation blur, Eve finds herself overly invested and increasingly implicated in the very systems she is questioning.

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