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Magic

By David Haig

'Exclude the impossible and what is left, however improbable, must be the truth.' Harry Houdini is the greatest illusionist the world has ever known. Arthur Conan Doyle is the creator of literature's most brilliant detective, Sherlock Holmes. Their mutual admiration blossoms into a profound friendship, even as they discover...

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Krapp's Last Tape - Godot's To-Do List

By Samuel Beckett & Leo Simpe-Asante

Starring and directed by Gary Oldman (Slow Horses), Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape returns to the Royal Court, where it played in 1958, with a new production by York Theatre Royal. Opening the performance every night is Godot's To-Do List, a new Beckett-inspired short play by Jerwood New Playwright Leo Simpe-Asante....

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The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher

By Hilary Mantel. Adapted by Alexandra Wood

It's late summer, 1983. Out in the street, the world is waiting to greet Margaret Thatcher as she emerges from hospital. Just routine surgery – what on earth could go wrong? But here in this room her life is up for deadly debate… and history is holding its breath. Two people....

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Recent Openings

Dinner

By Moira Buffini

Omnibus Theatre, London

Previews06 May 2026
Opens/Press Night08 May 2026
Closes24 May 2026
Running Time2 hours
First PerformedNational Theatre London, 2002
Presented ByKai Creative Studio

It's 2002: New Labour reigns, the Enron scandal intensifies, and she's still just Mrs Parker-Bowles. The retro-futuristic sheen of the Y2K cultural revolution is in full swing, pulsing to the iPod beat of Grime and Nu-Metal. But in a fog-bound house, the world recedes and a dinner is served.  Paige is celebrating the publication of her husband's self-help bestseller. Her menu is dramatic and deliberate, all served with the deeply attentive assistance of a vigilant waiter. The eclectic mix of guests – an artist, a scientist and a “news babe” – arrive as planned, until an unexpected stranger is disgorged from the darkness.  Knives and tongues sharpen as Aperitif pours into Starter, Starter smashes into Main, Main melts into Dessert. The fog closes in, secrets comes to the boil, questions bubble over: do you ever really know someone? Is the psychological apocalypse a cosmic wake up call? Can you really murder someone with pliers?  And most urgently… any dietary requirements?

See cast, creatives, and 4 reviews

Foal

By Titas Halder

Finborough Theatre, London

Previews05 May 2026
Opens/Press Night08 May 2026
Closes30 May 2026
Running Time1 hour 30 minutes
First PerformedWorld premiere
Presented ByIndira Varma and HFH Productions In association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre

A.K. wants to escape the Island. Live a good life. But the sea draws you back. When a dreadful secret comes to light, A.K. returns to his home town to confront the shadows of his childhood and put right a terrible wrong. The thing is, he's worried about the other version of himself, the one who lives inside his ribcage. An exhilarating fever dream, Foal is a revenge thriller set in the era of the Sony Walkman; a lyrical, urgent new play about masculinity, compassion, and retribution.

See cast, creatives, and 6 reviews

The Wasp

By Morgan Lloyd Malcolm

Southwark Playhouse Borough - The Little, London

Previews06 May 2026
Opens/Press Night08 May 2026
Closes30 May 2026
Running Time1 hour 50 minutes
First PerformedHampstead Theatre Downstairs, London 2015
Presented ByGreenwich Theatre Productions in association with CultureClash Theatre

Heather and Carla haven't seen each other since school. Their lives have taken very different paths - Carla lives a hand to mouth existence while Heather has a high-flying career, husband and a beautiful home. And yet, here they are in a cafe having tea and making awkward conversation. That is until Heather presents Carla with a bag containing a significant amount of cash and an unexpected proposition ... The Little

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