Get tickets to the top Off-West End theatre to see in London
Away from the West End's bright lights, there's exciting, daring theatre taking place across the capital. Discover incredible Off-West End theatre you can see now.
London’s bustling theatre scene continues to explode. There are new productions opening weekly at some of the capital’s coolest venues: the Royal Court, the Donmar Warehouse, and Southwark Playhouse to name a few. Plus, there are non-traditional theatre experiences galore across the city. Enjoy immersive theatre shows courtesy of Secret Cinema, Immersive LDN, and more.
Sometimes, Off-West End shows gain quick popularity and transfer to the West End, Broadway, and beyond. So be the first person at some of London’s newest shows and be in the early audiences! Discover the top shows with Off-West End tickets available right now, and browse the complete list of offerings by clicking the button below.
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Guys & Dolls
Luck be a lady tonight! Be swept up in Manhattan and Havana all in one night with an immersive Guys and Dolls. Join gambler Nathan Detroit as he's helped by Sky Masterson with their future money, love, and life. But every guy needs his doll, and will Nathan and Sky get theirs? Marisha Wallace, Daniel Mays, and Celinde Schoenmaker star in Nicholas Hytner's production.
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ABBA Voyage
The dizzy heydays of ABBA topping the charts may be over, but the ABBA-tastic fever is real and it’s back in London. Experience the Swedish quartet in a new light at ABBA Voyage, a concert-cross-theatre experience that blends the latest technology and live music for a sensational evening. During the 90 minute concert, you can dance the night away with thousands of fellow ABBA lovers and hear your favourite songs live. ABBA Voyage marks the future in concerts and theatregoing. Head to the ABBA Voyage dancefloor now.
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Punchdrunk: The Burnt City
The world-leading immersive theatre company, Punchdrunk, return with their latest offering. Named The Burnt City, audiences can delve into the mythical tales and catastrophic events that took over ancient Greece. As you roam in a colossal playground with infinite places to explore, you’ll be taken down the streets of Troy and meet legends. Could you save the burnt city before it’s too late?
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Magic Mike Live
Find your inner unicorn at Magic Mike Live, the scintillating and scorching dance show taking over London’s West End. It’s based on the Magic Mike films, and it follows a young man who pursues his dancing dreams. But don’t be fooled. Magic Mike Live isn’t a glorified striptease. There’s live music, aerial acrobatics, street dancing, and gymnastic displays. Here’s why you need to see Magic Mike Live in London.
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Mamma Mia! The Party
Gimme, gimme, gimme… an ABBA-themed immersive dining experience. Yes, if you’re a Mamma Mia! film fan, you’ll want to reserve your table at Mamma Mia! The Party. As soon as you step in to the show, you’re immediately transported to the Greek islands. Then, enjoy a four-course meal as the performance unfolds around you. Expect plenty of good food and good music. Finally, the show ends with a spectacular ABBA disco. Get ready to be the dancing queen!
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God of Carnage
One couple's child hits another couple's child with a stick on the playground. Soon, that's the least of the families' worries. Yasmina Reza's Olivier-, Tony, and Pulitzer-winning play is back in London for the month of September only, showing how the parents' attempt to talk things out descends into chaos and cruelty. Freema Agyeman of Doctor Who stars.
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Red Pitch
This acclaimed play returns to the Bush Theatre for three weeks only in September. Omz, Bilal, and Joey have been friends all their lives, playing football together on the same neighborhood pitch. But gentrification efforts put not only that pitch, but their whole neighborhood as they know it, in jeopardy, marking a turning point in their lives.
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Elephant
Olivier Award-nominated actress Anoushka Lucas's (Oklahoma!) semi-autobiographical play gets a bigger stage this fall. Her play tells the story of a young girl who finds herself when she discovers piano, and the instrument serves as a metaphor for her complicated inner workings and equally fraught past. Ultimately, though, Elephant is a show about how she finds her own path in life, even though it strays from the one she's told she should take.
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Mei Mac stars in Kimber Lee's world-premiere play, which won the inaugural Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting in 2019. Her play leaps through time as it tells the story of Kim, who tries to find a way out of the cycle of events she seems to be reliving over and over. The play challenges Asian stereotypes and asserts Kim's power to tell her own story in a world that wants to tell it for her.
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Stephanie J. Block
The Tony Award-winning Broadway actress performs her career highlights for one night only. Hear candid stories from her life in between soaring musical theatre songs from shows like Into The Woods, The Cher Show, Falsettos, Anything Goes, 9 to 5: The Musical, Wicked, and more. Her concert at Cadogan Hall promises to be an unforgettable one.
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Beautiful Thing
See a contemporary urban love story at Theatre Royal Stratford East. Theatre kid Jamie and sports lover Ste are neighbors, and Ste arrives at Jamie's flat one day when the abuse from his family becomes too much. The boys strike up an unexpected new relationship and explore their sexualities in this tender coming-of-age story, now having a 30th-anniversary revival.
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A Playlist for the Revolution
This world-premiere play is a rom-com until it can't be. Classical pianist Jonathan and modern-minded, aspiring "Asian Elle Woods" Chloe connect over months of messages, late-night talks, and music recommendations, but massive demonstrations in Hong Kong — the largest in the country's history — are about to shake up their worlds and make finding happiness a little more complicated.
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Cuckoo
Michael Wynne’s dark comedy takes place in a house where four women barely talk to each other. Three sit at the dinner table, eating fish and chips while looking at their phones. The fourth refuses to leave her grandmother's bedroom, and no one knows why. Cuckoo examines the safety of home and how people cope with the rocky world outside it.
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Stranger Sings
You may have watched every episode of Stranger Things, but you've never seen it like this. Join all your favourite characters from the hit Netflix show on a journey through the Upside Down — except, in this parody musical, that journey includes dancing demogorgons, lots more Winona Ryder characters, and perhaps justice for Barb, all set to campy, original 80s-inspired songs.
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