London West End Theatre Previews Anyone who was burnt badly by the news that tickets to see Gary Oldman in Beckett’s ‘Krapp’s Last Tape’ are already sold out, knows that you can never be too hasty in securing next year’s theatre tickets. Although 2026 still feels like a lifetime away, star-studded productions, promising new shows […]
The Makropulos Case – Royal Ballet and Opera
In a cluttered lawyer’s office in Prague, a court case has dragged on for generations. Papers pile up, tempers fray, and then a stranger enters. She is dazzling, remote and eerily well-informed about events that happened centuries ago. Her name is Emilia Marty, and she has been alive for more than 300 years. So begins Janáček’s The Makropulos Case, a work that refuses to behave like any other opera.
Dead Man Walking, ENO at the London Coliseum
Dead Man Walking, a contemporary opera composed by Jake Heggie with a libretto by Terrence McNally and first performed in 2000, is based on the 1993 memoir by Louisiana nun Sister Helen Prejean. The book was followed two years later by the Oscar-winning film adaptation starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn. The opera’s harrowing story follows the execution of murderer Joseph De Rocher, charting Sister Helen’s journey as she becomes his spiritual adviser.
London’s Best Christmas Theatre for 2025:
The Capital’s Christmas Theatre round-up for this year: What’s that I hear? Is it the distant ringing of jingle bells? In what feels like no time at all, it is once again time to start thinking about Christmas. Turkeys are being pre-ordered, stocking fillers are being bought, and rehearsals are well underway for London’s beloved […]
Winter Season 2025/26 at Shakespeare’s Globe:
Dreams in the Dark It begins, as so many of Shakespeare’s stories do, in the dark. The Thames breathes mist across Bankside, while inside the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, hundreds of candles are kindled into life. The winter of 2025–26 at Shakespeare’s Globe glimmers with transformation, imagination, and love in all its strange forms. The Sam […]
Preview: The Magic Flute at The Royal Opera House
The Magic Flute – Unlock the Secrets of Mozart’s Most Spellbinding Adventure This autumn, the Magic Flute returns to the Royal Opera House stage in a revival of David McVicar’s acclaimed production. Running from 10 October to 3 November 2025, the Royal Opera House celebrates the 400th performance of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, one of […]
Like Water for Chocolate Preview
The first reprise of Like Water for Chocolate since its 2022 premiere will bring back the original cast, as well as interesting debuts. Francesca Hayward and Marcelino Sambé, return in the roles of Tita and Pedro, which they originated; Anna Rose O’Sullivan will alternate in the roles of Gertrudis, which she made very much her own with a rip-roaring performance in the first run, and her debut as Tita. Mayara Magri, a bit underwritten as the original Rosaura, will also get a turn at Tita, as will the promising First Artist Ella Newton Severgnini.
Royal Academy of Dance at Open House
The annual Open House festival is a celebration of London’s architecture, run by the charity Open City to make local communities more knowledgeable and appreciative of their built-up environment. To that end, every year buildings and other sites across all of London’s 33 boroughs open to the public for about a week in September inviting visitors to explore and enjoy.
2026 – Harry Potter Revisited
Behind the Curtain of Magic: What 2026 Holds at Warner Bros. Studio Tour London In an age when immersive experiences and nostalgia-driven tourism dominate the cultural landscape, few attractions have managed to combine spectacle with behind-the-scenes revelation as deftly as Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter. Opened in 2012 on […]
Dance Umbrella DU25 Preview
Dance Umbrella Marks its 47th Anniversary Dance Umbrella bills itself as a festival of all things dance. Now just three years shy of its half-century, over the years it has brought to London a mind-blowing variety of dance makers and performers, both established and untested, national and international. And it never ceases to evolve. Under […]