theatre

Greenwich Theatre turns Shakespeare's tragedy queer with a hot cast, folk music and a set built for the heatwave.

Themis Theatre's Schrödinger's Lesbians brings Sappho back to Camden Fringe at the Cockpit on 8 and 9 August.

Robert Chesley's Jerker, a landmark of queer AIDS-era theatre, gets its first UK professional production at Waterloo East Theatre from 26 September to 18 October 2026

The Quietening by Half Light Creative runs at the Cockpit Theatre as part of Camden Fringe on 15 and 16 August. Jacob has survived conversion therapy. Then he meets Ethan

Bury Me Before You Marry Me is an immersive dark comedy about ghost marriages, family secrets and audience choice at the Cockpit Theatre from 29 July to 1 August 2026

Crybabies bring The Scaring to Soho Theatre this September. Jon Brittain directs. Francesca Moody produces. Horror, sketch comedy, Shakespearean zombies and whiplash costume changes

Nicolás Pérez Costa's dystopian Richard III, acclaimed in Madrid, comes to the Cockpit Theatre London from 8 to 11 July. International cast, live percussion, performed in the round

Arcola Theatre announces its autumn 2026 season with five productions from September to February, including Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's Turn of the Screw and three world premieres

Tender, Eleanor Tindall's sold-out queer thriller-romance, transfers to the Bush Theatre main house from 9 July to 1 August. Francesca Amewudah-Rivers joins Nadi Kemp-Sayfi

Four queer women, one sofa and a marriage running out of things to say, reviewed at Omnibus Theatre's 96 Festival.

Dog Mom makes its UK premiere at Southwark Playhouse Borough from 14 October. America's largest South Asian theatre company brings a comedy about divorce, dogs and starting over

The London Character Guides Association launched in Covent Garden last month. Four theatrical characters, a camp sensibility and walking tours now open to book

Emily Lim turns the Globe into a communal riot of folk music, confetti and audience chaos. Puck falls for someone called Steve, and Bottom becomes a donkey in love with a queen.

Born With Teeth burns hot in London’s West End, a five-star duel of genius and desire between Shakespeare and Marlowe.