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London Shows Archive

Trainspotting

Closed: 15 January 2017 - The Vaults Theatre

This punchy, 75 minute production recaptures the passion and the controversy of the famous novel, then globally successful film, Trainspotting, and repackages it into an immersive production – the audience are… Read More

Trainspotting

Closed: 14 January 2006 - artsdepot

The stage adaptation of Irvine Welsh's influential novel plunges deep into the heart of a world inhabited by psychos, junkies, wide-boys and no-hopers. Four friends - Renton, Sick Boy, Spud… Read More

Trainspotting

Closed: 22 April 2006 - Hackney Empire

Experience the hell-hole world of Renton, Tommy, Sick Boy and Begbie in one of the defining stories of the 1990s. Ten years after it was first staged the tale of… Read More

Trainspotting Live

Closed: 3 June 2018 - The Vaults Theatre

This punchy, 75 minute production of Trainspotting Live recaptures the passion and the controversy of the famous novel, then globally successful film, and repackages it into an immersive production. The audience… Read More

Trance

Closed: 30 June 2007 - Bush Theatre

When a chance meeting reunites three old friends, now making their living as a struggling writer, a psychiatrist, and a drag artist, they are all too eager to get reacquainted.… Read More

Translations

Closed: 1 December 2005

In 1830s Donegal, British troops attempt to map the landscape and convert the Irish place-names to the King’s English. For the local headmaster, his sons and the handful of Gaelic-speaking… Read More

Translucent Frogs Of Quup

Closed: 26 December 2004 - King’s Head Theatre

The Translucent Frogs Of Quup is the charming story of Anthony Marigold-Bentley, and his new bride Edith, who leave the saftey of the Surbiton / New Malden borders to take… Read More

Translunar Paradise

Closed: 21 January 2012 - Barbican: The Pit Theatre

Theatre Ad Infinitum present Translunar Paradise at the Barbican Pit. Translunar Paradise is a story about life, death, and enduring love. After his wife passes away, William escapes to a… Read More

Transparency

Closed: 5 November 2004 - artsdepot

This installation performance combines projection and live sound-mixing as a means to explore the themes of departure and arrival throughout artsdepot’s public spaces. The live performance will last an hour… Read More

Transpose BURN: Pit Party

Closed: 17 June 2023 - Barbican Theatre

Acclaimed performer and musician Dani Dinger curates the latest edition of this revelatory evening of performance and live music from some of the UK’s most exciting trans artists. Read More

Transpose JOY: Pit Party

Closed: 2 April 2022 - Barbican Theatre

Filmmaker and writer Campbell X curates the latest edition of Transpose, an electric evening of live music, theatre, rap and unbelievable twerking from some of the UK’s most exciting trans… Read More

Transtango: Two Journeys

Closed: 14 February 2009 - Bloomsbury Theatre

A mix of music, film and dance telling the story of people on the move. A celebration of the pulse and heart of the city through its music, Transtango is… Read More

Transverse Orientation

Closed: 23 October 2021

Three years after his sold-out debut at Sadler’s Wells with the Olivier-nominated The Great Tamer, Dimitris Papaioannou summons an entirely distinctive universe once more for his latest work Transverse Orientation, co-commissioned by Dance… Read More

Trapped

Closed: 8 July 2006 - Tabard Theatre

Trapped is a fast paced and brutally honest portrayal of love, lust and modern life. Not just a lesson in relationships, the drama unfolds rapidly through sharp and gritty dialogue… Read More

Trash Cuisine

Closed: 15 June 2013 - Young Vic

Welcome to the Capital Punishment Café! Our chef's specials today include electrocution, hanging and lethal injection. And save some room for dessert, because we've got firing squad and stoning. Can… Read More

Trasmín

Closed: 10 March 2014 - Sadler’s Wells

Belén Maya and Manuel Liñán, dancers from different generations, unite to place the art of flamenco centre stage in Trasmín. Belén Maya has forged a reputation based on her unique… Read More

Travelling Light

Closed: 2 June 2012 - National Theatre Lyttelton

Travelling Light is a new play by Nicholas Wright, staged in the National Lyttelton theatre. Travelling Light is set around 1900 in a remote village in Eastern Europe, where the… Read More

Travels With Grandad

Closed: 27 November 2011 - Albany Theatre

Meet Grandad, eccentric traveller and storyteller extraordinaire. Enter his battered Bedouin tent to hear magical tales of adventure in real and imaginary worlds.The Clock That Stopped Time, The Violin Princess… Read More

Travels With My Aunt

Closed: 29 June 2013 - Menier Theatre (Menier Chocolate Factory)

Hilariously staged by four phenomenal actors playing a host of characters, this anarchic comedy, from the novel by Graham Greene, tells the story of retired bank manager Henry Pulling, and… Read More

Travesties

Closed: 29 April 2017 - Apollo Theatre

Patrick Marber’s critically acclaimed and multi-Olivier nominated production of Tom Stoppard’s mind-bogglingly hilarious comedy Travesties to baffle and bemuse audiences alike.  Tom Hollander plays Henry Carr, a minor British diplomat in… Read More

Travesties

Closed: 19 March 2005 - Questors Theatre

The premise of Travesties is simple; although that's the only thing about it that is. Tom Stoppard has taken Oscar Wilde's masterpiece Travesties, replaced the characters with historical figures rangong… Read More

Traviata, La

Closed: 16 November 2006 - London Coliseum

Verdi's tragic love story is supplanted from Paris to Dublin in Conall Morrison's new staging.Violetta is a courtesan affected by consumption. When she meets Alfredo her dreams of a redeemer… Read More

Traviata, La

Closed: 14 February 2008 - Royal Opera House

Verdi's opera telling the tale of a scandalous love affair and a selfless sacrifice.Violetta Valery and Alfredo Germont break society's rules by embarking on a life together. Yet their choice… Read More

Traviata, La

Closed: 6 March 2004 - Richmond Theatre

Amid the glittering social whirl of parisian life, the courtesan Violetta notices a handsome young man at a party and, rather against her better judgement, she falls in love. Were… Read More

Traviata, La

Closed: 30 January 2006 - Royal Opera House

Amid the glittering social whirl of parisian life, the courtesan Violetta notices a handsome young man at a party and, rather against her better judgement, she falls in love. Were… Read More

Treason – The Musical (Alexandra Palace)

Closed: 18 November 2023 - Alexandra Palace

Remember, remember the 5th of November…. Treason is the new musical drama about the notorious gunpowder plot of 1605, set to completely blow you away with stunning original folk and pop… Read More

Treason – The Musical (London Palladium)

Closed: 22 November 2023 - London Palladium

Remember, remember the 5th of November… Treason The Musical is a musical drama that shines a brand-new light on the notorious gunpowder plot that saw the tension of a divided… Read More

Treasure Island

Closed: 28 August 2016 - St Paul’s Church

The family adventure of a lifetime welcomes aboard new crew in this swash-buckling new outdoor promenade adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. Following the escapades of the young Jim… Read More

Treasure Island

Closed: 8 April 2015 - National Theatre Olivier

Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale is brought to life in a new adaptation for children aged 10 and older. Adapted by Bryony Lavery, whose previous plays include The Believers and… Read More

Treasure Island

Closed: 3 January 2015 - Arts Theatre

Come set sail on the open seas: we're off a-treasure-hunting.Hoist the rigging and raise the flags. Join Long John Silver and his crew aboard the Hispaniola, bound for Treasure Island.Between… Read More

Treasure Island

Closed: 10 January 2009 - Haymarket, Theatre Royal

Treasure Island is a swashbuckling tale of adventure, intrigue, pirates, conspiracies, treasure and drama on the high seas. This new play at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, which stars Keith Allen… Read More

Treasure Island

Closed: 10 June 2006 - Unicorn Theatre

The award-winning Wee Stories present this thrilling re-telling of Stevenson's classic adventure with blood, guts anda double bass. our hero Jim Hawkins sets out on one of the most famous… Read More

Treasure Island

Closed: 9 November 2013 - Polka Theatre

Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic story of young Jim Hawkins and Long John Silver, Treasure Island, is retold by acclaimed children’s writer Mike Kenny with a twist!Modern-day and fantasy worlds collide… Read More

Treasure Island

Closed: 9 January 2010 - Rose Theatre

Following the success of last year's classic A Christmas Carol, the Rose theatre Kingston turns to another classic story for this year's festive fare. Treasure Island promises to be a… Read More

Treasure Island

Closed: 1 March 2008 - Richmond Theatre

When young Jim Hawkins discovers a treasure map in The Admiral Benbow Inn, he hands it over to Squire Trelawney. Seized with excitement, Trelawney sets sail with Jim in search… Read More

Treasure Island

Closed: 4 September 2022 - Greenwich Theatre

Orphaned teenager Jim Hawkins, left in the careless care of Aunt Agnes, is serving ale in the Admiral Benbow when the infamous pirate Billy Bones crashes into the bar and… Read More

Treasures Of The Rainforest

Closed: 4 November 2006 - Lyric Hammersmith Studio

Music from flautist Keith Waithe and storytelling from Sandra Agard come together as the audience meets the hidden wonders of the Guyanese rainforest. Soar above the trees with parrots and… Read More

Treats

Closed: 26 May 2007 - Garrick Theatre

In Christopher Hampton's darkly comic relationship drama, Billie Piper plays Ann, a woman who swaps her egotistical boyfriend for a more conventional option but can't decide what, or who, she… Read More

Treats

Closed: 17 February 2007 - Richmond Theatre

Ann replaces her egotistical boyfriend Dave with the more 'conventional' Patrick, only to find that she can't make up her mind as to what (or who) she really wants. Read More

Tree

Closed: 31 January 2015 - The Old Vic

Tim Key and Daniel Kitson star in the London premiere of Tree, a two-hander about dissent, commitment, two people and a tree. Written by Kitson in the summer of 2013,… Read More

Tree Of Codes

Closed: 11 March 2017 - Sadler’s Wells

Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Wayne McGregor’s much anticipated Tree of Codes finally comes to London following huge critical acclaim at Manchester International Festival in 2015. Taking inspiration from Jonathan Safran… Read More

Tree Of Life

Closed: 2 December 2006 - Tricycle Theatre

This lavish production uses a mixture of live music, puppetry, performance and storytelling to explore the African myth of Trokki the Tortoise and his journey to The Tree of Life.… Read More

Treemonisha

Closed: 13 June 2010 - Greenwich Theatre

Scott Joplin's rarely performed opera Treemonisha is brought to Greenwich by Pegasus Opera Company.Set in the American South and written a century ago, Joplin's opera centres on Treemonisha, an educated former slave.… Read More

Trelawny Of The Wells

Closed: 13 April 2013 - Donmar Warehouse

Acclaimed film director Joe Wright makes his directorial stage debut with this romantic tale of theatrical life, Trelawny Of The Wells.Rose Trelawny is the brightest star in the firmament of… Read More

Trevor Ashley – Queen Of The Moment

Closed: 9 October 2023 - Lyric Theatre

Australian drag diva and cabaret legend Trevor Ashley makes his triumphant return to the Lyric, with a brand new show. Featuring songs and stories from his hit TV show Queen of the Universe,… Read More

Trevor Noah: The Racist

Closed: 19 January 2013 - Soho Theatre

Fresh from a ground-breaking total sell-out season at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, South African comedian Trevor Noah makes his London debut at Soho Theatre with a four-week run of his… Read More

Trial Of Kelly Connor, The

Closed: 4 June 2007 - Finborough Theatre

Peter Oswald's new play is based on the autobiography of Kelly Connor who, in 1971 aged 17, knocked down and killed an elderly pedestrian. In an effort to understand what… Read More

Trial, The

Closed: 28 November 2009 - Southwark Playhouse

Following a critically acclaimed sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, EIF award winners, Belt Up Theatre bring their nightmarish and disorientating vision of Kafka's classic to the Southwark Playhouse.A… Read More

Tribes

Closed: 13 November 2010 - Royal Court Theatre

In Tribes, Billy's fiercely intelligent and proudly unconventional family are their own tiny empire, with their own private language, jokes and rules. You can be as rude as you like,… Read More

Tribute To Diaghilev

Closed: 8 June 2009 - Royal Opera House

Ensemble Productions presents a special performance celebrating the centenary of the Ballets Russes and its famous creator Sergey Diaghilev. Russian ballet stars and artists of The Royal Ballet accompanied by… Read More

Tribute To My Dad, A

Closed: 14 December 2006 - Arts Theatre

Rain Pryor, daughter of American comedian Richard Pryor, hosts an evening of comedy and music to raise money for the Multiple Sclerosis Society. Read More

Trickster

Closed: 20 March 2012 - Soho Theatre

Trickster is delightful and dangerous, hungry for life and never to be trusted…On the edge of the road a figure wanders between the sunshine and shadows, keeping an eye to… Read More

Tricky Part, The

Closed: 26 April 2006 - Bloomsbury Theatre

Martin Moran performs his autobiographical play about childhood abuse and coming to terms with the past.Moran was 12 when he became involved with a sexual relationship with an older man,… Read More

Trilogy

Closed: 23 January 2010 - Barbican: The Pit Theatre

Nic Green’s Trilogy, a celebratory venture into modern day feminism, was on of the hits of the 2009 Edinburgh Festival.A triptych, Trilogy examines the joys and complexities of being a… Read More

Trilogy: Part Three

Closed: 19 October 2008 - Battersea Arts Centre

Trilogy is a new performance project by performance artist Nic Green. Its main aim is to attempt an understanding of what it means to be a woman in our world,… Read More

Trilok Gurtu Orchestra

Closed: 22 November 2009 - Sadler’s Wells

Trilok Gurtu links subtle Indian rhythms and singing with elements of modern jazz and rock. Audiences all over the world have been enthralled by Trilok Gurtu's burning sense of rhythm… Read More

Trioperas

Closed: 1 July 2018 - Peacock Theatre

Three classic operas are combined in a glorious fusion of circus, dance, classical music and musical theatre, in Trioperas at the Peacock Theatre. Turandot, Madame Butterfly and Carmen are re-imagined with… Read More

Triple Bill

Closed: 29 October 2014 - Unicorn Theatre

The Unicorn and Dance Umbrella join forces for Triple Bill, an exciting new mixed bill of award-winning, international dance for under 12s and only under 12s! This show is not open… Read More

Triple Bill

Closed: 19 March 2016 - Barbican Theatre

Ballet Black collaborates with three bold and inventive choreographers at the Barbican Theatre to present an irresistible Triple Bill of narrative and abstract dance. At the centrepiece, Christopher Hampson’s Storyville is the… Read More

Triple Bill

Closed: 14 August 2007 - London Coliseum

Wheeldon's Elsinore, Tharp's In The Upper Room and Messerer's Class Concert are presented by the Bolshoi Ballet.Find out more about the rich variety of West End shows on offer in… Read More

Triple Bill And Divertissements

Closed: 28 July 2008 - London Coliseum

The Mikhailovsky Ballet presents an afternoon of varied ballet treats.The Triple Bill includes Halte De Cavalerie, a gem dating from 1896 choreographed by Marius Petipa to music by Ivan Armsheimer,… Read More

Trippplicate

Closed: 23 March 2007 - Pleasance Theatre

The female comedy three-piece try out all the new ideas for their 2007 show. Read More

Triptych

Closed: 10 May 2008 - Southwark Playhouse

A wife, a mistress and a daughter circumnavigate a husband, a lover and a father in a poignant study of love and obsession. Triptych is a lyrical portrait of a… Read More

TRIPTYQUE

Closed: 2 April 2016 - Sadler’s Wells

Contemporary circus trailblazers The 7 Fingers (Les 7 doigts de la main) presents TRIPTYQUE, a triple bill of dance and circus, and a collaboration with some of the world’s most cutting-edge contemporary choreographers… Read More

Trisha Brown Dance Company

Closed: 1 June 2005 - Sadler’s Wells

Glacial Decoy (1979) was the start of Brown’s lifelong exploration of the relationship between dance and visual arts. This quiet piece sees five dancers perform before Rauschenberg’s astonishingly beautiful slide… Read More

Tristan & Yseult

Closed: 7 June 2005 - National Theatre Cottesloe

Charged with wit and tender observation, this energetic and moving production brings Cornwall’s oldest love story crashing into the 21st century. With live music and an international cast this is… Read More

Tristan And Isolde

Closed: 9 July 2016 - London Coliseum

The classic romantic and tragic opera Tristan And Isolde comes to the Coliseum, with Wagner’s masterpiece telling the epic story of two daring lovers who crave oblivion after consuming a… Read More

Tristan Und Isolde

Closed: 19 October 2009 - Royal Opera House

A new production of one of the greatest musical works of the 19th century, conducted by Antonio Pappano.Wagner's score for Tristan Und Isolde altered musical history with its evocation of… Read More

Troilus And Cressida

Closed: 21 September 2009 - Globe Theatre

Shakespeare's Troilus And Cressida is a tale packed with savage comedy, great passion, vivid characters and all the heat and sweat of a long and painful war. Troilus And Cressida… Read More

Troilus And Cressida

Closed: 14 June 2008 - Barbican Theatre

The Trojan War, the defining legend of western literature, is stripped to its raw heart in Shakespeare’s scathing satire on glory, chivalry and doomed love. After seven years of fighting,… Read More

Trojans, The

Closed: 5 October 2004 - London Coliseum

Sweepingly powerful in scale and impact, Berlioz's epic The Trojans takes you to the pulsating heart of the tensions within both the political and the personal. With this production ENO… Read More

Trompe L’Oeil

Closed: 15 October 2023 - The Other Palace

After a successful Off-Broadway run in 2021, a London fringe run in 2022, and a spring presentation at Paris’ famed Fluctuart gallery on the Seine which featured renditions from artists… Read More

Trouble In Mind

Closed: 29 January 2022 - National Theatre

Tanya Moodie (Motherland) features in this wry and radical satire of racism in theatre. Across 1950s America, protests for racial equality erupt in the face of voter suppression. On Broadway,… Read More

Trouble In Tahiti / A Quiet Place

Closed: 24 October 2024 - Royal Opera House

Bernstein satirises the American consumerist ideal in Trouble In Tahiti with a close-harmony trio who sing advertising slogans and jarringly jolly tunes, while Sam and Dinah struggle to find happiness.… Read More

Trouble With Asian Men, The

Closed: 2 June 2007 - artsdepot

Macho men or metrosexual guys? Mummy's boys tied to the apron strings or husbands under the thumb? Whether they're City bankers with designers wives, secretive sons with double lives, or… Read More

Trovatore, Il

Closed: 23 February 2007 - Royal Opera House

Verdi's dramatic opera of love, jealousy and revenge.Rebel leader Manrico is in love with Leonora, which is a problem for Conte di Luna who wants Leonora himself. Raids, rescues, prisoners… Read More

Truckstop

Closed: 9 November 2007 - Hampstead Downstairs

An award-winning Dutch play in which a split second changes the lives of three characters forever. Read More

True Stories

Closed: 20 March 2005 - Drill Hall

Reality is the starting point for a journey that blurs the lines between truth, fiction and that grey area in between. True Stories follows Harold Finley’s previous two solo theatre… Read More

True West

Closed: 4 October 2014 - Tricycle Theatre

Phillip Breen directs a revival of Sam Shepard’s modern classic about an earnest screenwriter on the verge of success.Exposing the cracks in the American Dream, True West tells the story… Read More

True West

Closed: 1 February 2006 - Cockpit Theatre

Sam Shepard's comic drama of fraternal violence. Read More

True West

Closed: 23 February 2019 - Vaudeville Theatre

Kit Harington and Johnny Flynn star as two warring brothers in the scorching Californian desert in Sam Shepard's ferociously funny modern classic, True West. Pulitzer Prize-winner Shepard's clever critique of the… Read More

Truman Capote Talk Show, The

Closed: 30 October 2006 - Bloomsbury Theatre

Bob Kingdom's one-man show brings novelist and gossipmonger Truman Capote back from the dead and into the Bloomsbury.Without directly quoting the writer, which the Capote estate forbade, Kingdom evokes Capote's… Read More

Trumpet, The

Closed: 25 June 2006

Following the death of famed jazz trumpeter Joss Moody and the incredible secret his passing reveals, his widow Millie flees to Scotland to escape journalists intent on revealing the truth… Read More

Trumpety Trump: Noah’s Ark

Closed: 20 December 2011 - Blue Elephant Theatre

All aboard! Escape the rain and join Captain Noah and his animals on the ark in the Blue Elephant theatre's Trumpety Trump: Noah's Ark. Adventure awaits as they set sail.… Read More

truth and reconciliation

Closed: 14 October 2011 - Bussey Building

debbie tucker green's new play truth and reconciliation is an epic new drama.Spanning from Rwanda to Northern Ireland, Zimbabwe to Bosnia, answers are demanded, reconciliation hard to hear and the… Read More

truth and reconciliation

Closed: 24 September 2011 - Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs

debbie tucker green's new play truth and reconciliation is an epic new drama. Spanning from Rwanda to Northern Ireland, Zimbabwe to Bosnia, answers are demanded, reconciliation hard to hear and… Read More

Trying

Closed: 11 April 2009 - Finborough Theatre

Trying is a surprising, yet touching, play about a profound friendship between two strangers - at dramatically different points in their lives - who unexpectedly find they have more in… Read More

Tselane’s Song

Closed: 24 June 2006 - Unicorn Theatre

Tselane’s Song is set in a South African rural village where storytelling and superstition dominate, 9 year old Tselane sets out on a brave journey to find her missing friend.… Read More

Tshepang

Closed: 16 October 2004 - Gate Theatre

When the shocking story of Baby Tshepang hit the headlines in 2001, a small impoverished town in the Cape suddenly found itself in the eye of the storm. Inspired by… Read More

Tube

Closed: 22 June 2013 - Unicorn Theatre

Oily Cart, internationally recognised for creating theatre for young people with complex disabilities - returns with a brand new kinesthetic adventure, Tube. In a wonderland conjured up from a fabulous… Read More

TumTum Tinker

Closed: 25 November 2006 - Tricycle Theatre

Linked together by a magic needle, a splinter from the sword in the stone, Excalibur, TumTum Tinker tells a variety of tales, including the story of the greedy fisherman, who… Read More

Tunnels

Closed: 10 December 2022 - Park Theatre

Tunnels, presented by Further Theatre, returns to London after a critically acclaimed sell-out run at the 2021 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Read More

Turandot

Closed: 10 March 2014 - Royal Opera House

Princess Turandot has sworn that no man shall marry her unless he can correctly answer three riddles. Prince Calaf, captivated by Turandot's beauty, takes up the challenge, determined to win… Read More

Turandot

Closed: 22 July 2006 - Royal Opera House

Puccini's final opera is the tale of a Chinese princess who tests her suitors before slaughtering them. Prince Calaf, however, is determined to be the exception. Andrei Serban's production combines… Read More

Turandot

Closed: 9 December 2009 - London Coliseum

Rupert Goold directs a new version of Puccini’s final opera, Turandot, which promises to explore the psychological impact of the erotic and the relationship between sex and death that is… Read More

Turandot

Closed: 7 February 2005 - Royal Opera House

This oriental fairytale of disguised identities, riddles, ritual executions and - of course - powerful, triumphant love is presented in Andrei Serban's now-classic production, a bold and glorious pageant of… Read More

Turandot

Closed: 4 October 2008 - Hampstead Theatre

The Emperor of China is not happy. A bumper harvest has devalued his cotton shares and drained the imperial coffers. His team of spin doctors resort to desperate measures to… Read More

Turandot

Closed: 23 January 2009 - Royal Opera House

Turandot is one of the most famously spectacular productions of The Royal Opera, evoking in Andrei Serban’s staging the pageantry, colour and savagery of ancient China that forms the setting… Read More

Turn Of The Screw, The

Closed: 8 December 2007 - London Coliseum

Considered the most dramatically arresting of all his stage works, Britten's chamber opera is inspired by Henry James's novella of the same name, a spinetingling ghost story in which forces… Read More

Turn Of The Screw, The

Closed: 1 March 2008 - Greenwich Theatre

The haunting story of a young woman who leaves her home for the first time to care for two children who have been abandoned by their previous governess in circumstances… Read More
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