Ginger Johnson Blows Off!
Rating: ★★★★
Venue: Soho Theatre, London

Expect big hair, big heart and big laughs as Britain’s ditziest daredevil takes on her biggest challenge yet and asks the question: just how far will she go for a round of applause? Bursting with stunning looks and cunning stunts, GINGER JOHNSON BLOWS OFF! is a hilarious new show about taking risks, pushing yourself and living up to expectations.

Written, directed, and performed by Ginger Johnson, with original songs by cabaret legends Bourgeois and Maurice, Ginger Johnson Blows Off! will showcase 80’s power ballads and jaw-dropping glamour.

Buyer & Cellar
Rating: ★★★★
Venue: King's Head Theatre, London
Cast: Rob Madge

Meet Alex, an out-of-work actor who finds himself working beneath Barbra Streisand’s Malibu home in her legendary basement shopping mall. A big hit in New York and London, Buyer & Cellar is an outrageous comedy about the price of fame, the cost of things, and the oddest of odd jobs. This hilarious one-person show returns to London with the magnificent Rob Madge starring as Alex. Rob is best known for writing and starring in their hit show My Son’s a Queer (But What Can You Do?).

Tall Stories’ Artistic Director Toby Mitchell, co-founded the company in 1997. Toby is behind many of the company’s triumphant shows over the last 27 years and most recently directed Tall Stories’ hugely successful Olivier Award-nominated, West End and Edinburgh Fringe 2024 sell-out, The Smeds and The Smoos.

The Truth About Harry Beck
Rating: 3.5/5
Venue: London Transport Museum's Cubic Theatre
Cast: Simon Snashall and Ashley Christmas 

How did Beck create the iconic diagrammatic diagram of today, and at what cost? To understand you need to meet Harry, and his wife Nora. Take a glimpse inside a journey of passion, a wife’s dedication and the living breathing network of the tunnels and train tracks in our capital. Embrace your inner transport enthusiast through a mash up of real-life accounts, uncovered anecdotes and seemingly unconnected facts (…with a peppering of fictitious characters).  

Antony and Cleopatra - A Dream of Passion
Rating: ★★★★
Venue: The Divine, London
Cast: William McGeough, Jonny Woo, Alexis Gregory and Jonathan Blake

Robert Chevara directs a dream like re-imagining of the great love story, Antony and Cleopatra using an all-male cast.

A site-specific performance in the basement club of The Divine. The explosive relationship between these lovers takes place in the confines of a nightclub where the passionate love tug-of-war plays out upon a backdrop of neon lights, pounding techno, karaoke musical breaks and psychedelic drugs. Dizzying and electrifying – always with Shakespeare’s unmatched poetic verse at its heart.

Lazgi - Dance of Soul and Love 
Rating: ★★★★
Venue: London Coliseum

The Story of My Life
Rating: ★★★★
Venue: Stage Door Theatre, London
Cast: Markus Sodergren and Tim Edwards

The Story of My Life follows the friendship of Alvin and Thomas, two men from a small town. These lifelong friends are reunited after Alvin’s mysterious death. In the abstract world of his mind, Thomas struggles to write Alvin’s eulogy while recounting the many turns that their lives have taken since meeting as children. Alvin searches through the manuscripts and stories in Thomas’ mind to lead him on a journey of remembrance. Through music and song, these two friends recount their adventures, explore their past dissonance and ultimately discover what is at the base of every strong friendship… love.

The Real Ones
Rating: ★★★
Venue: Bush Theatre, London
Cast: Nathaniel Curtis, Mariam Haque, Nnabiko Ejimofor and Anthony Howell

The new play from Olivier Award winner Waleed Akhtar, starring Nathaniel Curtis (It’s A Sin) and Mariam Haque (Black Mirror). The Real Ones, is a funny and honest love letter to platonic soulmates. The world premiere production comes from the team behind the Olivier Award-winning sensation, The P Word, reuniting writer Waleed Akhtar and director Anthony Simpson Pike.

Why Am I So Single?
Rating: ★★★★
Venue: Garrick Theatre, London
Cast: Jo Foster, Leesa Tulley, Noah Thomas, Jemima Brown, Josh Butler, Natasha Leaver, Ran Marner, Jamel Matthias, Olivia O'Connor, Joshian Angelo Omana, Natasha Wilde and Rhys Wilkinson

Why Am I So Single? in London is a song-and-dance-infused show that comedically explores modern dating, including the struggle of using dating apps. Through the show, two friends who are perpetually single musical theatre writers procrastinate working on their next show by exploring their dating woes. Their journey is filled with laughter as well as heartfelt moments of friendship.

Rocky Horror Show
Rating: ★★★★★
Venue: Dominion Theatre, London
Cast: Jason Donovan, Mawaan Rizwan, Connor Carson, Lauren Chia, Job Greuter, Natasha Hoeberigs, Edward Bullingham, Morgan Jackson, Jayme-Lee Zanoncelli, Ryan Carter-Wilson, Arthur Janes, Hollie Nelson, Erica Wild, Alex Hetherington and Stacey Monahan

Having been seen by over 35 million theatregoers, The Rocky Horror Show is the story of two squeaky clean college kids – Brad and his fiancée Janet. When by a twist of fate, their car breaks down outside a creepy mansion whilst on their way to visit their former college professor, they meet the charismatic Dr Frank’n’Furter. It is an adventure they’ll never forget, filled with fun, frolics, frocks, and frivolity.

Kim's Convenience
Rating: ★★★★★
Venue: Riverside Studios
Cast: Ins Choi, Jennifer Kim, Namju Go, Miles Mitchell, and Edward Wu

Following a sell-out season at Park Theatre, KIM’S CONVENIENCE will transfer to Riverside Studios for a strictly limited season from 5 SEPTEMBER – 26 OCTOBER 2024.

There’s humour and heart in every aisle…

Now a global smash hit, this hilarious and heart-warming drama about a family-run Korean store that inspired the Netflix phenomenon, is written by and starring Ins Choi, who calls the play his ‘love letter to his parents and to all first-generation immigrants who now call Canada their home.’

The Play That Goes Wrong
Rating: ★★★★★
Venue: Duchess Theatre, London
Cast: Jordan Akkaya, Daniel Anthony, Joe Bolland, Daniel Fraser, Billie Hamer, Owen Jenkins, Jay Olpin and Hannah Sinclair Robinson

You all know the classic whodunnit story, there has been a murder at a country manor and an inspector is set on the case to find who the culprit is. However, when this plot is given to the accident-prone thespians at The Cornley Drama Society, everything that can go wrong... does!

The actors and crew battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with hilarious consequences! Do you ever find out who murdered Charles Haversham? You’ll have to see for yourself!

Come Dine With Me: the Musical
Rating: ★★★★★
Venue: Turbine Theatre, London
Cast: Tom Bowen, Harry Chandler, Daniele Coombe, Paul Hazel, Sophie Hutchinson, Kim Ismay and Leo Udvarlaky

Take a bunch of tuneful strangers. Mix in a dollop of behind-the-scenes skulduggery, a Sound Man playing detective, a sprinkling of star-crossed love, and plenty of juicy arpeggios. Marinade, cook for 60 minutes... and serve hot. The result is a mouth-watering fusion dish, combining the beloved TV show and a sumptuous original score to form Come Dine With Me: The Musical – a winning recipe that will delight even the pickiest palate!

Hugh Panaro: Man Without a Mask
Rating: ★★★★★
Venue: Crazy Coqs, London
Cast: Hugh Panaro and Christina Bianco

Hugh Panaro, Man Without A Mask is a very exciting evening taking you right onto Broadway, Backstage, into dressing rooms and into his unique and personal scrapbook of a life and career.

You won’t want to miss this exciting solo concert debut where you will be treated to songs and plenty of stories the star will share from, including Side Show, Showboat, Lestat, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park With George, The Red Shoes, all the blockbusters he's known for...and even some shows he wasn’t in.

Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.
Rating: ★★★
Venue: Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond 
Cast: Olive McHugh, Tanaka Mpofu, Xixi Xiao and Natalia May

Revolutionize the language. Revolutionize the world. Revolutionize the work. Revolutionize the body. Galvanise. A searing, funny and profound examination of what it means to be a woman performed by one ensemble across a range of scenarios and written by the sublime Alice Birch.

Welcome to our post-apocalyptic world where we reimagine the previous rules and conventions that brought our society to an end. 

Willy's Candy Spectacular: A Musical Parody
Rating: ★★
Venue: Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh

A satire inspired by Glasgow's Wonka rip-off sensation aka the Fyre Fest of Fudge. From the wreckage, a team of top Broadway and Emmy Award-winning songwriters declare: 'It's a MUSICAL!!' If Ed Wood and PT Barnum got into "environmental experiences" fuelled by a million dreams and zero dollars, this would be this.