It's here: from now till Sunday 8 September, booking is open for London Theatre Week offers.
Although you have to book by 8 September, the offers include tickets running for later in the year — you can scoop up big discounts on tickets to everything from fringe theatre musicals and big Broadway transfers to martial arts-influenced dance.
Browse the full list of our London Theatre Week ticket offers, or see below for a handful of our favourites.
The Forsyte Saga Parts I and II, Park Theatre
Before Bridgerton came along and mainstreamed the idea that wealthy 19th century Londoners had heard of sex and occasionally even partook, there was the Forsyte Saga: a five-book series about lust, adultery, betrayal, controlling partners, emotional abuse, messy hook-ups and a sprawling family that can't say no to drama. Written in the early 1900s, and set in a period spanning the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, it's back in the spotlight — with filming underway for a big-budget US TV adaptation, and, more immediately, a two-part play coming to the Park Theatre in October.
The Forsyte Saga Part 1: Irene and The Forsyte Saga Part 2: Fleur play across alternate nights — or you could go for the Forsyte marathon and catch them consecutively on matinee days.
The Forsyte Saga Part I: Irene and The Forsyte Saga Part II: Fleur, Park Theatre. Runs from 11 October-7 December. Tickets from £17.
Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Phoenix Theatre
It's Hawkins, Indiana... but not as you know it.
In 1959, decades before we meet the town and its inhabitants — human and otherwise — in the Stranger Things TV series, Hawkins is just your average small town in the American Midwest. Or it seems that way. But things aren't going to be average for long. That might be down to new kid in town, Henry Creel, who arrives trailing a shadowy past and hoping for a fresh start.
Recommended for ages 12+, with under-5s not allowed, this isn't a show for the fainthearted — but it's the perfect way to get your Stranger Things fix while you're waiting for the fifth and final season to land on Netflix.
Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Phoenix Theatre. Runs till 16 February 2025. Tickets from £15.
Viola's Room, One Cartridge Place
Following its ancient Greece-influenced hit show The Burnt City, Punchdrunk's new experience, billed as a 'moonlit fever dream', opened earlier this year at its Woolwich home.
Taking inspiration from Barry Pain's gothic mystery The Moon-Slave, Viola's Room is penned by Booker Prize-shortlisted Daisy Johnson, and invites you to don headphones and walk barefoot in small groups, through a maze-like installation as an unseen narrator guides you on a journey revealing 'an intimate, linear, audio-driven adventure that promises to suffuse the dreams of those who dare to follow the light.' Leave your shoes at the door.
Viola's Room, One Cartridge Place. Runs till 3 November. Tickets from £25.
Wing Chun, Sadler's Wells
This is the UK premiere for this martial arts-rich show from Joyway London, exploring the story of Wing Chun Grandmaster Yip Man, and his most famous student, Bruce Lee. The dance drama draws on multiple Chinese martial arts — including Wing Chun, Tai Chi, Baji Quan and more — and the trailer alone delivers a number of can-you-even-believe-the-human-body-can-be-this-graceful moments.
Wing Chun, Sadler's Wells. Runs till 7 September 2024. Tickets from £15.
Mean Girls, Savoy Theatre
Get in, loser: the Mean Girls musical is in London. The Tina Fey-scripted classic's been a huge hit on Broadway and now you can catch its savage take on US high-school life at the Savoy Theatre. Fetch.
Mean Girls, Savoy Theatre. Runs till 16 February 2025. Tickets from £25.
