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Stream Classical Concert, Immersive Plays & More 

This weekend stream a classical concert, a feel-good cabaret featuring pieces from various musicals, immersive plays, kid-friendly musical based on Alice in Wonderland and more!

Featuring pieces from a variety of musicals, including new original pieces by the youth of Coastal Youth Theatre.

Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 - Concert, Filmed Performance

Chopin’s Second Piano Concerto was one of only a handful of works he wrote that included orchestral forces alongside the keyboard. Arthur Rubinstein—whose Carnegie Hall career spanned more than 130 performances from 1906 to 1976—highlights the concerto’s exquisite lyricism with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn in this 1975 film recorded in London’s Fairfield Halls.

Letters Live - Poetry, Filmed Performance

Letters Live is a celebration of the enduring power of literary correspondence. Each show always features a completely different array of great performers, reading remarkable letters written over the centuries and from around the world.   

This play is a drama about the state of the world and our relationship to nature and environment.

Let the host and Master of Percussion Owen (aka The Mad Hatter) welcome you to a musical party that’ll make you think all your unbirthdays have come at once. Join Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee for a topsy turvy tea party and discover the fantastical beast that is The Jabberwocky in a special new piece for narrator and orchestra.

The Third Day: Autumn - Play, Filmed Performance

Across 12 hours and in one continuous take, observe the secretive rituals of a remote British island as Sam faces a series of trials to become its new ‘Father’.

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August Theatre Guide: 60+ New London Shows 

More than 60 new shows are coming to London this August!

Huge new and returning musicals such as Frozen, Hamilton and Mamma Mia! will light up the stage along with plenty of kid-friendly shows, ready to entertain children throughout the school holidays including page-to-stage favourites Zog and The Gruffalo.

There's also outdoor opera, witty cabaret, plays about the ups and downs of family life, ghost stories ... and much much more.

Take a look at the curated guide below and see what's coming up in London in August:

If you're in the mood for a feel-good and uplifting summer musical ...

West End: In The Park (Only 5 August)
musical • adventure • heart-warming • music • outdoor

Mary Poppins (Begins 7 August)
kid-friendly • musical • page to stage • screen to stage • London • magical • visually-striking

Hamilton (Begins 19 August)
musical • true story • historical • politics • war & military

Back to the Future: the Musical (Begins 20 August)
musical • screen to stage • 1980s • fantasy • nostalgic • science fiction • unlikely friends • visually-striking

Mamma Mia! (Begins 25 August)
musical • family • feel-good • friendship • heart-warming • laugh-out-loud

Black Snow (Begins 25 August)
musical • page to stage • classic • dark • gritty • Russia • satire

Frozen (Begins 27 August)
kid-friendly • musical • screen to stage • family • visually-striking

If you're looking for a fun summer holiday show for children ...

Zog (Begins 4 August)
kid-friendly • page to stage • adventure • animals • cheerful • fantasy •  heart-warming • magical • music • school & university

The Sooty Show (Only 5 August)
kid-friendly • play • animals • heart-warming • laugh-out-loud • outdoor

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Begins 5 August)
kid-friendly • page to stage • play • adventure • thrilling

Comedy Club 4 Kids (Only 7 August)
kid-friendly • heart-warming • laugh-out-loud • outdoor • witty

The Gruffalo & Peter and the Wolf (Only 7 August)
classical music • kid-friendly • page to stage • adventure • magical • orchestral

Pinocchio (Begins 8 August)
kid-friendly • play • adventure • classic • heart-warming

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show (Begins 17 August)
kid-friendly • page to stage • play • adventure • animals • cheerful • feel-good

The Adventures of Bo Peep (Begins 19 August)
interactive • kid-friendly • play • adventure • animals

If you want to be swept away by a spell-binding and dramatic opera ...

The Pirates of Penzance (Begins 3 August)
opera • adventure • coming-of-age • fantasy • outdoor • witty

Die Walküre (Begins 4 August)
myths & legends • opera • retelling • fantasy • orchestral • romantic • war & military

Hansel and Gretel (Begins 10 August)
fairy tale • interactive • kid-friendly • opera • adventure • Germany • magical • orchestral • outdoor

L'occasione Fa Il Adro (Begins 12 August)
opera • farce • mistaken identity • outdoor • romantic

Alcina (Begins 25 August)
opera • adventure • heart-breaking • tragic

Tosca (Begins 27 August)
classical music • opera • heart-breaking • Italy • outdoor • politics • romantic

If you want to hear powerful and captivating stories about women and girls' life experiences ...

Klippies (Begins 4 August)
play • Africa • coming-of-age • friendship

Queens of Sheba (Begins 16 August)
play • true story • Black history & experience • inspiring women • London

Girls ( Begins 17 August)
dance • play • heart-warming • inspiring women • unapologetic

Educating Rita (Begins 17 August)
play • heart-warming • Olivier Award Winner • opposites attract • school & university • witty

Buzzing (Begins 19 August)
solo show • dating & sex • heartfelt • heart-warming • witty

If you're in the mood for an immersive game, a vibrant circus or a witty drag show ...

Tubular Bells (Begins 7 August)
circus • classical music • concert • dance • rock • acrobatic • jazz

Dragons & Mythical Beasts (Begins 13 August)
immersive • kid-friendly • myths & legends • play • puppetry • adventure • imaginative • outdoor • visually-striking

Monopoly Lifesized (Begins 14 August)
interactive • kid-friendly • imaginative • London

Cirque Berserk! (Begins 25 August)
circus • dance • acrobatic • visually-striking

Pecs: The Boys Are Back in Town (Begins 30 August)
cabaret • dance • LGBTQ • identity • music

If you're interested in stories that take you back in time to a different world...

Leopoldstadt (Begins 7 August)
play • community • family • grief • heart-breaking • survival • war & military

This Beautiful Future (Begins 18 August)
1940s • atmospheric • coming-of-age • heart-breaking • historical • romantic • war & military

Once Upon A Time in Nazi Occupied Tunisia (Begins 21 August)
play • 1940s • Africa • dark • war & military • witty

Rockets and Blue Lights (Begins 25 August)
play • art & artists • atmospheric • Black history & experience • hard-hitting • historical • London

Quentin Crisp: A New Hope (Begins 25 August)
LGBTQ • solo show • heart-warming • London • New York City • witty

A Modest Little Man (Begins 31 August)
1940s • Britain • politics • witty

If you're interested in timely tales about technology, modern dating, or awkward bathroom encounters ...

Don't Open the Door (Begins 3 August)
mystery • play • Africa • Black history & experience • Colonial era • London • secrets • unlikely friends

Thin Air (Begins 6 August)
play • adventure • coming-of-age • heart-warming • identity • science & technology

Tell Me Straight (Begins 17 August)
LGBTQ • play • one-acts • quirky

Back Up! (Begins 20 August)
art & artists • inspiring

AI (Begins 23 August)
experimental • play • imaginative • philosophical • science & technology

Overflow (Begins 31 August)
LGBTQ • play • solo show • dark • friendship • witty

Ad Libido (Begins 31 August)
play • solo show • dating & sex • laugh-out-loud • music

Adventure, Ghost Stories, and Myths and Legends

If you're in the mood for a thrilling fantasy or adventure ...

The Odyssey: On Stage (Only 1 August)
myths & legends • adventure • ancient times • fantasy • friendship • migration & displacement • poetry • revenge

2: 22 A Ghost Story (Begins 3 August)
mystery • play • creepy • ghosts • horror • married life • secrets • self-doubt • thrilling • witty

Arthur/Merlin (Begins 4 August)
magic • mystery • myths & legends • retelling • spoken word • adventure • fantasy • friendship • music • outdoor

Paradise (Begins 4 August)
play • retelling • ancient times • revenge • war & military

The Cat And The Canary (Begins 9 August)
mystery • play • dark • family • secrets • thrilling

When Darkness Falls (Begins 18 August)
play • dark • ghosts • horror • suspenseful

Everything Has Changed (Begins 20 August)
kid-friendly • adventure • heart-warming • imaginative • music • philosophical

If you want to be immersed in open-mic poetry, witty operettas, concerts or laugh-out-loud cabaret ...

I Could Use a Drink (Only 2 August)
concert • musical • solo show • heart-breaking • laugh-out-loud

The Staves (Only 8 August)
concert • inspiring women • music • outdoor

Hot Gay Time Machine (Begins 9 August)
cabaret • LGBTQ • play • camp • feel-good • laugh-out-loud • unapologetic

Pen-Ting: West (Only 14 August)
spoken word • London • poetry • politics • provocative

The Song Project (Begins 17 August)
concert • music • unpredictable

Curtain Raisers (Begins 31 August)
musical • opera • farce

Forget your worries with a night of farce, magic and illusion, or bright and bold show tunes ...

Stream Rising Opera Stars, Coming-of-age Plays & More

This weekend stream the opera stars of tomorrow, a musical filled with adventures, a retelling of a cult sitcom, an inspiring play and a delightful comic opera!

Royal Opera Young Artist Performance - Opera, Filmed Performance

The Royal Opera House presents a showcase of work from its Jette Parker Young Artist Program. Spot stars of the future and enjoy musical and creative works from a team of singers, conductors and stage directors and répétiteurs.

Ride: A New Musical - Musical, Filmed Performance

Ride is the incredible true story of a young woman with big plans, and an even bigger imagination, brought to live in this vivid new two-person musical.

Friend (The One With Gunther) - Play, Filmed Performance

Grab a coffee and settle down in Gunther’s café, to hear the true insider story of what happened to Ross, Rachel, Phoebe, Chandler, Monica and Joey – from the one Friends character who kept them caffeinated through all of the highs, lows, love affairs and failed auditions along the way, in this comic parody created and performed by Brendan Murphy.

The Wolves is a play about a girls football team, in which they navigate big questions and wages tiny battles with the vigor of a pack of adolescent warriors. The Wolves is a portrait of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for nine American girls who just want to score some goals.

La Fille du Régiment - Opera, Filmed Performance

Donizetti’s delightful comedy is the unlikely tale of a bright, headstrong young woman who has been raised among a French army regiment. When, much to the dismay of the doting but overprotective soldiers, Marie falls in love with the Tyrolean villager Tonio—a touchstone tenor role that overflows with both youthful ardor and ringing high notes (including nine top Cs in the aria “Ah! Mes amis ... Pour mon âme”)—hilarity and virtuosic bel canto crossfire ensue.

Inspired by the true experiences of students, Cookies explores the risks young people face online and how the effects can accumulate beyond control. Shedding light on sexting, revenge porn, cyber bullying, radicalization and more.  

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