The Best Theater of 2025: London Shows that Ruled the Year

As 2025 comes to a close, London's top theatre critics have been taking stock of this theatre season- deciding on their personal choices for their favorite productions of the year. The season has been full of so many stellar plays, musicals, revivals and new works. Be sure to check back later for new additions as they're released!

Catch up on the best theater of 2025 on Broadway.

The Telegraph

Dominic Cavendish:

Fallen Angels
Paddington: The Musical
Pinocchio
End
All My Sons
Othello
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Producers

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TimeOut London

Andrzej Lukowski:

Much Ado About Nothing
Evita
All My Sons
4.48 Psychosis
1536
Romans: A Novel
The Glass Menagerie 
Into the Woods
Stereophonic
Paddington the Musical

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Radio Times

Olivia Garrett:

Evita
Paddington the Musical
Good Night, Oscar
The Producers
Inter Alia
Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright
Punch
The Importance of Being Earnest
Much Ado About Nothing
Hercules

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New York Times

Houman Barekat:

All My Sons
The Deep Blue Sea
Playboy of the Western World
Hamlet Hail to The Thief
Stereophonic

Matt Wolf:

The Weir
Weather Girl
Evita
Kenrex
The Horse of Jenin

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The Arts Desk

Matt Wolf:

Cymbeline
Evita
Festen
Fiddler on the Roof 
Here We Are
KENREX
Much Ado About Nothing
Paddington the Musical
Weather Girl
The Weir

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