
The Seance
A Halloween night of whispers, secrets and mounting unease, where a search for answers becomes something far more dangerous.

Greenwich Theatre Studio, Crooms Hill, London, SE10 8ES
London
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A Halloween night of whispers, secrets and mounting unease, where a search for answers becomes something far more dangerous.

Halloween is the season when London’s theatres let the bats out of the belfry, and any venue with a draughty corridor suddenly has a ghost story to sell. Battersea Arts Centre has gone one better. It has cast itself as the haunted house, and in Immersive Octopus’s latest stab at a scare, the bui…
London City Ballet (LCB) is a company on the rise. Christopher Marney’s rebirth of the company was only three years ago. Now they are filling the house at Sadler’s Wells with the great and the good of the ballet world present for opening night.…
After being taken on a lengthy tour of the UK and Ireland, Only Human comes to the West End as Brown’s first appearance since 2022’s Showman, a post-pandemic show filled with highly personal insights. Its follow-up Unbelievable saw Brown remain backstage as co-creator, writer and co-director (al…
While both the film and the autobiography have entered our cultural heritage as testimonies of the Nazi era – the poverty it brought, its violence, its misery – this new rendition inhabits a different realm. Thom Southerland debuts Szpilman’s own compositions in an invariably morose piece of t…
It’s Les Mis if you squint. A musical based on turbulent French history, doomed love, and flags brandished like a crusaders’ Warhammers. Except this is not the longest running musical in West End history. This is its weird cousin Martin Guerre.…
Though the originating Disney team doesn’t seem to be involved, the vibe of the film is perfectly maintained. Bryan Louiselle takes over the musical aspect, adapting and producing the soundtrack as well as writing new songs. David Simpatico writes the book: his script can be a bit cheesy and strai…
Coming-of-age plays are not new, but they vary hugely in quality and impact. Danny Lee Wynter's new work, Ilford Boy is a witty, sensitive and beautifully performed piece of theatre that will warm your soul and break your heart…
The Orange Tree's Tom Littler is not afraid of variety. After staging a delightful and clever version of Love's Labour's Lost and Much Ado About Nothing, set in the grounds of a Richmond school, he has turned to T.S. Eliot’s 1936 verse drama, Murder In The Cathedral, set in the church opposite …
The idea that “art is not a mirror but a hammer” has been attributed to Bertolt Brecht, deployed by Leon Trotsky and could serve as the epitaph for Sarah Kane’s repertoire, not least her final work.…
Whether intentionally or not, London’s opera houses have leaned hard into the Halloween season with an unspoken theme of “go bleak or go home”. Over in Covent Garden, there’s a revival of Philip Venables’s 4.48 Psychosis (adapted from Sarah Kane’s final play, completed shortly before she…
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In March 2003, young American activist Rachel Corrie lost her life when she placed herself between an Israeli army bulldozer and a Palestinian home. Composed from her own diaries and e-mails by Alan Rickman and Katharine Viner, this eloquent, moving and deeply personal play...

The team behind the award-winning Dick Whittington and his Cat and last year’s five-star hit The Three Musketeers returns for an all-new musical retelling of The Little Mermaid: Song of the Sea. Driven by curiosity and forced into a terrible deal with the Sea Witch, follow our...

“I ne'er saw true beauty till this night” For 2026 we are delighted to launch a new summer tradition as we celebrate Shakespeare’s best-loved plays. Follow the star crossed lovers, in this sparkling summer production of Romeo and Juliet, as they battle against the will of their...

Since Alfie’s dad died, he’s visited everyone’s dreams but hers. Rude. Desperate to talk to him, she uses AiR, an AI chatbot for the dead. A heartfelt, funny, and glitchy deep dive into grief, ghosts, and digital obsession. Written and performed by Alfrun Rose , Dead Air is a...

180 Chord is coming to Greenwich Theatre from 5-18 January. We’ve been on a highly successful tour since 2022. “One of the most captivating things I have ever seen!” “It was like something we’d never seen before! Gripped from start to finish x” If you like strong, story-based...

When the infamous Captain Hook stumbles upon a mysterious map to a hidden secret, he launches a wild quest to claim its power! But Neverland’s favourite flying hero isn’t about to let him get away with it! Join Peter Pan, Wendy and Tinker Bell as they soar into action to outwit...

Christopher has been confined to a psychiatric ward for a month. He wants out. The problem is he still thinks oranges are blue. His doctor, convinced he needs help, wants to section him. The senior consultant thinks it’s all a question of culture: at home in Shepherd’s Bush...

Relocated to the French city of Carcassonne, one of the greatest adventure stories of them all follows the fortunes of d’Artagnan as she leaves home with the hope of joining the Musketeers of the Guard. This fantastic swashbuckling adventure features an unforgettable cast of...

The perfect theatre treat for little ones under 6! When a mysterious Elf-Inspector arrives at a struggling shoemaker's shop, they declare that the surprise visitor must go, but as the shoemaker and their partner watch the elves work their magic, they're faced with the question...

KEEP YOUR PHONES TURNED ON. Take pictures, record videos and slide into my DM’s (It’s giving interactive) OVERSHARE is anything but demure. ‘ As if Bo Burnham’s Inside was made by Bridget Jones’s drug-addled cousin ’ (British Theatre Guide) This ' brilliantly original one-person...
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