6 Leicester Place, WC2H 7BX
London
Leicester Square Theatre is a theatre in UK / West End.
Andy Hamilton, much loved and acclaimed comedian, writer, director, novelist, panellist and of course cartoon voice artist brings his brand-new show A Night To Remember to London! Exploring the wonders and the weaknesses of human memory, Andy looks at how laughter oils the...
What?! Mark Thomas has been ‘standing up’ for 40 years? Impossible!! But how old does that make you…? Alas it is true; one of our oldest surviving alternative comics celebrates 40 years at the mic. So, here’s what he has done so far in numbers; performed comedy for 40 years, won...
The eccentric Bliss family – Judith, a recently retired actress, David, a self-absorbed novelist, and their two unconventional children – live in a world where reality slides easily into fiction. Upon entering this world, the weekend guests – a proper diplomat, a shy flapper, an athletic boxer…
“A lot of dance is Disneyfied. But art has to be challenging.' These are the wise, and provocative words of choreographer Pam Tanowitz. Tanowitz returns to the Barbican with her latest work Pastoral. Premiered in June 2025, the piece uses Beethoven's 6th Symphony as inspiration, specifically ideas…
There is a reason why Noël Coward's comedies are still being revived a century after they were written: his rapid-fire dialogue, brimming with vigour and wit skewered the British class system and created vibrant comedy that still resonates today. When they are performed well, there is little to ri…
Deafinitely Theatre reiterate that creative captioning and BSL integration don’t only make theatre more accessible, they can also be brilliant artistic choices. After adapting Mark Bartlett’s Contraction in 2017, they’re now tackling his play about corporate bullying. Bull provides a multidime…
Actors start your engines. Edward Albee’s masterpiece for four lives and dies on the horsepower of its performers. Albee does not batter you with ideological interrogation. Its sparks fly from watching it performs bash into each other, lashing each other with venomous cruelty in one breath, then l…
The two face off as George and Martha, one of theatre's most notoriously dysfunctional couples in Albee's hilarious and provocative masterpiece. They are joined by Carrie Coon and Madison Dirks as the unwitting young couple invited over to George and Martha's for an unforgettable night of cocktails …
Anders Lustgarten’s play may have been written in 2017, but its core subject could be lifted off today’s newspapers. As right-wing propaganda gains more traction by the day, this is a revival of staggering relevance. Extremism sees a secondary school being rattled by the fallout of radicalisatio…
If you're in the mood for a cosy crime play in a cosy theatre this autumn, Murder Before Evensong will more than suffice. With plenty fans of the book will appreciate and enough newcomers will enjoy, you'll be in for a night of humour and intrigue.…
Olivier Award winner Rory Kinnear stars as John Maynard Keynes, the radical economist and member of the influential Bloomsbury Group who became the singular driving force behind arts funding in Britain and built a new and fairer financial model, that ultimately helped reshape the Western World in th…
An early tableau in Robert Chesley’s 1986 play Jerker involves a character masturbating to a generic message on his answering machine. It’s not the last masturbation scene in the play – which was once the subject of an obscenity-related censorship attempt on Californian radio – nor is it the…
Following a recent step towards theatre in his last few shows, Mark Thomas is back to his finest stand-up form and anti-Tory sentiment in Gaffa Tapes as he finishes his tour at the Leicester Square Theatre, annoucning a second night on 5th March after 27th February has already...
Following a recent step towards theatre in his last few shows, Mark Thomas is back to his finest stand-up form and anti-Tory sentiment in Gaffa Tapes as takes his tour to the Leicester Square Theatre! Mark’s now famous mix of standup, theatre, journalism and the odd bout of...
Following last years smash-hit UK tour, the Canadian comedy legend is back on the road with a brand-new show. Welcome backto I SWEAR TO picking up just where he left off as an hour simply wasnt long enough.Direct from the Edinburgh Festival, join Tom as he attempts to figure out...
Anthony Jeselnik has announced an extra date in London with his brand new tour, ‘Funny Games’ at the Leicester Square Theatre on 21st August after selling out on 20th August. Best known for his hit Netflix specials ‘Caligula’ and ‘Thoughts & Prayers’, as well his infamous Roasts...
Top South African stand-up comedian Nik Rabinowitz is heading to the United Kingdom! Rabinowitz is a household name on the South African comedy scene. He's known for his multilingualism, at one time being hailed as the foremost Xhosa-speaking Jewish comedian in the country, as...
If you like murder mysteries and rapid-fire puns, then you’ll love Dead Drunk Detective: Live in the Rotten Flesh. See the second series of zombie-comedy- noir podcast Dead Drunk Detective be recorded and hear brand new instalments before anyone else. Each live recording session...
A delightful evening of Original Short stories with the World's Greatest Detective and his long time Associate Doctor Watson
Theatre Renegade and InBetween Theatre invite you to the world premiere of WANT/NEED/CRAVE… a double bill developed in collaboration with The Factory. Become immersed in this delicate, darkly comic struggle of loneliness revealed in the thoughts and feelings of people who (try...
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