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THEATRE AT THE TABARD

2 Bath Road, Chiswick W4 1LW
London

Upcoming Shows

Waiting For Hamlet
Waiting For Hamlet
Mar 18 – Apr 4, 2026

A Shakespearean comedy by David VisickDirected by Tim MarriottPerformed by Nicholas Collett & Tim MarriottWaiting for Hamlet tells the backstory to Hamlet – a prequel...

Horatio Nelson: Fever and Fire
Horatio Nelson: Fever and Fire
Apr 8 – Apr 11, 2026

Horatio Nelson: Fever and Fire, is a brand new one-man show written and performed by Adam Preston in costume created by Primetime Emmy winner Dougie Hawkes....

Masterclass
Masterclass
Apr 15 – May 2, 2026

It’s evening in the classroom of a small primary school and it’s time for a Masterclass… but who is teaching who?Thanks to a minor disagreement...

HMS Pinafore
HMS Pinafore
May 6 – Jun 6, 2026

All aboard for a swashbuckling evening of music, mischief, and maritime mayhem!After the critically acclaimed run of The Mikado at the Tabard Theatre, the same creative team...

Murder: Staged Tour
Murder: Staged Tour
Jun 28

Join us at the Tabard where we welcome Crime Viral’s sell out UK serial killer tour.Research psychologist and psychopathy expert Cheish Merryweather will be bringing...

Smile: The Charlie Chaplin Story
Smile: The Charlie Chaplin Story
Jul 29 – Aug 1, 2026

He was America's darling, he was the most famous man in the world... and then he was exiled. This is the story of the Little Tramp...

The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town
The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town
Nov 1

Something is rotten in Old London Town…In Victorian England, a rotten, raspberry blower is claiming the lives of the upper-classes. The dark alleyways and moonlit...



Review: GABBY'S DOLLHOUSE LIVE!, Eventim Apollo London


by Christiana Rose - April 02, 2026

Gabby’s Dollhouse Live! delivers a bright and engaging theatrical experience that leans confidently into its message of friendship, resilience and imaginative play. This four star production translates the charm of the popular series into a lively stage show that keeps its young audience firmly at...

Review: VICTORIA: A QUEEN UNBOUND, Watermill Theatre


by Mica Blackwell - April 02, 2026

With countless depictions of Queen Victoria in the media, Daisy Goodwin has managed to create something original and thought-provoking. Forcing the audience to question both history and memory, it's the wonderful cast and stunning visuals that complement her script and make for an all-around excitin...

Review: CHOIR BOY, Stratford East


by Katie Kirkpatrick - April 01, 2026

Having been on and off, in London, LA, and  New York, since 2012, Choir Boy clearly isn’t going away any time soon. While occasionally off-kilter, this immaculately performed powerhouse production is proof that it’s the kind of show that deserves a place among the classics...

Review: LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, Starring Lesley Manville & Aiden Turner


by Aliya Al-Hassan - April 02, 2026

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’s scandalous 1782 novel, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, has received several adaptations over the years. None more resonant than Christopher Hampton’s 1985 reinvention which is now revived and updated in a masterful manner by Marianne Elliot at the National Theatre....

Review: WAITRESS starring Carrie Hope Fletcher, New Wimbledon Theatre and on tour


by Gary Naylor - April 01, 2026

Good songs and good performances but a curiously mixed message from Sara Bareilles's smash hit show...

Review Roundup: KINKY BOOTS Struts Back Into The West End


by Aliya Al-Hassan - April 01, 2026

Inspired by a true story and based on the Miramax motion picture written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth, Kinky Boots features a warm and witty book by four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein and a richly diverse musical score from Grammy Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper, in her stunning theat...

Review: ROMEO & JULIET, starring Sadie Sink & Noah Jupe, Harold Pinter Theatre


by Cindy Marcolina - April 01, 2026

Robert Icke is back in the West End with another star-studded classic in tow. After tackling Sophocles last year, he returns to Shakespeare, revisiting the Bard’s most misrepresented tragedy: Romeo and Juliet. Fourteen years after his directorial debut for Headlong with a radical rendition of the ...

Review: MAYERLING, Royal Ballet And Opera


by Matthew Paluch - March 31, 2026

Mayerling is an experience - let no one tell you otherwise. Kenneth MacMillan’s 1978 ballet delves into the true story of the 19th century Austro-Hungarian court, and specifically the experience of the heir apparent; Crown Prince Rudolf. ...

Review: KINKY BOOTS, Starring Johannes Radebe & Matt Cardle


by Aliya Al-Hassan - April 01, 2026

Last seen in the West End in 2019, Cyndi Lauper and Matt Fierstein's uplifting musical Kinky Boots finally struts its way back to London after a national tour. Originating at the Curve Leicester and directed by its artistic director Nikolai Foster, it brings starry sparkle to the stage with the cast...

BOOK REVIEW: THE PLAYS OF HENRICK IBSEN, by David Irvin


by Cheryl Markosky - March 28, 2026

What did our critic think of BOOK REVIEW: THE PLAYS OF HENRICK IBSEN, BY DAVID IRVIN at Bookshops?...

Past Shows

Chopped Liver and Unions
Chopped Liver and Unions
Mar 22 – Mar 24, 2026

Sara Wesker – trade unionist, political activist and radical – led the “singing strikers of 1928” to improve the working conditions of female garment workers...

She Stoops to Conquer
She Stoops to Conquer
Mar 4 – Mar 7, 2026

Pandora’s Box Productions presents a charming 1950s reimagining of Goldsmith’s beloved play.It’s the age of jazz and gin, lipstick and laughter, and no one plays the...

A Thing of Beauty
A Thing of Beauty
Feb 25 – Mar 1, 2026

Imogen Stubbs as Leni Riefenstahlin a new play byWendy Oberman and Jonathan Lewis.Imogen Stubbs stars as Leni Riefenstahl in A Thing of Beauty, a fictional...

Just Like That! The Tommy Cooper Show
Just Like That! The Tommy Cooper Show
Feb 22

Back by Popular DemandAfter three previous sell-out shows at the Tabard, The UK’s No. 1 Tommy Cooper tribute show returns to the Tabard!Tommy Cooper was...

Round About Hogarth
Round About Hogarth
Feb 4 – Feb 21, 2026

The Tabard Theatre presents the premiere of Gareth Armstrong’s latest play, Round About Hogarth where painter and player collide in a witty battle of egos.Chiswick’s most famous...

One Jab Cures All
One Jab Cures All
Jan 14 – Jan 31, 2026

It’s happened. The ultimate scientific breakthrough. Boffins discover a drug that heals everything. Max is a scientist in a secret lab who stumbles on a cure...

Sherlock Holmes: The Death and Life
Sherlock Holmes: The Death and Life
Jan 14 – Jan 31, 2026

SHERLOCK HOLMES: The Death and LifeStarring Nigel Miles-Thomas, written by David Stuart Davies, adapted for the stage and directed by Gareth Armstrong; with original music...

Anyone for Tennis?
Anyone for Tennis?
Jan 25

ANYONE FOR TENNIS?A Wimbledon line judge for 20 years, comedian Pauline Eyre is ready to spill the Pimms on tennis gossip from the fragrant royal...

The Ballad of Buckingham Nicks
The Ballad of Buckingham Nicks
Jan 7 – Jan 20, 2026

Following a sold-out preview back in June, The Ballad of Buckingham Nicks returns for a eight performance run prior to touring. A tribute through stories and songs the...

Appraisal
Appraisal
Jan 4 – Jan 5, 2026

Originally staged at the Tabard and now returning for just two showcase performances following a sell out season Off Broadway Take Note Theatre for the Tabard,...

The Railway Children
The Railway Children
Dec 5 – Jan 3, 2026

From the creative team behind the Tabard’s Christmas hits, Five Children and It, The Secret Garden and The Snow Queen comes a heartwarming new adaptation...

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
Dec 20 – Dec 24, 2025

Returning after a sell-out run, actor Clive Francis returns to the Tabard this Christmas with his acclaimed adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic.Francis plays the...

Possum Trot
Possum Trot
Nov 12 – Oct 29, 2025

Possum Trot by Kathy Rucker – The Birth of a Ghost TownAward-winning American playwright Kathy Rucker (Crystal Springs; Park Theatre, EurekaTheatre; Sultan’s Battery, Whitmore-Lindley Theatre;...

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