what to see in the WEST END in 2026 | a guide to the best plays and musicals in London and the UK

Summary

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Podcast Summary: What to See in the WEST END in 2026 | A Guide to the Best Plays and Musicals in London and the UK

Podcast: MickeyJoTheatre
Host: MickeyJoTheatre (Mickey Jo)
Co-host: Aaron James
Date: February 9, 2026

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Main Theme & Purpose

In this episode, Mickey Jo and his fiancé Aaron James offer an energetic roundup of the most anticipated plays and musicals across London and the UK for 2026. The conversation covers major West End openings, off-West End highlights, touring and regional theatre, notable revivals, world premieres, and personal recommendations. The tone is expert yet warm, irreverent, and animated, aimed at passionate theatre-goers and those keen to plan a stagey year ahead.

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Episode Structure & Highlights

1. Setting the Stage: Overview & Criteria
   • Mickey Jo and Aaron introduce the episode as a guide to 2026's most exciting theatre ahead of the full annual announcements.
   • Acknowledge that not all programming is finalized so their list merges confirmed highlights with buzziest rumors.
   • Promise to skip shows they’re less excited about and focus on standout picks.
     (02:07–04:14)

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West End Musicals: The Must-Sees

1. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

Mickey Jo: "I'm about halfway through the book... now I'm really intrigued to go and see the musical, which I already gather does things a little bit differently to the story in terms of the nature of its storytelling." (04:36)

• Anticipated for its adaptation of a beloved novel and top-tier cast.

2. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Royal Shakespeare Company, transferring to @sohoplace)

Aaron: "The more I learn about its basis for story, its significance... especially the first new musical by this new leadership team. I'm just really excited." (05:36)

• Praised for environmental themes and new RSC leadership's creative ambition.

3. Pride (Sherman Theatre Cardiff → National Theatre)

Mickey Jo: "It's based on the film of the same name about the true story of LGSM... it’s the perfect National Theatre piece."
Aaron: "I'm sort of almost scared, it's how desperately I need this to be really great and really moving." (06:25–07:28)

• LGBTQ+ history, keen emotional resonance; huge hopes for stage adaptation.

4. Avenue Q (Shaftesbury Theatre)

Aaron: "Emily Benjamin taking her leading lady, like leading moment – Kate and Lucy is the perfect combination... I'm just happy we're getting the original design back." (07:30–08:20)

• Noteworthy for its cast and return to the original puppet design; venue’s refurbishment to create intimacy is also noted.

5. Cats (Regent's Park Open Air Theatre)

Mickey Jo: "Surprising absolutely no one, Cats is coming... nothing about the season necessarily eclipses the excitement of the already announced revival." (08:20–09:50)

• New choreography by Drew McOnie, outdoor/magical setting, anticipation around full moon performances.

6. Kimberly Akimbo (Hampstead Theatre)

Aaron: "We've seen it both in New York and on tour in Chicago... But this is the first non-replica production we’ll have seen... I'm excited to see how it's different." (09:50–11:17)

• Michael Longhurst directs a new take with much curiosity for casting and staging.

7. Midnight (Todrick Hall, Sadler's Wells encore showcase)

Mickey Jo: "We've been hearing really exciting things about the material... it's definitely one to watch for cutting-edge new musical theatre." (11:17–12:27)

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West End Plays: Fresh Talent & Big Transitions

1. Here There Are Blueberries (Stratford East)

Mickey Jo: “It was a Pulitzer finalist... we've had friends see it now in previews, they're already raving about it who have said great things.” (12:28–13:18)

2. John Proctor is the Villain (Royal Court Theatre)

Aaron: “It is the theatre for new writing... it’s the perfect play for now and to get young audiences into plays.” (13:27-14:16)

• Potential cultural moment for younger audiences; US buzz crossing over.

3. Inter Alia by Susie Miller (Wyndham’s Theatre transfer)

Mickey Jo: “It shares some characteristics with Prima Facie but is quite different... larger cast, not a one-woman show. I love the way it’s directed. It might do well at the Oliviers.” (14:23–15:32)

4. 1536 (Eva Pickett, Ambassadors Theatre)

Aaron: “So many of these leading female producers all join onto this show... my excitement’s been building.” (16:05–16:26)
Mickey Jo: “She’s having a huge moment!” (16:26)

5. Cyrano de Bergerac (Noel Coward Theatre)

Mickey Jo: “Adrian Lester is starring... What this production of the play has to say about love and unrequited love and humanity, it’s so stunning.” (16:47–18:13)

6. Romeo & Juliet (Robert Icke directs, Sadie Sink as Juliet)

Aaron: "She's an interesting Juliet because she's got this fire behind her... Claire Perkins got announced as the nurse and I was like, I'm in." (18:23–19:16)
Mickey Jo: “There’s a palpable excitement that I’ve not associated with Romeo & Juliet in so long.”

7. Jaja’s African Hair Braiding (Lyric Hammersmith)

Aaron: “All of our friends raved about it... I’m excited we’re seeing these plays that were on Broadway get staged in London.” (19:48–20:07) Mickey Jo: “I'm really intrigued to see a feminine take on that kind of idea...” (20:07)

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Off-West End & Edinburgh Fringe Highlights

1. Consumed (Park Theatre)

Mickey Jo: "It's an intergenerational story of shifting society and frustrations and family dynamics and inherited trauma." (22:32)

2. Manic Street Creature (Kiln Theatre)

Aaron: "It's deeply personal. The music is incredible. It's gig theatre-esque... so thrilling." (23:35) Mickey Jo: “Until you’ve seen [Mimouna] performing her own writing, that’s when you really get the chance to understand who she is as a fantastic multi-faceted artist.” (24:06)

3. The Jonathan Larson Project (Southwark Playhouse)

Mickey Jo: “What this is is a handful of lost songs... they're fantastic songs.” (24:52–25:53) Aaron: “This year is the anniversary of Rent going to Broadway, so it’s going to have a real, impactful moment.” (25:42)

4. Redcliffe (Southwark Playhouse)

Aaron: “True gay love story... I can't wait to see how it’s evolved since.” (25:53–26:58)

5. We Had a World (Joshua Harmon, Hampstead Theatre)

Aaron: “It's biting, it's got humor, it's also got a queer story in it.” (27:07–27:37) Mickey Jo: “It talks a lot about the idea that people who were great grandparents may not have themselves been terrific parents…” (27:55)

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Touring & Regional Theatre: Notables Across the UK

1. The Greatest Showman (Stage premiere at Bristol Hippodrome)

Aaron: “It’s an unknown. It’s going to be humongous. This is a big swing for Disney and a big test...”

2. Sweeney Todd (Birmingham Rep, with Ramin Karimloo)

Mickey Jo: “I am thrilled and delighted just that we’re getting Sondheim revivals again in the UK.” (32:48–33:57)

3. A Little Night Music (Royal Exchange Manchester)

Mickey Jo: “I've never seen a fully staged production of it... it’s in the round, it’s intimate. The magic of that space.” (34:01–34:48)

4. Fun Home (Leeds Playhouse)

Aaron: “If you want to see a musical that really knows how to land a twist and a gut punch, then Fun Home is the musical to see.” (35:02–35:43)

5. Pitlochry Festival Theatre (Under Alan Cumming; My Fair Lady directed by Maria Friedman, Alan Cumming as Higgins; Once, Kaylee)

• New Scottish musicals and return engagements; highly innovative programming.

6. 14 Again (Victoria Wood Theatre, Lake District)

Aaron: “A little bit of magic... a Victoria Wood musical with songs she wrote for theatrical performance.” (38:46–39:45)

7. Kiss of the Spider Woman (multi-region)

8. Thespians (Mischief Theatre’s first real musical, UK tour)

9. Bank of Dave (Pippa Cleary & Rob Madge)

10. Something Rotten! (Manchester tryout)

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Other Noteworthy Shows & Final Reflections

• One Day – the Musical (Edinburgh Lyceum, with Jamie Moscato and Sharon Rose); high emotional expectations.
• Promise of regular reviews and updates as more shows are announced.
• Calls for listener recommendations, especially from under-the-radar regional theatres.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the ever-evolving season:

  "Some of the year's most exciting and talked about shows are some that we don't even necessarily know about yet, which is quite an exciting prospect." – Mickey Jo (02:59)

• On the definition of West End musicals:

  "The definition is sticky. So this is going to be sort of London theatres of size, stature and significance." – Mickey Jo (04:19)

• On emotional expectations:

  "If they don't make me cry, they've bottled it because I cry every time at the film." – Mickey Jo, on Pride (07:18)

• On casting excitement:

  "Emily Benjamin taking her leading lady moment—Kate and Lucy is the perfect combination." – Aaron, on Avenue Q (07:35)
  "Adrian Lester is one of those truly great stage actors of our generation..." – Mickey Jo, on Cyrano de Bergerac (17:16)

• On regional theatre passion:

  "If your local theatre is doing something brilliant and we need to know about it, particularly if it's a venue that we have never been to or talked about before, please let us know." – Mickey Jo (32:12)

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Key Timestamps

• Overview & Setup: 02:07–04:14
• West End Musicals: 04:15–12:27
• West End Plays: 12:28–20:36
• Off-West End Theatre: 21:55–28:13
• Regional/Touring Theatre: 31:50–42:19
• Closing: Lisboners’ Recommendations & Outro: 42:19–end

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Overall Episode Tone

Stagey! Infectiously enthusiastic, well-informed, tongue-in-cheek, with deep affection for both major commercial and artistic undertakings. A mix of critical insight, personal passion, and crowd-sourced engagement.

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Conclusion

This episode distills the 2026 UK theatre scene into a vibrant, curated guide, spotlighting premieres, buzzed-about transfers, and under-the-radar gems. The hosts stress that this list will expand as seasons are officially announced and invite listeners to participate in the conversation. Whether you’re planning a West End weekend or a regional road trip, Mickey Jo and Aaron’s recommendations signal a thrilling year ahead for UK theatre.

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[Aaron James]

And I'm Aaron James.

[Mickey Jo]

This is my stagey fiance, Aaron James, everybody. We are coming to you today direct from the West Midlands. We are indeed the middle of the country and where better to be when we tell you about all of the theatre that you can see all around the United Kingdom in the year of our Lord 2026. Ordinarily, this kind of a roundup looking forward into the year of theatre going might happen in early January.

[Aaron James]

But the thing is, a lot of the year's programming doesn't always get announced in early January. A Lot actually gets announced later in January, the seasons get announced, or even further like. Currently, Chichester Festival Theatre hasn't announced their season. Many of the theatres across the country still haven't announced what they're doing. A lot of West End theatres, we don't know what's in them after April, May or June.

[Mickey Jo]

Yeah, yeah. There's lots to still be determined throughout 2026. So I dare say some of the year's most exciting and talked about shows are some that we don't even necessarily know about yet, which is quite an exciting prospect. But there is plenty for us to already look forward to. We had been waiting for some seasons to be announced. Just recently, the national the confirmed what they're going to be doing.

[Aaron James]

Open air Theater, Regents Park.

[Mickey Jo]

Yep. So now we know and now we can tell you. There are so many shows to choose from and in years past I've sort of just outlined everything of significance, but we're going to try and sort of narrow it down a little bit more just to the stuff that we are the most excited about.

[Aaron James]

This one's that we're definitely going to be trying to make an attempt to.

[Mickey Jo]

See, yeah, musicals and plays happening in London. We're going to talk about regional and touring theatre. We're going to talk about a little bit of off West End theatre as well. And as always, we would love to know your recommendations, especially if you live around the country, if you visit a theatre that we haven't had the chance to go to yet, so it's not as much on our radar. What are you looking forward to at the theatre in 2026 in the meantime, this is what we're excited to see.

[Aaron James]

I think we should start with West End musicals. I feel like that's what statistically most likely to want to know.

[Mickey Jo]

First we say Western musicals without wanting to truly get into it again, the definition is sticky. So this is going to be sort of London theatres of size, stature and significance. One of the ones I am particularly looking forward to is the Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.

[Aaron James]

Because you've been reading the book.

[Mickey Jo]

I've been reading the book, yeah. I'm doing this new thing this year where I read books. Everybody. I'm about halfway through the book right now. And, you know, it's one thing watching something on screen before you go see it on stage. I think you already then have an idea of the visual identity or whatever. You've already seen the story. But I forgot how exciting it was to read a story. And then like when you were younger, when they were going to make a film out of one of your favorite books and how exciting that would be. So now I'm really intrigued to go and see the musical, which I already gather does things a little bit differently to the story in terms of the nature of its storytelling. I also think it's one of the. The biggest new musical openings happening in the UK this year for sure.

[Aaron James]

And it has a really exciting cast.

[Mickey Jo]

Yeah. Yeah. So that's one I'm very much looking forward to. What have you got?

[Aaron James]

It's the Boy who Harness the Wind.

[Mickey Jo]

Yeah. Okay. Yeah. So this is starting at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Strathclyn and then it's transferring over to. At Soho Place.

[Aaron James]

At Soho Place, the newest West End Theatre.

[Mickey Jo]

Yeah.

[Aaron James]

The more that I learn about its basis for story, its significance also kind of its significance with the world and environmentally, which is really interesting. Okay. The Royal Shakespeare Company's first musicals, especially the first new musical by this new leadership team. But I'm really excited to see what that development process is like. I'm just really excited. I kind of love At Soho placed as a theater. And I think it's such an intimate musical theater, especially for musical theater, is so intimate that it just. I don't know. I think not knowing that much about it just makes it even more exciting. And like, we haven't heard much from it yet. So I'm like, oh, I can't wait to see it.

[Mickey Jo]

I have another one that I know you're excited about. Again, it's starting regionally and then transferring to London, which is Pride.

[Aaron James]

Yeah.

[Mickey Jo]

This has been on our radar. We have known about this. It's been sort of talked about. We've been trying to figure out, like, who's in the workshop. Where is it going? Is it going to the Old Vic because of the Matthew Wilches connection? But no, it's starting at the Sherman Theatre Theatre, Cardiff. In Cardiff in Wales, which makes sense for the story, if you don't know, it's based on the film of the same name. About the true story of lgsm. Lesbians and gays support the miners during the miners strikes in Thatcherite Britain. That also crossed over with the whole time of the AIDS crisis. Beautiful story. So excited for that to come to the stage. One of my favourite films ever. But it's going to the national, as it should. Like, we've long said the National Theatre ought to be uplifting new British musical theatre writing. But also our. Like this, it's. It's the perfect rice. Yeah. So I'm hoping. I'm Sort of almost scared is how desperately I need this to be really great and really moving. If they don't make me cry, they've bottled it because I cry every time at the film. So I think that's going to be really good.

[Aaron James]

My next one is Avenue Q.

[Mickey Jo]

On Avenue Q, because I've loved this.

[Aaron James]

Musical for ages and I am really excited that they're bringing new changes to the show. But also, since we've had the cast announcement, I'm even more exc. Excited because Emily Benjamin taking her. Her leading lady, like leading moment. Kate and Lucy is the perfect combination. She'll be great. Like we're seeing Charlie again from Fantasy Balloons. Noah. It's just like a really exciting, fresh cast taking on this. But also I'm just happy we're getting the original design back. I've seen Non Replica, enjoyed it a lot, but I can't explain how gorgeous and like just thrilling that original design work is. And I am excited to fill the Shaftesbury Theatre a bit more into that.

[Mickey Jo]

That's what I'm excited about. If you don't know, this is happening at the Shaftesbury, which is a, what, three tier West End house of some size, but they need to do refurbishment and rather than closing it for this extended period, they're sort of making a false ceiling above the dress circle. So it's going to become a more intimate two tier venue, but with kind of like the size of west stalls. It's going to be really intriguing to see how that affects the space. And yeah, I'm excited to go and see shows there. Well, from Puppets to Cats, I'm excited about Cats. Surprising absolutely no one. Cats is coming to Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. They recently announced their entire season, which is a decent season. I'm intrigued about the dance show that Drew Vecconi has programmed there, but I think nothing about it necessarily eclipses the excitement of the already announced revival of cats.

[Aaron James]

Drew McConaughey is one of the UK's most exciting choreographers and he has such a distinctive style and I feel like a love for Gillian Lin in general as well.

[Mickey Jo]

He does great things with like, beautiful, like, masculinity in dance and he gives good dream sequence. So if you had asked me, independent of him becoming artistic director of Regent's park, who is the choreographer right now, who you would like to reimagine Cats. I've thought about it and gone, oh, Drew McConney. So much to look forward to. And during the run there's at least one performance where there's meant to be a full moon. How magical. How magical.

[Aaron James]

So then I'm taking us over to North London to the Hampstead Theatre where we are going to see Kimberly Akimbo.

[Mickey Jo]

Taking it off my list.

[Aaron James]

This is another show that we have seen before, but we've seen it both in New York and on tour in Chicago. So we've seen two versions of it, but this is the first non replica production we'll have seen as Michael Longhurst takes over directing. This is kind of a reuniting of Jeanine Tesori and Michael Longhurst since Caroline on a change. And they're going back to the Hampstead Theatre where that production went to in London. And I'd never seen a musical at the Hampstead before. So this is like a big, like. I'm really excited to see that space and for a musical. And I'm excited. I'm excited to see how it's different, what changes they've made, because I think the set. I'm kind of excited to see a different take on it. I don't necessarily feel like the original production was like the perfect set. Nothing else would work for it.

[Mickey Jo]

That's what I said. That, I think was my largest criticism of the original production is that I loved the material, I loved the direction in terms of character and relationships and emotional arc. I didn't think the show's visual identity had yet been discerned. Yeah, I'm really excited to see what he does with the show and also to find out more about casting.

[Aaron James]

I'm so fascinated because there are so many performers in the UK that will be amazing with that material.

[Mickey Jo]

Yeah. The next one I have here I know very little about, but I've been hearing such good things since workshops. It's kind of still in development. It is not yet fully finished or open for reviews. I don't know that you will necessarily. Certainly not this upcoming run. You won't see a review from me about that. Maybe later in the year, because it's moving very fast. But this is Midnight, the new musical from Todrick hall and it is going back to Sellers Wells, where it had this little public workshop. We were out of the country, but we know people who went. I've chatted with some investors on the show. We have friends who went. We've been hearing really exciting things about the material. So I think it's definitely one to watch. And, you know, if people are intrigued about getting to go and see a show that's still in development, that might change and metamorphosize, but that at this time is like really cutting edge new musical theater. Then go and check it out. Very talented cast by all accounts for the most recent workshop version of it as well. I'm hearing just great music, great staging, interesting story.

[Aaron James]

Yeah.

[Mickey Jo]

So very intrigued about that one. Let's carry on then to plays happening in London this year and there's lots of very exciting ones, many of them coming over from the us, including the first one I'm going to talk about, which we're seeing really, really soon. Next week is the opening night of here. There are Blueberries at Stratford East. I'm particularly excited about everything they've announced. They're another one with new leadership at the venue. But I'm really excited about that one. It was a Pulitzer finalist. Some of our friends saw it. We didn't see it when it was off Broadway. New York Theatre Workshop. Yes, I think. But we heard fantastic songs, so many good things. And we've had friends see it now in previews.

[Aaron James]

They're already raving about it who have said great things.

[Mickey Jo]

So I'm just knowing a little about the plot but not wanting to over explain it right now. I'm really excited about that one. What are you looking forward to?

[Aaron James]

This is one of my most recent favourite plays and it's coming to the UK and we've just done casting and I'm really excited that the Royal Court is becoming a theatre. That's genuinely making me so excited, which it should do. It is the theatre for new writing. John Proctor is the villain coming over. It is such a good play and it is the perfect play for now and to get young audiences into plays. I think it's going to exciting to see that reaction and to take it to the first London home of the Crucible. I mean, to bring John Protch's the Villain there to just know that it's going to make such an impact in New York. Audiences are quite loud and responsive and I'm very intrigued and I can't wait to see if we get the same in the uk. If it forces people to react in a way that it does in New York.

[Mickey Jo]

Yeah, we're quite repressed. The front two rows of every performance, I think are going to be under 35s. I'm hoping that that's going to have really great energy.

[Aaron James]

Yeah.

[Mickey Jo]

What else do I have here? Oh, Inter Alia is coming back and Prima Facie is on tour right now in the uk. Very sold out in advance. Congrats to you if you've got a ticket to Prima Facie. But the Same creatives, the same team, the same writer, Susie Miller, same director have also worked on another play which premiered last year at the Littleton at the National Theatre starring Rosamund Pike. It is now transferring into the West End of the Wyndhams.

[Aaron James]

Yes, I thought.

[Mickey Jo]

I think it's going to the Wyndhams into Alia. And it's an evolution. It's not exactly the same as Prima Facie. It shares some of the characteristics in terms of the territory of the plot, but not so much in terms of the direction. The way that it works as a production is quite different. It's a larger cast. It's not a one woman show. I love the way it's directed. You can check out my review. And I think it might do quite well at the Oliviers this year because of when things are opening. Some of these will be the upcoming Olivier Awards and some of them will be into next year's. The cutoff for openings is around mid to late February. What else are you excited about?

[Aaron James]

1536.

[Mickey Jo]

So this is an example because this was at the Almeida. So this will be eligible this year for the Oliviers, even though it's opening in the West End after the fact of the Ambassadors.

[Aaron James]

So I know not tons about it. I know kind of a setting, like some of the themes. A new play by Ava Pickett. It sold out at the Almeida really quickly. So much praise for it. And then now it's coming to the West End for a West End run. A nice decent chunk of a run. The original cast are coming back.

[Mickey Jo]

Sonia Friedman's on board.

[Aaron James]

Margot Robbie's involved. No, like, I think when you see so many of these leading, especially leading female producers all join onto this show. It reminds me of when Giant came in and was announced and you were like, oh, it must be so good. So my excitement's been building and to see so much of Eva Pickett's work currently being acclaimed and accoladed.

[Mickey Jo]

She's having a huge moment. It's a name that we keep hearing. I'm excited for various project of hers that are all sort of going ahead this year, but this seems to be the buzziest.

[Aaron James]

Yeah.

[Mickey Jo]

And she just won the stage Debut award as well.

[Aaron James]

So, yeah, it's very, very exciting.

[Mickey Jo]

Another of my favorite plays of last year is coming back. This is one we saw at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford Upon Avon. It is now transferring into the West End to the Knoll Coward.

[Aaron James]

Yes.

[Mickey Jo]

Yes, thank you. This is Cyrano de Bergerac, a new production of Cyrano de Bergerac, a New adaptation, but one that lives sort of in the classical realm. Adrian Lester is starring. If you've never seen Adrian Lester on stage, the magic that he brings to a character, he's one of those truly great stage actors of our generation. I think in the generation following the McKellens and the Derek Jacoby's, he is utterly fantastic. So go and see it for him, if for no other reason. What this production of the play has to say about love and unrequited love and humanity, it's so stunning. Again, I've reviewed it. You can go and check out what I already had to say, but it's. It's just an extraordinary piece of theatre that kind of snuck up on us. I don't think we were expecting to be as bowled over by this as we were. And, you know, we'd already seen a great new discovery of Cyrano. And so I wasn't necessarily that receptive to the idea of going to see.

[Aaron James]

Like, a more classic take.

[Mickey Jo]

Yeah, I was like, I don't need old straight Cyrano again. Turns out I did. Yeah, it was extraordinary. So just trust me on this one. Go and see Cyrano de Bergerac in a similar sense.

[Aaron James]

I thought I'd seen too many productions of Romeo and Juliet. And then they announced it was coming to the West End, a new production again, this time Robert Ike and that Sadie Sink was going to be Juliet. And I think as we just seen Sadie in John Proctor's the Villain and how great she was on stage, I was like, oh, no. She's an interesting Juliet because she's got this fire behind her. And I'm intrigued. And I think then we saw Oedipus on Broadway and I fully saw kind of how Robberg has a vision and how it's. He's very good at the dynamics between characters and the depth and the layers. I was like, okay. And then Claire Perkins got announced as the nurse and I was like, I'm in. Because I genuinely love the role of a nurse who's one of my favorite characters in Romeo and Juliet because there's so much in that role. And then Clare Perkins is tour de force stage performer.

[Mickey Jo]

She's great.

[Aaron James]

She was phenomenal in Emilia.

[Mickey Jo]

Burn it All Down. I'm hoping it's great. I don't know to what extent Ike is adapting the text or just infusing it with his particular sort of forensic precision of character, but I'm so intrigued. And there's a palpable excitement that I've not associated with Romeo and Juliet for a long time because it's just so many times, so many different ways. Do you have any others?

[Aaron James]

So it's another play that I don't know much about. What all of our friends raved about. We nearly saw it on Broadway, but the timings didn't work fully. Is Jar Jar's African hair braiding. And I'm really just excited that it's coming here that we're seeing these plays that were on Broadway, getting the staging and Lyric Hammersmith. I really enjoy watching plays in that theatre.

[Mickey Jo]

Yeah, it's a return to the Lyric Hammersmith for the playwright Jocelyn Biot because Schoolgirls, the African Mean Girls play was also one of hers. If you saw that at the Lyric Hammersmith, I really enjoyed was it called the Barbershop Chronicles at the National Theatre. And I'm really intrigued to see a feminine take on that kind of idea and that kind of a world.

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[Mickey Jo]

We have talked about what is happening at these major London venues. Let us glance off West End. Edinburgh Fringe is going to be a huge thing. As always this year we've had a couple of things that might be going there, but by and large we won't get major announcements for a little while.

[Aaron James]

Yeah, February 11th, I think is going to be the first drop of news.

[Mickey Jo]

There you go.

[Aaron James]

Keep your eyes out.

[Mickey Jo]

So that will be the majority of our fringe focus this year. There are a couple of bits and pieces happening off West End in London. One of the Edinburgh Fringe plays that we really enjoyed last year at the Traverse Theatre is heading to the park.

[Aaron James]

Yes, consumed.

[Mickey Jo]

Consumed. Very excited about that one. It's an intergenerational story of shifting society and frustrations and family dynamics and inherited trauma. Inherited trauma. Very much so.

[Aaron James]

I'm very intrigued how the set is going to work at the park, because it utilized all three sides.

[Mickey Jo]

Very much had three walls.

[Aaron James]

Yeah. And that's not how the park normally works. So I'm intrigued whether that's been adapted or whether there's a new formation. I'm just very intrigued.

[Mickey Jo]

And you don't often get four generations in that kind of a story of child, mother, grandmother, great grandmother. Yeah. It was funny. It was.

[Aaron James]

It's very Irish.

[Mickey Jo]

Twisted. Very Irish.

[Aaron James]

The Nether show that we saw originally at Edinburgh Fringe and is now heading to the Kiln Theatre. And that is Manic Street Creature. Manic Street Creature, Olivier Award winner Mameena Maman, who you might know from Natasha PM, the great comet of 1812.

[Mickey Jo]

Yeah.

[Aaron James]

And this is her show. And it's deeply personal. It's so intimate. The music is incredible. It's kind of gig theatresque. So it's. This kind of gig theater is like this intersection between a play and a musical. But it's such a great show. And I remember when we left the Roundabout, when we saw it at Fringe and I left and I was like, oh, that's so thrilling. And she's such a thrilling writer. And I can't wait to see how this has evolved for the Kiln.

[Mickey Jo]

I've been a huge fan of Mimouna for years, pre Standing at the Sky's Edge. Until you have seen her performing in a show like this and particularly her own writing, that's when you really get the chance to understand who she is as this fantastic multifaceted artist. So very excited that more people are going to have the chance to see this show. I have another one. And if you stand outside of Southwark Playhouse borough, I am at the bottom of the poster for this show saying something to the effect of this is like the off western gem of 2026. Because it is. This is the Jonathan Larson project, which we saw off Broadway. You're a huge Jonathan Larson, a massive Jonathan Larson, as am I. And what this is is a handful of sort of lost songs of his.

[Aaron James]

Songs that were either written for, like, shows like Tick Tipmoom or Rent or.

[Mickey Jo]

A lot of them, like, standalone. Some of them were, like, trying to be like breakaway pop hits. And they were discovered by the theatre historian and archivist and producer Jennifer Ashley Tepper, who was one of the show's producers off Broadway. She's done a lot of work with the composer Joe Iconis, and was produced on Be More Chill and stuff like that. And so there was this review that was put Together, I guess it was an album. Then it was a concert of 54 below, maybe in that order. And then there was an off Broadway show which was more staged and choreographed with a handful of great vocalist performers performing these songs in a sort of a review. So it's. It doesn't have a narrative running through the entire thing, but they're fantastic songs.

[Aaron James]

This year is the anniversary.

[Mickey Jo]

Yeah.

[Aaron James]

Of Rent going to Broadway and everybody reflecting on Jonathan Larson's passing. So it's. I mean, I think it's going to have a real, like, impactful moment as well.

[Mickey Jo]

Yeah.

[Aaron James]

Talking about Silver Playhouse, I'm going to also. I believe this is also Borough. And talk about Redcliffe, that was on my list, which is Jordan Nick Gage's new musical. And we saw a workshop reading of this musical at the other Palace Studio when they did a workshop run. And it's very exciting to see Jordan Lugage as a musical theatre writer and he book and school. Yeah. True gay love story that happened in Bristol in the Southwest, and this kind of heartbreaking and tragic tale of what life was like for queer people.

[Mickey Jo]

Yeah. He wanted to write something from having been, like, developing a lot of material and, like, knowing that he wanted to tell a story. He wanted to be sort of more meaningfully part of that process, and he knew it wanted to be a true queer story as well.

[Aaron James]

So I'm really excited and some of the amazing cast, I hope, return from the workshop cast. And there are some great roles and great songs.

[Mickey Jo]

Yeah.

[Aaron James]

And I'm really. I can't wait to see how it's evolved since. If the writing's evolved, what the set is like. There's just so much about it.

[Mickey Jo]

I'm like, there's a lot of wit in there. There's a lot of fun in there. But it's. There's such a heartfelt quality to the material, really. Just profoundly moving.

[Aaron James]

So another show we saw in New York that's coming to the UK for the first time that I'm really excited about is the Joshua Harmon play, We Had a World. Yes. Let's go into the downstairs space at the Hampstead Theatre. I've never been in that space. I'm very excited to see it and I really find it fascinating. It kind of like, consumed. It's intergenerational. It's got really, like. It's biting. It's got humor in it. It's also got a queer story in it.

[Mickey Jo]

It invokes the audience in a way. I.

[Aaron James]

Exciting. It keeps you on the edge of your seat and it doesn't need much. It just needs three incredible performers to really hit you. And I'm really fascinated by who, because I think that's the big thing about that play. It's who gets cast in it that's gonna be.

[Mickey Jo]

Yeah. It talks a lot about the idea that people who were great grandparents may not have themselves been terrific parents and kind of someone re evaluating the entire life, I guess, of a human being from a different perspective after their death.

[Aaron James]

Yeah.

[Mickey Jo]

There are a couple things coming up that haven't yet been announced at venues like the Many a Chocolate Factory, which will be imminently. So we can't yet talk about them, but know that we are like eyes emoji.

[Aaron James]

Yeah. After it happens, you'll be like, oh, yeah, yeah.

[Mickey Jo]

Any day now. And I dare say I think a lot of off West End stuff gets announced at shorter notice.

[Aaron James]

They don't need as much of a window because they're only like a month long.

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[Mickey Jo]

But if there are any that people are particularly looking forward to that we haven't mentioned, we're open to recommendations.

[Aaron James]

I do have one more that I need to say.

[Mickey Jo]

Okay.

[Aaron James]

Jinx Monsoon. Judy Garland.

[Mickey Jo]

Oh, my gosh.

[Aaron James]

You have to see it.

[Mickey Jo]

Well, here's the thing is, it's so intriguing to me because this is End of the Rainbow, the Peter Quilter play. Tracy Bennett Snowden it to huge acclaim, massively.

[Aaron James]

And it's not really been seen much since.

[Mickey Jo]

Yeah. It's the play upon which the Judy biopic film starring Renee Zellweger, which is incredible, is based. And so it's difficult and it's dramatic, and it's gonna be Jinx's most serious role to date because she's been getting raves for musical comedy and operetta and Omari. Yeah, yeah. But all in a zany, funny kind of a realm. And this is gonna have zingers for sure, and it's going to benefit from her proven Judy Garland impersonation. But this is going to test her as a dramatic actress in ways I am so excited about.

[Aaron James]

And I'm really excited that it's going to be directed by Rupert Hantz, who's a really exciting director. You might know more that he's been Jamie Lloyd's associate director. So he's very much part of that realm. And I'm really intrigued to see kind of his innovative ways of staging and what they're going to make together. It's going to mix.

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[Mickey Jo]

Beyond London let's go even further and consider some of the most anticipated regional and touring theater happening in the UK this year. This is only going to be a small drop in the ocean compared to the wealth that is happening around the country, and it's here that we are really open to. Recommendations and suggestions down below. If your local theatre is doing something brilliant and we need to know about it, particularly if it's a venue that we have never been to or talked about before, please let us know. In the meantime, this is what we're excited about.

[Aaron James]

Let's start with the biggie and we're going to say the Greatest Showman at the Bristol Hippodrome I feel like I have to mention this one first just because it's an unknown. It's going to be humongous and it's a huge deal. Humongous.

[Mickey Jo]

It's a huge deal. The greatest show debuting stage in the.

[Aaron James]

UK and this cast is just, like, stacked. This is a big swing for Disney and is a big test of how much creativity, how much are they willing to just get the show on stage versus get a really good show on stage?

[Mickey Jo]

There's been some criticism of Disney productions for a little while now. They've had commercial success. I don't know if they've had anything that's been really critically and artistically celebrated in the better part of 20 years, necessarily. And so it's gonna be interesting to see if this can tick multiple boxes.

[Aaron James]

And I'm intrigued if it's gonna be new material because we haven't heard anything about if there's new songs, if there's anything like that yet.

[Mickey Jo]

Yeah, yeah. I'm still tortured by that press release that said it's gonna have all your favorite songs and mentioned all but one of them. And the one it didn't mention was never enough. And I was like, what do you mean? Don't worry, Tightrope's still gonna be in it, but we're not gonna mention never enough. I'd still lie awake at night sometimes wandering. But they've cast an incredible vocalist in that role, so how could it not be? I am excited about Sondheim regional revivals in the uk. There are two I'm going to talk about. Birmingham Rep recently announced that Ramin Karimloo is going to be playing Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet street, in a new revival of the musical, which is hugely exciting. I'm already fascinated by the idea of.

[Aaron James]

Who'S gonna love it.

[Mickey Jo]

Who is Romine's Lovett?

[Aaron James]

Yeah.

[Mickey Jo]

Who is that gonna be? What does that casting look like? We've already said Ramin is Sweeney Todd, Rominey Todd, if you will. I am thrilled and delighted just that we're getting Sondheim revivals back in the uk. There was a drought of them for the longest time and now they are returning to us, which is delightful. And I like a show at the Birmingham Rep. They do a good set. It's a big stage. I think this is going to be exciting. But the other one that I've never seen a fully staged production of is the Little Night Music, which is happening at the Royal Exchange, a theatre we've wanted to visit for the longest time and only just Managed to. When we saw Singing in the Rain back in December. We now know the magic of that space. It's in the round, it's intimate. It's a fascinating little auditorium within a large building.

[Aaron James]

You can do a lot with a flying.

[Mickey Jo]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And that, for Night Music, I think, is going to be gorgeous. Again, I have so many questions about casting, but Royal Exchange is doing a handful of fun things this year.

[Aaron James]

This is when I'm going to jump in and say, I can't wait for Fun Home. I was lucky enough to see it when I was at the Young Bic to see the original UK production and I love it. I think it's one of the most heartbreaking and, like, really, if you want to see a musical that really knows how to land a twist and a. Like a gut punch, then Fun Home is the musical to see. It's a queer story. It's Alison Bechdel's story about her life and her family's life. It's going to have to have incredible performers in it. It has its fun moments, but, ugh, what a show.

[Mickey Jo]

Yeah. I've never seen Fun Home on stage. So thrilled that I'm going to have the chance this year. Now, another theatre that announced an entirely exciting season. Everything they're doing is Pitlockery Festival Theatre under the new artistic direction of Alan Cumming. I think we're going to be making multiple trips there this year. My question to you is, what at Pitlochry has you the most excited? Because there's a few things.

[Aaron James]

Oh, so Kayleigh, I'm really intrigued by it.

[Mickey Jo]

A new Scottish musical directed by Sam Pinkleton of O Mary.

[Aaron James]

That's all kind of. That's immersive, that kind of brings you into teaching you the story, like, what a Kaylee is and teaches people how to be part of a ceili, as well as an original story that then threads through it. I just thought that's innovative. It could be Dance Party. Yeah. It's like an elevation of musical theater. It's new but also, like, so intrinsically Scottish.

[Mickey Jo]

Yeah.

[Aaron James]

Which I love. More of that, please, then. My. This isn't new, nor is the staging, but I loved the original production of Once and it is returning. The full original staging of that musical is going to be put back on stage at Pitlock Crew this year and it just holds a really special place in my heart. So I'm very excited to see that come back.

[Mickey Jo]

That was a big surprise when that was announced, that it was like, we're bringing back the original Production of Once. That's not something I saw coming. And you sort of assume once something has run and then gets licensed that you're never gonna see that original production again. So it's a fond surprise. It's like an old friend. There are two I'm excited about. One of them is the play written by Martin Sherman, which is I'll Be Seeing youg, which is about Liberace, I believe, and it's gonna be Simon Russell Beale and Fra Fee starring together. There's all of the names that I just mentioned make me jointly excited about this. But also Maria Fr directing another musical revival, the genius behind Broadway's Tony Award winning Merrily We Roll Along. That of course started here at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London as well as that revival of High Society that I mentioned to you. I have enjoyed everything. I have seen Maria Friedman direct and she's going to direct My Fair lady and Alan Cumming is going to star as Henry Higgins.

[Aaron James]

I am already so intrigued what her vision is.

[Mickey Jo]

Yeah, I just think she has such a fantastic perspective after this illustrious career that she had as sort of an era defining musical theatre actress. She to direct with that perspective has given way to such brilliant productions already that I'm fascinated to see what this revival looks like for Eliza. Yeah, I think that's incredibly exciting.

[Aaron James]

My next one, we're going to to be renamed Theatre and we go to an area that I've never seen theatre in and I really have wanted to see theater in for such a long time. We're heading to the Lake District.

[Mickey Jo]

Oh yes.

[Aaron James]

And where we're going to the Victoria Wood Theatre as it will be named for the world premiere of 14 Again, a new Victoria Wood musical. Did I ever think that we would hear that phrase now with the music and lyrics by Victoria Wood and Bo, the book by Tom McCrae, the songs are hers that she wrote for stage for that energy of theatrical performance. As we all know, with her sketches, etc, it's all theatrical, all theatrical people involved and they work together and she was supportive of him. It just feels. It just feels like that exciting thing and I can't wait to see what it's like. But also they just announced the cast and Sally Ann Triplet and Rhea Jones are going to be in it together and they both have such links to Victoria Wood as well. So it just feels like this. It feels like this like little bit of magic that's happening and it's a tiny, tiny, tiny theatre. But who knows what could come from that. Just. Yeah, I'm excited Everything else I have.

[Mickey Jo]

On my list is going to multiple different places. So there are a few theaters where you can catch each of the other shows I'm going to talk about. One is a production of Kiss of the Spider Woman, which was recently turned into a film starring Jennifer Lopez, which I still haven't seen. I'm so sorry, I've never seen Kiss of the Spider Woman.

[Aaron James]

No, normally.

[Mickey Jo]

And I'm in two minds about how I want to encounter it first. So do I at this point, wait until I've seen the musical on stage so that when I go see the film I can talk to that as an adaptation. It feels like otherwise it would be the wrong. I'd be going backwards. It's going to a couple of different places. It's starting in Leicester. Another one that's doing a sort of similar model between a couple different regional theaters is Thespians. That's starting at the Mercury Theatre in Colchester. This is the first out and out musical from Mischief Theatre. The ingenious, ridiculous minds behind the play that goes wrong and all of those other shows. And this is their first time doing a real musical. Just reading the synopsis and how they're describing the show has me immediately very excited. It takes us back to the origins of theater itself. Looking forward to that one very much. Check out the tour dates to see when it's going to be playing at a theatre near you because I think it's going to prove very popular.

[Aaron James]

I'm also excited for two kind of UK premiere or world premiere productions. We have bank of Dave which is written by Pippa Cleary and Rob Madge. They worked together previously on My Sense of Queer, but what yout can youn Do. And I don't know that much actually about the real life story of a Revit Face off. But the two of them writing together is just like, oh, perfection cannot wait. And then my other regional one is Something Rotten. I'm really happy that we are seeing these shows that do one night concerts or a couple of concerts in the West End, these big starry ones. But we are actually seeing them then from that develop into full productions. And sometimes like how this is going to Manchester and it's doing a tryout run there. This just feels like, oh, this is a good pipeline. And then my final regional show is back in Scotland and that is one day the music musical.

[Mickey Jo]

Oh yes, we're seeing that quite soon.

[Aaron James]

Yeah. Jamie Moscato and Sharon Rose leading it. I know that it's gonna make me cry.

[Mickey Jo]

We don't know we didn't watch no.

[Aaron James]

TV show, never watched any of the material. I've just always been told it makes you sob. I'm ready for an emotional musical.

[Mickey Jo]

I'm also very much looking forward to going to Edinburgh when it's not the fringe and being like, wow, I can walk down this street and first time.

[Aaron James]

In the Lyceum, which will be nice.

[Mickey Jo]

But that about brings us to the end of our recommendations for theatre in the UK in 2026. About five minutes after we stop recording this, something huge is going to be announced.

[Aaron James]

Yeah.

[Mickey Jo]

And certainly in the weeks to come.

[Aaron James]

All the shows that we thought about that we didn't get to mention or.

[Mickey Jo]

The or that we entirely didn't think about.

[Aaron James]

Yeah.

[Mickey Jo]

So feel free to share all of your recommendations in the comments section down below to help fill out this list. But also stay tuned because as more things are announced, then maybe I'll talk about them here as well. Of course, there will also be reviews, hopefully of all of these shows as well as everything else that is opening. Let us know which ones you're intrigued by and would like to see a review of. In the meantime, to make sure you don't miss those reviews, make sure you're subscribed here on YouTube or following on podcast platforms. I have been Mickey Jo, I'm Aaron James and we both hope that everyone is staying safe and that you have have a Stagey day. Nailed it. Bye for 10 more seconds. I'm Mickey Jo Theatre. Oh my God. Hey, thanks for watching. Have a Stagey day. Subscribe.

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