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Your West End Theatre February updates are here. We have the latest updates on which shows are opening closing and seeing any more changes.
West End Theatre Shows Opening in February:
Dracula – Noel Coward Theatre
Opens 7th February
Originally due to open on the 4th, this highly anticipated production recently pushed back it’s first performance to 7th Feb instead. Wicked star Cynthia Erivo is performing a one woman show of Dracula. The production company gave the following reason for this postponement:
“As Dracula moves through the final stages of preparation, the technical scale of the production has demanded additional time to ensure audiences experience this story exactly as it is intended.”
This adaptation promises to be a riveting study of the monster within. Although a play, the production has a soundtrack of a combination of styles. However, Erivo is expected to sing one song in the show composed by Clemence Williams
Dracula opens on 7th February at the Noel Coward Theatre. The show is booking until 31st May 2026.
The Unlikely Pilrimage of Harold Fry – Theatre Royal Haymarket
Opens 29th January
Okay this technically opens in January but performances are in full swing from February. This musical arrives in the West End following a sold out run in Chichester. The musical is adapted by the best selling novel written by Rachel Joyce. In fact, Joyce has adapted her own novel for the stage and has music written by indie musician Passenger.
Harold Fry is an ordinary man with an ordinary life until a letter from a long-lost friend sends him out the front door… and he keeps on walking. From Devon’s quiet lanes to the windswept streets of Berwick-upon-Tweed, his journey becomes a pilgrimage of love, redemption, and second chances.
Strangers turn into companions, kindness appears in unexpected places, and the road reveals more than Harold ever imagined. Back home, his wife Maureen begins her own journey, one that might bring them together again.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry opened in 29th January and is booking until 18th April 2026 at The Theatre Royal Haymarket.
Shadowlands – The Aldwych Theatre
Opens 5th February
This play is starring the iconic Hugh Bonneville! He plays C.S Lewis, the beloved Author who wrote the Chronicles of Narnia. The story follows him meeting the spirited American poet Joy Davidman whose unexpected love transforms the orderly academic life of C.S Lewis. What begins as a meeting of minds becomes an uplifting and powerful journey of love and the fragile beauty of life.
Based on a true story, Shadowlands is written by William Nicholson and was adapted from his own original BAFTA Award-winning TV Movie.
Shadowlands opens at the 5th February for a strictly limited season until 9th May 2026.
Marie & Rosetta – @sohoplace
Opens 28th February
Starring Beverly Knight as Sister Rosetta this roof-raising ‘godmother of rock ‘n’ roll’, follow the women who influenced countless musicians from Elvis to Johnny Cash. This sparkling, intimate portrait of Rosetta and her beloved singing partner, Marie Knight, restores these forgotten musical heroines to the spotlight as one of the most remarkable and revolutionary duos in music history. Set in Mississippi, 1946, Sister Rosetta has changed the face of gospel music with her exuberant, electric guitar-playing style. Shunned by straitlaced church folk for performing in nightclubs and glorying in rhythm and blues, she’s persuaded the saintly young singer Marie to join her on a tour of the segregated southern States. But first she has to convert Marie’s pure Sunday sound into something that has just a little more swing.
This new musical, Marie & Rosetta opens @sohoplace on 28th February and is playing until 10th April 2026.
West End Theatre Shows Closing in February
Just For One Day – The Live Aid Musical – The Shaftesbury Theatre
Closes 7th February
Whether you were there at Live Aid, watched it on the telly or weren’t even born yet, don’t miss your chance to be a part of this moment. Discover the fascinating story behind the most epic gig in music history and be part of Live Aid’s 40-year legacy of great music for a great cause. 10% of all ticket sales goes directly to The Band Aid Charitable Trust so the fundraising continues through this musical.
It features all songs from the artists who performed in the original event to is sure to have great songs that you know and love.
Just For One Day – The Live Aid Musical must end on 7th February 2026 at The Shaftesbury Theatre.
MJ the Musical – The Prince Edward Theatre
Closes 28th February 2026
This show is one of our best sellers at Leicester Square Box Office and we are sad to see it go! MJ the Musical is a biopic of Michael Jackson’s life, specifically the preparation for his Dangerous World Tour.
The award winning show came over from Broadway and is extremely popular. It features some of Michael Jackson’s greatest hits such as Billie Jean, Beat It and Thriller to name a few.
MJ the Musical closes on 28th February 2026 at The Prince Edward Theatre.
Woman in Mind – Duke of York’s Theatre
Closes 28th February 2026
Star Sheridan Smith is in this play. Woman In Mind is Alan Ayckbourn’s darkly comic psychological drama. Comic Romesh Ranganathan has also made his West End debut in this production. The story follows a middle class housewife who sustains a bump to the head. Following this, her world splits in two—one mundane, one imagined—and the lines begin to blur. This groundbreaking play is a hilarious and gripping exploration of identity, family, and mental escape.
Woman In Mind at The Duke of York’s Theatre is playing until 28th February 2026.
West End Theatre February Cast Changes:
Les Miserables – The Sondheim Theatre
London’s longest running musical welcomes new cast members to the west end this February at The Sondheim Theatre. They already welcomed back West End Star Katie Hall as Fantine last month. The cast members who start tomorrow are Harry Hepple (Hamilton) as Thénardier, Lizzie Bea (Sister Act) as Madame Thénardier and Jess Folley (Burlesque The Musical) as Éponine.
Les Miserables is currently booking until 3rd October 2026 at The Sondheim Theatre.
