Must-book West End transfers

By Lucy Brooks on 5/3/2020

Seize your second chance to see some our favourite plays from the last year as they transfer to the West End due to popular demand

The Ocean at the End of the Lane, National Theatre review

The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Duke of York's Theatre

After an impressive premiere at the National Theatre, this modern myth from the mind of Neil Gaiman comes to life on the West End.

WHEN

31 Oct 2020 – 06 Feb 2021, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM

WHERE

Duke of York's Theatre
St Martin's Lane, London, WC2N 4BG

Baby Reindeer, Ambassadors Theatre

Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Richard Gadd exorcises his chilling past in his debut one-man play, coming to the West End's Ambassadors Theatre after impressing at the Edinburgh Fringe and Bush Theatre. The word is glowing for Baby Reindeer, after it played to a sold-out run,

WHEN

02 Apr 2020 – 02 May 2020, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM

WHERE

Ambassadors Theatre
West Street, London, WC2H 9ND

L-R, Rebecca Trehearn (Donna, Oolie) and Rosalie Craig (Gabby, Bobbi) in the original Donmar Warehouse Production of City of Angels. Photo - Johan Persson

City of Angels, Garrick Theatre

This West End transfer has been very long awaited. After dazzling audiences and selling out and winning an Olivier Award when it opened at the Donmar Warehouse in 2014, Josie Rourke's production of City of Angels finally comes to the West End. The original creative team, including choreographer Stephen Mear and designer Robert Jones will return.

WHEN

05 Mar 2020 – 05 Sep 2020, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM

WHERE

Garrick Theatre
2 Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0HH

The Watsons play. Photo by Manual Harlan

The Watsons, Harold Pinter Theatre

You know all about Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Mansfield Park, but what about The Watsons? Jane Austen's unfinished novel gets an ending courtesy of Olivier-winning playwright Laura Wade (Posh, Home I'm Darling) in her post-modern play The Watsons. It transfers to The West End's Harold Pinter Theatre after impressing at first Chichester Festival Theatre, then the Menier Chocolate Factory.

WHEN

08 May 2020 – 26 Sep 2020, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM

WHERE

Harold Pinter Theatre
Panton Street, London, SW1Y 4DN

Juliet Stevenson: The Doctor West End transfer

The Doctor, Duke of York's Theare

After a sold out, five-star opening at the Almeida Theatre in summer 2019, The Doctor transfers to the West End's Duke of York's Theatre with Juliet Stevenson reprising her starring role. Robert Icke’s freely adapted version of H Arthur Schnitzler’s 1912 play Professor Bernhardi questions the roles of religion versus medicine and whether the identities we carve out for ourselves in life can ever override the labels bestowed on us from birth.

WHEN

20 Apr 2020 – 11 Jul 2020, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM

WHERE

Duke of York's Theatre
St Martin's Lane, London, WC2N 4BG

Small Island, National Theatre

Andrea Levy's epic tale of love, hope and sacrifice between Britain and Jamaica in the 40s returns to the National Theatre due to popular demand, after sold out premiere in 2019.

WHEN

28 Oct 2020 – 01 Jan 2021, From 28 October, full dates tbc

WHERE

National Theatre
South Bank, London, SE1 9PX