London Summer Season 2025

Just curious what people are excited about this summer season in London. Very excited to catch Intimate Apparel at the Donmar, Moon for the Misbegotten at the Almeida, and possibly Evita at the Colosseum (depending on reviews&hellip

Interested in what others think are the must see shows of the season. 

Updated On: 5/29/25 at 03:09 PM

I'm only there nine days in June but I'm seeing The Brightening Air, Hercules, Here We Are, The Deep Blue Sea, Sondheim's The Frogs, Master Builder, London Road, Mrs. Warren's Profession and Evita, 

Giant was so damn good, but it’s almost certainly going to transfer when Lithgow’s schedule will allow. Not sure if it helps but I booked Fiddler after I saw they offer a 230 Tuesday matinee. 

Helpful all around! Can happily scratch Totoro off the list so now need to just decide...probably between Fiddler and Giant for my last spot. I'll almost certainly see Benjamin Button. If I knew for sure Giant was transferring, I would definitely go Fiddler, but we'll see if my fear that I miiiiiight miss it finds me biting the bullet and grabbing Giant in the last slot!

I had also considered The Frogs, but...I just feel like even as much as I adore Sondheim, I can probably miss this one.

I had also considered The Frogs, but...I just feel like even as much as I adore Sondheim, I can probably miss this one."

Who’s doing the Frogs? Going to admit that I hated it at Lincoln Center, but might be open to a new interpretation. 

The Frogs is at Southwark Playhouse. I think it’s the version that was done at LCT, though obviously in a new production. https://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/productions/the-frogs/

The production photos on the website make it look pretty fun.  I love the frog costumes.

I saw The Frogs the other day. Great fun, very fringy, weirdly hetero considering how camp it is, but the second act drags like anything. If they'd cut it down to a tight 80 minutes straight through it would be perfection.

 

My Master Builder is almost certainly the worst play of the year. It's absolutely shameful that a play that dire, by a first time writer, went straight into the West End just because the playwright is an ultra-wealthy and well-connected socialite who is best friends with many powerful celebrities. One of the cast is married to a friend and I heard the cast accepted based on Michael Grandage + 3 month West End run, without seeing the finished script, and are now mortified with having to perform such poor material. Lots of lines that are clearly intended to be deadly serious meditations on art and live generating giggles, or even howls of laughter. It's almost Mystery Science Theatre 3000 territory it's so bad.