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The Late Edition

London's evening edition. Independent, updated daily.

London theatre shows: what is on this week

West End and fringe in one list, with the day-seat and returns tricks where we know them. Closing dates are marked, because the last weekend of a run is the one people miss.

What to expect

80 listings filed under Theatre. The busiest rooms are Hen & Chickens Theatre, Battersea Arts Centre and Bush Theatre. Concentrated in Islington, Battersea and Shepherd's Bush.

Nearby

Every listing here has been checked against the venue that is putting it on.

Saturday

24 October
  1. Theatre From £25

    Evening performance at the Victoria Palace Theatre

    19:30 Victoria Palace Theatre, Victoria

    A Matcham house from 1911, restored to the gilt and then some. Day seats and returns go at the box office in the morning, which is the cheapest way in.

  2. Theatre From £25

    Evening performance at the Apollo Victoria

    19:30 Apollo Victoria Theatre, Victoria

    An art deco cinema turned musical house, and one of the few West End auditoriums where the building is worth arriving early for. Straight across from the station.

  3. Theatre £20 to £45

    The Other Palace, Main House: An Oak Tree, by Tim Crouch

    Times vary The Other Palace, Main House, Victoria

    Until 15 Nov

    An Oak Tree, by Tim Crouch in the Main House at The Other Palace. The theatre publishes the run and the room; the price is on the booking page.