New musical revivals to see in 2025

Here at WhatsOnStage we do, of course, love a new musical. But similarly, we love a new staging of an old classic.

There’s a reason that so many creatives, producers, and casts are eager to put their spin on iconic titles from greats; including Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Jonathan Larson. Across the UK in 2025 there will be ample opportunity to catch a fresh take on a beloved title, and here are our top picks.

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Without further ado, on with the revivals…

Kinky Boots

“Everybody Say Yeah!” Johannes Radebe will be strutting across the UK making his musical theatre debut as Lola, with Dan Partridge as Charlie Price and WhatsOnStage Award winner Courtney Bowman as Lauren. The Made at Curve production will start at the Leicester venue, bringing the award-winning Harvey Fierstein-Cyndi Lauper musical back home to the Midlands.

Touring the UK and Ireland from January

tick, tick… Boom!

Kate Wasserberg (Boys from the Blackstuff) has unveiled her first season as artistic director, and the reopening of Theatr Clwyd, with a boom! She’ll direct Jonathan Larson’s musical exploring the struggles of a young artist pursuing his dreams herself.

Theatr Clwyd, 2 to 28 June

42nd Street

If you want to meet those dancing feet, look no further than Leicestershire. Kilworth House Theatre will be in the money with their open-air revival of the 1980 stage musical about staging a musical.

Kilworth House Theatre, 3 June to 13 July

London Road

The National Theatre is offering a bumper season in 2025, including the UK premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s final musical Here We Are, and a new play from the team behind Prima Facie starring Rosamund Pike. In the summer, Alecky Blythe and Adam Cork’s London Road – which follows a community coming together following the discovery of the bodies of five women – will return for a new run. Directed by Rufus Norris, it has already been confirmed that the run will be captured for a future streaming release on National Theatre at Home.

National Theatre, 5 to 21 June

Evita

Director Jamie Lloyd takes on the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical about Argentina’s first lady. We’ve had it confirmed by Lloyd that this will be an “evolution” of his 2019 Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production. So they question on everyone’s lips is, who will step into the role of Eva Peron?

The London Palladium, 14 June to 6 September 2025

How to Win Against History

To mark the 150th anniversary of Henry Cyril Paget’s birth, the musical comedy about the fifth Marquis of Anglesey will enjoy another life in a new production. The Edinburgh Fringe hit has been reimagined for a larger space.

Bristol Old Vic, 19 June to 12 July

Grease

Grease is the word, and the second offering of the season at the North Kilworth venue! Audiences can (hopefully) enjoy those “Summer Nights” in the unique open-air theatre.

Kilworth House Theatre, 29 July to 7 September

Follies

The former Weismann’s Follies girls will be heading to Belfast next year! Northern Ireland Opera will revive the much-loved Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman musical in 2025, with artistic director Cameron Menzies directing following his hit revival of Into The Woods.

Grand Opera House, Belfast, 13 to 20 September

The Harder They Come

Reggae musical The Harder They Come will return to Stratford East as part of the venue’s 140th anniversary season. Based on the cult film, the show features songs by Jimmy Cliff and a new book by Suzan-Lori Parks, with direction by Matthew Xia.

Stratford East, 13 September to 25 October

The Last Five Years

If you can’t get to New York City to see Adrienne Warren and Nick Jonas in the new staging of Jason Robert Brown’s musical favourite, fear not. The two-hander will be staged in the Barn Theatre’s 2025 season. See, we’re smiling!

Barn Theatre, 17 October to 15 November

Miss Saigon

Miss Saigon will rise again! A new production, directed by Jean-Pierre van der Spuy, promises a “fresh look” at the musical which follows Kim, a young girl, who falls in love with an American GI. It’ll open its UK tour in Newcastle in October and visit “many theatres that the original was unable to.” 

On tour from October

My Fair Lady

We’ve grown accustomed to revivals of Lerner and Loewe’s loverly My Fair Lady, and this new one, directed by Joseph Pitcher will see out the year in Sonning.

The Mill at Sonning, 20 November to 17 January 2026