What's on in Centre London
Centre London packs a remarkable amount of culture into a short walk. From landmark venues to smaller galleries, theatres and music spaces, this part of the city rewards anyone willing to explore beyond the obvious — and much of what's on is easy to combine into a single outing.
This page tracks the exhibitions, theatre, concerts and cinema on at venues across Centre London this week. We show each event's venue, dates and how to book, so you can build a plan around where you already are or fancy heading. Whether you want a gallery afternoon, an evening show or a family day out, start here.
Follow any listing through for full details, times and booking. For a wider view, browse what's on today or this weekend across the whole city.
Centre · this week
William Eggleston: All that goes unnoticed
14/10/2026 - 21/02/2027
Mon-Wed, Sat 10:30-18:00; Thu-Fri 10:30-20:00; Sun 11:00-18:00
Photographers' Gallery
Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style
10/04/2026 - 18/04/2027
Check website
The King's Gallery, Buckingham PalacePainting the French Riviera
02/10/2026 - 31/01/2027
Tue-Sun 10:00-18:00 (Fri 21:00)
Royal Academy of ArtsTim Walker's Fairyland: Love and Legends
08/10/2026 - 07/02/2027
Daily 10:30-18:00; Fri-Sat until 21:00
National Portrait Gallery
The Mousetrap
15/05/2025 - 17/07/2027
Mon-Sat 19:30 (+ 15:00 Tue & Thu; 15:00 & 16:00 Sat)
St Martin's Theatre
Matilda The Musical
20/05/2025 - 02/09/2027
Tue-Fri 19:00; Wed & Sat 14:00; Sun 15:00
Cambridge Theatre
Oh, Mary!
03/12/2025 - 05/06/2027
Mon, Tue, Wed & Fri: 19:30; Thu: 17:30 and 20:45; Sat: 15:30 & 19:30
Trafalgar TheatreThe Playboy of the Western World
28/02/2026 - 04/12/2026
Mon-Sat 19:30 (+ 14:30 Thu & Sat)
National Theatre (Lyttleton)
Beetlejuice The Musical
20/05/2026 - 02/01/2027
Mon-Sat 19:30 (+ Fri & Sat 14:30)
Prince Edward TheatreZineb Sedira: When Words Fall Silent, Cinema Speaks - FREE
26/05/2026 - 17/01/2027
10:00-18:00
Tate BritainMillion Dollar Quartet
04/09/2026 - 06/12/2026
Tue-Sat 19:30 (+ 14:30 Thu & Sat); Sun 15:00
The Arts At Marble ArchMetamorphoses: Porcelain Sculpture by Rachel Kneebone
23/09/2026 - 25/04/2027
Daily 10:00-17:00
Wallace CollectionThis Is Still Not a Pipe: The Afterlife of Magritte - FREE!
24/09/2026 - 12/12/2026
Tue-Sat 10:00-18:00
Gagosian, Grosvenor HillFranz & Marie
28/09/2026 - 14/11/2026
Mon-Sat 19:30 (+ Wed 14:30; Sat 15:00); Sun 15:00
Charing Cross TheatreAutumn Knight: I Can't Complain
29/09/2026 - 29/11/2026
Tue-Sun 12:00-20:00
Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)
Jenkin van Zyl: Enclosure
05/10/2026 - 29/11/2026
Tue-Sat: 12:00-18:00; Thu: 12:00-20:00; Sun: 10:00-16:00
Somerset HouseThe Standard Of Living
05/10/2026 - 12/12/2026
Mon-Wed: 19:00; Thu-Sat: 19:30; Thu & Sat 14:30
Theatre Royal HaymarketLight and Magic The Birth of Art Photography
08/10/2026 - 14/02/2027
Daily 10:00-18:00 (Fri & Sat 22:00)
Tate ModernMultiplied wonders: Italian Renaissance woodcuts - FREE
08/10/2026 - 21/03/2027
Daily 10:00-17:00; Fri: 10:00-20:30
British Museum
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - One Part
09/10/2026 - 27/06/2027
Tue 19:00; Wed & Sat 13:00, 19:00; Thu-Fri 19:00; Sun 14:30 (doors ~30m before)
Palace Theatre
Sanlé Sory: Colour Years
14/10/2026 - 21/02/2027
Mon-Wed, Sat 10:30-18:00; Thu-Fri 10:30-20:00; Sun 11:00-18:00
Photographers' GallerySnap Happy! How Children Became Photographers
14/10/2026 - 21/02/2027
Mon-Wed, Sat 10:30-18:00; Thu-Fri 10:30-20:00; Sun 11:00-18:00
Photographers' GalleryShonibare and Gainsborough: A Conversation - FREE
15/10/2026 - 07/02/2027
Daily 10:00-18:00; Fri until 21:00
National GalleryKoestler Arts: Rock, Paper, Scissors - FREE
16/10/2026 - 29/11/2026
Tue-Sun: 12:00-20:00
Queen Elizabeth Hall (at Southbank Centre)
Playing with Fire
20/10/2026 - 03/01/2027
Various times - see “More info and booking”
Royal Festival Hall (at Southbank Centre)
A Place to Call Home: Poverty and Housing in London
23/10/2026 - 05/03/2027
Mon–Fri: 09:00–19:00; Sat: 09:45–17:00
Senate House LibraryGoavve-Geabbil: Hyundai Commission 2026
26/10/2026 - 27/03/2027
Daily 10:00-18:00 (Fri, Sat 22:00)
Tate ModernCloud 9
02/11/2026 - 13/01/2027
Various times - see “More info and booking”
National Theatre (Lyttleton)
Max Olesker: Making the Cut
03/11/2026 - 09/01/2027
Various times, see event link for more details.
Soho TheatreAnnie Trevorah: Dolly’s Clinic
04/11/2026 - 14/11/2026
Tue-Fri: 10:00-18:00; Sat: 11:00-18:00
Coningsby GalleryNo Plan at All: Prints from BORCH Editions
05/11/2026 - 19/12/2026
Thu 18:00-20:00; Fri-Sat 10:00-18:00
David Zwirner
Winston Taylor Photo Portrait Prize 2026
05/11/2026 - 17/01/2027
Sun-Thu: 10:30-18:00 (Fri & Sat: 21:00)
National Portrait GalleryThrough Our Eyes: Sámi Art and Culture
06/11/2026 - 07/02/2027
Sun-Wed: 10:00-18:00; Sat: 10:00-20:00; Thu-Fri: 12:00-20:00
Somerset House
Visionaries: Robbins and MacMillan
09/11/2026 - 28/11/2026
In repertory - check website
Royal Opera HouseA Christmas Carol
10/11/2026 - 09/01/2027
Mon-Sat 19:30 (to 23 Nov), then 19:00 from 25 Nov; plus 14:30 Tue & Thu from 8 Dec
Old VicThe Jungle Book
13/11/2026 - 06/02/2027
Various times - see “More info and booking”
National Theatre (Olivier)The Afronauts
14/11/2026 - 19/12/2026
Mon-Wed, Fri 19:30; Thu 14:30 & 19:30; Sat 13:30 & 18:30
Royal Court Theatre
Venues in Centre London · 211
- 100 Club
- 229 The Venue
- 229 The Venue 2
- 9 Cork Street
- 99 Club Leicester Square
- AA School of Architecture
- Adelphi Theatre
- Aldwych Theatre
- Alison Jacques
- Ambassadors Theatre
- Annely Juda Fine Art
- Apollo Theatre
- Apollo Victoria Theatre
- Arcadia Missa
- Arcadia Missa
- Arts Theatre
- Bechstein Hall
- Ben Brown Fine Arts
- BFI IMAX
- BFI Southbank
- Bloomsbury Theatre
- Blue Note London
- Boat Show Comedy Club
- British Museum
- Brown Collection
- Browse & Darby
- Cambridge Theatre
- Cartoon Museum
- Central Hall Westminster (Great Hall)
- Charing Cross Theatre
- Charles Burnard Gallery
- Charles Dickens Museum
- Chris Beetles
- Christie's
- Churchill War Rooms
- Cineworld Leicester Square
- Clore Ballroom (RFH at Southbank Centre)
- COLNAGHI
- Comedy Carnival Covent Garden
- Comedy Store
- Coningsby Gallery
- Conway Hall
- County Hall
- Courtauld Gallery
- Covent Garden Comedy Club
- Cristea Roberts Gallery
- Criterion Theatre
- Curzon Bloomsbury
- Curzon Mayfair
- Curzon Soho
- Curzon Victoria
- David Zwirner
- Dominion Theatre
- Donmar Warehouse
- Duchess Theatre
- Emanuel Von Baeyer
- Everyman Baker Street
- Fortune Theatre
- Foundling Museum
- Frameless Immersive Art Experience
- Frith Street Gallery
- Gagosian, Davies Street
- Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill
- Garrick Theatre
- Georgian Group
- Gielgud Theatre
- Gillian Lynne Theatre
- Goodman Gallery
- Grant Museum of Zoology
- GRIMM
- Grosvenor Chapel
- Hanina Fine Arts
- Harold Pinter Theatre
- Hauser & Wirth
- Hayward Gallery (at Southbank Centre)
- Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert
- Heaven
- HERE at Outernet
- Hippodrome Casino (Theatre)
- His Majesty's Theatre
- Horse Guards Parade
- Horse Hospital, The
- Household Cavalry Museum
- Huxley-Parlour (Maddox Street)
- Huxley-Parlour (Swallow Street)
- Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)
- Jermyn Street Theatre
- Kirkaldy’s Testing Works
- Korean Cultural Centre UK (KCCUK)
- Larkin Durey
- Leicester Square Theatre
- Linnean Society of London
- Liszt Institute - Hungarian Cultural Centre London
- London Coliseum
- London Palladium
- London Welsh Centre
- Lower Third (at Outernet)
- Lyceum Theatre
- Lyric Theatre
- Mall Galleries
- Messums London
- Michael Werner Gallery
- Moco Museum London
- Museum of Freemasonry
- National Gallery
- National Liberal Club
- National Poetry Library (at RFH, Southbank Centre)
- National Portrait Gallery
- National Theatre (Dorfman)
- National Theatre (Lyttleton)
- National Theatre (Olivier)
- Novello Theatre
- Odeon Haymarket
- ODEON Luxe Leicester Square
- ODEON Luxe West End
- ODEON Tottenham Court Rd
- Old Vic
- Other Palace
- Palace of Westminster
- Palace Theatre
- Peacock Theatre
- Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
- Phoenix Theatre
- Photographers' Gallery
- Piccadilly Theatre
- Picturehouse Central
- Pipeline
- Pippy Houldsworth Gallery
- Playhouse Theatre
- Postal Museum
- President Hotel
- Prince Charles Cinema
- Prince Edward Theatre
- Prince of Wales Theatre
- Purcell Room (at Southbank Centre)
- Queen Elizabeth Hall (at Southbank Centre)
- Queen Elizabeth Hall, Foyer (at Southbank Centre)
- Regent Street Cinema
- Ronchini
- Ronnie Scott's
- Royal Academy of Arts
- Royal Court Theatre
- Royal Court Theatre (Upstairs)
- Royal Festival Hall (at Southbank Centre)
- Royal Festival Hall Riverside Terrace Level 2 (at Southbank Centre)
- Royal Institution
- Royal Military Chapel (The Guards’ Chapel)
- Royal Opera House
- Royal Opera House (Crush Room)
- Royal Opera House (Linbury Theatre)
- RWS Gallery
- Saatchi Yates
- Sadie Coles HQ
- Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
- Savoy Theatre
- Senate House Library
- Seven Dials Playhouse
- Shaftesbury Theatre
- Shakespeare's Globe
- Shapero Modern
- Sir John Soane's Museum
- Smith Square Hall (formerly St John's Smith Square)
- Society of Antiquaries Of London
- Soho Place
- Soho Theatre
- Somerset House
- Sondheim Theatre
- Sotheby's London
- Southbank Centre (Sitewide)
- St Clement Danes (RAF) Church
- St Georges Hanover Square
- St James's, Spanish Place
- St Martin-in-the-Fields
- St Martin's Theatre
- St Mary Le Strand
- St Paul’s Church (The Actors' Church)
- Tate Britain
- Tate Modern
- Temple Church
- Thaddaeus Ropac
- The Art Workers' Guild
- The Arts At Marble Arch
- The Cinema At Selfridges
- The Garden Cinema
- The King's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
- The Nickel Cinema
- Theatre Royal Drury Lane
- Theatre Royal Haymarket
- Thomas Dane
- Tom Stoppard Theatre
- Top Secret Comedy Club
- Trafalgar Theatre
- Transport Museum
- Two Temple Place
- Underbelly Boulevard Soho
- Union Theatre
- Vaudeville Theatre
- Vaults London
- Victoria Palace Theatre
- Vue - Piccadilly
- Vue - West End (Leicester Square)
- Wallace Collection
- Water Rats Venue
- Westminster Cathedral Hall
- White Cube Mason's Yard
- Wiener Holocaust Library
- Wigmore Hall
- Wyndham's Theatre
- Young Vic
- Young Vic (Clare)
- Young Vic (Maria)
Frequently asked questions
What's on in Centre London this week?
The list above shows cultural events at venues across Centre London — exhibitions, theatre, concerts and film — updated day by day, with our picks first.
Are there free things to do in Centre London?
Often, yes. Many London venues offer free entry to their collections and free events. See our free things to do page for everything on this week with no ticket.
How do I get to Centre London?
Centre London is well served by the Underground, buses and, in central areas, walking between venues. Check each venue's page for its address and nearest station.
How current are these listings?
They're refreshed continuously, so the events shown reflect what's actually on in this part of London this week.