April 2026
Discover what dance shows are on in London and the rest of the UK this April. Including works by Pina Bausch, Wayne McGregor and Carlos Acosta.
Opening this month
1-25 April: Let's All Dance Ballet Company, The Princess & The Pea [Tour]
2-4 April: Paco Peña Flamenco Dance Company, Solera [Sadler's Wells]
3-11 April: English National Ballet, My First Ballet: Cinderella [Peacock Theatre]
7-11 April: Pina Bausch / Meryl Tankard, Kontakthof – Echoes of ’78 [Sadler's Wells]
8 April: Company of Elders, Mixed Bill [Sadler's East]
8 April-2 May: Acosta Danza, Carmen [Tour]
10 April: Lewis Major Projects, Triptych [Pavilion Dance]
10 April: PCK Dance, Into the Light [The Place]
10-11 April: Louise Lecavalier, danses vagabondes [Sadler's East]
14-18 April: Germán Cornejo, Tango After Dark [Peacock Theatre]
16-18 April: International Draft Works 2026 [Linbury Theatre]
16 April-9 May: Scottish Ballet, Starstruck [Tour]
17-18 April: Dorrance Dance Production, The Centre Will Not Hold [Sadler's Wells]
18 April: aKa Dance Theatre, Shed-Ache [Pavilion Dance]
18 April-6 May: The Royal Ballet, Wayne McGregor: Alchemies [Royal Opera House]
21-23 April: Shobana Jeyasingh Dance, We Caliban [Sadler's East]
24 April: Simone Mousset, The Great Chevalier [The Place]
28 April: Orla Hardie and Samara Langham, LoonHeads and Nacre [The Place]
30 April: Ekleido, Splice | Rorschach [The Place]
30 April - 24 June: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, 50th Anniversary Tour [Tour]
30 April-9 May: Thick & Tight and CHAINES, Papillons [Tour]
Ongoing Shows
Until 2 May: English National Ballet, Body & Soul [Tour]
Until 9 May: Diversity, Soul [Tour]
Until 9 May: New Adventures, The Red Shoes [Tour]
Until 18 May: The Royal Ballet, Mayerling [Royal Opera House]
Until 26 May: Northern Ballet, Little Red Riding Hood [Tour]
Until 9 June: The Royal Ballet, La Fille mal gardée [Royal Opera House]
Until 27 June: Phoenix Dance Theatre, Interplay [Tour]
Until 28 June: English National Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty [Tour]
Until 8 July: Ballet Black, Ballet Black at 25 [Tour]
Until 5 September: Northern Ballet, Gentleman Jack [Tour]
Closing this Month
Until 10 April: Pett Clausen-Knight, Into the Light [Tour]
Until 12 April: Fevered Sleep, Time Keeps the Drummer [Tour]
Until 25 April: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Don Quixote [Tour]
Can’t find a show?
These listings are independently collated by me in my spare time, so some shows may be missing. Email me to get your dance production listed.