Opening this month

1 October: Every Minute Motherland [The Place]

1—24 October: The Royal Ballet, Like Water for Chocolate [Royal Opera House]

1—11 October: English National Ballet, R:Evolution [Sadler’s Wells]

2—4 October: Hea Min Jung Code of Engagement [Coronet Theatre]

2—3 October: Andrea Peńa & Artists, BOGOTÁ (Dance Umbrella) [Sadler's Wells East]

2—3 October: Amit Noy, A Big Big Room Full of Everybody's Hope [Lilian Baylis Studio]

2 October—7 November: Dan Daw Creative Projects, Exxy [Tour]

3—15 October: Altered Ski, Fatherhood [The Place]

3 October—5 December: Rude Health Festival [Cambois Miners Welfare, Northumberland]

4 October—14 November: Holly Thomas, Half Light [Tour]

4 October: Chisato Minamimura, Mark of A Woman [Aldridge Studio, The Lowry]

4 October: Hannes Langolf, How About Now [Quays Theatre, The Lowry]

4 October: Superfan Stuntman [The Place]

6—7 October: The Royal Ballet, Black History Month Draft Works [Linbury Theatre]

7—25 October: Salaam Salaam, I'm Muslamic Don't Panic [Tour]

7-8 October: Reckless Sleepers, Binary Opposition [Quays Theatre, The Lowry]

8—9 October: Lilian Steiner and María del Mar Suárez / La Chachi Change Tempo (Dance Umbrella) [Barbican Pit]

8 October—29 November: Ceyda Tanc Dance, Kizlar [Tour]

8 October—29 November: Ballet Black, Shadows [Tour]

8—11 October: Tentacle Tribe (Breakin' Convention), PRISM [Sadler's Wells East]

10 October: Dam Van Huynh, Exquisite Noise [The Place]

10 October: Mufutau Yusuf, Impasse [Quays Theatre, The Lowry]

10 October—20 March: Motionhouse, Hidden [Tour]

11 October—26 May: Northern Ballet, Little Red Riding Hood [Tour]

15—16 October: Jan Martens, Voice Noise [Southbank Centre]

14 October: Amrita Hepi with Mish Grigor, Rinse [The Place]

15—25 October: Hofesh Shechter, Theatre of Dreams [Tour]

16—18 October: Pepa Ubera, The Machine of Horizontal Dreams [Sadler's Wells East]

16 October: Les Arts Florissants and Amala Dianor Company, Gesualdo Pasione (Dance Umbrella) [Barbican Hall]

18 October: Maya and Toussaint, An Evening with Okan [The Place]

18 October—9 June: The Royal Ballet, La Fille mal gardée [Royal Opera House]

18 October: Company of Elders, Mixed Bill [Lilian Baylis Studio]

18—19 October: Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira, Repertório N.1 (Dance Umbrella) [Porchester Hall]

20 October—1 March: Vincent Simone, Tango Passions [Tour]

21—31 October: Tjimur Dance Theatre, Bulabulay Mun? / How are you? (Dance Umbrella) [The Place, London and Pavilion Dance South West]

22—24 October: Alesandra Seutin & KVS, Mimi's Shebeen [Sadler's Wells East]

22—25 October: Amici Dance Theatre Company, Our Time [Lyric Hammersmith Theatre]

23 October—11 November: Naishi Wang and Jean Abreu, Deciphers [Tour]

23 October—28 June: English National Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty [Tour]

23—25 October: Naishi Wang & Jean Abreu, Deciphers [Coronet Theatre, London]

24—25 October: Alena Antoniou, Landscape (Dance Umbrella) [Shoreditch Town Hall]

24—25 October: Anders Duckworth, Little M [The Place, London]

24—25 October: Ofelia Jarl Ortega, Casino [London Performance Studio]

24 October: Melissa Rayne, Diagrams of Love [Chisenhale Dance Space]

27 October—18 November: Anton Du Beke, At the Musicals [Tour]

28 October—1 November: Akram Khan & Manal AlDowayan Thikra: Night of Remembering [Sadler's Wells]

28 October—20 December: New English Ballet Theatre, The Nutcracker [Tour]

30 October—1 November: Ichi Ni San, Club Ninja [Lilian Baylis Studio]

30 October—1 November: Akram Khan Company, Chotto Desh [Sadler's Wells East]

31 October—11 Feb: Acosta Danza, Nutcracker in Havana [Tour]

31 October—1 November: Georgia Tegou and Kristina Pulejkova, Homecoming [The Place]

31 Oct—12 Nov: Scottish Dance Theatre, The Flock & Moving Cloud [Tour]

Ongoing Shows

Until 1 November: Rambert x La(Horde), Bring Your Own [Tour]

Until 1 November: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Black Sabbath: The Ballet

Until 1 November: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Black Sabbath: The Ballet

Until 4 November: New Adventures, The Midnight Bell [Tour]

Until 8 November: Jasmin Vardimon, Now [Tour]

Until 12 November: Northern Rascals, SunnySide [Tour]

Until 15 November: Northern Ballet, Merlin [Tour]

Until 22 November: London City Ballet Rebirth – Robbins, Page, Ratmansky, New Tash Chu [Tour]

Until 22 November: Daniel Martinez, Art of Andalucia [Tour]

Until 22 November: National Dance Company of Wales, Surge | Gwefr [Tour]

Until 21 February: Joss Arnott Dance, Meet the Hatter [Tour]

Until 10 April: Pett Clausen-Knight, Into the Light [Tour]

Until 12 April 2026: Fevered Sleep, Time Keeps the Drummer [Tour]

Closing this Month

Until 4 October: Lost Dog, Juliet and Romeo [Tour]

Until 4 October: New Adventures, Swan Lake [Tour]

Until 15 October: Gary Clarke Company, Detention [Tour]

Until 17 October: Former Strictly Pros, The Return of the Legends [Tour]

Until 18 October: Scottish Ballet, Mary Queen of Scots [Tour]

Until 21 October: Shobana Jeyasingh Dance, We Caliban [Tour]