The three-time Tony Award-winning musical will run from March to August 2026, bringing back the beloved puppet characters and their hilariously honest take on adult life to London audiences.

Avenue Q musical puppets

The West End production opens at Shaftesbury Theatre in March 2026.

Performances of the three-time Tony Award winning and Olivier Award nominated musical will take place from Friday 20th March until Saturday 29th August, 2026.

Regular and accelerator group rates are available on Monday-Friday performances, with discounts of groups of six plus, ten plus and 20+. Ticket prices are reduced further for groups who book and pay before 27th February, 2026. 

Announced by Kevin McCollum and Jamie Wilson Productions, the revival of Avenue Q will see the return of many of the original Broadway team including Broadway director Jason Moore. 

He said: “It’s a rare and wonderful gift to revisit a musical you helped create 20 years ago and bring it into this modern decade with tweaks and surprises that make the original show glisten with even more relevance and humour.

“We are so excited to head back to the Avenue once again—this time, adding an audience that was too young for some of these puppets and their particular brand of humour!”

Avenue Q musical poster

The revival of the show in 2026 will mark its 20th anniversary.

When the show first opened on Broadway, it was said to have broken all the rules - “it was bold, funny, and full of heart, speaking honestly about growing up and finding your place in the world”, explained the producers.

They added: “Two decades later, its message feels more relevant than ever. This revival is a love letter to the original production and to everyone who’s ever seen a bit of themselves in the residents of Avenue Q. We can’t wait to reintroduce this brilliantly irreverent, endlessly uplifting show to London audiences once again.”

“Irrevent and irrestible” - about Avenue Q

Fresh out of college and searching for his purpose, Princeton ends up in a shabby apartment on New York’s rundown Avenue Q. He quickly meets his new and colourful neighbours where together they navigate the life struggles of work, love and paying the bills in their own hilarious way.

“It’s a rare and wonderful gift to revisit a musical you helped create 20 years ago and bring it into this modern decade with tweaks and surprises that make the original show glisten with even more relevance and humour.”

Broadway director Jason Moore

It’s described as a mischievous and charming musical full of infectious songs and loveable characters that will leave you smiling for days.

It first opened in the West End in 2006 at the Noël Coward Theatre, before transferring to the Gielgud Theatre, followed by the Wyndham’s Theatre, where it played its final performance in October 2010. A special concert production was performed at the Sondheim Theatre in 2024 to celebrate the show’s 18th anniversary.

For more information including group rates visit www.avenueqmusical.co.uk