AVENUE Q to return to the West End from March 2026
It has been announced that three-time Tony Award winning and Olivier Award nominated musical, AVENUE Q, will return to the West End for its 20th anniversary, bringing the original Broadway puppets to the Shaftesbury Theatre for a strictly limited season from 20 March-29 August.
With music & lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, and a book by Jeff Whitty, the revival production of AVENUE Q, based on an original concept by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, will see the return of many of the original Broadway team, including the award-winning Broadway director Jason Moore, with music orchestrations and arrangements by Stephen Oremus, original Broadway puppets, conceived and designed by Rick Lyon and set design by Anna Louizos. Joining them for this anniversary production will be choreographer Ebony Molina, with casting by Pearson Casting CDG. Other new UK creatives to be announced.
Director Jason Moore 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!”
The show’s producers said: “We’re beyond excited to bring Avenue Q back to the West End to celebrate its 20th anniversary. When the show first opened on Broadway, it broke all the rules - it was bold, funny, and full of heart, speaking honestly about growing up and finding your place in the world. 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.”
