Avenue Q will return to the West End for its 20th anniversary

The 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 to 29 August 2026.

With music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx and book by Jeff Whitty, the revival production of Avenue Q, based on an original concept by Lopez and  Marx, will see the return of many of the original Broadway team, including the award-winning Broadway director Jason Moore, original Broadway puppets, conceived and designed by Rick Lyon, alongside music orchestrations and arrangements by Stephen Oremus and set design by Anna Louizos. Joining them for this anniversary production will be choreographer Ebony Molina with casting by Pearson Casting CDG and other new UK creatives to be announced.

The show’s producers Kevin McCollum and Jamie Wilson 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.”

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.

Avenue Q first opened in the West End in 2006 at the Noel Coward Theatre, before transferring to the Gielgud Theatre, followed by the Wyndham’s Theatre, where it played its final performance on 30 October 2010. A special concert production was performed at the Sondheim Theatre in 2024 to celebrate the show’s 18th anniversary.

Avenue Q is produced by Kevin McCollum and Jamie Wilson Productions.