Artwork for Jesus Christ Superstar, supplied by the production
Jesus Christ Superstar will be staged this summer at The London Palladium.
The hit musical, with numbers like “Gethsemane”, “Heaven on their Minds” and “I Don’t Know How To Love Him”, is a rock opera by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Tim Rice.
First released as a concept album in 1970, it tells the story of the final weeks of Jesus’s life, focusing on his relationship with Judas Iscariot and the political and emotional tensions surrounding his crucifixion.
The show premiered on Broadway in 1971, with a West End premiere the following year. It was last seen in London at the Barbican Theatre in 2019, with a regional tour in 2024 and a recent actor-musician revival at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury.
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It will now come to The London Palladium, directed by Tim Sheader after he previously presented the show at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre in 2016 and 2017. He reunites with creatives designer Tom Scutt and choreographer Drew McOnie.
The creative team is joined by musical supervisor Tom Deering, lighting designer Lee Curran, sound designer Adam Fisher, fight director Kate Waters and BAFTA Award-winning casting director David Grindrod
The production will run for a limited 11-week season from 20 June to 5 September 2026, while tickets go on presale on Tuesday 25 November 2025 at 10am and general sale on Wednesday 26 November at 10am.
Lead casting for the run has also now been revealed.
