Paranormal Activity Extends West End Run as Broadway and UK Tour Open

Paranormal Activity is extending its West End run at the Ambassadors Theatre for a fifth time, producers Melting Pot have announced, as the scare-fest opens a major UK and Ireland tour and continues a Broadway season at New York's August Wilson Theatre.

For British Theatre audiences the story is global and local at once: London tickets remain the live booking path on this site, a road company is launching from Richmond, and the US company is already playing Broadway after a North American tour. This piece keeps those streams separate so you do not confuse a West End seat with a tour date or a New York ticket.

What has been announced in London

Having reopened for a second season at the Ambassadors, Paranormal Activity extends again. The new West End booking period runs Monday 9 November 2026 to Saturday 2 January 2027, according to the producer press release. A gala night is set for Monday 5 October 2026. Official producer information is also published at paranormalonstage.com.

The West End company currently billed in that release stars Ty Fanning as James, Ami Okumura Jones as Lou, Kirsty Bushell as Etheline Cotgrave, and Pippa Winslow returning as Carolanne. Casting can change over a long run, so always check the live show page before you book.

Broadway and the UK and Ireland tour

The London extension lands while the production is also open for a 20-week Broadway season at the August Wilson Theatre, following a North American tour that visited Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington DC, San Francisco, Toronto and Boston, among other stops. In the UK, a major UK and Ireland tour opens at London's Richmond Theatre.

British Theatre carries a dedicated tour hub at Paranormal Activity UK Tour and a West End show page at Paranormal Activity for the Ambassadors sit-down. Use the Ambassadors page when you want London tickets. Use the tour hub for road dates when booking is offered there. Do not assume one purchase covers the other.

How the show reached the Ambassadors

Paranormal Activity began at Leeds Playhouse before a first West End engagement at the Ambassadors from 5 December 2025 to 25 April 2026. After that London chapter it crossed the Atlantic, then returned to Shaftesbury Avenue territory for a second Ambassadors season. The fifth extension keeps the West End doorway open through the festive period into early January 2027.

The stage piece is a new story inspired by the film franchise rather than a straight screen-to-stage copy. James and Lou move from Chicago to London hoping to escape their past, only to learn that places are not haunted, people are. Playwright Levi Holloway (Grey House on Broadway) wrote the script. Felix Barrett, founder and artistic director of Punchdrunk, directs.

Creative team and why the scare lands live

Beyond Holloway and Barrett, the announced creative team includes Fly Davis (set and costume), Chris Fisher (illusions), Anna Watson (lighting), Gareth Fry (sound), Luke Halls (video), casting by Stuart Burt CDG and Ginny Schiller CDG, and associate director Anna Marshall. That mix of domestic horror writing and immersive-theatre craft is the selling point for audiences who want a jump-scare night that still feels like a play, not a theme-park stunt.

Critics have described the live experience as relentlessly frightening. The Ambassadors is an intimate West End house, which helps the unseen-forces premise: you are close enough to the domestic space that every sound cue and blackout lands harder than it would in a large musical barn.

Age recommendation in the producer materials is 15+. Performance times listed for the Ambassadors run include evening shows Monday to Friday at 7.30pm and Friday and Saturday matinees at 2.30pm. Always confirm times on the show page for your chosen date.

How to book on British Theatre

Primary ticket path for London: the live show page Paranormal Activity at the Ambassadors Theatre. Booking lives on that page. This article does not deep-link a raw book URL.

For the UK and Ireland tour, start at Paranormal Activity UK Tour. If a date is not yet bookable on British Theatre, treat it as announced elsewhere and wait for the BT show hub to offer seats. We will not invent catalogue coverage or soft-404 ticket links.

Venue context for the West End run: Ambassadors Theatre on West Street, close to Leicester Square and Cambridge Circus. Pair a scare night with a short walk to other Shaftesbury Avenue titles only if you have the nerves left.

What happens next

Three watches from the Global desk. First, whether the November 2026 to January 2027 Ambassadors block sells through as a festive fright destination. Second, how the Richmond-opening UK and Ireland tour calendars land on British Theatre city by city. Third, whether Broadway notices and cast changes feed back into London marketing without muddling which company you are buying.

Producers named on the release include Simon Friend and Hanna Osmolska for Melting Pot, in association with Gavin Kalin, Ken Davenport, Jenny King, Patrick Gracey, Jonathan and Rae Corr, and Leeds Playhouse, with Paramount Location-Based Entertainment and Experiences among the wider franchise partners. Further presenting partners may appear on individual tour stops.

Bottom line for ticket buyers

Paranormal Activity is no longer only a West End cult scare. It is a London extension, a Broadway season, and a UK and Ireland tour at the same time. If you want the Ambassadors experience, book through the West End show page. If you want the road company, use the tour hub and local dates as they go live on British Theatre. Keep the streams straight, and you will not buy the wrong night in the dark.

London tickets: Paranormal Activity show page · Ambassadors Theatre · tour hub: Paranormal Activity UK Tour.