The Hungry Ghost Tickets at the Bush Theatre
On the first night of ghost month, a young woman sneaks out to move in with her secret girlfriend, pockets a stray coin, and brings home a ghost with a huge appetite.
- Running time
- 1h 50m, including a 15-minute interval
- Age
- 16+
- Venue
- Bush Theatre, near Shepherd's Bush Market
- Performances
- Sat 8pm, Sat 3pm
Page updated 13 November 2026
This show has closed
Played at Bush Theatre from 1 Oct 2026 to 31 Oct 2026.
What Tickets Cost
Tickets are around £30 at every performance, weekday or weekend. Seats are reserved. All-in pricing, the price you see is what you pay.
Performance Schedule
| Day | Matinee | Evening |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 8pm | |
| Tuesday | 8pm | |
| Wednesday | 3pm | 8pm |
| Thursday | 8pm | |
| Friday | 8pm | |
| Saturday | 3pm | 8pm |
| Sunday | No performance |
The last performance is Saturday 31 October at 8pm, which is Halloween. An evening show finishes at about 9:50pm.
Book The Hungry Ghost Tickets
Around £30 a ticket, with the last performance on Halloween. All-in pricing, the price you see is what you pay.
Book tickets • Call us on 020 7193 9050
Where to Sit
The Studio is the Bush's smaller space, so every seat is close to the action. Front-row seats are reached without steps.
What's The Hungry Ghost About?
In Chinese tradition, the seventh lunar month is when hungry ghosts roam the earth looking for food and unfinished business, and families are told to stay in after dark. Her mum warns her. She goes anyway, swipes an orange from the family altar on the way out, and picks up a coin in the street.
By the time she gets to the new house, she isn't alone. The ghost wants everything she has been denying herself, food and sex first, and the lies she has told her parents and her girlfriend start to fall apart.
It's the first play by Mei Leng Yew, and the Bush bills it as "a sexy horror rom-com".
Who's The Hungry Ghost For?
Anyone who likes their comedy dark and their horror funny. There are proper jump-scare blackouts, and plenty of laughs. It's for 16 and over.
The Hungry Ghost News and Reviews
The Hungry Ghost opened in October and runs in the Bush Studio until Halloween. London Theatre gave it four stars, saying "the grotesque is often very funny too". WhatsOnStage called it "a ghost story where the possession of a human body is both frightening and liberating".
In the Bush's main space at the same time is Darkling, a solo play about Bhopal, until 24 October.
Cast and Creative Team
Mei Mac plays the young woman, and switches into her mother, her brother, a police officer and her girlfriend along the way. She was nominated for an Olivier Award for playing Mei in My Neighbour Totoro.
Isabella Wei is the Ghost. She plays Posy Li in the fourth series of Bridgerton.
Written by Mei Leng Yew. Directed by Ailin Conant. Set and costumes by Yimei Zhao, lighting by Cheng Keng, sound by Carla Ng and movement by Jasmine Chiu. Presented by New Earth Theatre with the Bush.
Getting to the Bush Theatre
The Bush is at 7 Uxbridge Road, W12 8LJ, next to Shepherd's Bush Market. Shepherd's Bush Market station on the Hammersmith & City and Circle lines is about a minute's walk. Shepherd's Bush station (Central line and Overground) is about six minutes away.
Buses 72, 94, 95, 148, 207, 220, 260, 272, 295 and SL8 stop on Uxbridge Road and Shepherd's Bush Green, all within about 150 metres. The 237 stops on Shepherd's Bush Road.
The Library Bar is open before the show and in the interval. More in our Bush Theatre guide.
Accessible Performances
There's a chilled performance on Saturday 17 October at 8pm, a captioned one on Wednesday 21 October at 8pm, and an audio-described one on Saturday 24 October at 8pm. The Studio is on the ground floor with level access, and wheelchair spaces are available at every show. Access bookings are handled by the Bush's own team, not by us.
The Hungry Ghost FAQs
How long is The Hungry Ghost?
1 hour 50 minutes, including a 15-minute interval.
What age is it for?
16 and over. It has strong language, references to sex, death, self harm and suicide, body horror, possession, and sex toys on stage, with loud noises, flashing lights and moments of total darkness.
Is it scary?
It's a horror comedy, so yes in places: sudden blackouts, a possession and some body-horror moments, mixed in with a lot of jokes.
What if I'm late?
The Bush may not let you in once it has started, and the Studio is small enough that latecomers sometimes have to cross the stage. Get there 15 to 20 minutes before, no later.
