Below is a list of theater projects that Ben Whishaw has starred in. They are listed in reverse-chronological order, with the most recent ones last.
| PHOTOS | YEAR | TITLE | ROLE | LOCATION | PLAYWRIGHT |
| VIEW PHOTOS | 2003 | The Robbers | |||
| VIEW PHOTOS | 2003 | His Dark Materials | Brother Jasper | Royal National Theatre | Nicholas Wright |
| VIEW PHOTOS | 2004 | Hamlet | Hamlet | Old Vic | William Shakespeare |
| VIEW PHOTOS | 2005 | Mercury Fur | Elliot | Menier Chocolate Factory | Philip Ridley |
| VIEW PHOTOS | 2006 | The Seagull | Konstantin | Royal National Theatre | Anton Chekhov |
| VIEW PHOTOS | 2007 | Leaves of Glass | Steven | Soho Theatre | Philip Ridley |
| VIEW PHOTOS | 2008 | …some trace of her | Prince Myshkin | Royal National Theatre | Fyodor Dostoevsky (inspired) |
| VIEW PHOTOS | 2009 | Cock | John | Royal Court Theatre | Mike Bartlett |
| VIEW PHOTOS | 2010 | The Pride | Oliver | Lucille Lortel Theatre | Alexi Kaye Campbell |
| VIEW PHOTOS | 2013 | Peter and Alice | Peter Llewelyn Davies | Noël Coward Theatre | John Logan |
| VIEW PHOTOS | 2013 | Mojo | Baby | Harold Pinter Theatre | Jez Butterworth |
| VIEW PHOTOS | 2015 | Bakkhai | Dionysus | Almeida Theatre | Euripides |
| VIEW PHOTOS | 2016 | The Crucible | John Proctor | Walter Kerr Theatre | Arthur Miller |
| VIEW PHOTOS | 2017 | Against | Luke | Almeida Theatre | Christopher Shinn |
| VIEW PHOTOS | 2018 | Julius Caesar | Brutus | Bridge Theatre | William Shakespeare |
| VIEW PHOTOS | 2019 | Norma Jeane Baker of Troy | Marilyn Monroe | The Shed | Anne Carson |