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Come Alive this autumn at London’s Earls Court, in a spectacular production where circus meets musical theatre. Immerse yourself in the Big Top action with a selection of ringside seats. Experience the magic of The Greatest Show, inspired by your favourite film.
West End favourite Harry Potter and the Cursed Child extends its spellbinding London run at the Palace Theatre, with dates available to June 2025. New cast has also been announced. Prepare to journey into the magical wizarding world!
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23/09/2024 – 05/01/2025
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Based on the hit film of the same name, Come Alive! is the epic spectacular where circus meets musical theatre. Immerse yourself in the Big Top action.
Escape to the wild world of the Serengeti with Disney’s multi award-winning musical The Lion King
See the story of America’s founding father Alexander Hamilton in this record-breaking, genre-defying smash hit musical.
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The classic story of Jean Valjean – a condemned man – to his new life after a bishop shows him great kindness. Despite turning a new leaf, he is hunted by Javert for breaking his parole. His life on the run takes him to the heart of June Rebellion, where Paris’ students prepare for revolution.
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Witness one of the world’s greatest entertainers in the Tony Award-winning MJ The Musical
Direct from a sensational Manchester run, new comedy musical Mrs. Doubtfire arrives to dazzle and delight the West End
This hysterical, laugh-out-loud Tony Award-winning musical follows two Mormon missionaries as they travel to a remote Ugandan village in an attempt to convert the inhabitants to their religion – with hilarious results.
Gird your loins! The Devil Wears Prada is a new musical based on the blockbuster film and bestselling novel, strutting into London’s Dominion Theatre in October 2024.
Matthew Warchus’ big-hearted, smash hit production of Charles Dickens’ immortal classic returns to The Old Vic, joyously adapted for the stage by Jack Thorne.
This multi award-winning show is an extraordinary musical journey paying homage to Janis Joplin and her biggest musical influences.
In October 2013, A Night with Janis Joplin opened on Broadway to rave reviews and has continued touring in US ever since. Mary Bridget Davies who plays the role of Janis Joplin, received a Tony Award® nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Musical.
Embark on the epic time-travelling adventure of Back to the Future The Musical, as the 1985 pop culture phenomenon is transported to the stage by the film’s original creative team of Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis.
The multi-Olivier Award-winning production plays in the West End, in the exclusively transformed Playhouse Theatre
The hauntingly beautiful tale of Sienna, a young woman who dreams of singing but feels imprisoned by her life on her father’s farm.
The smash-hit immersive production continues to play to sold-out audiences at the Bridge Theatre, London
The acclaimed Broadway musical phenomenon by singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and director Rachel Chavkin makes its long-awaited West End premiere
Imelda Staunton stars in Hello, Dolly! coming to The London Palladium for a strictly limited summer season.
I Wish You Well: The Gwyneth Paltrow Ski-Trial Musical is a four-hander that tells the (mostly) true story of the campest celebrity trial in history: Gwyneth vs Terry.
From the Olivier Award-winning producers of Fleabag, Baby Reindeer and 39 Steps, this joyful musical comedy transfers to London’s West End following sell out runs in Manchester, Bristol and Edinburgh.
Kiss Me, Kate whisks you into a world of backstage chaos and romantic entanglements.
This new production of Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate, stars the multi-award-winning Adrian Dunbar (Ridley, Line of Duty) and Broadway musical Superstar and Tony Award Winner Stephanie J. Block (Into The Woods, The Cher Show, 9 to 5).
The Channing Tatum crafted, 360-degree dance and acrobatic spectacular is made for a woman’s gaze but directed at a woman’s heart. Equal parts empowering and exhilarating, don’t miss the show that the Metro called “Red-hot magic!.”
Join Magic Radio and a cast of West End stars for an unforgettable afternoon of musical performances from the most iconic and best loved stage shows, alongside a chorus of Christmas classics.
Join the ultimate feel-good party at MAMMA MIA! – the world’s sunniest and most exhilarating smash hit musical.
Enjoy this story about a young girl, neglected and misunderstood by her family, who discovers she has the power to change her destiny.
Get in, loser, Broadway smash-hit Mean Girls is coming to London. Expect iconic characters, razor-sharp wit, and killer songs, from an award-winning creative team including writer Tina Fey, composer Jeff Richmond, lyricist Nell Benjamin and director and choreographer Casey Nicholaw.
Baz Luhrmann’s revolutionary film comes to life onstage in a musical mash-up extravaganza at London’s Piccadilly Theatre.
The critically acclaimed Broadway musical transfers to London’s West End.
The smash-hit West End musical Only Fools and Horses returns to London for a limited festive season at the Eventim Apollo, before embarking on a HUGE UK tour!
The six wives of Henry VIII take the mic to tell their tale, remixing 500 years of her-storical heartbreak into a 75-minute celebration of sisterly sass-itude
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express skates into Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre this June 2024 for an unmissable season. Expect speed, songs and sensational skating in this electrifying theatrical experience.
The arrival of a new Baker and his younger wife turns a provincial French village upside down in this cult classic musical from the legendary Stephen Schwartz (composer of Godspell, Wicked, Pippin) and Joseph Stein (writer of Fiddler On The Roof).
WhatsOnStage award winner Lucie Jones (Wicked, Waitress) and Olivier award winner Clive Rowe (Sister Act) star as Genevieve the Baker’s Wife and Aimable the Baker.
The Olivier Award-nominated show returns to the West End
The foot-stomping and award-winning musical arrives in London’s West End after capturing hearts and selling out at Southwark Playhouse.
The iconic production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s legendary musical continues to wow audiences in the West End.
Australian superstar Jason Donovan will star in Richard O’Brien’s legendary rock ‘n’ roll musical.
The Rocky Horror Show is the story of two squeaky clean college kids–Brad and his fiancée Janet. When their car breaks down outside a creepy mansion, they meet the charismatic Dr Frank’n’Furter. It’s an adventure they’ll never forget, filled with fun, frolics, frocks, and frivolity.
Don’t miss the official stage musical of music legend Tina Turner.
From the writers of SIX comes a brand-new British musical where the lonely little lives of two BFFs are transformed into an all-singing, all-dancing extravaganza about dates, mates, and celebrating love in all its forms.
The smash hit musical tells the story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two sorcery students and their adventures in Oz.
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Step into a world of intrigue as the acclaimed BBC TV series Inside Number 9 comes to the West End for a theatrical experience like no other, starring Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and continues to dazzle at the Palace Theatre
Nearly 50 years since it first hit our TV screens, the ‘Greatest British sitcom of all time’ (Radio Times) is now a brand-new stage play, adapted by comedy legend John Cleese and directed by Caroline Jay Ranger.
Get ready to journey into the supernatural world of Stranger Things: The First Shadow in the West End
Seven-time BAFTA Award winner Steve Coogan stars in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s iconic Dr. Strangelove.
Since its first performance on 6 October 1952, the classic Agatha Christie thriller continues to befuddle and entertain audiences in the West End.
Tony award-nominee J. Smith-Cameron (Succession) and Mark Rylance star in a highly anticipated new production of Sean O’Casey’s masterpiece ‘Juno and the Paycock’, depicting a couple’s struggles during the Irish Civil War.
See these accident-prone thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with hilarious consequences.
Tom Stoppard’s kaleidoscopic comedy of love, infidelity, and the stories we tell. Starring James McArdle and Bel Powley.
Matthew Warchus’ big-hearted, smash hit production of Charles Dickens’ immortal classic returns to The Old Vic, joyously adapted for the stage by Jack Thorne.
Brighten up your winter with this smash-hit sell-out production, coming to London’s Barbican from 3 December for a limited season.
Clint Dyer and Roy Williams’ extraordinary series of three state of the nation plays will be performed together for the very first time for a strictly limited season at Soho Place.
Laugh your stockings off to this profoundly silly and staggeringly naughty new adults-only pantomime, from the team behind Sleeping Beauty Takes A Prick (★★★★★ “the best adult pantomime in London” – Theatre Weekly)
David Tennant and Cush Jumbo return to their landmark performances in Shakespeare’s most extraordinary psychological drama.
Don’t miss the theatrical event of 2025 as the record-breaking, award-winning My Neighbour Totoro transfers to London’s West End.
Starring the internationally renowned, multi award-winning Mark Strong and Lesley Manville, Sophocles’ epic tragedy is transformed into an essential, explosive human thriller.
Rami Malek and Indira Varma to Star in world premiere of Ella Hickson’s ‘Oedipus’ at The Old Vic in London’s West End.
Shifters is a beautifully intoxicating and relatable reminder of the enduring power of memory and young love. A universal story, full of heart, it’s “laugh out loud funny and tears-to-the-eyes moving” (The Times).
At the MacGregor Plantation the Old South is alive and well: the heat in the air, the cotton fields and the power of the whip. Yet nothing is quite as it appears… or maybe it is.
The iconic, controversial, ground-breaking play comes to London in Jeremy O.Harris’s extraordinary play about race, identity and sexuality in twenty-first century America. Robert O’Hara directs at the intimate Noel Coward Theatre.
Alfred Hitchcock’s classic spy thriller The 39 Steps, brilliantly and hilariously recreated for the stage as the smash hit Olivier and Tony Award Winning Comedy, returns to the West End.
The RSC and Wise Children’s critically acclaimed production of The Buddha of Suburbia transfers to London’s Barbican from 22 October for a limited season.
Returning to the stage for the first time in over a decade, Jodie Whittaker (Doctor Who, Broadchurch) takes on the role of a lifetime in Zinnie Harris’ acclaimed contemporary adaptation of The Duchess of Malfi, playing for 11 weeks only.
A searing multimedia performance based on the last words of women accused of political crimes in Russian courts, The Last Word is conceived and performed by acclaimed actor Alisa Khazanova (The Woman in Black), and directed by award-winning director Maxim Didenko (The White Factory).
The Tony award®-winning best play returns to London for a strictly limited encore season this autumn.
Tracy-Ann Oberman stars as Shylock in this tale of ambition, power and political unrest. The Merchant of Venice 1936, returning to London’s West End due to phenomenal demand.
‘The perfect example of how to do Shakespeare’ – Metro
Based on the bestselling book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
Lucian Msamati and Ben Whishaw star in a landmark new production of Samuel Beckett’s towering masterpiece, from multi award-winning director James Macdonald.
Based on the Pulitzer-finalist short story by Nathan Englander, don’t miss this brand new serious-comedy starring West Wing and Big Bang Theory actor Joshua Malina.
This landmark production of Agatha Christie’s gripping story of justice, passion and betrayal is staged in the Grand Chamber at County Hall.
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23/09/2024 – 05/01/2025
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Cirque du Soleil return to the Royal Albert Hall in January 2025 with one of their most joyous and jubilant shows Corteo.
ABBA Voyage is booking to May 2025 at London’s ABBA Arena.
West End favourite Harry Potter and the Cursed Child extends peformances to June 2025 at the Palace Theatre.
Experience the music of Pasek and Paul in Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular, which is coming to a Big Top at the Empress Museum in London’s Earls Court and is based on the 2017 film. We review the best musicals that adapted from screen to stage.
Prepare for giant West End shows this autumn, including the long-awaited opening of The Devil Wears Prada, starring Vanessa Williams and the new musical from SIX creators Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss Why Am I So Single?. Mark Rylance returns to the stage with J. Smith-Cameron in Irish masterpiece Juno and the Paycock, and The Lehman Trilogy returns once again to the Gillian Lynne Theatre.
A host of star-studded productions are taking place in London, including Doctor Who’s Jodie Whittaker returning to the West End stage in The Duchess, which comes to Trafalgar Theatre this October. You can also see Steve Coogan in Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove, Jason Donovan in the Trafalgar Theare’s The Rocky Horror Show and more.
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In 2024 and beyond, many West End theatres are open on Sundays for matinees and in some cases evening performances.
The following musicals and theatre shows can be attended on Sundays in London:
Many West End theatres are open and have performances on Monday evenings. Shows closed on Mondays include Disney’s Frozen The Musical, Disney’s The Lion King, Matilda The Musical, Fawlty Towers, Hadestown, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Magic Mike Live, MAMMA MIA!, Mean Girls, Mrs. Doubtfire, SIX The Musical, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, The Devil Wears Prada, The Play That Goes Wrong, Wicked and Witness for the Prosecution.
Shows closed on a Tuesday are Back to the Future The Musical, Disney’s Frozen The Musical, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and Magic Mike Live.
Matinees are afternoon performances and times vary depending on the show. Matinees are typically on Wednesdays or Thursdays, and Saturdays, with some shows now adding more matinees during the week, especially around half terms and holidays.
These musicals have matinee peformances on Wednesday and Saturday at 14:30: Disney’s The Lion King, Hadestown, Hamilton, Hello, Dolly!, Les Misérables, The Devil Wears Prada, The Phantom of the Opera and Wicked.
These musicals have matinee performances on Thursday and Saturday at 14:30: Guys & Dolls, Mean Girls, MJ The Musical, TINA – The Tina Turner Musical and Witness for the Prosecution.
The following musicals and theatre shows have matinee peformances at other times:
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Evening performances of shows in the West End usually start at 19:30, with doors opening at theatres from 18:30 onward. There can be some variations on this, so it is best to check your ticket for earlier or later start times.
London and West End shows vary on length, depending whether it is a play or musical, or if it has an interval. Standard running time can be from 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours 45 minutes, so it is best to check the information on running times for the specific show you have booked.
Intervals are usually between 15 and 20 minutes.
Views are different depending on where you sit in a London theatre. The Stalls are usually on the ground floor, and offer the best, closest views of the stage.
The Dress Circle or Royal Circle is usually the middle level, or top level in smaller theatres, and gives you a top-down view of the stage, which is great for musicals and big dance numbers. Boxes are usually located at Dress Circle height.
The Grand Circle is typically the highest tier in the theatre, but you can usually access seats at great prices. Be aware that legroom may be limited in these sections.
Most London theatres will allow one small bag to place under your seat. You will be advised not to bring large bags to venues, but each theatre will have its own policy. If you are planning on bringing more than a rucksack or handbag, it is best to check with the theatre you are visiting.
London’s West End is located in central London, west of the City of London and generally makes up the areas around Leicester Square and Covent Garden. There are over 39 theatres in the West End, located on various streets across the city.
The most famous street is Shaftesbury Avenue, with the Apollo Theatre, Lyric Theatre, Gielgud Theatre, Sondheim Theatre, home to Les Misérables, and Magic Mike Live’s Hippodrome Casino Theatre all on one street, with the Piccadilly Theatre and Criterion Theatre nearby at Piccadilly Circus.
In Covent Garden is the Duke of York’s Theatre, Noël Coward Theatre, Gillian Lynne Theatre, the Lyceum Theatre, which is home to Disney’s The Lion King, plus TINA’s Aldwych Theatre and the Novello Theatre with MAMMA MIA!. Further theatres include the London Coliseum, Fortune Theatre, Duchess Theatre, Trafalgar Theatre, and the West End’s oldest theatre, the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, which houses Disney’s Frozen The Musical until September 2024. Matilda The Musical also plays at Cambridge Theatre in Seven Dials.
In Leicester Square you can find the Prince of Wales Theatre, home to The Book of Mormon, the Garrick Theatre, the Arts Theatre, Wyndham’s Theatre, St Martin’s Theatre, the Ambassadors Theatre and Palace Theatre, hosting Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
There are also multiple theatres on The Strand, which is close by to Charing Cross and Embankment. SIX The Musical plays at the Vaudeville Theatre, with the Adelphi Theatre and Savoy Theatre nearby. The Playhouse Theatre, currently The Kit Kat Club, is located on Embankment.
Further afield you can find Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre and Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre, near to Victoria Station, and The London Palladium on Argyll Street, close to Oxford Circus. Haymarket features The Phantom of the Opera’s His Majesty’s Theatre, plus Theatre Royal Haymarket and the Harold Pinter Theatre.
More theatre just outside of the West End include the Barbican Theatre at Barbican, the National Theatre and The Old Vic near Waterloo, plus Phoenix Theatre, Prince Edward Theatre, Dominion Theatre, Shaftesbury Theatre and @sohoplace near Soho and Tottenham Court Road. The Bridge Theatre is located at London Bridge.
Most London theatres offer disabled and access-friendly facilities. All access bookings must be made directly with the theatre.
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