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London Shows playing in August 2024

Which West End shows on in August are the most popular London shows? It depends what floats your boat! We have treats in store for everyone thanks to musicals and dramas, serious plays examining the human condition and funny ones that laugh at it.

London shows on in August come in every shape, size and flavour, from massive musical extravaganzas to intimate plays in venues with a small number of seats. Opening in August 2024 are Shrek The Musical at the Eventim Apollo, FANGIRLS at the Lyric Hammersmith, and Next to Normal at Wyndham's Theatre.

What will you take your little ones or teens to see this August? Something fun and funky or intense and unusual? Buy your West End theatre tickets from us for great prices, enjoy handy theatre seating plans, convenient e-tickets sent by email, and a no-hassle process that takes no time at all. Book tickets for top London shows with us and experience theatreland at its very best.

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Tina - The Tina Turner Musical tickets Tina - The Tina Turner Musical

Tina - The Tina Turner Musical

Aldwych Theatre

4.8/5 - based on 1943 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.8 1943 reviews Tickets from £20.00
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Opening back in March 2018, TINA is a musical about Turner’s transformation from humble beginnings in Nutbush, Tennessee to the global Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Book those tickets now so you too can enjoy such classics as Proud Mary live on stage.
  • Booking until: Saturday, 14 September 2024
  • Running time: 2 hours 45 minutes
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Hadestown tickets Opens 10 Feb 2024 Opens 10 February 2024 Hadestown

Hadestown

Lyric Theatre

5/5 - based on 3 reviews - (Read reviews) 5 3 reviews Tickets from £24.00
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Hadestown, the brilliant acclaimed Broadway musical by the singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and director Rachel Chavkin, is in town for a long-awaited West End premiere in 2024 at the Lyric Theatre. Winner of 8 Tony Awards including 'Best Musical' along with the Grammy Award for 'Best Musical Theatre Album', Hadestown kicks off its West End premiere on 10 February 2024.

  • Opens: Saturday, 10 February 2024
    Booking until: Sunday, 4 August 2024
  • Running time: 2h 30m (incl. interval)
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SIX

Vaudeville Theatre

4.8/5 - based on 218 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.8 218 reviews Tickets from £38.00
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It's on at the Vaudeville theatre. It's a quirky musical that has delighted thousands on a recent tour, and now it's due to thrill even more of us! The music, lyrics and book are by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, and it's a dazzler of a show. Welcome to Six, the most unexpected, deliciously bold celebration of girl power ever... starring King Henry 8th's six wives. What an extraordinary, fascinating show!
  • Booking until: Sunday, 3 November 2024
  • Running time: 1hr 20mins
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Wicked tickets Wicked

Wicked

Apollo Victoria Theatre

4.7/5 - based on 5531 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.7 5531 reviews Tickets from £30.00
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Based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, this multi-award winning show is packing the house to the rafters every night, dubbed Best Musical of the Decade by Entertainment Weekly.
  • Booking until: Sunday, 15 December 2024
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Les Miserables

Sondheim Theatre

4.9/5 - based on 2281 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.9 2281 reviews Tickets from £20.00
Families (82%) Couples (93%) Theatregoers (97%) i

Les Miserables has been attracting audiences from across the world to the West End for over three decades now. The sheer drama and romance of this story aligned with the incredible sets have made this musical an ultimate must-see on your plans when you visit London. The French revolution provides a dramatic backdrop for this superb show, which has woven itself indelibly into our consciousness.

  • Booking until: Saturday, 28 September 2024
  • Running time: 2h 50m (incl. interval)
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Shrek The Musical tickets Opens 19 Jul 2024 Opens 19 July 2024 Shrek The Musical

Shrek The Musical

Eventim Apollo

4.5/5 - based on 134 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.5 134 reviews Tickets from £24.00
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Join Shrek, our hilarious and spectacularly grumpy hero, as he enjoys the adventure of a lifetime, tasked with rescuing the lovely Princess Fiona from her tower prison which is guarded by a fierce fire breathing dragon. It’s silly, funny, romantic, dramatic… everything you could want from top class on-stage family entertainment.
  • Opens: Friday, 19 July 2024
    Booking until: Sunday, 5 January 2025
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Magic Mike Live!

London Hippodrome

4.9/5 - based on 27 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.9 27 reviews Tickets from £39.00

Conceived and directed by Channing Tatum, MAGIC MIKE LIVE is an unforgettably fun night of sizzling, 360-degree entertainment based on the hit movies.

  • Booking until: Sunday, 5 January 2025
  • Running time: 1hr 30mins (no interval)
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Stranger Things: The First Shadow tickets Opens 15 Dec 2023 Opens 15 December 2023 Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Phoenix Theatre

Tickets from £24.00
Stranger Things: The First Shadow –SciFi horror on stage! Stranger Things is a US science fiction horror drama TV series. Produced by Monkey Massacre Productions and Levy's 21 Laps Entertainment, the first season came out on Netflix during the summer of 2016. Now it’s a global phenomenon, a story that has captured the imagination of millions of people of every age, and it’s being produced on stage in a prequel of a theatre treat packed mystery and supernatural forces.
  • Opens: Friday, 15 December 2023
    Booking until: Sunday, 25 August 2024
  • Running time: 3 hours 20 minutes (inc. interval)
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Mousetrap

St Martins Theatre

4.5/5 - based on 1051 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.5 1051 reviews Tickets from £20.00
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Treat yourself to one of the West End’s most popular theatre shows, an Agatha Christie classic that’ll have you on the edge of your seat as the mystery unfolds. The setting: a country hotel, where the guests are snowed in with a murderer in their midst. Who did the dirty deed? The Mousetrap is an intricate, complex tale of dark deeds that’s loved by audiences from all over the world.
  • Booking until: Saturday, 14 September 2024
  • Running time: 2 hours 20 minutes including a 20 minute interval
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The Play That Goes Wrong

Duchess Theatre

4.7/5 - based on 1833 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.7 1833 reviews Tickets from £24.00
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After a smash hit UK tour this hilarious play, which has won numerous accolades from reviewers who have laughed themselves silly over it, returns to the West End. If you haven't seen it yet and you love classic British comedies like the TV series Fawlty Towers, this one's for you. Funny just doesn't do it justice!
  • Booking until: Sunday, 3 November 2024
  • Running time: 2 hours (incl. interval)
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Next to Normal tickets Opens 18 Jun 2024 Opens 18 June 2024 Next to Normal

Next to Normal

Wyndham's Theatre

The UK premiere of the 2008 American rock musical Next To Normal opened to critical acclaim and a sold-out run at the Donmar Warehouse in 2023. Now it's heading to the West End for a limited run from 18 June 2024.

  • Opens: Tuesday, 18 June 2024
    Booking until: Saturday, 21 September 2024
  • Running time: 2 hr 25 mins (incl. interval)
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Hamilton tickets Hamilton

Hamilton

Victoria Palace

4.7/5 - based on 513 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.7 513 reviews Tickets from £24.00
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The award-winning and record-breaking Hamilton is delighting audiences at the Victoria Palace Theatre. This is a hugely popular musical based on America's founding father Alexander Hamilton's life with a book, music, and lyrics written by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

  • Booking until: Saturday, 28 September 2024
  • Running time: 2 hours 45 minutes (inc. Interval)
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Mamma Mia!

Novello Theatre

4.8/5 - based on 4347 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.8 4347 reviews Tickets from £14.75
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If you love one-time Eurovision winners Abba, you’ll adore Mamma Mia! Twenty two of the ‘70s supergroup’s biggest hits are brought into play to tell the funny, romantic tale of bride Sophie and her wayward mother Donna. Join 45 million fans and enjoy this superbly uplifting show, perfect for the whole family!
  • Booking until: Saturday, 28 September 2024
  • Running time: 2 hours 35 mins (incl. interval)
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Mean Girls tickets Opens 10 Jun 2024 Opens 10 June 2024 Mean Girls

Mean Girls

Savoy Theatre

Tickets from £23.00
Watch your back! The mean girls are beautiful. The mean girls are stylish, and popular, and enviable... but they are also seriously nasty, wild and vicious. You know you want to sit with them, but it's dangerous. When Cady arrives at a new school she finds it a lot wilder and scarier than the hot, wild animal-filled African Savannah where she grew up. Will she find her place in the strange new world of Illinois?
  • Opens: Monday, 10 June 2024
    Booking until: Sunday, 27 October 2024
  • Running time: 2 hours 30 minutes (including interval)
  • Playing at: Savoy Theatre
  • Booking until: Sunday, 27 October 2024
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Phantom of the Opera

His Majesty's Theatre

4.8/5 - based on 3560 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.8 3560 reviews Tickets from £27.00
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The Phantom is a story that has captivated audiences from all over the world, a dark tale of love, obsession, revenge and tragedy set to a musical score that makes the heart soar. Based on a French thriller by writer Gaston Leroux, it’s a visual and aural feast of lavish costumes, eye-popping special effects, wonderful soaring music and superb acting.
  • Booking until: Saturday, 28 September 2024
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Mrs. Doubtfire the Musical tickets Mrs. Doubtfire the Musical

Mrs. Doubtfire the Musical

Shaftesbury Theatre

4.8/5 - based on 92 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.8 92 reviews Tickets from £27.00
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Were you brought up on a diet of Mrs Doubtfire? The magical 1993 American comedy-drama film directed by Chris Columbus delighted millions of people of every age, created for the movie screen by Randi Mayem Singer and Leslie Dixon. Now there's a stage musical version due in London for 2021. And by all accounts it is absolutely brilliant!
  • Booking until: Sunday, 29 September 2024
  • Running time: Approx. 2 hours 30 minutes
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Standing at the Sky’s Edge tickets Opens 8 Feb 2024 Opens 8 February 2024 Standing at the Sky’s Edge

Standing at the Sky’s Edge

Gillian Lynne Theatre

Tickets from £24.00

The multi-award winning new musical Standing at the Sky’s Edge has won the Olivier Award for Best New Musical. It won the UK Theatre Award for Best Musical Production, and also the South Bank Sky Arts Award. Now it transfers to the West End’s Gillian Lynne Theatre after dazzling sold-out runs at the National Theatre and Sheffield Theatres.​ Widely considered the most exciting new British musical in years, it’s a must for lovers of top quality home-grown musical theatre.

  • Opens: Thursday, 8 February 2024
    Booking until: Saturday, 3 August 2024
  • Running time: 2 hours 50 minutes (incl. interval)
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Sister Act tickets Opens 15 Mar 2024 Opens 15 March 2024 Sister Act

Sister Act

Dominion Theatre

4.6/5 - based on 19 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.6 19 reviews Tickets from £24.00
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Get you laughing gear and give it a good polish... it's time for the musical version of the hilarious 1992 movie Sister Act. There's magical music by Alan Menken, dazzling lyrics by Glenn Slater, a fabulous book by Bill and Cheri Steinkellner, and lots of extra book material by Douglas Carter Beane. It's back in the West End in 2024, and it's going to be huge fun.
  • Opens: Friday, 15 March 2024
    Booking until: Saturday, 31 August 2024
  • Running time: 2 hours 30 minutes (incl. interval)
  • Starring: Alexandra Burke, Beverley Knight
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MJ the Musical tickets Opens 6 Mar 2024 Opens 6 March 2024 MJ the Musical

MJ the Musical

Prince Edward Theatre

Tickets from £24.00
The Producers Lia Vollack Productions, along with the Michael Jackson Estate, have announced something rather amazing. The multiple Tony Award winning Broadway musical MJ will open in London’s West End, playing at the Prince Edward Theatre from March 2024. As you can imagine the excitement is already mounting for a second Jackson musical, this time revealing the background to the artist’s extraordinary Dangerous World Tour in 1992.
  • Opens: Wednesday, 6 March 2024
    Booking until: Saturday, 14 September 2024
  • Running time: 2 hours 30 minutes
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Matilda The Musical

Cambridge Theatre

4.7/5 - based on 1097 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.7 1097 reviews Tickets from £24.00
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The terrible parents of Matilda Wormwood, who is five years old, are completely uninterested in their daughter. But she’s a gifted child who taught herself to read at age three and devours both adults’ and childrens’ books from her local library with devilish joy. Matilda the Musical tells the story of this very special little girl and her battles against the weird world of grown-ups.
  • Booking until: Sunday, 15 December 2024
  • Running time: 2 hours 40 minutes
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FANGIRLS tickets Opens 13 Jul 2024 Opens 13 July 2024 FANGIRLS

FANGIRLS

Lyric Hammersmith

Tickets from £18.00

Get ready for an unmissable show that pulses with the soaring adrenaline of a first crush and feels like the best pop concert you’ve never been to…

  • Opens: Saturday, 13 July 2024
    Booking until: Saturday, 24 August 2024
  • Running time: 2h 30m (incl. interval)
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Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie

London County Hall

4.7/5 - based on 186 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.7 186 reviews Tickets from £18.00
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London County Hall is the perfect venue for this, a resurrection of one of Agatha Christie's best short stories and a courtroom drama that'll have you on the edge of your seat. Witness for the Prosecution is the name of the play, and it's as tense and dramatic as you'd expect from the pen of one of the most respected and original mistresses of crime drama.
  • Booking until: Sunday, 29 September 2024
  • Running time: 2hrs 20min (incl. interval)
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Guys and Dolls

The Bridge Theatre

4.7/5 - based on 58 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.7 58 reviews Tickets from £23.00
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Join us for Guys & Dolls as The Bridge transforms for one of the greatest musicals of all time. It has more hit songs, more laughs and more romance than any show ever written.
  • Booking until: Saturday, 31 August 2024
  • Running time: 2 hrs 50 mins (incl. interval)
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Cabaret

Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse

4.8/5 - based on 90 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.8 90 reviews Tickets from £71.00
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It’s the 1930s and Sally Bowles, a night club performer, plays in the notorious and seedy Kit Kat Club in stylish, vibrant Berlin. Follow her relationship with American writer Cliff Bradshaw and enjoy the thrilling sub-plot as the boarding house owner Fraulein Schneider and her Jewish lover Herr Schultz navigate the growing dangers of Weimar Germany.
  • Booking until: Saturday, 28 September 2024
  • Running time: 2 hours 45 minutes (incl. interval)
  • Starring: Mason Alexander Park, Maude Apatow
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ABBA Voyage

Abba Arena

4.9/5 - based on 245 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.9 245 reviews Tickets from £65.00
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ABBA Voyage is the long-awaited concert from one of the biggest pop acts of all time. Featuring a setlist of hit songs, see ABBA’s avatars accompanied by a 10-piece live band, at the custom-built ABBA Arena in London.
  • Booking until: Monday, 25 November 2024
  • Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes (no interval)
  • Playing at: Abba Arena
  • Booking until: Monday, 25 November 2024
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Harry Potter And The Cursed Child

Palace Theatre

4.6/5 - based on 27 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.6 27 reviews Tickets from £36.00
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – A fabulous fantasy, Hogwarts and all! - Like millions and millions of us, you love the adventures of the inimitable Harry Potter. J. K Rowling's marvellous books have been translated into almost eighty different languages and have sold more than 450 million copies right across our lovely blue planet. Mention Harry Potter in China, South America, Alaska... you name it, the people there will know exactly who you're talking about. Now Harry's due to set the stage on fire in London's glittering West End.
  • Booking until: Sunday, 29 September 2024
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