West End Favourites
What's hot in London's theatreland? There's so much to choose from: musicals, plays, opera, dance, comedy, classical concerts, children's favourites and more. To help you choose, we've put together a collection of the most popular West End shows. See below for the longest running shows that pull in packed houses every night, international audiences, superb reviews and an enduring appeal across the generations. We've also included a selection of the latest and newest smash hits that are currently creating a storm in the theatre world. If you want to find out about the best shows in London, here they are.
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The Tiger Who Came To Tea
Theatre Royal Haymarket
4.5/5 - based on 28 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.5 28 reviews Tickets from £17.30 Families (86%) i
Based on Britain’s best-loved picture book by Judith Kerr, the Olivier Award nominated smash hit show The Tiger Who Came to Tea returns to the West End.
- Opens: Tuesday, 13 July 2021
Booking until: Sunday, 5 September 2021 - Running time: 55 minutes (No interval)
- Playing at: Theatre Royal Haymarket
- Booking until: Sunday, 5 September 2021
Potted Panto
Garrick Theatre
4.4/5 - based on 10 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.4 10 reviews Tickets from £23.80 Families (100%) i
7 classic pantomimes in 70 hilarious minutes!
Double Olivier nominees Dan and Jeff return for a tenth anniversary festive season of Potted Panto, hot on the heels of their world tour and Las Vegas residency of Harry Potter parody Potted Potter.
In a madcap ride through the biggest stories and best-loved characters from the wonderful world of pantomime, our dastardly double act dash from rubbing Aladdin’s lamp to roaming the golden streets of Dick Whittington’s London and making sure that Cinderella gets to the Ball.
It’s all unmissable fun, whether you’re six or 106.
- Opens: Thursday, 1 April 2021
Booking until: Sunday, 18 April 2021
- Playing at: Garrick Theatre
- Booking until: Sunday, 18 April 2021
Wicked
Apollo Victoria
4.7/5 - based on 4815 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.7 4815 reviews Tickets from £26.20 Families (93%) Couples (87%) Theatregoers (89%) i
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.
- Opens: Monday, 3 May 2021
Booking until: Saturday, 27 November 2021
- Playing at: Apollo Victoria
- Booking until: Saturday, 27 November 2021
Carousel
Open Air
4.8/5 - based on 34 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.8 34 reviews Tickets from £14.50 Families (82%) Theatregoers (94%) i
Celebrated for our innovative approach to classic musicals, rediscover Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel in the unique surroundings of Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. Featuring a score that includes ‘If I Loved You’ and ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’, director Timothy Sheader reunites with Superstar choreographer Drew McOnie.
- Opens: Saturday, 31 July 2021
Booking until: Sunday, 19 September 2021 - Running time: 2 hours 50 minutes
- Starring: Alfie Boe, Katherine Jenkins
- Playing at: Open Air
- Booking until: Sunday, 19 September 2021
Matilda The Musical
Cambridge Theatre
4.7/5 - based on 879 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.7 879 reviews Tickets from £23.80 Families (97%) Theatregoers (81%) i
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.
- Opens: Tuesday, 4 May 2021
Booking until: Friday, 31 December 2021 - Running time: 2 hours 40 minutes
- Playing at: Cambridge Theatre
- Booking until: Friday, 31 December 2021
Singin' In The Rain
Sadlers Wells
4.7/5 - based on 31 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.7 31 reviews Tickets from £35.70 Couples (87%) Theatregoers (90%) i
It’s lively, funny, light hearted, romantic and exciting. It’s packed solid with breath-taking choreography set to a wealth of classic show tunes. And you’ll fall in love all over again with the same compelling story that made the original and ever-popular 1952 Gene Kelly movie such a massive hit.
- Opens: Friday, 30 July 2021
Booking until: Sunday, 5 September 2021
- Playing at: Sadlers Wells
- Booking until: Sunday, 5 September 2021
Les Miserables
Sondheim Theatre
4.8/5 - based on 1646 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.8 1646 reviews Tickets from £35.75 Families (82%) Couples (92%) Theatregoers (97%) i
It is three decades since the smash hit musical Les Miserables first hit the stage in Paris. Since then the sheer drama and romance of the tale, beautiful music and incredible stage sets have thrilled tens of millions of people. The French revolution provides a dramatic backdrop for this superb show, which has woven itself indelibly into our consciousness.
- Opens: Saturday, 1 May 2021
Booking until: Wednesday, 30 March 2022 - Running time: 2 hours 50 minutes
- Playing at: Sondheim Theatre
- Booking until: Wednesday, 30 March 2022
The Woman in Black
Fortune Theatre
4.4/5 - based on 2067 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.4 2067 reviews Tickets from £38.70 Theatregoers (89%) i
If you thoroughly enjoy being frightened, you’ll love this super-scary show, an exercise in pure gothic creepiness that’ll see you hanging onto the edge of your seat and jumping at the slightest sound. The fact that it has been released as a film, starring Harry Potter’s Daniel Radcliffe, is testament to its uncanny appeal.
- Opens: Monday, 1 March 2021
Booking until: Friday, 3 December 2021 - Running time: 2 Hours (with a 15 min interval)
- Playing at: Fortune Theatre
- Booking until: Friday, 3 December 2021
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
London Palladium
4.8/5 - based on 43 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.8 43 reviews Tickets from £12.00 Families (98%) Couples (95%) Theatregoers (95%) i
The London Palladium is your venue for a brand new production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, the internationally renowned bible-inspired musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The story is based on the coat of many colours legend from the Book of Genesis, and was the pair's first musical performed in public. Are you ready to rock 'n' roll?
- Opens: Thursday, 1 July 2021
Booking until: Sunday, 5 September 2021
- Playing at: London Palladium
- Booking until: Sunday, 5 September 2021
Mousetrap
St Martins Theatre
4.5/5 - based on 872 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.5 872 reviews Tickets from £23.25 Couples (84%) Theatregoers (91%) i
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.
- Opens: Monday, 1 March 2021
Booking until: Tuesday, 28 December 2021 - Running time: 2 hours 20 minutes
- Playing at: St Martins Theatre
- Booking until: Tuesday, 28 December 2021
Phantom of the Opera
Her Majesty's Theatre
4.8/5 - based on 2921 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.8 2921 reviews Tickets from £31.00 Families (81%) Couples (93%) Theatregoers (95%) i
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.
- Opens: Tuesday, 1 June 2021
Booking until: Monday, 28 February 2022
- Playing at: Her Majesty's Theatre
- Booking until: Monday, 28 February 2022
The Lion King
Lyceum Theatre
4.8/5 - based on 5110 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.8 5110 reviews Tickets from £35.50 Families (98%) Couples (90%) Theatregoers (90%) i
The Lion King, the multi-award winning musical, continues to wow audiences night after night with amazing puppets and stage sets, a heart-warming storyline, incredible choreography and a musical score that hits the mark every time.
- Booking until: Sunday, 3 October 2021
- Playing at: Lyceum Theatre
- Booking until: Sunday, 3 October 2021
Mamma Mia!
Novello Theatre
4.8/5 - based on 3313 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.8 3313 reviews Tickets from £18.00 Families (94%) Couples (94%) Theatregoers (92%) i
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!
- Opens: Monday, 7 June 2021
Booking until: Saturday, 2 October 2021
- Playing at: Novello Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 2 October 2021
The Book of Mormon
Prince of Wales Theatre
4.8/5 - based on 4460 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.8 4460 reviews Tickets from £24.00 Couples (87%) Theatregoers (83%) i
It's rare for a show to cause such a stir. But when this production hit the Broadway stage in 2010 a flock of often-hard-to-please reviewers gave it an immediate and enthusiastic thumbs-up. It's rude, irreverent and definitely NOT for the easily offended. Introducing The Book of Mormon, which has made the long-rumoured transfer to London's West End at last!
- Opens: Monday, 12 July 2021
Booking until: Friday, 31 December 2021
- Playing at: Prince of Wales Theatre
- Booking until: Friday, 31 December 2021
The Play That Goes Wrong
Duchess Theatre
4.7/5 - based on 1360 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.7 1360 reviews Tickets from £24.00 Families (88%) Couples (91%) Theatregoers (92%) i
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!
- Opens: Tuesday, 2 March 2021
Booking until: Sunday, 2 May 2021 - Running time: 2 hours 5 minutes
- Playing at: Duchess Theatre
- Booking until: Sunday, 2 May 2021
A Doll's House
Playhouse Theatre
4.8/5 - based on 9 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.8 9 reviews Tickets from £18.00 Theatregoers (100%) i
The dazzling two-time Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain is over here and she's playing Nora. It's her UK stage debut. The play is Henrik Ibsen’s all-time classic A Doll’s House, a version created by Frank McGuinness. It's part of the new Jamie Lloyd season at the Playhouse theatre, and it's on the cards for 2020. Don't miss this classy piece of serious theatre.
- Opens: Thursday, 10 June 2021
Booking until: Sunday, 5 September 2021 - Starring: Jessica Chastain
- Playing at: Playhouse Theatre
- Booking until: Sunday, 5 September 2021
Jersey Boys
Trafalgar Theatre
4.8/5 - based on 630 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.8 630 reviews Tickets from £23.50 Couples (95%) Theatregoers (92%) i
The beloved Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning smash hit musical JERSEY BOYS returns to London’s West End, opening at the new multi-million pound reinstated Trafalgar Theatre, with a new, larger auditorium and stage (formerly known as Trafalgar Studios), on Wednesday 21 April 2021, following previews from 14 April. Tickets are now on sale.
- Opens: Wednesday, 2 June 2021
Booking until: Friday, 31 December 2021 - Running time: 2 hours 30 minutes
- Playing at: Trafalgar Theatre
- Booking until: Friday, 31 December 2021
Faulty Towers The Dining Experience
Radisson Blu Edwardian
4.8/5 - based on 270 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.8 270 reviews Tickets from £70.00 Families (84%) Couples (97%) Theatregoers (92%) i
A 2 hour interactive production set in a restaurant where the audience are the diners who enjoy a 3 course lunch or dinner. Faulty Towers The Dining Experience debuted in Brisbane on April 24 1997. Since then thousands of people have enjoyed the antics of Basil, Sybil and Manuel. This is the 5-star critically acclaimed production constantly in demand throughout the Australia, Europe, United Kingdom, Ireland, Scandinavia, United Arab Emirates ...
- Booking until: Sunday, 28 March 2021
- Running time: 2 hours
- Playing at: Radisson Blu Edwardian
- Booking until: Sunday, 28 March 2021
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
Garrick Theatre
4.8/5 - based on 35 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.8 35 reviews Tickets from £18.00 Couples (94%) Theatregoers (100%) i
Grab a load of brilliant music. Take a few handfuls of great comedy. Mix them together and add a load of creative improvisation, plus ideas from the audience. What do you get? A show that's different every time, unique every time, driven by people like you. It's dazzlingly good, it's on at the Other Palace and it's called Showstopper!
- Opens: Monday, 8 March 2021
Booking until: Monday, 7 June 2021 - Running time: 1 hour 15 minutes (no interval)
- Playing at: Garrick Theatre
- Booking until: Monday, 7 June 2021
Tina - The Tina Turner Musical
Aldwych Theatre
4.8/5 - based on 598 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.8 598 reviews Tickets from £12.00 Couples (94%) Theatregoers (94%) i
At long last, Tina Turner will explode onto the West End’s Aldwych Theatre. Opening 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.
- Opens: Thursday, 3 June 2021
Booking until: Saturday, 29 January 2022 - Running time: 2 hours 45 minutes
- Playing at: Aldwych Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 29 January 2022
The Great Gatsby
Gatsby's Mansion, Immersive London
4.5/5 - based on 60 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.5 60 reviews Tickets from £45.75 Couples (90%) Theatregoers (93%) i
There's something about the 1920s, the so-called Roaring Twenties, that inspires the imagination. If you were poor back then your life, especially in the USA where The Great Gatsby is set, was probably one of deprivation and difficulty.
- Opens: Thursday, 8 April 2021
Booking until: Sunday, 29 August 2021 - Running time: 2 hours 30 minutes
- Playing at: Gatsby's Mansion, Immersive London
- Booking until: Sunday, 29 August 2021
Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie
London County Hall
4.7/5 - based on 116 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.7 116 reviews Tickets from £10.00 Couples (90%) Theatregoers (95%) i
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.
- Opens: Thursday, 1 April 2021
Booking until: Saturday, 18 September 2021 - Running time: 2 hours 15 minutes
- Playing at: London County Hall
- Booking until: Saturday, 18 September 2021
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Apollo Theatre
4.7/5 - based on 194 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.7 194 reviews Tickets from £24.00 Couples (86%) Theatregoers (89%) i
Everybody's Talking About Jamie is a brand new but already hugely popular 2017 musical with music by Dan Gillespie Sells and a book and lyrics by Tom MacRae. It was inspired by the remarkable BBC3 documentary, screened in 2011, called Jamie: Drag Queen at 16, and it's on at the glittering Apollo theatre.
- Opens: Tuesday, 2 March 2021
Booking until: Sunday, 2 May 2021
- Playing at: Apollo Theatre
- Booking until: Sunday, 2 May 2021
SIX
Lyric Theatre
4.9/5 - based on 47 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.9 47 reviews Tickets from £32.50 Couples (89%) Theatregoers (91%) i
It's on at the Arts 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 with a new 16 week initial run. 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!
- Opens: Tuesday, 2 March 2021
Booking until: Sunday, 18 April 2021
- Playing at: Lyric Theatre
- Booking until: Sunday, 18 April 2021
Mary Poppins
Prince Edward Theatre
4.9/5 - based on 134 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.9 134 reviews Tickets from £18.00 Families (98%) Couples (91%) Theatregoers (92%) i
In 2004 Mary Poppins the musical hit the stage and became an instant legend in its own lifetime. Now it's coming back to London's West End at long last and, as you can imagine, the anticipation is growing fast. Everyone, of every age, adores Mary Poppins, a cheerful tale of fun and magic that inspires all who see it. Don't miss this one, it's seriously special!
- Opens: Thursday, 1 April 2021
Booking until: Friday, 31 December 2021 - Starring: Zizi Strallen
- Playing at: Prince Edward Theatre
- Booking until: Friday, 31 December 2021
Come From Away
Phoenix Theatre
4.9/5 - based on 243 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.9 243 reviews Tickets from £24.00 Families (90%) Couples (95%) Theatregoers (98%) i
The Phoenix theatre is your venue for one of the most popular shows to come out of Broadway for a long time, a Canadian musical that explores the impact of 9/11 and which has already gathered so much critical acclaim it can barely stagger out from underneath. It's brilliant. Don't pass up the chance to see this remarkable musical. Welcome to Come From Away.
- Opens: Saturday, 19 June 2021
Booking until: Saturday, 18 December 2021 - Running time: 1 hour 40 minutes
- Playing at: Phoenix Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 18 December 2021
Only Fools and Horses the Musical
Theatre Royal Haymarket
4.7/5 - based on 106 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.7 106 reviews Tickets from £26.75 Families (85%) Couples (89%) Theatregoers (92%) i
If you fell about laughing every time Del Boy, Rodney, Trigger and co appeared on telly, you're not the only one. Millions of us almost did ourselves a mischief when Del Boy fell through the bar, and you're in good company. More or less the entire nation laughed fit to bust, and now it's coming to the West End stage. Welcome to Only Fools and Horses, the Musical.
- Opens: Thursday, 1 April 2021
Booking until: Friday, 31 December 2021 - Running time: 2 hours 30 minutes
- Starring: Paul Whitehouse, Ryan Hutton, Tom Bennett
- Playing at: Theatre Royal Haymarket
- Booking until: Friday, 31 December 2021
& Juliet
Shaftesbury Theatre
4.8/5 - based on 122 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.8 122 reviews Tickets from £24.75 Families (89%) Couples (90%) Theatregoers (89%) i
It's Romeo and Juliet... but not as we know it. There's a brand new musical on the block, it's called & Juliet and it looks at what might have happened if Shakespeare's Juliet hadn't died at the end of his infamous romantic tragedy. It's a bit West Side Story, it's a bit Romeo and Juliet, and it's already causing interest and intrigue in theatreland.
- Opens: Friday, 28 May 2021
Booking until: Sunday, 13 February 2022 - Running time: 2 hours 30 minutes
- Playing at: Shaftesbury Theatre
- Booking until: Sunday, 13 February 2022
Magic Goes Wrong
Vaudeville Theatre
4.5/5 - based on 26 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.5 26 reviews Tickets from £24.00 Couples (88%) Theatregoers (81%) i
Introducing an hilarious new show due at the magnificent Vaudeville theatre in the West End. It has been create by the remarkable magicians Penn & Teller, in collaboration with Mischief Theatre, and it conjures an entire evening of magical splendour, almost all of which goes horribly wrong. It's one of the funniest plays for ages, as you'd expect from the Mischief Theatre company. Read on...
- Opens: Thursday, 21 October 2021
Booking until: Sunday, 27 February 2022 - Running time: 2 hours 10 minutes
- Playing at: Vaudeville Theatre
- Booking until: Sunday, 27 February 2022
Mamma Mia! The Party
The O2
4.9/5 - based on 15 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.9 15 reviews Tickets from £148.80 Families (100%) Couples (100%) Theatregoers (100%) i
You’ve seen the musical. You’ve watched the films. Now you can experience MAMMA MIA! THE PARTY. Spend a magical summer evening with friends in a special Greek island taverna, where the host’s only rules are dance, dine and have the time of your lives!
- Opens: Friday, 1 October 2021
Booking until: Sunday, 3 April 2022 - Running time: 4 hours
- Playing at: The O2
- Booking until: Sunday, 3 April 2022
The Prince of Egypt
Dominion Theatre
4.5/5 - based on 80 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.5 80 reviews Tickets from £23.50 Families (93%) Couples (88%) Theatregoers (90%) i
DreamWorks really is a magical name these days, a company with so many fabulous movies under its belt, a business that entertains and delights many millions of people every year. Now they've announced that the brilliant animated film, The Prince of Egypt, has been transformed into a West End musical. How can you resist such a massive treat? The kids will absolutely adore it.
- Opens: Sunday, 14 March 2021
Booking until: Saturday, 4 September 2021 - Running time: 2 hours 38 minutes
- Playing at: Dominion Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 4 September 2021
Magic Mike Live!
London Hippodrome
4.9/5 - based on 18 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.9 18 reviews Tickets from £95.00The Channing Tatum crafted, sizzling 360-degree dance and acrobatic spectacular that is made for a woman’s gaze but directed at a woman’s heart is reopening on 16th April. To celebrate, you can enjoy FREE UNLIMITED FIZZ with your squad, served directly to your seat, when you book any performance between 16th April and 27th June 2021. Our guys aren’t bottomless, but the Prosecco is!*
- Opens: Friday, 16 April 2021
Booking until: Sunday, 27 June 2021 - Running time: 90 minutes
- Playing at: London Hippodrome
- Booking until: Sunday, 27 June 2021
Pretty Woman The Musical
Piccadilly Theatre
4.8/5 - based on 38 reviews - (Read reviews) 4.8 38 reviews Tickets from £18.00 Couples (87%) Theatregoers (87%) i
Pretty Woman the movie grossed vast amounts of money at the box office, a contemporary take on the fairy story Cinderella starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. When a call girl and a wealthy businessman fall madly in love, they discover they have a few thorny issues to resolve before they can sail happily into the sunset together. This is their story, on stage, transformed into a musical.
- Opens: Thursday, 1 April 2021
Booking until: Saturday, 4 September 2021 - Starring: Aimie Atkinson, Danny Mac
- Playing at: Piccadilly Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 4 September 2021
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