Oedipus
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The foot-stomping and award-winning musical, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, arrives in London’s West End after capturing hearts and selling out at Southwark Playhouse.
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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
Favourite characters come to life in Disney’s Frozen The Musical at the magical Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
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.
Direct from a sensational Manchester run, new comedy musical Mrs. Doubtfire arrives to dazzle and delight the West End
Ruth Jones and Beverley Knight star in Sister Act, returning to London
The smash hit musical tells the story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two sorcery students and their adventures in Oz.
New York City. 1975. On an empty Broadway stage, seventeen performers are put through their paces in the final, gruelling audition for a new Broadway musical. Only eight will make the cut.
A must-see experience in New York and LA, and following a sold-out production at the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, ‘Cruel Intentions: The ’90s Musical’, from the producers of smash hit ‘Heathers the Musical’, finally arrives in London.
Escape to the wild world of the Serengeti with Disney’s multi award-winning musical The Lion King
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
See the story of America’s founding father Alexander Hamilton in this record-breaking, genre-defying smash hit musical.
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Following smash hit runs in London’s West End and record-breaking national tours, the WhatsOnStage ‘Best New Musical’ is coming to London’s @sohoplace.
Imelda Staunton stars in Hello, Dolly! coming to The London Palladium for a strictly limited summer season.
Jerry’s Girls celebrates the life and legacy of legendary award-winning Broadway composer Jerry Herman. With songs from such timeless musicals as Mame, Hello Dolly!, Milk & Honey, Mack & Mabel, and La Cage Aux Folles.
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 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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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 the ultimate feel-good party at MAMMA MIA! – the world’s sunniest and most exhilarating smash hit musical.
Driven by a passion to make a mark in science, Marie Curie’s discovery of Radium earns her the Nobel Prize, but also poses a moral dilemma as she witnesses the devastating effects of Radium poisoning on factory workers.
Witness one of the world’s greatest entertainers in the Tony Award-winning MJ The Musical
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 incomparable Sheridan Smith returns to the stage in the world premiere of Opening Night, a new musical featuring music and lyrics by Rufus Wainwright.
You don’t have to go Far Far Away to find an unforgettable experience at London’s legendary Eventim Apollo; Shrek the Musical – a Shrektacular stage adaptation of the blockbuster movie.
Join Shrek and Donkey on their intrepid journey to rescue the beautiful, but cursed, Princess Fiona from a castle protected by a fearsome fire-breathing dragon.
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
The multi-award winning new musical Standing at the Sky’s Edge – winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Musical, UK Theatre Award for Best Musical Production and the South Bank Sky Arts Award – transfers to the West End following sold-out runs at the National Theatre and Sheffield Theatres.
Hailed as ’the most exciting new British musical in years’ (WhatsOnStage), Standing at the Sky’s Edge was originally written as a love (…)
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.
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.
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.
The iconic production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s legendary musical continues to wow audiences in the West End.
Don’t miss the official stage musical of music legend Tina Turner.
Two Strangers became the talk of the town when it premiered at London’s Kiln Theatre in 2023. Catch this new hit musical when it transfers to the West End this spring!
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.
Plays
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Get ready to journey into the supernatural world of Stranger Things: The First Shadow in the West End
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.
Since its first performance on 6 October 1952, the classic Agatha Christie thriller continues to befuddle and entertain audiences in the West End.
This volatile new play stars Anna Maxwell Martin as a hard-working opposition backbencher whose ideals of public office are tested by the demands of a man in crisis, played by James Corden. The Constituent deconstructs politics, panic alarms and the conflict between public service and personal safety.
See these accident-prone thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with hilarious consequences.
Seven-time BAFTA Award winner Steve Coogan stars in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s iconic Dr. Strangelove.
Starring the internationally renowned, multi award-winning Mark Strong and Lesley Manville, Sophocles’ epic tragedy is transformed into an essential, explosive human thriller.
BAFTA award winner Dominic West stars as Eddie Carbone in Arthur Miller’s timeless masterpiece of illicit and barely repressed sexual passion.
Also starring Kate Fleetwood (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Macbeth, London Road) and Callum Scott Howells (It’s a Sin and West End phenomenon Cabaret).
Rami Malek and Indira Varma to Star in world premiere of Ella Hickson’s ‘Oedipus’ at The Old Vic in London’s West End.
Forty years after Alan Bleasdale’s ground-breaking television series, James Graham’s powerful new adaptation comes to the Garrick Theatre for a strictly limited 8 week season.
Following her critically acclaimed, triple-extended New York run, Eddie Izzard brings her solo performance of Shakespeare’s Hamlet to London for a strictly-limited six-week run.
For Black Boys… returns to London’s West End in 2024 following three previously sold-out runs.
Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor Billy Crudup (The Morning Show, Coast of Utopia, No Man’s Land, Almost Famous) stars in David Cale’s wickedly funny thriller Harry Clarke.
Harry Clarke has a secret. Well, Philip Brugglestein has a secret – but people only have eyes for seductive Londoner Harry…
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and continues to dazzle at the Palace Theatre
Brian Cox and Patricia Clarkson return to the London stage in Jeremy Herrin’s new production of Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Long Day’s Journey Into Night
From the outside, Helen Jones and her husband had a ‘happy marriage’. Until she murdered him.
Based on the true crime story of Ruth Snyder in 1928 that shook a nation, Sophie Treadwell’s seminal Machinal is a pulse-pounding journey of someone pushed to breaking point by the relentless machinery of life, expectation and convention.
Don’t miss the theatrical event of 2025 as the record-breaking, award-winning My Neighbour Totoro transfers to London’s West End.
Duncan Macmillan’s intoxicating hit play starring Denise Gough makes a triumphant return to London this Spring.
Ian McKellen plays Falstaff in a new version of Shakespeare’s Henry IV, adapted by award-winning writer and director Robert Icke.
All hell breaks loose when Harvard professor Charles Nichols invites a contentious white nationalist to his yearly symposium.
Celebrated by critics as a ‘remarkable, next-level coming-of-age story’ (The Stage) by acclaimed writer Tyrell Williams, Red Pitch transfers to London’s newest West End theatre, Soho Place, following 2 sold-out, award-winning runs at the Bush Theatre.
Adapted from Nikolai Gogol’s masterful comedy, this hilarious new production explores how corrupt power destroys itself, exposing the tragi-comic consequences of collective delusion and the swindlers who would exploit it.
Following their multi-award-winning triumph The Ferryman, Jez Butterworth, writer of Jerusalem, resumes his partnership with Sam Mendes, director of The Lehman Trilogy, to bring you The Hills of California. The Hills of California plays at Harold Pinter Theatre from 27 January 2024 for a strictly limited season.
Based on the bestselling book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
A stunning stage adaptation of the classic tale of teatime mayhem.
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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LATEST NEWS
New shows are opening in the West End this May, with top picks including Heathers The Musical at @sohoplace, Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder! at Ambassadors Theatre, and John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers – The Play, which opens at the Apollo Theatre.
Mrs. Doubtfire celebrates its first West End birthday at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre on Wednesday 1 May 2024.
Popular new musical Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) extends its West End run at the Criterion Theatre, starring Sam Tutty and Dujonna Gift. Performances are now booking to August 2024.
Multiple new West End musicals extend their booking periods, including Wicked, which is now the 10th longest-running West End show in history, and comedy favourite The Book of Mormon.
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FAQs
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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:
- Back to the Future the Musical at Adelphi Theatre has a Sunday matinee at 15:00
- Disney’s Frozen the Musical at Theatre Royal Drury Lane has two Sunday shows at 13:00 and 17:30
- Disney’s The Lion King at Lyceum Theatre has a Sunday matinee at 14:30
- Hadestown at Lyric Theatre has a Sunday matinee at 15:00
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at Palace Theatre has a two-show day (Parts One and Two) from 13:00 on Sundays
- Magic Mike Live at Hippodrome Casino Theatre has two Sunday shows at 16:00 and 19:00
- Matilda the Musical at Cambridge Theatre has a Sunday matinee at 15:00
- Mean Girls at Savoy Theatre has a Sunday matinee at 15:00
- Mrs. Doubtfire at Shaftesbury Theatre has a Sunday matinee at 15:30
- SIX The Musical at Vaudeville Theatre has two Sunday shows at 15:00 and 19:00
- Stranger Things: The First Shadow at Phoenix Theatre has a Sunday matinee at 15:00
- The Play That Goes Wrong at Duchess Theatre has two Sunday shows at 15:00 and 19:00
- Wicked at Apollo Victoria Theatre has a Sunday matinee at 14:30
- Witness for the Prosecution at London’s County Hall has a Sunday matinee at 15:00
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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.
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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:
- Back to the Future The Musical has matinees on Thursday and Saturday at 14:30, and Sunday at 15:00
- Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club has matinees on Wednesday and Saturday at 14:00
- Disney’s Frozen The Musical has matinees on Thursday and Saturday at 14:30, and two performances on Sunday at 13:00 and 17:30
- Fawlty Towers has matinees on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday at 14:30
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child begins performances for a two-show day at 14:00, or 13:00 on a Sunday
- Magic Mike Live has performances at 16:00 on a Saturday and Sunday
- Matilda The Musical has matinees on Tuesday at 14:00, Saturday at 14:30 and Sunday at 15:00
- Only Fools and Horses The Musical has matinees on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday at 14:30
- SIX The Musical has matinees on Wednesday at 17:30, Saturday at 16:00 and Sunday at 15:00
- Stranger Things: The First Shadow as matinees on Friday and Saturday at 13:00 and Sunday at 15:00
- The Book of Mormon has matinees on Friday and Saturday at 14:30
- The Mousetrap has matinees on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 15:00
- The Play That Goes Wrong has matinees on Saturday at 14:30 and Sunday at 15:00
Our Theatre Guide covers all of the top theatre shows in London, where you can find the matinee times for all West End shows.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Most London theatres offer disabled and access-friendly facilities. All access bookings must be made directly with the theatre.
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