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Back To The Future The Musical
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Adelphi Theatre, London
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Capital Theatre, London
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23/09/2024 – 31/03/2025
Empress Museum, London
musicals
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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 musical, inspired by the animated film, based on the ancient myth. It’s what classical civilisation would have wanted. Hercules delivers a thrilling night out at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane that leaves you ready to conquer anything.
Escape to the wild world of the Serengeti with Disney’s multi award-winning musical The Lion King
Witness one of the world’s greatest entertainers in the Tony Award-winning MJ The Musical.
Experience the heartwarming charm of Mrs. Doubtfire, a family-friendly musical inspired by the beloved 1993 film starring Robin Williams. Don’t miss your last chance to see Mrs. Doubtfire before she leaves the West End on 26 April.
The smash hit musical tells the story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two sorcery students and their adventures in Oz.
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.
Don’t miss the official stage musical of music legend Tina Turner.
Get ready to go paws-itively dotty for the smash hit musical 101 Dalmatians, scampering into the Eventim Apollo this summer, for six weeks only.
The multi-Olivier Award-winning production plays in the West End, in the exclusively transformed Playhouse Theatre
Clueless is a new musical comedy based on the Paramount Pictures classic film, featuring a book by the iconic voice of a generation Amy Heckerling and an original score by pop icon KT Tunstall.
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.
Get Ready for the ‘Time of Your Life’ as the record-breaking Dirty Dancing the Classic Story on Stage becomes the opening production at the Capital Theatre, Westfield London from Oct 2025.
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Fresh from electrifying the West End with his recent smash-hit Much Ado About Nothing, Jamie Lloyd brings his boldest vision yet to Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber’s legendary Evita, this summer at The London Palladium.
It’s 1905 in the tiny village of Anatevka Tevye, a Jewish milkman, lives his life by their proud traditions. For his five daughters, that means a visit from the matchmaker. As each daughter challenges his beliefs, against the backdrop of a changing world, can Tevye hold on to his roots, or must he bend to the will of his children and learn to embrace the unfamiliar?
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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On 13 July 1985, music united the world. 40 years on, discover the story of Live Aid in a whole new way — in London’s West End at JUST FOR ONE DAY – The Live Aid Musical.
The show’s World Premiere production “blew the roof off the Old Vic” (Baz Bamigboye) in early 2024, where it became the theatre’s fastest-selling musical ever.
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.
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.
Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of Lionel Bart’s iconic musical, Oliver!, directed and choreographed by Matthew Bourne, will open in London at the Gielgud Theatre on Saturday 14 December 2024, following a sold-out season at Chichester Festival Theatre.
With a sensational score, including Food Glorious Food, Consider Yourself, You’ve Got to Pick-a-Pocket or Two, I’d Do Anything and more.
Pop Off, Michelangelo! tells the story of best-pals-turned-bitter-rivals Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. A bloodthirsty friar is on the hunt for homosexuals in Renaissance Italy at the exact moment when childhood friends Mike and Leo realise they both like boys. Terrified, they devise a fool proof plan to gain God’s forgiveness: they simply need to become the greatest religious artists of all time.
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.
Stiletto, a new musical with Music and Lyrics by three-time Grammy nominee, Oscar and Golden Globe nominee Matthew Wilder (Disney’s Mulan), Book by double Olivier Award nominee Tim Luscombe (Noël Coward’s Easy Virtue, Terrence Rattigan’s The Browning Version and Harlequinade), is set in Venice, Europe’s opera capital.
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 Tony Award-winning new musical The Great Gatsby comes to the West End, and it will be the party of the century.
Watch the nation’s favourite novel The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe come to life on stage in this spectacular production which is guaranteed to delight all ages.
The iconic production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s legendary musical continues to wow audiences in the West End.
The first major London revival of Mel Brooks’ musical adaptation of The Producers transfers to the Garrick Theatre this Autumn following a sold-out run at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
When the music of Céline Dion makes sweet Canadian love with the eleven-time Oscar®-winning film Titanic, you get Titanique, off Broadway’s most award-winning splash hit that turns one of the greatest love stories of all time into a hysterical musical fantasia.
A new contemporary musical by Drew Gasparini, starring Sam Tutty and Aimie Atkinson.
Plays
Experience the best West End drama on stage with the year’s blockbuster plays in London.
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.
Tom Hiddleston is Benedick and Hayley Atwell is Beatrice. Two of their generation’s finest actors collaborate with director Jamie Lloyd again in this savagely funny and beautifully tender battle of wits.
Stereophonic mines the agony and the ecstasy of creation as it zooms in on a music studio in 1976. Here, an up-and-coming rock band recording a new album finds itself suddenly on the cusp of superstardom.
Get ready to journey into the supernatural world of Stranger Things: The First Shadow in the West End
The original Mischief Theatre gang return to the West End with a new spy drama.
Following an acclaimed sold-out Edinburgh season, Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden reprises his role, joined in the West End by Emmy, BAFTA and SAG Award winner Martin Freeman.
This landmark production of Agatha Christie’s gripping story of justice, passion and betrayal is staged in the Grand Chamber at County Hall.
The Cornley Amateur Drama Society are back with tidings of chaos and joy, ready to tackle the Charles Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol.
Panto meets Cirque… Be amazed at Cirque Wicked Wizard of Oz with a cast of 60 and spectacular aerial stunts and amazing special effects this international class arena show is the event of the year, not to be missed.
Starring Brie Larson, Daniel Fish directs the first major revival in over a decade of Sophokles’ electrifying and timeless play, Elektra, in a stunning translation by award winning poet Anne Carson.
One of France’s most successful and long-running plays, and winner of four Molière Awards, Farewell Mister Haffmann makes its London premiere after an acclaimed debut at Theatre Royal Bath Ustinov Studio.
It’s 1942 in Nazi-occupied Paris, Jewish jeweller Joseph Haffmann faces imminent danger as Jews are being rounded up across the city for deportation. Desperate, Joseph turns to his trusted employee Pierre Vigneau for help.
When Professor Goodman, arch-sceptic out to debunk the paranormal, embarks on an investigation of three apparent hauntings – as recounted by a night-watchman, a teenage boy, and a businessman awaiting his first child – Goodman finds himself at the outer limits of rationality, and fast running out of explanations.
A world-famous children’s author under threat. A battle of wills in the wake of scandal. And one chance to make amends…
Tony and Golden Globe-winner John Lithgow (Killers of the Flower Moon, The Crown) will reprise his extraordinary performance as Roald Dahl.
Emmy and Tony Award-winner Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) stars as late-night talk-show host Jack Paar, bringing his acclaimed, Tony Award-winning performance to the Barbican this Summer – direct from a critically acclaimed Broadway season.
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.
Welcome to the Kyoto Conference Centre, 11 December 1997. The nations of the world are in deadlock and 11 hours have passed since the UN’s landmark climate conference should have ended. Time is running out and agreement feels a world away. The greatest obstacle: American oil lobbyist and master strategist, Don Pearlman…
Four-time Olivier Award-winner Imelda Staunton joins forces with her real-life daughter Bessie Carter for the very first time, reuniting with the extraordinary director Dominic Cooke to bring George Bernard Shaw’s incendiary moral classic crashing into the 21st Century.
Inspired by Ibsen, My Master Builder is a startling new play by Lila Raicek starring Hollywood great Ewan MacGregor, that lays bare the vulnerabilities we expose, when we leave ourselves open to love.
Don’t miss the theatrical event of 2025 as the record-breaking, award-winning My Neighbour Totoro transfers to London’s West End.
Rami Malek and Indira Varma to Star in world premiere of Ella Hickson’s ‘Oedipus’ at The Old Vic in London’s West End.
Sidney Poitier: Trailblazer, activist, icon. Ten years before he becomes the first Black man to win the Oscar for Best Actor, this gripping drama captures the moment a young Sidney Poitier prepares to sign a career-defining Hollywood contract that could make him a star. But there’s a catch. Will he put his career before his principles? In a time of betrayals, will he name names? Will he sign his life away?
Richard II is charismatic, eloquent, and flamboyantly witty. And a disastrous King – dishonest, dangerous, and politically incompetent.
Join us in the world of Shakespeare’s magical characters as Macbeth’s wonderfully wayward Weird Sisters cook up a supernaturally silly adventure of their own. The Weird Sisters need all the help they can get from their audience of supernatural apprentices (that’s you!) and invite you to come along to the show dressed as your favourite magical creature. Fairies, witches, ghosts, or monsters – wherever you belong!
The family home is more than a building. And, for brother and sister Stephen and Billie, home is all they have. Mucking along in their decaying farmhouse, they’re doing just fine. That is, until the arrival of an ex-clergyman uncle with an unscrupulous plan, a sister-in-law seeking a miracle, and a prodigal brother hell-bent on trouble.
Consumed by paranoia, superstition and a ruthless sense of justice, a climate of fear and mass hysteria sweeps through the town of Salem, Massachusetts when rumours grow that a group of girls are practicing witchcraft.
Revolutionary, award-winning American playwright Arthur Miller’s seminal, political history play about Salem in 1692, and McCarthy’s 1950’s America, is a timeless warning to us all.
Tamsin Greig stars in Terence Rattigan’s 1950’s study of obsession and the destructive power of love.
Hester Collyer, the daughter of a clergyman and wife of a judge is floundering in the closing stages of a hopeless affair. Freddie Page, her lover, a handsome but shallow ex-Battle of Britain pilot, is out of his depth in their relationship, overwhelmed by the strength of an emotion he is incapable of reciprocating…
Boisterous, disreputable knight Sir John Falstaff hatches a plan to restore his fortunes by seducing two wealthy housewives, Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. But the hunter becomes the hunted when, wise to his schemes and determined to get the last laugh, they decide to play a few tricks of their own…
There’s good reason why Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap is the world’s longest running play. Don’t just see it. Solve it.
See these accident-prone thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with hilarious consequences.
Legendary stage and screen actor Brian Cox (HBO’s multi-award winning Succession) stars as Johann Sebastian Bach in Oliver Cotton’s new play.
Spring 1747, Potsdam, Prussia. Johann Sebastian Bach reluctantly visits the court of Frederick II, Europe’s most ambitious and dangerous leader. The two men could hardly be more different and the explosive events of the following days could not have been predicted.
Based on Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux’s fearless masterpiece, five actors create an unapologetic portrait of a woman shaped by her rapidly-changing world.
The National Theatre’s smash-hit, sold-out production of Till The Stars Come Down transfers to the West End this summer for a strictly limited 13-week run.
The legends of Greece and Troy are gripped by an epic war, fighting for honour and bravery. As a thrilling, action-packed battle rages around them, Trojan prince Troilus falls deeply in love with Cressida, and they swear their eternal love…
But wait! That’s NOT the play we’re about to see. Fast forward eight years, and everything has ground to a halt in a seemingly pointless, exhausting conflict with no resolution in sight.
In Illyria, it’s a day of celebration but not everyone is in the mood for frivolity: the lovesick duke; the mourning heiress; the besotted steward, to name a few.
Enter shipwrecked, grief-stricken Viola. As she quickly tries to learn the rules of this new bittersweet society, she soon finds herself in a strange love tangle, fuelled by loss, longing and secret desires. But love can be as changeable as the weather…
Unicorn is Mike Bartlett’s explicit, funny and provocative new play, directed by James Macdonald, starring Nicola Walker (Unforgotten, The Split), Stephen Mangan (The Split, Episodes) and Erin Doherty (The Crown, Chloe).
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Mischief Theatre return to the West End with The Comedy About Spies, a new drama written by and starring the original cast.
Discover why you should see smash-hit Wicked, and plan a big day out to make the most of it.
ABBA Voyage is now booking to January 2026 at London’s ABBA Arena.
Experience the music of Pasek and Paul in Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular, playing in a Big Top at the Empress Museum in London’s Earls Court, based on the 2017 film with all your favourite songs. We review the best musicals that adapted from screen to stage.
2025 offers a huge variety of new musicals and star-studded plays. Don’t miss Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell in Jamie Lloyd’s five-star production of Much Ado About Nothing at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
Huge new musicals are coming to the West End in 2025, including Clueless The Musical, Disney’s Hercules at the iconic Theatre Royal Drury Lane and Just For One Day – The Live Aid Musical, which comes to the West End after sell-out run at The Old Vic. Tony Award-winning musical The Great Gatsby also makes its way across the pond in 2025, starring Jamie Muscato, Amber Davies and Rachel Tucker.
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WHAT’S THE BEST WEST END THEATRE SEAT FOR ME?
You’ve picked your theatre show, you’re excited, but now, where to sit? Stalls? Gallery? Multiple different circles? Choosing the best West End theatre seat can be a confusing endeavour for both experienced theatregoers and newbies alike. So we’ve put together a handy guide to help make choosing the best theatre seats easy.
1. Stalls
Originally known as the ‘the pit’, this was the cheap, standing-only area in the theatre, catering to the masses. Over the years stalls have transformed into some of the most desirable seats in many venues. Usually situated at street level and typically right in front of the stage, the stalls are at the heart of the action and provide excellent views. Performers feel close enough to touch as you witness every blink and facial expression. It’s worth noting, however, that in theatres with an overhang, seats towards the back of stalls can have restricted views. We’ll delve more into this later.
2. Premium seats
Want to make your theatre experience as special as possible? These are the seats for you. Premium theatre seating is typically situated in the centre of the stalls and just a few rows from the stage, or in the front few rows of the royal circle. Premium seats offer unparalleled views from the comfiest perches in the theatre. They allow you to capture every nuance of a performance. Ideally placed, these are also typically positioned to make the best of a venues acoustics. Your ears are in for as much of a treat as your eyes. Perfect for special occasions or a highly anticipated showing, you can turn any event into the most memorable occasion with premium seating.
3. Dress circle or royal circle
Let’s head on up a level to the dress, or royal circle as it’s known in some theatres. This view from an elevated position allows you to witness all the action without missing a beat. Fantastic for musicals or productions where the full length of the stage is utilised. This section can also feature an overhang, often allowing those in the front few rows to be as close to the performers as those in stalls.
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Book your tickets for London theatre direct from Ticketmaster for ground-breaking musicals including Hamilton, MAMMA MIA! and Wicked, to Olivier Award-winning plays such as Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One & Two and Stranger Things: The First Shadow.
Our London theatre guide is designed to help you find tickets to your next favourite show, from long-runners to new musicals and plays, all hand-picked by our West End experts. From legendary shows including The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, The Mousetrap and more, to new star-studded plays such as My Master Builder starring Ewan McGregor and Elizabeth Debicki, and Much Ado About Nothing, starring Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell. We even have unbeatable British musicals that transfer straight to the West End, including fan favourite SIX The Musical.
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FAQs
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In 2025 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
- Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular at the Empress Theatre in London has a Sunday matinee at 14:30
- 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 14:00
- Mean Girls at Savoy Theatre has a Sunday matinee at 15:00
- Mrs. Doubtfire at Shaftesbury Theatre has a Sunday matinee at 15:30
- Oliver! at Gielgud Theatre has a Sunday matinee at 14:30
- SIX The Musical at Vaudeville Theatre has two Sunday shows at 15:00 and 19:00
- Starlight Express at Troubadour Theatre in Wembley has two Sunday shows at 13:00 and 17:00
- 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 The Lion King, Matilda The Musical, Hadestown, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Magic Mike Live, MAMMA MIA!, Matilda The Musical, 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, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and Magic Mike Live.
Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular, Magic Mike Live and Starlight Express are closed on a Monday and Tuesday.
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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, Just For One Day – The Live Aid Musical, Les Misérables, Oliver!, The Devil Wears Prada, The Phantom of the Opera and Wicked.
These musicals have matinee performances on Thursday and Saturday at 14:30: Clueless The Musical, Disney’s Hercules, Mean Girls, MJ The Musical, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Mrs. Doubtfire, TINA – The Tina Turner Musical and Witness for the Prosecution.
The following musicals and theatre shows have matinee peformances at other times:
- ABBA Voyage at the ABBA Arena has midweek concerts and matinees on Saturday at 15:00 and Sunday at 13:00
- 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
- Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular has matinees at the Empress Theatre on Friday, Saturday and Sunday 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
- SIX The Musical has matinees on Wednesday at 17:30, Saturday at 16:00 and Sunday at 15:00
- Starlight Express at the Troubadour Theatre in Wembley has matinees on some Wednesdays, plus Thursday and Saturday at 14:30 and Sunday at 13:00
- 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 has all of the top theatre shows in London, and you can find the matinee times for all West End shows here.
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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 typically 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 will house Disney’s Hercules from June 2025. 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 access-friendly facilities. All access bookings must be made directly with the theatre.
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If you’re looking to listen to some of the best show tunes, soundtracks and original cast recordings for West End, Broadway and musical songs, then check out our West End Theatre playlist here.
