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London theatre tickets for 17th November 2022

Plays and musicals open on the 17th November 2022

& Juliet is a creative and rare idea about what if Juliet did not commit suicide after Romeo was poisoned, and decided to rewrite her own destiny.
Booking:
 To 25th Mar 2023
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 Shaftesbury Theatre, Soho
& Juliet
In this supernatural thriller, something otherworldly happens every night at 2:22am. Do you believe the dead can return?
Booking:
 To 8th Jan 2023
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 Criterion Theatre, Soho
2:22 A Ghost Story
Christopher Isherwood's novel comes to the stage for an extremely limited one month run.
Booking:
 To 26th Nov 2022
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 Park Theatre, Finsbury Park
A Single Man
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:
 To 5th Jan 2025
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 ABBA Arena, Stratford
Abba Voyage
Anything with a Pulse dives into the story of a man and a woman who lock eyes from across the dancefloor before a chaotic love story ensues.
Booking:
 To 26th Nov 2022
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 Park Theatre, Finsbury Park
Anything With A Pulse
Suit up and Assemble for a super evening, celebrating the songs and music from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Featuring stars from London’s West End and beyond! With classic songs from iconic Mar...
Booking:
 To 26th Nov 2022
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Location:
 Union Theatre, Southwark
Assemble!
The blockbuster film and pop culture phenomenon arrives in London's West End as a groundbreaking new musical adventure.
Booking:
 To 22nd Dec 2024
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Location:
 Adelphi Theatre, Strand
Back to the Future - The Musical
The West End transfer of Best of Enemies stars Zachary Quinto and David Harewood
Booking:
 To 18th Feb 2023
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Location:
 Noel Coward Theatre, Trafalgar Square
Best of Enemies
You told me you loved me, once. You said you carried me. You remember that? You still carry me? Or did you drop me, somewhere along the line?
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 To 6th May 2023
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 Hampstead Theatre, Hampstead
Blackout Songs
The But I’m A Cheerleader musical is based on the 1999 film of the same name, starring Natasha Lyonne.
Booking:
 To 27th Nov 2022
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 The Turbine Theatre, Battersea
But I'm a Cheerleader
CAGES is the indescribable “genre-busting game changer” (LA Times) that left audiences in awe at its premiere.
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 To 17th Dec 2022
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 Riverside Studios, Hammersmith
Cages
Come From Away tells the story of what happened when the residents of a small community struggle to accommodate nearly 7,000 passengers as they and the world are reeling in the days following 9/11.
Booking:
 To 7th Jan 2023
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 Phoenix Theatre, Soho
Come From Away
Guess who's back in the house? Heels click-clacking about? The star cast of Death Drop. These kitty girls are back to slay the day!
Booking:
 To 20th Nov 2022
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Location:
 Criterion Theatre, Soho
Death Drop
Elberace (Gay Elvis): A Hunk of Mincing Love is the first worldwide awarded LGBTQIA+ Elvis Act at The Internationally renowned Porthcawl Elvis Festival. Known for his vibrant and energetic performa...
Booking:
 To 10th Dec 2022
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Location:
 Union Theatre, Southwark
Elberace (Gay Elvis)
Based on the hit Will Ferrell holiday classic, the hit Broadway and West End show is coming to London’s Dominion Theatre for a limited 8-week season, just in time for Christmas.
Booking:
 To 6th Jan 2024
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 Dominion Theatre, Tottenham Court Road
Elf!
The epic musical returns to the West End for a limited 6 week run at the Charing Cross Theatre.
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 To 17th Dec 2022
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Location:
 Charing Cross Theatre, Trafalgar Square
From Here To Eternity - The Musical
Brought to you by On its Head productions, Front of House – Front and Centre brings together the extraordinary talent of Londons West-End Front of house teams. The people who you may recognise ...
Booking:
 To 26th Nov 2022
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 Union Theatre, Southwark
Front of House – Front and Centre
Prepare to fall in love with Disney’s Frozen all over again, as the brand-new theatrical experience is now open at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
Booking:
 To 8th Sep 2024
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 Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Aldwych
Frozen The Musical
The compelling true story of world-renowned reggae artist Bob Marley is set to spring to life on the West End stage.
Booking:
 To 29th Jan 2023
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 Lyric Theatre, Soho
Get Up Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical
When our theatres suddenly went dark, the eternal inhabitants were left wondering what the hell had happened. With the most vibrant part of London a ghost town we meet the locals in two iconic thea...
Booking:
 To 26th Nov 2022
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Location:
 Union Theatre, Southwark
Ghostlight
This play explores how a seemingly good person can be lured step, by logical step into the most deplorable of actions.
Booking:
 To 7th Jan 2023
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Location:
 Harold Pinter Theatre, St James
Good (David Tennant)
Hugely popular musical, Hamilton, tells the life of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton with music, lyrics and a book by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Booking:
 To 29th Mar 2025
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Location:
 Victoria Palace Theatre, Victoria
Hamilton
Following two smash hit London seasons, Heathers the Musical is back - for just 12 weeks.
Booking:
 To 3rd Sep 2023
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Location:
 Theatre Royal Haymarket, St James
Heathers The Musical
Civil unrest, trouble with Europe, a monarchy in peril… it’s not 2022 but the late fifteenth century, and young, newly crowned Henry is eager to assert power at home and abroad.
Booking:
 To 4th Feb 2023
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 Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Southwark
Henry V
The global premiere of Japanese creative powerhouse Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbour Totoro live on stage at London’s Barbican.
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 To 23rd Mar 2024
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 Barbican Theatre, Barbican
Henry VIII
“There’s somethin’ about this house. Somethin’ here. Somethin’ in the walls. Its bones. Like DNA.” A family packs into a small house with a tangled history. Matt is here, yearning to rea...
Booking:
 To 3rd Dec 2022
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 Southwark Playhouse, Southwark
Here
Oh, what a night! It has been announced that Jersey Boys is returning to the West End stage with a limited run at the newly reopened Trafalgar Theatre.
Booking:
 To 28th Jan 2024
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 Trafalgar Theatre, Whitehall
Jersey Boys
John Gabriel Borkman, once an illustrious entrepreneur, has been brought low by a prison sentence for fraud. As he paces alone in an upstairs room, bankrupt and disgraced, he is obsessed by dreams of ...
Booking:
 To 26th Nov 2022
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Location:
 Bridge Theatre, Southwark
John Gabriel Borkman
For eight weeks only the saucy and scintillating La Clique returns to London to bring Christmas joy to the adult girls and boys.
Booking:
 To 6th Jan 2024
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Location:
 Spiegeltent at Leicester Square, Soho
La Clique
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 To 26th Nov 2022
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Location:
 Union Theatre, Southwark
LAMDA MA Graduate Showcase 2022
Les Misérables -- reimagined for the Sondheim Theatre -- is the classic revolutionary musical.
Booking:
 To 29th Mar 2025
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 Sondheim Theatre, Soho
Les Misérables
Based on one of the most extraordinary and best-loved works of fiction, this is a universally acclaimed, smash-hit adaptation of an epic journey of endurance and hope.
Booking:
 To 15th Jan 2023
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 Wyndham's Theatre, Soho
Life of Pi
A night of theatre put together by the up-and-coming talent of tomorrow; you’ll jump through snippets of lives from all kinds of people & places and it’s our privilege to tell these stories tha...
Booking:
 To 26th Nov 2022
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Location:
 Union Theatre, Southwark
Lives Lived
Franny Anne Rafferty Director Andrew Hilton Musical Director Simon Hardwick Choreographer Zoe Hurwitz Designer Justin Teasdle Sound Designer ...
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 To 26th Nov 2022
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Location:
 Union Theatre, Southwark
London School of Musical Theatre presents
This first-class experience features some of the world’s sexiest, most talented guys performing heart-racing dance routines in front of, above and all around you.
Booking:
 To 29th Jun 2025
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 The Theatre at Hippodrome Casino (over 18s only), Soho
Magic Mike Live
Set on a Greek island paradise, a story of love, friendship and identity is cleverly told through the timeless songs of ABBA.
Booking:
 To 28th Sep 2024
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Location:
 Novello Theatre, Aldwych
Mamma Mia
Marvellous follows the tale of one mans’ chaotic yet brilliant journey along the path of change and success.
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 To 26th Nov 2022
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Location:
 @sohoplace, Soho
Marvellous
She made some very poor decisions. You tried to warn her. You love her yet, and that’s a credit to you, but you need to think about what’s best for Scotland…
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 To 26th Nov 2022
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 Hampstead Theatre, Hampstead
Mary
By Rona Munro
Directed By Roxana Silbert
Mary goes back in time to 1567 to explore the story of James Melville, a loyal and dedicated servant of Mary Stuart, the Queen of Scots.
Booking:
 To 26th Nov 2022
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 Hampstead Theatre, Hampstead
Mary
Mary Poppins is Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's multi award-winning West End musical playing now in London's Prince Edward Theatre.
Booking:
 To 8th Jan 2023
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Location:
 Prince Edward Theatre, Soho
Mary Poppins
Matilda the Musical is inspired by the twisted genius of Roald Dahl, with original songs from comedian Tim Minchin and book by Dennis Kelly.
Booking:
 To 25th May 2025
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Location:
 Cambridge Theatre, Soho
Matilda The Musical
Enter a world of splendour and romance, of eye-popping excess, of glitz, grandeur, and glory!
Booking:
 To 14th Sep 2024
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Location:
 Piccadilly Theatre, Soho
Moulin Rouge The Musical
Princess, poet, pacifist… and World War II spy. The enigmatic, indefinable Noor Inayat Khan was an unlikely recruit to the SOE as an undercover wireless operator. How did she face off Fascism wit...
Booking:
 To 26th Nov 2022
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Location:
 Southwark Playhouse, Southwark
Noor
Only Fools And Horses is a musical comedy that takes you on a trip down memory lane.
Booking:
 To 5th Jan 2025
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Location:
 Theatre Royal Haymarket, St James
Only Fools And Horses
A truly unmissable experience that transports you inside the world of TV’s most notorious drama at the Camden Garrison, the glamorously gritty new venue in the heart of Camden Market.
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 To 28th May 2023
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 The Camden Garrison, Camden
Peaky Blinders: The Rise
After a series of four sold out concerts at The Union Theatre , Robert Gould returns to present another concert of songs with his lyrics, including world premieres of songs from “The Juniper Tree...
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 To 26th Nov 2022
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Location:
 Union Theatre, Southwark
Perfect Imperfection
You are formally invited to the goblin wedding of the year in this alternative comedy from Sleeping Trees!
Booking:
 To 7th Jan 2023
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Location:
 The Vaults Theatre, Southwark
Peter Pan's Labyrinth
This hilarious show returns to the Park Theatre for an extremely limited run
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 To 26th Nov 2022
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 Park Theatre, Finsbury Park
Pickle
The hit Broadway musical adaption of the beloved romance Pretty Woman is back in the West End
Booking:
 To 18th Jun 2023
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 Savoy Theatre, Strand
Pretty Woman: The Musical
Experience the epic new world from Punchdrunk, ‘the world-conquering theatre rebels’, as the greatest of Greek tragedies is transported to a sprawling dystopian labyrinth.
Booking:
 To 24th Sep 2023
Location:
 One Cartridge Place, Woolwich
Punchdrunk: The Burnt City
Following its sold-out, critically acclaimed 2021 run, Kiln Theatre and Paines Plough present Amy Trigg's Reasons You Should(n't) Love Me, returning to the Kiln following its regional tour.
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 To 26th Nov 2022
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 Kiln Theatre, Kilburn
Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me
From Tudor queens to pop princesses, the six wives of Henry VIII finally take the mic to tell their tales.
Booking:
 To 3rd Nov 2024
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Location:
 Vaudeville Theatre, Strand
Six
An eye-raising comedy musical tells the story of two Mormon missionaries seeking to convert a disinterest village more worried about real problems than godly salvation.
Booking:
 To 10th Aug 2024
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 Prince of Wales Theatre, Soho
The Book of Mormon
Welcome to THE CHOIR OF MAN- the best night in your local you’ve ever had. It’s a party, it’s a concert, it’s a lock in like no other.
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 To 29th Sep 2024
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Location:
 Arts Theatre, Soho
The Choir of Man
Translated and freely adapted from Arthur Schnitzler’s Professor Bernhardi, Rober Icke’s The Doctor brings this morally, politically and personally fraught drama into the 21st century.
Booking:
 To 11th Dec 2022
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Location:
 Duke of York's Theatre, Trafalgar Square
The Doctor
In The Drifters Girl Beverley Knight brings the true story of the first-ever African American female music manager out of the shadows.
Booking:
 To 12th Feb 2023
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Location:
 Garrick Theatre, Soho
The Drifters Girl
Ingenious puppetry, stunning effects and the enchanting music by Elton John, Tim Rice and Lebo M will transport you to the heart of the African Pridelands.
Booking:
 To 19th Oct 2024
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Location:
 Lyceum Theatre, Covent Garden
The Lion King
A major new production of CS Lewis’ classic tale comes to the West End this summer.
Booking:
 To 8th Jan 2023
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Location:
 Gillian Lynne Theatre, Aldwych
The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
The world's longest-running play of any kind, Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap at the St Martin's Theatre
Booking:
 To 1st Mar 2025
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Location:
 St Martin's Theatre, Soho
The Mousetrap
Formed ten years ago way back in 2012, THE NOTEABLES are an award winning, pop chamber choir directed by Vikki Stone. You might recognise them as the BBC Oneness Choir Ident, which was played on th...
Booking:
 To 26th Nov 2022
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Location:
 Union Theatre, Southwark
The Noteables – 10 Year Anniversary Concert
The long-running classic musical story continues its record-breaking run at Her Majesty's Theatre.
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 To 29th Mar 2025
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Location:
 Her Majesty's Theatre, St James
The Phantom Of The Opera
When a production of the fictitious whodunnit mystery play, The Murder at Haversham Manor, is put on by the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society, disaster awaits them at every turn. Behold as everything that could possibly go wrong does.
Booking:
 To 4th May 2025
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Location:
 Duchess Theatre, Aldwych
The Play That Goes Wrong
The adaptation of Ben Elton's smash hit BBC sitcom about Shakespeare is back for a limited 10-week season.
Booking:
 To 3rd Dec 2022
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Location:
 Apollo Theatre, Soho
The Upstart Crow
Can you survive the tale of The Woman in Black? Now starring Stuart Fox and Matthew Spencer
Booking:
 To 29th Apr 2023
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Location:
 Fortune Theatre, Aldwych
The Woman in Black
Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Yeoman of the Guard comes to the London Coliseum for a limited one month run.
Booking:
 To 2nd Dec 2022
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Location:
 London Coliseum, Trafalgar Square
The Yeoman of the Guard
A jukebox musical based on the, often tumultuous, life and legendary music of International recording artist Tina Turner.
Booking:
 To 31st May 2025
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Location:
 Aldwych Theatre, Aldwych
TINA: The Tina Turner Musical
Known as one of literatures towering symbols of honesty and compassion lawyer Atticus Finch seeks the truth in a town that seems determined to hide it.
Booking:
 To 20th May 2023
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Location:
 Gielgud Theatre, Aldwych
To Kill a Mockingbird
Paper House Productions presents Trick or Treat. Join us for an evening of spook-tacular performances by the stars of today and tomorrow. Jessica Lim , Ayesha Patel , Ceri-Anne Thomas , Madelin...
Booking:
 To 26th Nov 2022
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Location:
 Union Theatre, Southwark
Trick or Treat!
Wicked the Musical, is the smash-hit musical that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz.
Booking:
 To 1st Jun 2025
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Location:
 Apollo Victoria Theatre, Pimlico South
Wicked
Agape Theatre Company is pleased to present Windrush – The Betrayal. The story of how The Guardian Newspaper exposed the prejudicial and biased treatment of legal British Subjects by the Govern...
Booking:
 To 26th Nov 2022
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Location:
 Union Theatre, Southwark
Windrush The Betrayal
Agatha Christie's bone-chilling drama presented in a courtroom setting.
Booking:
 To 30th Mar 2025
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Location:
 London County Hall, Southwark
Witness for the Prosecution