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London Play theatre tickets for 19th December 2022

London Plays open on 19th December 2022

This joyous adaptation for the stage was created by Jack Thorne who wrote Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and was responsible for the new adaptation of Woyzeck which starred John Boyega.
Booking:
 To 6th Jan 2024
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Location:
 The Old Vic, Southwark
A Christmas Carol
After sold out shows in 2019, European Arts Company returns to Greenwich Theatre with A Christmas Carol as told by the author himself! Actor John O’Connor (Before We Die, Channel 4) faithfully ...
Booking:
 To 19th Dec 2022
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Location:
 Greenwich Theatre, Greenwich
A Christmas Carol ’22
Enter the world of William Shakespeare’s timeless tale of love, As You Like It, this winter, travel into the Forest of Arden and discover what it truly means to be in love.
Booking:
 To 28th Jan 2023
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Location:
 @sohoplace, Soho
As You Like It
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
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)
Share in the unifying power of storytelling as ancient tales are reclaimed, rewritten and reimagined for Hakawatis: Women of the Arabian Nights
Booking:
 To 14th Jan 2023
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Location:
 Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Southwark
Hakawatis
The global premiere of Japanese creative powerhouse Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbour Totoro live on stage at London’s Barbican.
Booking:
 To 23rd Mar 2024
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Location:
 Barbican Theatre, Barbican
Henry VIII
a new musical based on Sleeping Beauty book by Tanya Ronder, music by Jim Fortune and lyrics by Rufus Norris original concept by Katrina Lindsay and Rufus Norris 26 November-14 January Running Time: approx. 2 hours 30 mins incl. interval
Booking:
 To 14th Jan 2023
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Location:
 National Theatre, Southwark
Hex
a new play by April De Angelis From 30 November to 21 January
Booking:
 To 28th Jan 2023
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 National Theatre, Southwark
Kerry Jackson
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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Location:
 Wyndham's Theatre, Soho
Life of Pi
In proud partnership with the Mandela family. Co-produced with Nandi Mandela, Luvuyo Madasa, Shaun Hurwitz, Ronen Zekry, Greg Dean Borowsky, Shaun Borowsky and Brian & Dayna Lee
Booking:
 To 4th Feb 2023
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Location:
 Young Vic, Southwark
Mandela
Michael Grandage directs Emma Corrin in Neil Bartlett’s joyous new adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s modern masterpiece - Orlando.
Booking:
 To 25th Feb 2023
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Location:
 Garrick Theatre, Soho
Orlando
by William Shakespeare From 23 November to 21 January
Booking:
 To 21st Jan 2023
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Location:
 National Theatre, Southwark
Othello
Get ready to follow the journey of one ordinary girl who reaches too far into the heights of Paradise.
Booking:
 To 21st Jan 2023
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Location:
 Bush Theatre, Shepherds Bush
Paradise Now!
Every family’s got their stuff, right? The Douaihys have a habit of dying tragically. We’re like the Kennedys without the sex appeal.
Booking:
 To 14th Jan 2023
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Location:
 Hampstead Theatre, Hampstead
Sons Of The Prophet
It’s a matter of perception. The hands of time turn at the same speed for everyone. Yet a child waits what seems to be an eternity for summer, whilst an old man watches a year pass in the blinking of an eye
Booking:
 To 28th Jan 2023
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Location:
 Hampstead Theatre, Hampstead
The Art Of Illusion
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
This incredible children’s book by award-wining duo Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler bounds off the page and onto the stage, complete with music and puppets.
Booking:
 To 5th Jan 2025
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Location:
 St Martin's Theatre, Soho
The Smartest Giant in Town
Poop Poop!A brand-new adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s much loved The Wind in the Willows by award-winning children’s author Piers Torday (The Last Wild series) comes to Wilton’s this Christmas.S...
Booking:
 To 31st Dec 2022
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Location:
 Wilton's Music Hall, Whitechapel
The Wind In The Willows Wilton's 
By Award Winning Author
 Piers Torday
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
Known as one of literature’s 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
You saw her last when she was just two, Celebrate the holidays with Cindy Lou Who. Pull up a seat and fill up your cup, ‘Cause your favorite little Who is all grown up! Who’s Holiday! is a...
Booking:
 To 7th Jan 2023
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Location:
 Southwark Playhouse, Southwark
Who's Holiday!
Based on the true disappearance of three lighthouse keepers, Paul Morrisey’s Wickies is a supernatural thriller that aims to uncover the mystery behind the vanishing men of Eilean Mor.
Booking:
 To 31st Dec 2022
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Location:
 Park Theatre, Finsbury Park
Wickies