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London theatre tickets for 4th January 2023

Plays and musicals open on the 4th January 2023

& 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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Location:
 Criterion Theatre, Soho
2:22 A Ghost Story
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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 The Old Vic, Southwark
A Christmas Carol
This Christmas, Dickens meets Doyle in this clever fusion of comedy and drama.
Booking:
 To 7th Jan 2024
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Location:
 Marylebone Theatre, Camden
A Sherlock Carol
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
Don’t miss the opportunity to see the beloved character brought to life in the UK for the very first time!
Booking:
 To 8th Jan 2023
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 Apollo Theatre, Soho
Blippi The Musical
Bugsy Malone brings laughter and mayhem to the Ally Pally this Holiday Season!
Booking:
 To 15th Jan 2023
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Location:
 Alexandra Palace, Wood Green
Bugsy Malone The Musical
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
This reimagining of a classic Christmas tale is set to new music from Dolly herself. Coming to London’s Southbank Centre for a limited one-month holiday run.
Booking:
 To 8th Jan 2023
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Location:
 Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southwark
Dolly Parton's Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol
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!
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
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
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 6th Jul 2024
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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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Location:
 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.
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-Woof! The hit CBeebies show Hey Duggee is coming to the West End. Join Duggee and the rest of the squirrel club in the hunt for badges in this energetic and exciting adventure!
Booking:
 To 8th Jan 2023
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Location:
 Royal Festival Hall, Southwark
Hey Duggee
This Christmas join comedy superstars Dawn French and Julian Clary as they lead the cast of a brand-new production of Jack and the Beanstalk at London’s iconic home of pantomime.
Booking:
 To 15th Jan 2023
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Location:
 London Palladium, Soho North
Jack and the Beanstalk
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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Location:
 Trafalgar Theatre, Whitehall
Jersey Boys
a new play by April De Angelis From 30 November to 21 January
Booking:
 To 28th Jan 2023
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Location:
 National Theatre, Southwark
Kerry Jackson
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
Les Misérables -- reimagined for the Sondheim Theatre -- is the classic revolutionary musical.
Booking:
 To 29th Mar 2025
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Location:
 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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Location:
 Wyndham's Theatre, Soho
Life of Pi
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 29th Mar 2025
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Location:
 Novello Theatre, Aldwych
Mamma Mia
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
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
Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty returns to Sadler's Wells for Christmas 2022
Booking:
 To 15th Jan 2023
Location:
 Sadler's Wells, Clerkenwell
Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty
Prepare for take off in Mother Goose featuring Sir Ian McKellen and comedian John Bishop!
Booking:
 To 29th Jan 2023
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Location:
 Duke of York's Theatre, Trafalgar Square
Mother Goose
Enter a world of splendour and romance, of eye-popping excess, of glitz, grandeur, and glory!
Booking:
 To 19th Oct 2024
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Location:
 Piccadilly Theatre, Soho
Moulin Rouge The Musical
Watch what happens when a beloved show gets a whole new look. The award-winning musical Newsies made headlines on Broadway and now makes its U.K. premiere at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre.
Booking:
 To 30th Jul 2023
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Location:
 Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, Wembley
Newsies
In this brand-new special production, over 50 dancers and musicians will lead you on a whirlwind ride of this classic ballet's most beloved moments, all set to the music of Tchaikovskys world-renowned score.
Booking:
 To 12th Jan 2025
Location:
 London Coliseum, Trafalgar Square
Nutcracker Delights
Following sensational critical acclaim One Woman Show played sold out runs at Soho Theatre London and Traverse Theatre Edinburgh and was called “the single hottest ticket in the capital right now”
Booking:
 To 21st Jan 2023
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Location:
 The Ambassadors Theatre, Soho
One Woman Show
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
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!
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.
Booking:
 To 28th May 2023
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Location:
 The Camden Garrison, Camden
Peaky Blinders: The Rise
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
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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Location:
 Savoy Theatre, Strand
Pretty Woman: The Musical
If I was English I wouldn’t care if Communism in Czechoslovakia reformed itself into a pile of pig shit. To be English would be my luck.
Booking:
 To 30th Dec 2023
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Location:
 Hampstead Theatre, Hampstead
Rock 'n' Roll
Watch the magic unfold in Rumpelstiltskin the Pantomime this Christmas at Park Theatre.
Booking:
 To 14th Jan 2023
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Location:
 Park Theatre, Finsbury Park
Rumpelstiltskin
From Tudor queens to pop princesses, the six wives of Henry VIII finally take the mic to tell their tales.
Booking:
 To 4th May 2025
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Location:
 Vaudeville Theatre, Strand
Six
Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs will be coming to Greenwich Theatre, for our 2023 Pantomime. Secure your tickets early, for the theatrical event of the season. Written by everyone’s favourite baddi...
Booking:
 To 31st Dec 2023
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Location:
 Greenwich Theatre, Greenwich
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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
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 7th Sep 2024
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Location:
 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.
Booking:
 To 29th Sep 2024
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Location:
 Arts Theatre, Soho
The Choir of Man
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 27th Apr 2024
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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
The long-running classic musical story continues its record-breaking run at Her Majesty's Theatre.
Booking:
 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
But when Dorothey is drag-ged back to the scene, will their homecoming turn the tide for Good or Wicked?
Booking:
 To 14th Jan 2023
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Location:
 The Vaults Theatre, Southwark
The Witches of Oz
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
I’ll be gone for a while. Possibly forever. It’s nothing you did.
Booking:
 To 30th Dec 2023
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Location:
 Hampstead Theatre, Hampstead
This Much I Know
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
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!
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
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