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Your guide to London's culture and transport news and events taking place across the city.

London theatre tickets for 1st February 2023

Plays and musicals open on the 1st February 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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Location:
 Shaftesbury Theatre, Soho
& Juliet
2:22 is written by award-winning writer Danny Robins, creator of the hit BBC podcast The Battersea Poltergeist, and is directed by Matthew Dunster.
Booking:
 To 23rd Apr 2023
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Location:
 Lyric Theatre, Soho
2:22 A Ghost Story
Alex Edelman's Just For Us - a wise and witty monologue that explores all from his career.
Booking:
 To 26th Feb 2023
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Location:
 Menier Chocolate Factory, Southwark
Alex Edelman: Just for us
Legendary TV and film star George Takei brings his critically lauded and award winning broadway musical Allegiance to London’s Charing Cross Theatre.
Booking:
 To 8th Apr 2023
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Location:
 Charing Cross Theatre, Trafalgar Square
Allegiance
Following rave reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and an Edinburgh Fringe First Award, And Then The Rodeo Burned Down is the gloriously queer, attention conquering rodeo of a lifetime.
Booking:
 To 11th Feb 2023
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Location:
 King's Head Theatre, Islington
And Then The Rodeo Burned Down
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
Calixto Bieito’s production, in collaboration with Den Norske Opera and Ballet, explores the complexity of the relationships between the sexes in the 1970s at the tail-end of Franco’s regime.
Booking:
 To 24th Feb 2023
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Location:
 London Coliseum, Trafalgar Square
Carmen
‘Hilarious... A riotous masterclass in storytelling’ ★★★★★ WHATSONSTAGE ‘Hilarious... A riotous masterclass in storytelling’ ★★★★★ WHATSONSTAGE In 1910, the th...
Booking:
 To 4th Feb 2023
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Location:
 Wilton's Music Hall, Whitechapel
Charlie & Stan
Discover a world of wonder in this steampunk adventure that defies the laws of time and space itself.
Booking:
 To 5th Mar 2023
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Location:
 Royal Albert Hall, South Kensington
Cirque du Soleil: Kurios
See the hit film come to life before your eyes with this fantastic, emotional and triumphant live stage show.
Booking:
 To 29th Apr 2023
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Location:
 Dominion Theatre, Tottenham Court Road
Dirty Dancing
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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Location:
 Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Aldwych
Frozen The Musical
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
Above else: To thine own self be true. Hamlet’s father is dead, his mother remarried to his uncle – who has just become King. Told through the eyes and experience of the young characters (yes,...
Booking:
 To 4th Feb 2023
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Location:
 Southwark Playhouse, Southwark
HAMLET
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
How Not To Drown - the true and inspiring story of the survival of Dritan Kastrati.
Booking:
 To 11th Feb 2023
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Location:
 Theatre Royal Stratford East, Stratford
How Not To Drown
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
How do you express the most deepest and vulnerable parts of yourself when you are restricted to speaking 140 words a day?
Booking:
 To 18th Mar 2023
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Location:
 Harold Pinter Theatre, St James
Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons
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
Ruby Thomas’ epic and playful modern love story takes eighteenth century court records as its starting point.
Booking:
 To 4th Mar 2023
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Location:
 Hampstead Theatre, Hampstead
Linck & Mülhahn
There are things you do not know. Things that would alter your view of me entirely. Things that, were I a worthy man, should prevent me from making any claim on such a rare, intelligent woman as you.
Booking:
 To 4th Mar 2023
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Location:
 Hampstead Theatre, Hampstead
Linck & MÃœlhahn
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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Location:
 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
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 5th Oct 2024
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Location:
 Piccadilly Theatre, Soho
Moulin Rouge The Musical
Following an award-winning run at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Rob Madge brings My Son’s A Queer (But What Can You Do?) to the Garrick Theatre.
Booking:
 To 1st Apr 2023
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Location:
 Garrick Theatre, Soho
My Son’s A Queer (But What Can You Do?)
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
Theatre Royal Bath Productions present Felicity Kendal, Jonathan Coy, Matthew Kelly and Tracy-Ann Oberman in the fortieth anniversary production of one of the greatest British comedies ever written.
Booking:
 To 16th Dec 2023
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Location:
 Phoenix Theatre, Soho
Noises Off
On The Ropes is the story of Vernon Vanriel in the biggest fight of his life - the fight over prejudice. 
Booking:
 To 4th Feb 2023
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Location:
 Park Theatre, Finsbury Park
On the Ropes
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
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
a new play by Simon Stone after Euripides, Seneca and Racine From 1 February to 8 April 2023 Running Time: tbc
Booking:
 To 8th Apr 2023
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Location:
 National Theatre, Southwark
Phaedra
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
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
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
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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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
Hailed as 'genuinely epic and magnificent' by the New York Times, The Lehman Trilogy is the story of a family that changed the world.
Booking:
 To 20th May 2023
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Location:
 Gillian Lynne Theatre, Aldwych
The Lehman Trilogy
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
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
Steven Moffats' dark and murderous comedy The Unfriend comes to the Criterion Theatre.
Booking:
 To 9th Mar 2024
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Location:
 Criterion Theatre, Aldwych
The Unfriend
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
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
Get inside the beating heart of Shakespeare’s first and most deadly revenge tragedy Titus Andronicus
Booking:
 To 15th Apr 2023
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Location:
 Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Southwark
Titus Andronicus
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, Southwark
To Kill a Mockingbird
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
Genre:
Location:
 London County Hall, Southwark
Witness for the Prosecution