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London theatre tickets for 17th April 2023

Plays and musicals open on the 17th April 2023

Reality and illusion blur together in Tenessee Williams' classic A Streetcar Named Desire.
Booking:
 To 6th May 2023
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Location:
 Phoenix Theatre, Soho
A Streetcar Named Desire
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
Austentatious, an entirely improvised Jane Austen period parody play. You choose the name.
Booking:
 To 22nd Jul 2024
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Location:
 Arts Theatre, Soho
Austentatious
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
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?
Booking:
 To 6th May 2023
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 Hampstead Theatre, Hampstead
Blackout Songs
Two small-town kids from the middle of nowhere became the biggest folk heroes in all America. They craved adventure—and each other. Their names were Bonnie and Clyde.
Booking:
 To 20th May 2023
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Location:
 Arts Theatre, Soho
Bonnie & Clyde
Two small-town kids from the middle of nowhere became the biggest folk heroes in all America. They craved adventure—and each other. Their names were Bonnie and Clyde.
Booking:
 To 20th May 2023
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Location:
 Charing Cross Theatre, Trafalgar Square
Bonnie and Clyde
by Brian Friel From 6 April Running Time: tbc
Booking:
 To 27th May 2023
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Location:
 National Theatre, Southwark
Dancing at Lughnasa
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
A co-production with Clean Break a new play by Deborah Bruce From 15 April Running Time: tbc
Booking:
 To 3rd Jun 2023
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Location:
 National Theatre, Southwark
Dixon and Daughters
Join us for Guys & Dolls as The Bridge transforms for one of the greatest musicals of all time. It has more hit songs, more laughs and more romance than any show ever written.The seating is wrapped ...
Booking:
 To 29th Jun 2024
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 Bridge Theatre, Southwark
Guys & Dolls
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
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
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
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
Adapted from the ancient Greek tragedy by the tragedian Euripides, the production Medea comes to @sohoplace theatre for a strictly limited run.
Booking:
 To 22nd Apr 2023
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 @sohoplace, Soho
Medea
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
The smash-hit production is set to make a limited transfer to the West End.
Booking:
 To 2nd Sep 2023
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Location:
 Wyndham's Theatre, Soho
Oklahoma!
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
Where's Robin? Where's Robin? Where's Robin?
Booking:
 To 29th Apr 2023
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Location:
 Hampstead Theatre, Hampstead
Sea Creatures
The iconic Sheridan Smith stars as the loveable Liverpudlian lass in Shirley Valentine!
Booking:
 To 3rd Jun 2023
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Location:
 Duke of York's Theatre, Trafalgar Square
Shirley Valentine
Dunne’s Stores, Dublin, July 1984 A South African grapefruit starts something that will take nearly three years to finish… It’s a hot, hot summer and Frankie Goes to Hollywood are riding hig...
Booking:
 To 29th Apr 2023
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 Southwark Playhouse, Southwark
Strike!
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
The nations favourite TV show will become a brand-new Great British Musical.
Booking:
 To 13th May 2023
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Location:
 Noel Coward Theatre, Trafalgar Square
The Great British Bake Off Musical
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
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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 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
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, St James
To Kill a Mockingbird
Edited from seven sensational days of High Court transcripts, witness the case of Rebekah Vardy v Coleen Rooney unfold in their own words.
Booking:
 To 20th May 2023
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Location:
 Wyndham's Theatre, Soho
Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial