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London Play theatre tickets for 29th April 2023

London Plays open on 29th April 2023

Based on Hanya Yanagihara’s million-copy bestselling novel A Little Life, A Little Life the stage adaptation has been coined as the theatrical event of 2023 and is an exploration of trauma, survival and love.
Booking:
 To 18th Jun 2023
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Location:
 Harold Pinter Theatre, St James
A Little Life
Join the revellers as mother nature envelops the Globe Theatre for Shakespeare’s deliciously disruptive and intoxicating comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Booking:
 To 20th Apr 2024
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Location:
 Shakespeare's Globe, Southwark
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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
In Animal David is gay, disabled and profoundly horny, but he just wants to get laid!
Booking:
 To 20th May 2023
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Location:
 Park Theatre, Finsbury Park
Animal
August in England, a play inspired by the Windrush scandal, playing at the Bush Theatre.
Booking:
 To 10th Jun 2023
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Location:
 Bush Theatre, Shepherds Bush
August In England
Based on the Handmade film 'A Private Function' and the original story by Alan Bennett and Malcom Mowbray. Adapted from the screenplay by Alan Bennett Originally produced by Cameron Mackintosh ...
Booking:
 To 9th Sep 2023
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Location:
 Union Theatre, Southwark
Betty Blue Eyes
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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Location:
 Hampstead Theatre, Hampstead
Blackout Songs
Following a SOLD OUT Edinburgh Festival Fringe run, as winners of the Underbelly and New Diorama Untapped Award, hit-show Blanket Ban transfers to Southwark Playhouse Borough. “Sometimes I’m af...
Booking:
 To 29th Apr 2023
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Location:
 Southwark Playhouse, Southwark
Blanket Ban
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
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
A modern retelling of Schnitzler’s infamous classic La Ronde, F**king Men is a fascinating, funny and provocative story of sex, love and connection.
Booking:
 To 18th Jun 2023
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Location:
 Waterloo East Theatre, Southwark
F**king Men
Father figures and fashion tips. Lost loves and jollof rice. African empires and illicit sex. Good days and bad days. Six young Black men meet for group therapy, and let their hearts – and imaginations – run wild.
Booking:
 To 1st Jun 2024
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Location:
 Apollo Theatre, Soho
For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy
Witness the legacy of Gino Bartali come to life in this epic show of resistance and rescue.
Booking:
 To 29th Jul 2023
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Location:
 Charing Cross Theatre, Trafalgar Square
Glory Ride
No Performances on 13th or 14th June Runs 25 May - 8 July 2023 Tuesday - Saturday 7.30pm and Sunday 2.00pm No Performances on 13th or 14th June Runs 25 May - 8 July 2023 Tuesday...
Booking:
 To 9th Sep 2023
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Location:
 Union Theatre, Southwark
Grindr: The Opera
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 31st Jul 2024
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Location:
 Bridge Theatre, Southwark
Guys & Dolls
Marjorie Prime is a futuristic and chilling introspection into the human psyche.
Booking:
 To 6th May 2023
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Location:
 Menier Chocolate Factory, Southwark
Marjorie Prime
Josh loves Eurovision.  He knows every insane figure and fact.  Ukraine entering a guy in a hamster wheel.  Norway winning with an Olympic skater.  The Russian grannies.  The Brotherhood of Ma...
Booking:
 To 9th Sep 2023
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Location:
 Union Theatre, Southwark
Nul Points !
Enjoy an evening in the bar with good food and a great atmosphere. Host & Singer Lee Greenaway Singer & Pianist Matt Faull ...
Booking:
 To 9th Sep 2023
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Location:
 Union Theatre, Southwark
Piano & Pizza
In the Golden Age of Hollywood, Sidney Poitier is offered his dreams...but at what cost?
Booking:
 To 27th May 2023
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Location:
 Kiln Theatre, Kilburn
Retrograde
Considered to be one of William Shakespeare’s most renowned plays, Richard III follows the ascent of Richard, Duke of Gloucester along with his deadly quest for the throne.
Booking:
 To 3rd Aug 2024
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Location:
 Rose Theatre Kingston, Kingston Upon Thames
Richard III
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
Think Out Loud bring their first live show to The Union. ‘Speak Up’ is a night of new writing from exciting new voices. This show will be raising funds in support of Mind and the work they ...
Booking:
 To 9th Sep 2023
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Location:
 Union Theatre, Southwark
Speak Up
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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Location:
 Southwark Playhouse, Southwark
Strike!
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Booking:
 To 29th Apr 2023
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Location:
 Wilton's Music Hall, Whitechapel
Sweeney Todd - 
The Victorian Melodrama
The Dry House - a story of addiction, exploring the redemptive nature of the human spirit.
Booking:
 To 6th May 2023
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Location:
 Marylebone Theatre, Camden
The Dry House
What is the cost of being good? This and more are explored in Bertolt Brecht's classic.
Booking:
 To 13th May 2023
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Location:
 Lyric Hammersmith, Hammersmith
The Good Person of Szechwan
Tindall Joe Aylward Bill Mark Foy Ted Ari Oskarsson Game William Pyke Joe Sam Rhodes Producer Mark Foy Sound Design Jordan Pezzimenti Director Steve Salt ...
Booking:
 To 13th Nov 2023
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Location:
 Union Theatre, Southwark
The Hunt
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
A co-production with Neal Street Productions a new play by Jack Thorne From 20 April Running Time: tbc
Booking:
 To 10th Jun 2023
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Location:
 National Theatre, Southwark
The Motive and the Cue
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
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
MC Dustin Moore ...
Booking:
 To 9th Sep 2023
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Location:
 Union Theatre, Southwark
Union Comedy
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