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London theatre tickets for 9th May 2023

Plays and musicals open on the 9th May 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
Ain't Too Proud the musical recounts the epic legacy of R&B icon group The Temptations.
Booking:
 To 7th Jan 2024
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Location:
 Prince Edward Theatre, Soho
Ain't Too Proud
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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 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 ...
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 To 9th Sep 2023
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Location:
 Union Theatre, Southwark
Betty Blue Eyes
People always need to eat. If you can cook, really cook, if you know flavour and taste and texture, people will pay you to do it. People always need to eat. Always.
Booking:
 To 10th Jun 2023
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 Hampstead Theatre, Hampstead
Biscuits For Breakfast
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. A rallying cry on beh...
Booking:
 To 20th May 2023
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Location:
 Southwark Playhouse, Southwark
Blanket Ban
Dickens’ tropes are exaggerated to a hilarious and absurd level in Bleak Expectations!
Booking:
 To 3rd Sep 2023
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 Criterion Theatre, Southwark
Bleak Expectations
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
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 thrilling, high-energy 80s-inspired British musical with a superhero-sized heart and an uplifting score.
Booking:
 To 28th May 2023
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Location:
 The Turbine Theatre, Battersea
Eugenius!
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
On Its head Productions Artistic and Creative Director Nathan Luke Coulson Artistic and Creative Director Alice catherine Field ...
Booking:
 To 9th Sep 2023
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Location:
 Union Theatre, Southwark
Front of House Front and Centre
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 29th Jun 2024
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Location:
 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
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
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 28th Sep 2024
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Location:
 Piccadilly Theatre, Soho
Moulin Rouge The Musical
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 !
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!
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
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
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
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
From Tudor queens to pop princesses, the six wives of Henry VIII finally take the mic to tell their tales.
Booking:
 To 3rd Nov 2024
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Location:
 Vaudeville Theatre, Strand
Six
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
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
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
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 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
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
Richard O'Brien's classic and the world's favourite Rock 'n' Roll Musical
Booking:
 To 10th Jun 2023
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Location:
 Peacock Theatre, Holborn
The Rocky Horror Show
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 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
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Booking:
 To 13th May 2023
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Location:
 Wilton's Music Hall, Whitechapel
Under Milk Wood
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
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