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London theatre tickets for 16th September 2023

Plays and musicals open on the 16th September 2023

This supernatural thriller saw sell-out performances in its initial run and now audiences will have a limited opportunity to get tickets for the scariest ticket in town.
Booking:
 To 17th Sep 2023
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Location:
 Apollo Theatre, Soho
2:22 A Ghost Story
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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Location:
 ABBA Arena, Stratford
Abba Voyage
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
I built you because this is what I do. It’s my job. These are my tools, I used them, and honestly it’s not that hard – you’re basically a chatbot.
Booking:
 To 14th Oct 2023
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Location:
 Hampstead Theatre, Hampstead
Anthropology
Michael Ball stars in Andrew Lloyd Webber's tangled love story Aspects of Love.
Booking:
 To 11th Nov 2023
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Location:
 Lyric Theatre, Soho
Aspects of Love
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
George and Ira Gershwin's musical comedy, Crazy For You, celebrated its 30th-anniversary revival at Chichester Festival Theatre, and is now returning for a West End transfer!
Booking:
 To 20th Jan 2024
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Location:
 Gillian Lynne Theatre, Aldwych
Crazy For You
Sonia Friedman Productions and the National Theatre present the Bristol Old Vic Production Dr Semmelweis by Stephen Brown with Mark Rylance
Booking:
 To 7th Oct 2023
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Location:
 Harold Pinter Theatre, St James
Dr Semmelweis
It ain’t easy being Jack. He got sorted into Hufflepuff using the official online quiz, hates studying French, and is in love with his best friend Ollie. Dodging bullies, keeping secrets and trying ...
Booking:
 To 23rd Sep 2023
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Location:
 Southwark Playhouse, Southwark
Dumbledore Is So Gay
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Booking:
 To 16th Sep 2023
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Location:
 Wilton's Music Hall, Whitechapel
Feast
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
One playground altercation is about to send a civil conversation into chaos!
Booking:
 To 30th Sep 2023
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Location:
 Lyric Hammersmith, Hammersmith
God of Carnage
The beloved film and classic show are full to the top of sing-a-long songs that will have you humming and toe-tapping for days to come- the perfect show to inspire some Summer Lovin’ this holiday.
Booking:
 To 20th Apr 2024
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Location:
 Dominion Theatre, Tottenham Court Road
Grease
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
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
Discover the meaning of family in the bustling streets of St Tropez in La Cage aux Folles!
Booking:
 To 23rd Sep 2023
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Location:
 Open Air Theatre, Camden
La Cage aux Folles
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
One couple's ruthless quest for power turns nature upside down in Shakespeare’s epic tragedy of Macbeth at the Globe Theatre this summer.
Booking:
 To 28th Oct 2023
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Location:
 Shakespeare's Globe, Southwark
Macbeth
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
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
Mlima's death is just the beginning in this devastating tale of corruption.
Booking:
 To 21st Oct 2023
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Location:
 Kiln Theatre, Kilburn
Mlima's Tale
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
She's coming to the West End, dearie. Mrs. Doubtfire transfers for a limited run in 2023
Booking:
 To 16th Feb 2025
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Location:
 Shaftesbury Theatre, Soho
Mrs. Doubtfire
There were three people in my marriage, Dr Giscard… Three people and twelve legs.
Booking:
 To 28th Oct 2023
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Location:
 Hampstead Theatre, Hampstead
Octopolis
It’s the close of World War II – the dawn of the atomic age. The Allies have captured Germany’s ten foremost nuclear scientists and sequestered them deep in the English countryside to ascertai...
Booking:
 To 30th Sep 2023
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Location:
 Southwark Playhouse, Southwark
Operation Epsilon
USA, 1985: Rookie Police Cop Jimmy Johnson joined the force to protect and serve… But now Jimmy’s in deep, partnered up with a renegade Police Cop and leaned on by a racist Chief. With guns loaded...
Booking:
 To 30th Sep 2023
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Location:
 Southwark Playhouse, Southwark
Police Cops: The Musical
USA, 1985: Rookie Police Cop Jimmy Johnson joined the force to protect and serve… But now Jimmy’s in deep, partnered up with a renegade Police Cop and leaned on by a racist Chief. With guns loaded...
Booking:
 To 30th Sep 2023
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Location:
 Southwark Playhouse, Southwark
Police Cops:</br>The Musical
Nigel Havers and Patricia Hodge star in a sparkling new production of Noel Coward’s immortal comedy of bad manners.
Booking:
 To 25th Nov 2023
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Location:
 The Ambassadors Theatre, Soho
Private Lives
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
Pygmalion is a timeless tale of transformation, identity and the power of language!
Booking:
 To 28th Oct 2023
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Location:
 The Old Vic, Southwark
Pygmalion
Daphne du Maurier's eerie classic Rebecca comes to life on the Charing Cross stage!
Booking:
 To 18th Nov 2023
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Location:
 Charing Cross Theatre, Trafalgar Square
Rebecca
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
Forget the Tower of London, The Crown Jewels in the Garrick Theatre is the one to see!
Booking:
 To 16th Sep 2023
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Location:
 Garrick Theatre, Soho
The Crown Jewels
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
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
War of Worlds (on a budget) features one actor, a loop pedal, lots of cardboard, many many hats and at least two absolutely terrifying (definitely not made out of paper) tripod puppets. Can our hero o...
Booking:
 To 16th Sep 2023
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Location:
 Greenwich Theatre, Greenwich
War of the Worlds (On a Budget)
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