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

London theatre tickets for 28th November 2023

Plays and musicals open on the 28th November 2023

This October, London’s Hackney Town Hall becomes the Ministry of Truth for an extremely limited run with an immersive staging of 1984.
Booking:
 To 17th Dec 2023
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 Hackney Town Hall, Hackney
1984
This joyous adaptation for the stage was created by Jack Thorne who wrote Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and was responsible for the new adaptation of Woyzeck which starred John Boyega.
Booking:
 To 6th Jan 2024
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 The Old Vic, Southwark
A Christmas Carol
Mark Gatiss and Nicholas Farrell star in this famous Dickensian ghost story
Booking:
 To 7th Jan 2024
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Location:
 Alexandra Palace, Wood Green
A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story
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
The much-loved tale of Aladdin flies into Hackney this festive season!
Booking:
 To 31st Dec 2023
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Location:
 Hackney Empire, Hackney
Aladdin
Penelope Wilton and Luke Evans star in Michael Grandage's new comedy Backstairs Billy!
Booking:
 To 27th Jan 2024
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Location:
 Duke of York's Theatre, Trafalgar Square
Backstairs Billy
The darkest, funniest and most debauched Kabarett Klub west of Berlin.
Booking:
 To 6th Jan 2024
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Location:
 Underbelly Boulevard, Soho North
Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett
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
The sold-out National Theatre production transfers to the West End this Autumn.
Booking:
 To 13th Jan 2024
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Location:
 Prince Edward Theatre, Soho
Dear England
Derren has created a new show starring a multi-talented cast of seven who will perform MAGIC LIKE YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN.
Booking:
 To 31st Jan 2024
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 Criterion Theatre, Soho
Derren Brown Presents - Unbelievable
Get ready to shout, "Son of a nutcracker!" as London's "ultimate Christmas show" returns to the Dominion Theatre this winter.
Booking:
 To 6th Jan 2024
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 Dominion Theatre, Tottenham Court Road
Elf The Musical
Based on the hit Will Ferrell holiday classic, the hit Broadway and West End show is coming to London’s Dominion Theatre for a limited 8-week season, just in time for Christmas.
Booking:
 To 6th Jan 2024
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Location:
 Dominion Theatre, Tottenham Court Road
Elf!
Frank and Percy is a poignant and witty take on the unexpected relationship that blossoms between two men.
Booking:
 To 17th Dec 2023
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Location:
 Other Palace Studio, Victoria
Frank & Percy
Ghosts is a scandalous and searing exploration of family secrets and forbidden desires.
Booking:
 To 28th Jan 2024
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Location:
 Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Southwark
Ghosts
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 Jan 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 28th Sep 2024
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Location:
 Victoria Palace Theatre, Victoria
Hamilton
Bear witness to the greatest untold tragedy of William Shakespeare, the death of his son.
Booking:
 To 17th Feb 2024
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Location:
 Garrick Theatre, Soho
Hamnet
The global premiere of Japanese creative powerhouse Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbour Totoro live on stage at London’s Barbican.
Booking:
 To 23rd Mar 2024
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Location:
 Barbican Theatre, Barbican
Henry VIII
Following sold-out shows at its premiere, Jamaica Love returns in a magical celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Windrush.
Booking:
 To 28th Nov 2023
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Location:
 Trafalgar Theatre, Whitehall
Jamaica Love
For eight weeks only the saucy and scintillating La Clique returns to London to bring Christmas joy to the adult girls and boys.
Booking:
 To 6th Jan 2024
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Location:
 Spiegeltent at Leicester Square, Soho
La Clique
Les Misérables -- reimagined for the Sondheim Theatre -- is the classic revolutionary musical.
Booking:
 To 28th Sep 2024
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Location:
 Sondheim Theatre, Soho
Les Misérables
Penelope Skinner’s hilarious and heartfelt new play, Lyonesse is now playing for a strictly limited run at the Harold Pinter Theatre.
Booking:
 To 23rd Dec 2023
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Location:
 Harold Pinter Theatre, St James
Lyonesse
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 15th Dec 2024
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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 13th Apr 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 29th Sep 2024
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Location:
 Shaftesbury Theatre, Soho
Mrs. Doubtfire
When I got your email my heart went out to you. All of a sudden it dawned on me how I had missed you – how I had missed what we’d had.
Booking:
 To 9th Dec 2023
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Location:
 Hampstead Theatre, Hampstead
Nineteen Gardens
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
An immersive reimagining of the festive classic at the Royal Festival Hall.
Booking:
 To 6th Jan 2024
Location:
 Tuff Nutt Jazz Club, Southwark
Nutcracker
Roll up, Roll up! And take your seat for the ever-popular ‘War Game’! A cornerstone of modern musical theatre and one of the very greatest stage satires, Oh What A Lovely War is an extraordinary...
Booking:
 To 30th Nov 2023
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Location:
 Southwark Playhouse, Southwark
Oh What A Lovely War
One of Stephen Sondheim‘s most ambitious works comes to The Menier Chocolate Factory
Booking:
 To 24th Feb 2024
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Location:
 Menier Chocolate Factory, Southwark
Pacific Overtures
Don’t miss Peter Pan Goes Wrong in London this Christmas and brace yourselves for an awfully big adventure!
Booking:
 To 14th Jan 2024
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Location:
 Lyric Theatre, Soho
Peter Pan Goes Wrong
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
Brought to you by the creators of the Above the Stag pantos and following a highly successful run of queer adult pantos, London’s raunchiest and most popular adult-only pantomime company are bringing their sexiest show yet to 2023.
Booking:
 To 13th Jan 2024
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Location:
 Charing Cross Theatre, Trafalgar Square
Sleeping Beauty Takes A Prick
Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs will be coming to Greenwich Theatre, for our 2023 Pantomime. Secure your tickets early, for the theatrical event of the season. Written by everyone’s favourite baddi...
Booking:
 To 31st Dec 2023
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Location:
 Greenwich Theatre, Greenwich
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
This once-in-a-lifetime event, produced by Cameron Mackintosh, is a chance to pay homage to the legendary Stephen Sondheim, who passed away at the age of 91 in November 2021.
Booking:
 To 6th Jan 2024
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Location:
 Gielgud Theatre, Greenwich
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Nicole Scherzinger returns to the West End this September, starring as the immortal Norma Desmond in a new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s legendary Sunset Boulevard, directed by Jamie Lloyd.
Booking:
 To 6th Jan 2024
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Location:
 Savoy Theatre, Strand
Sunset Boulevard
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 2nd Jun 2024
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Location:
 Arts Theatre, Soho
The Choir of Man
Written by Harold Pinter
Booking:
 To 27th Jan 2024
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Location:
 Young Vic, Southwark
The Homecoming
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 2nd Jun 2024
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Location:
 Lyceum Theatre, Covent Garden
The Lion King
One ordinary young man, one remarkable true story. This is the life of Henry Fraser.
Booking:
 To 2nd Mar 2024
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Location:
 @sohoplace, Soho
The Little Big Things
The world's longest-running play of any kind, Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap at the St Martin's Theatre
Booking:
 To 14th Sep 2024
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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 28th Sep 2024
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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 3rd Nov 2024
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Location:
 Duchess Theatre, Aldwych
The Play That Goes Wrong
A couple is torn apart by time whilst being bound together by unconditional love.
Booking:
 To 30th Mar 2024
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Location:
 Apollo Theatre, Soho
The Time Traveller's Wife The Musical
A jukebox musical based on the, often tumultuous, life and legendary music of International recording artist Tina Turner.
Booking:
 To 14th Sep 2024
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Location:
 Aldwych Theatre, Aldwych
TINA: The Tina Turner Musical
With the city at their feet and a lavish wedding on the horizon, anything could happen...
Booking:
 To 23rd Dec 2023
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Location:
 Kiln Theatre, Kilburn
Two Strangers (carry a cake across New York)
Wicked the Musical, is the smash-hit musical that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz.
Booking:
 To 15th Dec 2024
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Location:
 Apollo Victoria Theatre, Pimlico South
Wicked
Agatha Christie's bone-chilling drama presented in a courtroom setting.
Booking:
 To 29th Sep 2024
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Location:
 London County Hall, Southwark
Witness for the Prosecution