One of the most impressive musicals I have ever seen
Biographical musicals are all the rage both on Broadway and in the West End. One of the best is this phenomenal extravaganza based on the life of iconic songstress Tina Turner. With Mamma Mia and The Iron...
...a rapturous delight
Everyone's favourite governess has landed in London for another magical run in the West End! Join Mary Poppins, Bert, Jane and Michael as the wonderful story of Mary Poppins comes back to life on stage!...
it takes all of ten seconds to be in its generous embrace...It calls for quicksilver, charismatic acting and singing. It gets it from this versatile cast. It's an evening that, frankly, gets everything right.
Also playing on Broadway and in Toronto, this touching musical celebrating the strength of human compassion is now inspiring audiences in the West End. Created by Canadian husband and wife team Irene Snakoff...
Perfect theatre, in a perfect theatre
Over 70 million people have enjoyed this spectacular adaptation of Victor Hugo's masterpiece since it premiered on the West End in 1985. Now let Les Miserables sweep you too through its epic tale of passion...
An astonishing, gripping evening
Ending his tenure as the Almedia's Associate Director, Robert Icke has once again created gold through his own brand of theatrical alchemy in this blazing play starring Juliet Stevenson, transferring into...
Fabulous, fresh and enormously fun homegrown musical
When this exuberant new musical from The Feeling's Dan Gillespie Sells and writer Tom MacRae premiered at the Sheffield Crucible in 2017, it became an instant success with both audiences and critics. Based...
Fantastic new musical
If you've been waiting for a musical that features the hits of Britney Spears, The Backstreet Boys and The Weeknd, then your day is finally here! & Juliet, a brand new musical which features songs by extraordinaire...
Sheer enjoyablility... a 5-STAR experience!
Soon-to-be-married Sophie is desperate to find her father to walk her down the aisle; unfortunately, her mother Donna has no idea who it is! After discovering three possible candidates in her mother's...
The most cryingly good night out to have come along for years!
'The greatest time of a Mormon kid's life is his mission,' sings Elder Kevin Price, but things are not as the handsome and pious Elder Price predicted when he's sent to...UGANDA! From Trey Parker and Matt...
Immaculately staged... roused even a staid matinee audience to hysterics
Now eyeing nearly half a decade in the West End, Mischief Theater's bonkers theatrical farce is one of the capital's most consistent audience favourites. The original production from the company, discover...
Easily the standout musical of the decade!
Matilda, Roald Dahl's much-loved classic of an extraordinary child with magical powers, is given the musical treatment by the combined talents of Tim Minchin and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Winner of...
A superb, unmissable musical
After much speculation and rumour, DEAR EVAN HANSEN, Broadway's latest smash hit musical, is now playing in London's West End. Telling the story of troubled teen Evan, the six-time Tony-winning musical...
This is quite the most uplifting piece of new British musical theatre I have ever had the privilege to watch
The Queens are back for 2019 with five Olivier award nominations! Henry the VIII's hunt for an heir and his love of beheadings has made him one of the most famous monarchs in Britain's history, with the...
This show is the real deal
Broadway's sweetest treat has arrived, bringing its delicious confection of peppy songs, romance, and dramedy to the Adelphi Theatre! Adapted by Jessie Nelson from the beloved 2007 indie film by Adrienne...
A wonderful, wonderful musical. It will touch a deep chord in anybody
This vastly successful re-imagining of Disney's 1994 continues to conquer after nearly two decades at the Lyceum theatre. Conjuring up the African savannah in all its grand, majestic beauty, using elaborate...
Wicked will entrance every generation in wonder, wit and suspense
The subversive and downright twisty hit musical follows two unlikely friends and how they become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch of the South. Based on Gregory Maguire's best-selling...
After more than 32 years in the West End, The Phantom of the Opera continues to sound marvellous.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's romantic musical is based on Gaston Leroux's gothic novel of life beneath the stage of the Paris Opera House. A mysterious masked Phantom becomes obsessed with Christine Daae, the...
Loving, lively homage is an unashamedly British night out
After quite a few years since we bid farewell to Del Boy, Rodney and the gang from Peckham, the disaster-prone fortune finders are back, but this time in a brand new stage musical! Based on the hit TV...
glorious misfit musical for the age of oddballs
Hot off the back of an awesome Broadway run the unassuming musical hit Be More Chill has arrived in London for its UK premiere! The American cult classic of the last half-decade, Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz's...
Funny and entertaining...fusion of magic and comedy from Mischief Theatre
From the minds behind The Play That Goes Wrong and The Comedy About A Bank Robbery comes a brand new, and disaster-prone, magic show! Co-created between the world's most iconic magical duo Penn & Teller...
Moses' story told in good faith and with blistering bible-belters
DreamWorks' 1998 smash hit movie The Prince of Egypt is finally in London! Based on the biblical story of Moses, The Prince of Egypt features songs by musical extraordinaire Stephen Schwartz, direction...
The longest running show in the West End
In 1952, Agatha Christie's sprawling and intricate new whodunnit, The Mousetrap (based on her radio play, Three Blind Mice), opened in the West End on a very strict condition; no one was to ever give away...
How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in't.
Shakespeare's island-bound drama returns to the Globe this summer, for the first time in seven years! Enthralling and immersive, The Tempest is the tale of shipwreck and sorcery on a spell-binding isle,...
One of the most brilliantly effective spine-chillers you will ever encounter
Celebrating 30 years of frightening audiences in the West End, the spine-chilling adaptation of Susan Hill's gothic novella The Woman in Black, is set as a play within a play. Elderly Arthur Kipps retells...
Marvelous... Mr. Gyllenhaal translates the intensity that has characterized his most memorable screen appearances into a searing theatrical presence, in which his eyes are his center of gravity.
Hold onto your hats, Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford are heading to the Savoy Theatre with the acclaimed Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine classic, Sunday In The Park With George! The duo reprise...
triumphant tiger burns bright in a stunning show
Yann Martel's stunning Man Booker Prize-winning bestseller becomes a theatrical marvel in this highly acclaimed new adaptation of Lolita Chakrabarti that transfers into the West End from Sheffield's Crucible...
This is theatrical storytelling so assured and involving it's hard to imagine anyone not being mesmerized.
Storming onto Broadway in late 2018 Aaron Sorkin's acclaimed adaptation of To Kill A Mockingbird heads to London in May! Adapted from the classic Harper Lee novel the production wowed Broadway's critics,...
So this is Dickens, with magic. It's the real deal, live in front of you, so much better than any film could be.
Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a new play by Jack Thorne. It is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first...
The iconic Rom-Com gets a 21st Century musical adaptation!
Pretty Woman is walking down the street to London's West End in 2020! With music by 90s icon Bryan Adams and a book by Garry Marshall and J.F Lawton the brand new musical adaptation has wowed audiences...
Hollywood star Jessica Chastain makes West End debut in A Doll's House
Hollywood powerhouse Jessica Chastain makes her West End debut in a new version of the Henrik Ibsen classic, A Doll's House courtesy of the Jamie Lloyd Company residency at the Playhouse Theatre. Directed...
ingenious, stupendous revival
Five years since its revolutionary and Olivier award-winning run at the Donmar Warehouse Josie Rourke's scintillating revival of City of Angels will head to the West End in March. Originally written by...
Start backcombing your 'do, Hairspray is on the way!
Good morning Baltimore! It's time to tease your barnets as the beloved hit Hairspray returns to the West End in 2020! Starring good old Michael Ball as Edna Turnblad (reprising his Olivier Award-winning...
It's time to raise your voice as Sister Act returns to London!
The gloriously joyous Sister Act returns to take us to heaven once again as it comes back to London in 2020. Hollywood legend Whoopi Goldberg will reprise her Golden Globe-nominated turn as sassy songstress...
The iconic nineties movie is reincarnated as a new musical!
London gets a taste of Seattle when this new musical adaptation of Nora Ephron's iconic nineties romance movie arrives in March. Following years of speculation, Sleepless will receive its world premiere...
an intoxicating combination of behind-the-scenes gossip and contemplation of the nature of popular art.
It's the summer of 1975 and somewhere in the water near Cape Cod, three men are sitting in a boat waiting for their colleague to get it together so they can film a scene of what is about to become one...
winning and enthusiastic performances. The audience applause between scenes is politely anticipatory of what might be next. By the end, it is rapturous.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that when one's creative output captivates across the centuries, an improv show will capitalise on it. After becoming one of the biggest draws of the Edinburgh Fringe...
It fizzes with life, rattles along at a cracking pace and provides an entertaining an evening as I've seen this year.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that an off-West End production with rave reviews must be in want of a West End run... and thus The Watsons wish is granted! After thrilling audiences and critics...
But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre's 2020 season continues with Kimberly Sykes' take on the Bard's timeless love story Romeo and Juliet. Nominated for the UK Theatre 2018 Best Director Award for her critically...
'Gentles, perchance you wonder at this show. But wonder on, till 'truth make all things plain.'
When the fairy King and Queen quarrel, no one is safe from their fervour, setting the scene for a witty and vibrant comedy of romance, mischief and magic that enchant audiences of all ages from the first...
If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction.
From tropical shipwrecks to yellow stockings, Twelfth Night is one of Shakespeare's battiest and most memorable comedies and a season at the Globe is rarely complete without an outing. A perfect introduction...
Based on the BAFTA winning 1983 film
An American oil executive gets far more than he bargained for in this brand new musical adaptation of Bill Forsyth's 1983 film, heading to the Old Vic for summer 2020. On arrival in a small fishing village...
High flying canine fun for the whole family!
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre kicks off its 2020 season with the rollicking animal adventure 101 Dalmatians starring Kate Fleetwood as Cruella DeVille. Based on the classic children's story by English...
When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married.
One of Shakespeare's most beloved comedies, this also has its darker moments. Two couples are dancing around declaring their love for each other; Benedick and Beatrice, and Hero and Claudio. But when the...
What was once a stuffy and frustrating member of the Historic Royal Palaces to visit is now accessible, lively, intriguing and very, very modern.
Kensington Palace is synonymous with the generations of stylish royal women who have called it their home: where Queen Victoria was born and raised; Queens Mary, Anne and Caroline held court; and the royal...
Please sir, I want some more
Charles Dicken's classic novel is reborn onto the stage in this bold new adaptation from Bryony Lavery and Theatre Royal Stratford East. Brutal yet beautiful, Oliver Twist follows the fortunes of a young...
Henry VIII's epic palace!
This huge red-brick palace sprawls in lush green grounds of Surrey and was Henry VIII's favourite dwelling in all of England! The grand rooms are fit for a king, decorated with paintings, velvet drapes...
I want a company that is strong, that is not predictable, that is energetic, that takes risks, but stays true to tradition at the highest level. I'm up for big crazy ideas. I'm never going to say no to anything that's new and bold.
Cuban balletmaster Carlos Acosta kicks off his tenure as Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet with his first-ever Mixed Bill program, featuring a boundary-pushing trio of works old and new. Things set off...
Visual marvels tumble over each other without let-up: a privately erotic pas de deux, an acrobatic, dreamy episode for two high up a rope, some fluidly lyrical juggling with full beer glasses, and an ending of apocalyptic horror that leaves one's nerves
Twenty-five years ago DV8 Physical Theatre and acclaimed dance master Lloyd Newson presented the world a stark exploration of masculinity in Enter Achilles. The groundbreaking physical-theatre piece is...
...a ribald, touching, song-filled play by Richard Cameron that, even though it has echoes of Billy Roche's The Cavalcaders and Peter Gill's The York Realist, still possesses its own authentic voice.
Written by Northern theatremaker Richard Cameron, who deftly explores themes of post-industrial society and the working class in his works, The Glee Club won much critical acclaim upon its debut in 2002....
Step back in time!
Step back in history to experience life in the Middle Ages, at the most famous of Britain's fortresses and places of execution, as well as the home of the Crown Jewels. You can choose to take a guided...
The dancing is stunning. With its chest-to-chest touching and flickering lower-limbs, tango is the most intimate dance style there is, and never more so than here.
A sizzling and sensual evening of world-class tango awaits audiences in German Cornejo's Tango After Dark. The Argentinian dance master and his company present a fiery and passionate kinetic journey set...
Godber has a gift for evoking a whole world through a single line
Following stints at Theatre Royal Wakefield and East Riding Theatre in Beverly, John Godber OBE's latest uproarious comedy enjoys a strictly limited month-long run at London's Trafalgar Studios this Summer....
Williams' 90-minute play packs a knockout punch.
Pulling no punches, Award-winning English playwright Roy Williams received much critical acclaim and won an Olivier Award and an Evening Standard for its thrilling 2010 run at the Royal Court Theatre....
"The Greatest Show on Earth", one paper declared the other day. C'mon! But seriously folks, there's going to be more where that came from, because - lock up your doubters: I have to report that it really is as good as we've been told
It's the musical that has bowled over Broadway, an all out smash-hit epic that traverses the life of one Alexander Hamilton, one of America's Founding Fathers, who took on the might of the British and...
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With so much to see and do, a visit to ZSL London Zoo is the perfect day out for people of all ages.
Whether you love animals cuddly, scary, creepy, slinky, big or small, old or very young, you are bound to be thrilled by at least one of the 750 species of animal at ZSL London Zoo. Nestled within Regent's...
A ghoulishly great time!
What's scarier than stepping into the London Dungeon? Knowing that all the horrors within are all based on real historical events! London's grisly past is brought to creeptastically realistic life by London...
Our version of Sherlock Holmes will have all the elements that fans want and expect, but with new twists and turns and plenty of surprises.....
Watson! The Game is afoot! The world's most famous sleuth is about to get a brand-new stage play adaptation on Broadway in 2017, then headed back over to the West End, at a venue yet to be confirmed....
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There is much at Ripley's to enjoy and I suspect that children, especially, will love it.
For fans of the weird, wonderful and downright bonkers, venture into Ripley's London where over 700 exhibits wait to be discovered. Here you can experience the dark and irregular sides of art, foreign...
Mr Pinter's terrifying blend of pathos and hatred fuses unforgettably into the stuff of art
Harold Pinter's second full-length play, The Birthday Party is widely considered one of his finest, a fine example of his signature 'comedy of menace' style. Don't miss your chance to be unsettled when...
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...a riotous mixture of bedroom farce and saucy seaside-postcard stereotypes
First performed in London at the Lyric theatre in 1973, English Author Alan Bennett's Habeas Corpus enjoys a hotly anticipated revival at the Menier Chocolate Factory this summer. The hijinks-laden farce...
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Experience the glittering world of fame for a day, and more!
Get up close and personal with your favourite faces from the worlds of film, music, sport, history and more at the world-famous Madame Tussauds, one of London's premiere tourist attractions! Founded by...
An official royal residence for over 900 years
The oldest inhabited castle in the world, Windsor Castle is an official royal residence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Home to the British Royal family since the reign of Henry I, the castle, which...
The mangled, magnificent history and scale of the city is on full display.
No matter where you are in London, there is one sight that you will always see, towering above the rest of the skyline majestically. We are of course talking about the Shard building at London Bridge,...
The most famous Ferris wheel in the world
Since opening in March 2000 The London Eye (formerly The Millennium Wheel) has become an iconic landmark and a symbol of modern Britain. The London Eye is the UK's most popular paid-for visitor attraction,...
"Everyone has their price, Jonny. I think a million dollars is yours"
Don't miss the world premiere of the chamber musical inspired by Jack Engelhard's controversial novel and subsequent star-studded film. Playing at London's Southwark Playhouse for a strictly limited four-week...
The live commentary is superb and everyone who takes this river cruise will learn something new about one of theattractions they pass.
All aboard for this history and view-packed circular cruise which launches from just underneath the London Eye! In 40 minutes, you will be sweeping along the Thames taking in the sights and sounds of London...
The SEALIFE London Aquarium underwent a 5 million pound refurbishment and transformed into Sea Life London Aquarium in 2009, and still continues to improve
Situated next to the London Eye at County Hall, this mega aquarium is the jewel in the crown of the 28 Sea Life Centres throughout the UK and Europe. You will be taken on a truly fascinating journey from...
Explore the world's most famous garden!
Founded in 1840 by Lord Capel John of Tewkesbury, Kew Gardens remains one of the capital's most popular and unique attractions. A vast expanse that covers some 300 acres, Kew comprises numerous greenhouses,...
The capital at its very best
Get schooled in Shakespeare with The Globe Exhibition, London's ultimate guide to The Bard. Packed full of video, artifacts and practical reconstructions, it takes you back in time to the raucous streets...
The best way to see London
London is one of the most tourist-friendly cities in the world, with every square mile of the capital absolutely packed with iconic buildings, new and old. And there's no better way to see it all than...
