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MUSICALS
CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story about a boy
born old, who grows younger every day,
transposed to a Cornish fishing village.
AMBASSADORS THEATRE
West Street, WC2 (0207 395 5405)
BACK TO THE FUTURE
Adventure based on the 1985 blockbuster
about a rock‘n’roll teenager who is
accidentally transported back to 1955 in a
time-travelling DeLorean.
ADELPHI THEATRE
Strand, WC2 (020 7557 7300)
TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL
The untold story of the late Tina Turner, a
woman who dared to defy the bounds of her
age, gender and race.
ALDWYCH THEATRE
The Aldwych, WC2
WICKED
The West End and Broadway musical
phenomenon, which tells the untold story of
two unlikely friends’ extraordinary adventures
in Oz, on their journey to becoming Glinda
The Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
APOLLO VICTORIA THEATRE
Wilton Road, SW1 (0333 009 6690)
MATILDA
Critically acclaimed Royal Shakespeare
Company production of Roald Dahl’s book,
directed by Matthew Warchus.
CAMBRIDGE THEATRE
Earlham Street, WC2
TITANIQUE
Camp reimagining of the maritime
blockbuster, which makes a musical fantasia
of the famous film and promises plenty of
deranged fun. Until 4 January.
CRITERION THEATRE
Piccadilly Circus, W1 (020 7839 8811)
STEREOPHONIC
Invites the audience to immerse themselves –
with fly-on-the-wall intimacy – in the powder
keg process of a rock band blowing up.
Until 22 November.
DUKE OF YORK’S THEATRE
St. Martin’s Lane, WC2
OLIVER!
Directed and choreographed by Matthew
Bourne, this version of Dickens’ favourite tale
has a wonderful score, including Food
Glorious Food, Consider Yourself, You’ve Got
to Pick-a-Pocket or Two and I’d Do Anything.
GIELGUD THEATRE
Shaftesbury Ave, W1 (0344 482 5151)
MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO
Winner of six Olivier Awards, this staging of
the celebrated 1988 animated feature film is
an enchanting coming-of-age story exploring
the magical fantasy world of childhood.
GILLIAN LYNNE THEATRE
Drury Lane, WC2 (020 3925 2998)
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Long running epic romance by Andrew Lloyd
Webber, set in a Paris opera house where a
deformed phantom stalks his prey.
HER MAJESTY’S THEATRE
Haymarket, SW1
CABARET
Award-winning revival of Kander and Ebb’s
iconic musical, featuring Wilkommen, Maybe
This Time, Money and the title number.
KIT KAT CLUB
Northumberland Ave., WC2 (0333 009 6690)
THE GREAT GATSBY
Tony Award®-winning new musical roars into
London, the greatest party on London’s
biggest stage, fresh from its current smash-hit
success on Broadway.
LONDON COLISEUM
St. Martin’s Lane, WC2 (020 7845 9300
MJ THE MUSICAL
Myles Frost heads up a cast delivering iconic
songs such as Billie Jean, Beat It and Smooth
Criminal.
PRINCE EDWARD THEATRE
Old Compton Street, WC2 (0344 482 5151)
BRIGADOON
Classic musical set in the Scottish Highlands,
where fighter pilots Tommy and Jeff crashland and are seeking a way home. They meet
two sisters but is love possible in a place that
isn't what it seems? 2 Aug – 20 Sept.
REGENTS PARK OPEN AIR THEATRE
Inner Circle, NW1 (0330 400 3562)
BURLESQUE THE MUSICAL
Brings to life a place where sequins sparkle,
seduction shimmers, and a life can change in
the flick of a feather boa. Until 6 September.
SAVOY THEATRE
Strand, WC2 (0333 009 6690)
JUST FOR ONE DAY
The show which blew the roof off the Old Vic
celebrates the story of Live Aid forty years on.
SHAFTESBURY THEATRE
Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2
THE LION KING
Disney‘s phenomenally successful animated
film is transformed into a spectacular stage
musical.
LYCEUM THEATRE
Wellington Street, WC2 (0844 871 3000)
LES MISERABLES
Boublil and Schönberg’s legendary musical
continues to enthral.
SONDHEIM THEATRE
Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2 (0344 482 5151)
HADESTOWN
Multi-award-winning musical that transports
you to the Underworld, with a joyful
combination of folk, pop, Dixieland and blues.
LYRIC THEATRE
Shaftesbury Avenue W1 (0330 333 4812)
DISNEY’S HERCULES
Disney’s musical, inspired by the animated
film, based on the ancient myth, delivers a
thrilling night out that leaves you ready to
conquer anything.
THEATRE ROYAL
Drury Lane, WC2
MAMMA MIA
Hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, set
around the story of a mother and daughter on
the eve of the daughter’s wedding.
NOVELLO THEATRE
Aldwych, WC2 (0344 482 5151)
THE BOOK OF MORMON
A crude, satirical show telling the story of two
young and naive mormon missionaries.
PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE
Coventry Street, W1 (0344 482 5151)
MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL
A world of splendour and romance, of eyepopping excess, of glitz, grandeur and glory.
PICCADILLY THEATRE
Denman Street, W1 (0333 009 6690)
CLUELESS, THE MUSICAL
The modern spin on Jane Austen’s Emma gets
a timeless makeover from the original film’s
writer-director.
TRAFALGAR THEATRE
14 Whitehall, SW1
SIX THE MUSICAL
Tudor Queens meet Pop Princesses in a
musical depiction of the six wives of Henry VIII.
VAUDEVILLE THEATRE
Strand, WC2 (0330 333 4814)
HAMILTON
Lin-Manuel Miranda's multi award-winning
musical, based on one of America’s Founding
Fathers, Alexander Hamilton.
VICTORIA PALACE THEATRE
Victoria Street, SW1 (0344 482 5151)
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