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42nd Street
Theatre Royal Drury Lane
42nd Street is the song and dance, American dream fable of Broadway. Young Peggy Sawyer is fresh off the bus from smalltown America and just another face in the chorus line on Broadway’s newest show. But when the leading lady gets injured,
Peggy might just have the shot at stardom she's always dreamed of…
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed & Sat 14:30 ~ Duration: TBC Suitable for age: TBC
Booking From/Until: 20 Mar 2017 - 23 Jul 2017
Aladdin
Prince Edward Theatre
Disney's Aladdin has “landed triumphantly in London's West End" (Daily Telegraph). Featuring all the songs from the Academy
Award-winning classic film, this "shining, shimmering spectacle" (Huffington Post) is everything you could wish for and more.
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:30 Mat: Thu & Sat 14:30 ~ Suitable for age: 6+
Booking From/Until: 27 May 2016 - 30 Apr 2017
An Inspector Calls
Playhouse Theatre
Hailed as the theatrical event of its generation, winning more awards than any other production in history, this magnificent
NATIONAL THEATRE presentation has thrilled more than 4 million people worldwide. Now Daldry (Oscar-nominated Director
of The Reader, The Hours and Billy Elliot) returns to re-direct his masterpiece at London’s Playhouse Theatre.
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed & Sat 14:30 ~ Duration: 1h 45m ~ Suitable for age: TBC
Booking From/Until: 4 Nov 2016 – 26 March 2017
An American in Paris
Dominion Theatre
Acclaimed as “a perfect integration of dance, romance and classic Gershwin” (The New York Times), An American In Paris is
the award-winning, thrillingly staged and astonishingly danced Broadway musical featuring some of the greatest music and
lyrics ever written.
Jerry Mulligan is an American GI striving to make it as a painter in a city suddenly bursting with hope and possibility.
Following a chance encounter with a beautiful young dancer named Lise, the streets of Paris become the backdrop to a
sensuous, modern romance of art, friendship and love in the aftermath of war.
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed & Sat 14:00 ~ Duration: TBC ~ Suitable for age: TBC
Booking From/Until: 4 Nov 2016 – 1 Oct 2017
Bat Out Of Hell The Musical
London Coliseum
Jim Steinman's epic rock and roll theatrical fantasy Bat Out of Hell The Musical, the inspiration for one of the most iconic
and successful albums in history, is set to explode onto the London Coliseum stage in June 2017.
Join the eternally young Strat and his wild gang, The Lost, as they roam the streets of Obsidian, a post-apocalyptic
Manhattan, ruled by the wicked and tyrannical Falco. When Strat first sets eyes on Falco's daughter, Raven, who has been
locked away in the palace towers, he sets out to rescue her from her evil father's clutches in a full throttle tale of teenage
love, youthful rebellion and living the rock and roll dream.
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:30 Mat: Thu & Sat 14:30 ~ Duration: TBC ~ Suitable for age: 5+
Booking From/Until: 5 Jun 2017 – 23 Jul 2017
Beautiful - The Carole King Musical
Aldwych Theatre
Beautiful is the untold story of Carole King’s journey from schoolgirl to superstar; from her relationship with husband and songwriting partner Gerry Goffin, their close friendship and playful rivalry with fellow song-writing duo Barry Mann and Cynthia
Weil, to her remarkable rise to stardom. Along the way, she became one of the most successful solo acts in popular music
history, and wrote the soundtrack to a generation.
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:30 Mat: Tue, Thu & Sat 14:30 ~ Duration: 2h 25m ~ Suitable for age: 5+
Booking From/Until: 10 Feb 2015 – 23 Jul 2017
The Bodyguard
Dominion Theatre
THE BODYGUARD, the award-winning musical based on the smash-hit film, returns to London for a strictly limited season.
Former Secret Service agent turned bodyguard, Frank Farmer, is hired to protect superstar Rachel Marron from an unknown
stalker. Each expects to be in charge – what they don't expect is to fall in love.
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed & Sat 14:30 ~ Duration: 2h 25m ~ Suitable for age: 12+
Booking From/Until: 15 Jul 2016 – 7 Jan 2017
Note: Shows/dates/times and venues are all subject to change. Please call Reservations for up to date details.
The Book of Mormon
Prince of Wales Theatre
Winner of 4 2014 Olivier Awards including Best New Musical and Best Actor In A Musical. Rolling Stone says, 'The Genii of
South Park hit Broadway, and history is made. Mormon is on its march into legend'. It's The Book of Mormon, the Broadway
musical from South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and Avenue Q co-creator Robert Lopez. Time Out New York says,
'You'll laugh your head off. Mormon is musical comedy heaven'. The New York post says, 'I Love The Book Of Mormon'
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed & Sat 14:30 ~ Duration: 2h 25m ~ Suitable for age: 17+
Booking From/Until: 6 Feb 2013 – 02 Apr 2017
Buried Child
Trafalgar Studio One
For the first time, the multi award winning international star Ed Harris will appear on the West End stage in the critically
acclaimed Broadway production of Sam Shepard’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Buried Child.
Casting a brutal light on disenfranchised Americans, Buried Child is a dark, macabre and painfully funny family drama that is as
relevant now as it was during its first run almost 40 years ago.
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:30 Mat: Thu & Sat 14:30 ~ Duration: TBC ~ Suitable for age: 12+
Booking From/Until: 14 Nov 2016 – 19 Feb 2017
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Roald Dahl's deliciously dark tale of young Charlie Bucket and the mysterious confectioner Mr Willy Wonka comes to life in a
brand new West End musical directed by Academy Award® winner Sam Mendes.
A chocolate garden, an army of squirrels and the curiously peculiar Oompa-Loompas must be believed to be seen in this
spectacular new musical that is choc-full of fantastical treats to dazzle your senses.
Times: Eve: Mon-Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed & Sat 14:30 ~ Duration: TBC ~ Suitable for age: 7+
Booking From/Until: 22 May 2013 – 7 Jan 2017
Cinderella
London Palladium
The most enchanting rags-to-riches fairy tale of them all graces the stage of the West End’s most famous theatre this
Christmas as pantomime returns to the London Palladium for the first time in nearly 30 years.
With an all-star cast, this lavish and spectacular production features sumptuous costumes, magnificent scenery and the
magical breath-taking moment when Cinderella swaps her rags for a stunning Ball gown and is transported to the Prince’s Ball.
Times: Eve: Mon - Sun 19:30 Mat: Mon-Sun 14:30 ~ Duration: TBC ~ Suitable for age: family show
Booking From/Until: 9 Dec 2016 – 16 Jan 2017
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Gielgud Theatre
Christopher, fifteen years old, stands beside Mrs Shears’ dead dog. It has been speared with a garden fork, it is seven minutes
after midnight and Christopher is under suspicion. He records each fact in the book he is writing in an attempt to solve the
mystery of who murdered Wellington.
Christopher has an extraordinary brain. He is exceptional at maths but ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never
ventured alone beyond the end of his road, detests being touched and distrusts strangers. But now his detective work,
forbidden by his father, takes him on a frightening journey that turns his whole world upside down.
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:30 Mat: Tue & Sat 14:30 ~ Duration: 2h 454m ~ Suitable for age: 11+
Booking From/Until: 24 Jun 2013 – 04 Jun 2017
The Comedy About a Bank Robbery
Criterion Theatre
One giant diamond. Eight incompetent crooks. And a security guard asleep on the job. What could possibly go right?
Written by and starring the Mischief Theatre Company who brought you the 2015 Olivier award-winning Best New Comedy "The
Play That Goes Wrong" and "Peter Pan Goes Wrong", book now, to be entertained by their unique brand of humour in this
hilarious new show.
Times: Eve: Tue - Sun 19:30 Mat: Sat & Sun 14:30 ~ Duration: TBC ~ Suitable for age: 10+
Booking From/Until: 31 Mar2016 – 30 Oct 2017
Death Takes A Holiday
Charing Cross Theatre
Thom Sutherland directs the UK premiere of Death Takes a Holiday, music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and book by Peter Stone
and Thomas Meehan, the European premiere of the follow-up to Titanic by its Tony Award-winning composers.
In Northern Italy, shortly after World War One, Death disguises himself as a handsome young prince to try to understand why
life is so precious and death so feared. But when he unexpectedly falls in love with a newly engaged young woman, this
mysterious stranger discovers that love may in fact be stronger than death.
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed & Sat 14:30 ~ Duration: TBC ~ Suitable for age: TBC
Booking From/Until: 16 Jan 2017 – 5 Mar 2017
Note: Shows/dates/times and venues are all subject to change. Please call Reservations for up to date details.
Dead Funny
Vaudevile Theatre
Eleanor wants a child. Richard would oblige if he could, but he's too busy running the Dead Funny Society.
When British comedy heroes Frankie Howerd and Benny Hill turn up their toes in the same week the society gather for a
celebration of hilarity and laughter. But Eleanor’s grin masks a grimace.
When your marriage is deader than either Morcambe or Wise it's hard to see the funny side of things.
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed & Sat 14:30 ~ Duration: TBC ~ Suitable for age: 15+ (Contain scenes of a sexual nature
and nudity).
Booking From/Until: 16 Jan 2017 – 5 Mar 2017
Dreamgirls
Savoy Theatre
Thirty-five years after the ground-breaking original Broadway production, this UK and West End premiere of the sensational and
iconic musical Dreamgirls comes to the Savoy Theatre.
Inspired by R&B music acts in 1960s America, Dreamgirls transports you to a revolutionary time in American music history.
Dreamgirls charts the tumultuous journey of a young female singing trio, from Chicago, Illinois called ‘The Dreams’, as they learn
the hard lesson that show business is as tough as it is fabulous and features the classic songs ‘And I Am Telling You I'm Not
Going’, ‘I Am Changing’ and ‘One Night Only’.
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed & Sat 14:30 ~ Duration: TBC ~ Suitable for age: TBC
Booking From/Until: 19 Nov 2016 – 22 Oct 2017
Gangsta Granny
Garrick Theatre
Gangsta Granny follows Ben, a young boy who is once again staying with his granny on a boring Friday night. Ben expects the
same old grizzly cabbage soup, cabbage pie and cabbage cake – but what he doesn’t realise is that this groovy Granny has her
very own secret! Soon, Fridays become more exciting than he could ever image, as he embarks on night-time adventures with his
very own Gangsta Granny!
Times: Eve: Sat & Sun 19:00 Mat: Tue - Sun 14:00 ~ Duration: TBC ~ Suitable for age: 5+
Booking From/Until: 26 Jul 2017 – 4 Sep 2017
Girl From The North County
Old Vic Theatre
The Old Vic is proud to present the World Premiere of Girl From the North Country, an electrifying new work from esteemed
playwright Conor McPherson along with classic songs from Bob Dylan.
A family adrift, their future on a knife edge. Lost and lonely people drifting through rooms of their guesthouse. But Nick Laine
thinks he’s seen a way out…
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 17:30 Mat: Wed & Sat 14:30 ~ Duration: TBC ~ Suitable for age: 5+
Booking From/Until: 12 Jul 2017 – 8 Oct 2017
Giselle - English National Ballet
London Coliseum
Giselle is a haunting story of innocence and betrayal, a timeless tale about the redemptive power of love.
A young peasant girl, Giselle, is in love with the handsome Albrecht, a Duke who hides from her his nobility and his engagement
to another. When she discovers he has deceived her, she is driven to madness, and dies of a broken heart.
Times: Eve: Tue-Sat 19:30 Mat: Thu, Sat & Sun 14:30 ~ Duration: TBC ~ Suitable for age: 5+
Booking From/Until: 11 Jan 2017 – 22 Jan 2017
The Glass Menagerie
Duke of York’s Theatre
Following a multi Tony Award-nominated run on Broadway, Oliver and Tony Award-winning director John Tiffany (Harry Potter
and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two, Let the Right One In, Black Watch) revives his visionary staging of Tennessee Williams’
heart-rending masterpiece about a family struggling to survive on hopes and dreams.
A domineering mother. A daughter lost in a world of her own. A son desperate to leave. Former Southern Belle Amanda
Wingfield, played by Tony Award-winning Broadway icon Cherry Jones, enlists the help of son Tom (Michael Esper) to find a
husband for her fragile daughter Laura (Kate O’Flynn). But will the long-awaited ‘gentleman caller’ (Brian J. Smith) fulfil or
shatter the family’s delicate dreams.
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 17:30 Mat: Tue & Sat 14:30 ~ Duration: 2h 40m ~ Suitable for age: 5+
Booking From/Until: 26 Jan 2017 – 29 Apr 2017
The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia
Theatre Royal Haymarket
Damian Lewis returns to the West End to star in the darkly comic masterpiece, Edward Albee’s The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia?
Martin is at the pinnacle of life: he has a loving wife and son, a hugely successful career as an architect, and the commission of
a lifetime, but when he embarks upon an improbable and impossible love affair from which there is no return, familial
relationships begin to collapse.
Times: Eve: Mon -Sat 19:30 Mat: Thu, Sat & Sun 14:30 ~ Duration: TBC ~ Suitable for age: TBC
Booking From/Until: 24 Mar 2017 – 24 Jun 2017
Note: Shows/dates/times and venues are all subject to change. Please call Reservations for up to date details.
In The Heights
King’s Cross Theatre
Welcome to Washington Heights, where life's a struggle but the streets are jumping to the irresistible rhythms of love,
passion, hopes and dreams. This smash-hit, Tony Award-winning musical is a joyously uplifting tale of young love in a
community on the brink of change, set in one bustling neighbourhood where everyone knows everybody, and the breeze
carries the sweet sounds of three generations of music.
Times: Eve: Mon - Sun 20:00 No performance on Wed ~ Duration: TBC ~ Suitable for age: TBC
Booking From/Until: 3 Oct 2015 – 8 Jan 2017
Jersey Boys
Piccadilly Theatre
They were just four ordinary guys from New Jersey, until they sang their very first note. They had a sound nobody had ever
heard… and the radio just couldn’t get enough of.
But while their harmonies were perfect on stage, off stage it was a very different story -- a story that has made them an
international sensation all over again.
Times: Eve: Tue - Sat 19:30 Mat: Tue, Sat & Sun 14:30 ~ Duration: 2h 30m ~ Suitable for age: 12+ (Contains strong language).
Booking From/Until: 15 Mar 2014 – 26 Mar 2017
Kinky Boots
Adelphi Theatre
Winner of every major BEST MUSICAL award on Broadway and in the West End, KINKY BOOTS is the hottest show in town!
With songs by Grammy® and Tony® winning pop icon Cyndi Lauper, this "dazzling, fabulously sassy and uplifting" (Time Out)
musical celebration is about the friendships we discover, and the belief that you can change the world when you change your
mind.
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed & Sat 14:30 ~ Duration: 2h 20m ~ Suitable for age: 8+
Booking From/Until: 21 Aug 2015 – 7 May 2017
La Strada
he Other Palace
A visually stunning new stage adaptation of Fellini’s classic 1957 film La Strada, directed by Olivier Award nominee Sally
Cookson (Jane Eyre National Theatre, Hetty Feather West End), boasting a beautiful score by Benji Bower, with songs
performed live on stage by a multi-talented cast.
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:30 Mat: Thu & Sat 14:30 ~ Duration: TBC ~ Suitable for age: TBC
Booking From/Until: 30 May 2017 – 8 Jul 2017
Lazarus
King's Cross Theatre
Inspired by the book, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Lazarus focuses on Thomas Newton, as he remains still on Earth - a 'man'
unable to die, his head soaked in cheap gin and haunted by a past love. We follow Newton during the course of a few days
where the arrival of another lost soul - might set him finally free.
Reprising their roles from the original New York production are Michael C Hall (Thomas Newton), Michael Esper (Valentine) and
Sophia Anne Caruso (Girl).
Times: Eve: Tue - Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed, Sat & Sun 14:30 ~ Duration: 2h ~ Suitable for age: 12+
Booking From/Until: 25 Oct 2016 – 22 Jan 2017
Les Miserables
Queen's Theatre
Seen by more than 65 million people in 42 countries and in 22 languages around the globe, it is still breaking box-office records
everywhere in its 28th year.
Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, Les Misérables tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love,
passion, sacrifice and redemption – a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit.
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed & Sat 14:30 ~ Duration: 3h ~ Suitable for age: 7+
Booking From/Until: 28 Mar 2004 – 14 Oct 2017
The Lion King
Lyceum Theatre
Set against the majesty of the Serengeti Plains and to the evocative rhythms of Africa, Disney's multi-award winning musical
'The Lion King' will redefine your expectations of theatre.
A spectacular visual feast, this adaptation of Disney's much-loved film transports you to a dazzling world that explodes with
glorious colours, stunning effects and enchanting music. At its heart is the powerful and moving story of Simba - the epic
adventure of his journey from wide-eyed cub to his destined role as King of the Pridelands.
Times: Eve: Tue - Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed, Sat & Sun 14:30 ~ Duration: 2h 30m ~ Suitable for age: 6+
Booking From/Until: 12 Oct 1999 – 04 Jun 2017
Love's Labour's Lost RSC
Theatre Royal Haymarket
Summer 1914. In order to dedicate themselves to a life of study, the King and his friends take an oath to avoid the company of
women for three years. No sooner have they made their idealistic pledge than the Princess of France and her ladies-in-waiting
arrive, presenting the men with a severe test of their high-minded resolve.
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:30 Mat: Tue, Wed, Thu & Sat 14:30 ~ Duration: TBC ~ Suitable for age: TBC
Booking From/Until: 12 Dec 2016 – 18 Mar 2017
Note: Shows/dates/times and venues are all subject to change. Please call Reservations for up to date details.
Mamma Mia
Novello Theatre
Join the ultimate feel-good party at Mamma Mia!, the world's sunniest and most exhilarating smash-hit musical! Set on a Greek
island paradise, a story of love, friendship and identity is cleverly told through the timeless songs of ABBA. Sophie's quest to
discover the father she's never known brings her mother face to face with three men from her distant romance past on the eve
of a wedding they'll never forget!
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:45 Mat: Thu & Sat 15:00 ~ Duration 2h 35m Suitable for age: 5+
Booking From/Until: 6 April 1999 – 15 Oct 2017
Matilda The Musical
Cambridge Theatre
Matilda The Musical is the multi-award winning musical from the Royal Shakespeare Company, inspired by the beloved book by
incomparable Roald Dahl. With book by Dennis Kelly and original songs by Tim Minchin, Matilda The Musical is the story of an
extraordinary little girl who, armed with a vivid imagination and a sharp mind, dares to take a stand and change her own
destiny. Winner of 50 major international awards, including 12 for Best Musical, Matilda continues to delight audiences in
London, New York, Sydney and across the United States.
Times: Eve: Tue - Sat 19:45 Mat: Wed, Sat & Sun 15:00 ~ Duration: 2h 40m Suitable for age: 6+
Booking From/Until: 07 Oct 2007 - 16 Oct 2017
Matthew Bourne The Red Shoe
Sadler’s Wells
A beloved fairy tale and Academy Award-winning movie, The Red Shoes has seduced audiences and inspired generations of
dancers with its tale of obsession, possession and one girl's dream to be the greatest dancer in the world. Victoria Page lives to
dance but her ambitions become a battleground between the two men who inspire her passion.
Times: Eve: Tue - Sun 19:35 Mat: Sat & Sun 14:30 ~ Duration: TBC Suitable for age: 6+
Booking From/Until: 6 Dec 2016 – 29 Jan 2017
The Miser
Garrick Theatre
Actor, writer, presenter, comedian and two-time Olivier award-winner Griff Rhys Jones returns to the West End in a hilarious
new adaption by Sean Foley and Phil Porter of Moliere’s classic comedy, The Miser. Griff has most recently been seen on stage
as Fagin in Cameron Mackintosh’s Oliver, and previously in Feydeau’s An Absolute Turkey.
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed & Sun 14:30 ~ Duration: TBC Suitable for age: TBC
Booking From/Until: 1 Mar 2017 – 3 Jun 2017
Motown The Musical
Shaftesbury Theatre
With just $800 borrowed from his family, Motown founder Berry Gordy, goes from featherweight boxer to heavyweight music
mogul, discovering and launching the careers of Diana Ross and the Supremes, Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5, Stevie
Wonder, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Marvin Gaye and many more. Motown The Musical uncovers the story of the
legendary record label that changed music history and created the soundtrack of a generation.
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:30 Mat: Thu & Sat 15:00 ~ Duration: TBC Suitable for age: TBC
Booking From/Until: 11 Feb 2016 - 28 Oct 2017
The Mousetrap
St. Martin’s Theatre
Agatha Christie's legendary whodunit is still packing them in after more than 60 years in the West End.
The world's longest running play has lost none of its form. Indeed, the reputation of this murder mystery masterpeice goes from
strength to strength as new generations of theatregoers are tricked and teased by a plot with more twists than a really twisty
thing!
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:30 Mat: Tue & Sat 15:00 ~ Duration: 2h 15m Suitable for age: 12+
Booking From/Until: now – 6 Jan 2018
Much Ado About Nothing RSC
Theatre Royal Haymarket
Autumn 1918. A group of soldiers return from the trenches. The world-weary Benedick and his friend Claudio find themselves
reacquainted with Beatrice and Hero. As memories of conflict give way to a life of parties and masked balls, Claudio and Hero
fall madly, deeply in love, while Benedick and Beatrice reignite their own altogether more combative courtship.
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed & Sat 14:30 ~ Duration: TBC Suitable for age: TBC
Booking From/Until: 9 Dec 2016 – 18 Mar 2017
Nice Fish
Harold Pinter Theatre
Direct from a sold out season in New York, Academy and Bafta Award-winner Mark Rylance returns to the West End to
perform in Nice Fish, a hit new comic play written by Mark Rylance and Louis Jenkins and directed by Claire van Kampen.
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed & Sat 14:30 ~ Duration: TBC Suitable for age: TBC
Booking From/Until: 15 Nov 2016 – 11 Feb2017
Note: Shows/dates/times and venues are all subject to change. Please call Reservations for up to date details.
Partenope
London Coliseum
Rosmira still loves the man who jilted her, Arsace. He, unfortunately, is in love with beautiful Partenope. As too are Armindo
and Emilio. So naturally, Rosmira dresses up as a man and becomes another of Partenope’s suitors, in order to win back
Arsace. And that’s before things get really tangled…
Combining glittering arias and wonderful ensembles, Handel’s comic masterpiece follows the exploits of four rival suitors in
pursuit of Partenope’s love
Times: Eve: Mon, Wed & Fri 19:00 ~ Duration: TBC Suitable for age: 5+
Booking From/Until: 15 Mar 2017 – 24 Mar 2017
The Phantom of the Opera
Her Majesty's Theatre
This multi-award winning musical continues to captivate audiences at Her Majesty's Theatre in London's West End, after more
than 10,000 performances.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's mesmerising score along with jaw-dropping scenery and breathtaking special effects, magically
combine to bring this tragic love story to life each night.
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:30 Mat: Thu & Sat 14:30 ~ Duration: 2h 30m Suitable for age: 10+
Booking From/Until: 27 Sep 1989 – 14 Oct 2017
The Pirates Of Penzance
London Coliseum
A swashbuckling farce of brilliant humour and razor-sharp wit, Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance makes for the
perfect night out. Chock-full of memorable melodies, it includes the famous tongue-twisting patter song from the MajorGeneral and the cowardly Police Sergeant’s ‘When a felon’s not engaged in his employment’.
Times: Eve: Tue, Thu & Sat 19:30 Mat: Sat 14:30 ~ Duration: 2h 15m Suitable for age: 5+
Booking From/Until: 9 Feb 2017 – 25 Mar 2017
The Play That Goes Wrong
Duchess Theatre
Described as Fawlty towers meets noises off, in THE smash hit comedy!
The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society are putting on a 1920’s murder mystery, but as the title suggests, everything that can
go wrong... does! The accident prone thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with
hilarious consequences! Given five stars from the Daily Mail and called ‘ridiculously funny’ by Libby Purves, The Daily
Telegraph sums it up as ‘genuinely hilarious’.
Times: Eve: Tue - Sun 19:30 Mat: Sat & Sun 14:30 ~ Duration: 2h 5m Suitable for age: 8+
Booking From/Until: 5 Sep 2017 – 10 Sep 2017
The Sleeping Beauty – Royal Ballet
Royal Opera House
This production first performed in 2006. Join the Royal Ballet for an adventure in an enchanted world of princesses, fairy
godmother's and magic spells. In this lovely fairy tale , good triumphs over evil and handsome prince awakens the sleeping
Aurora with a kiss. As a much loved classical ballet, The Sleeping Beauty brings together in a single work all the magic and
virtuosity that ballet has to offer.
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:30 Mat: Sat 13:30 ~ Duration: 2h 55m Suitable for age: TBC
Booking From/Until: Now – 14 Mar 2017
The Girls
Phoenix Theatre
THE GIRLS is the true story of the Yorkshire CALENDAR GIRLS a group of ordinary ladies who achieved something
extraordinary.
This new musical comedy has brought together the writing talents of Gary Barlow and Tim Firth who grew up in the same
village in the North of England and have been friends for 25 years.
THE GIRLS originally opened at The Grand Theatre in Leeds where it received standing ovations at every performance.
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:30 Mat: Thu & Sat 14:30 ~ Duration: TBC Suitable for age: TBC
Booking From/Until: 28 Jan 2017 – 22 Apr 2017
The Kite Runner
Wyndham’s Theatre
Based on Khaled Hosseini’s international best-selling novel, this powerful story has now been adapted into a stunning new
stage production. A haunting tale of friendship which spans cultures and continents, it follows one man’s journey to confront
his past and find redemption.
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:30 Mat: Thu & Sat 14:30 ~ Duration: TBC Suitable for age: TBC
Booking From/Until: Now – 11 Mar 2017
The House
Garrick Theatre
Is a political revolution coming? Will the Labour party collapse? Can the kingdom stay united?
It's 1974. And Westminster is about to go to war with itself. Set in the engine rooms of the House of Commons, James Graham's
This House dives deep into the secret world of the Whips who roll up their sleeves and go to often farcical lengths to influence an
unruly chorus of MPs within the Mother of all Parliaments.
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed & Sat 14:30 ~ Duration: 2h 55m Suitable for age: 14+
Booking From/Until: Now – 25 Feb 2017
Note: Shows/dates/times and venues are all subject to change. Please call Reservations for up to date details.
Thriller Live
Lyric Theatre
Moonwalking into the West End after three acclaimed UK tours and standing ovations across Europe, Thriller - Live is a
spectacular, high-octane show celebrating the career of Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5.
To bring the sensational dancing and distinctive sound of the Jackson's greatest hits to life on stage, Thriller Live includes eyepopping multi-media effects and dazzling choreography by the show's award-winning director Gary Lloyd, who has previously
worked with artists including Leona Lewis, Will Young, Robbie Williams, Kelly Clarkson and Girls Aloud. Additional choreography
is by five-time MTV award-winner LaVelle Smith Jnr
Times: Eve: Tue - Sun 19:30 Mat: Sat & Sun 15:30 ~ Duration: 2h 20m Suitable for age: 8+
Booking From/Until: Now – 02 Oct2017
The Woman In Black
Fortune Theatre
Join over 7m theatregoers who have experienced "The most brilliantly effective spine-chiller you will ever encounter" - Daily
Telegraph
Susan Hill’s acclaimed ghost story is brought to dramatic life in Stephen Mallatratt’s ingenious stage adaptation. Now
celebrating over 27 terrifying years in the West End, Robin Herford’s gripping production is a brilliantly successful study in
atmosphere, illusion and controlled horror.
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 20:00 Mat: Tue & Sat 15:00 ~ Duration: 2h 05m Note: some performances (especially matinees and on
weekdays) are likely to have school groups in attendance. Not suitable for those with a nervous disposition or who cannot
handle sudden shocks.
Booking From/Until: Now – 23 Sep 2017
Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf
Fortune Theatre
In the early hours of the morning on the campus of an American college, Martha, much to her husband George’s displeasure,
has invited the new professor Nick and his wife Honey to their home for some after-party drinks. As the alcohol flows and dawn
approaches, the young couple are drawn into George and Martha’s toxic games until the evening reaches its climax in a
moment of devastating truth-telling.
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed & Sat 14:30 ~ Duration: TBC Suitable for age: 12+
Booking From/Until: 22 Feb 2017 – 27 May 2017
Wicked
Apollo Victoria Theatre
Based on the acclaimed novel by Gregory Maguire that re-imagined the stories and characters created by L. Frank Baum in
‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’, Wicked tells the incredible untold story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two
girls who first meet as sorcery students. Their extraordinary adventures in Oz will ultimately see them fulfill their destinies as
Glinda The Good, and Elphaba the Wicked Witch of the West.
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed & Sat 14:30 ~ Duration: 2h 45m Suitable for age: 7+
Booking From/Until: 27 Sep 2006 – 4 Nov 2017
Woyzeck
Old Vic Theatre
People like us are unhappy in this world and in the next: if we made it to heaven, we’d have to help make it thunder.’
The multi-award winning Jack Thorne breathes new life into Woyzeck, one of the most influential plays ever written, creating
for our time what Büchner intended for his: an unforgettable howl of rage. Starring John Boyega (Star Wars: Episode VII –
The Force Awakens).
Times: Eve: Mon - Sat 19:30 Mat: Wed & Sat 14:30 ~ Duration: TBC Suitable for age: TBC
Booking From/Until: 6 May 2017 – 24 Jun 2017
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