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What's on in the West End
The show at each theatre, with the lowest ticket price from our partners.
As You Like It
at Shakespeare's Globe
Mansion House
Tickets from £6See on map →
How the Other Half Loves
at The Old Vic
Waterloo
Tickets from £17See on map →
Wicked
at Apollo Victoria Theatre
Victoria
Tickets from £31See on map →
The Phantom of the Opera
at His Majesty's Theatre
Piccadilly Circus
Tickets from £29See on map →
The Lion King
at Lyceum Theatre
Covent Garden
Tickets from £37See on map →
The Devil Wears Prada
at Dominion Theatre
Tottenham Court Road
Tickets from £29See on map →
Les Misérables
at Sondheim Theatre
Leicester Square
Tickets from £29See on map →
Paddington The Musical
at Savoy Theatre
Covent Garden
Tickets from £44See on map →
The Mousetrap
at The Mousetrap, St Martin's Theatre
Leicester Square
Tickets from £29See on map →
Matilda The Musical
at Cambridge Theatre
Covent Garden
Tickets from £23See on map →
Sinatra The Musical
at Aldwych Theatre
Covent Garden
Tickets from £25See on map →
The Book of Mormon
at Prince of Wales Theatre
Leicester Square
Tickets from £23See on map →
Ranked by our score
Top 10 theatres in London
The theatres worth seeing for the building as much as the show.
1
Royal Albert Hall
Find a seat among 5,272 others in a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington. Catch a live performance, or take the one-hour tour to…
Theatresabout 2 h 30South Kensington
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2Shakespeare's Globe
Step into a rebuilt Elizabethan playhouse on the Thames and picture the crowds who once packed in for Shakespeare. Catch a show or a tour and hear…
Theatresabout 2 h 30Mansion House
Tickets from £6See on map →
3Wilton's Music Hall
Step through Graces Alley into a Grade II* listed music hall, one of very few surviving in the East End, with many original features intact.…
Theatresabout 2 h 30Tower Gateway
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4The Mousetrap, St Martin's Theatre
Agatha Christie's whodunnit has run in the West End since 1952, the longest-running play in the world, and audiences are still sworn to keep the…
Theatresabout 1 hLeicester Square
Tickets from £29See on map →
5Royal Opera House
Take a seat in Covent Garden's Royal Opera House and let opera, ballet or orchestral music fill the room. Watch the hush settle just before the…
Theatresabout 3 hCovent Garden
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6Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Take your seat in a Grade I listed theatre on a site where drama has been staged since 1663. Catch a West End show, then wander out into the…
Theatresabout 2 h 30Covent Garden
Tickets from £43See on map →
7London Palladium
Take a seat among 2,286 in Frank Matcham's 1910 auditorium on Argyll Street, where hundreds of stars have performed. Then imagine the Beatles'…
Theatresabout 2 h 30Oxford Circus
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8Royal Festival Hall
Settle into a 2,700-seat hall on the South Bank, where orchestras fill the room with sound. Catch a concert, a dance performance or a talk, then…
Theatresabout 2 h 30Embankment
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9His Majesty's Theatre
Step into a Haymarket playhouse built in 1897, where the wide stage has hosted Shaw and Coward premieres before taking on large-scale musicals.…
Theatresabout 2 h 30Piccadilly Circus
Tickets from £29See on map →
10The Old Vic
Settle into a 1,000-seat auditorium in Waterloo, where a Shakespeare play or a new drama can land right in front of you. The building has been…
Theatresabout 2 h 30Waterloo
Tickets from £17See on map →
Behind the curtain
Theatre tours
Guided tours backstage and through the auditorium, on days without a matinee.
Royal Albert Hall
Find a seat among 5,272 others in a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington. Catch a live performance, or take the one-hour tour to…
Theatresabout 2 h 30South Kensington
Tours from £20See on map →
Shakespeare's Globe
Step into a rebuilt Elizabethan playhouse on the Thames and picture the crowds who once packed in for Shakespeare. Catch a show or a tour and hear…
Theatresabout 2 h 30Mansion House
Tours from £20See on map →
Royal Opera House
Take a seat in Covent Garden's Royal Opera House and let opera, ballet or orchestral music fill the room. Watch the hush settle just before the…
Theatresabout 3 hCovent Garden
Tours from £122See on map →
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Take your seat in a Grade I listed theatre on a site where drama has been staged since 1663. Catch a West End show, then wander out into the…
Theatresabout 2 h 30Covent Garden
Tours from £23See on map →
National Theatre
Settle into a seat on the South Bank for a live play, from classics to bold new work. Afterwards, linger in the buzzing foyers and let the evening…
Theatresabout 1 h 30Temple
Tours from £28See on map →
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