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The A-Z OF MRS. P - Southwark Playhouse. Musical about the compiler of London street maps. Spring 2014


ACHTUNG KABARETT! - New End Theatre. Chanteuse Alexandra Valavelska sings the songs of Berlin and Paris of the 1920s. Autumn 2000


ACORN ANTIQUES - Haymarket Theatre. Victoria Wood-penned musical based on TV sketches. Spring 2005


A SAINT SHE AIN'T - Apollo Theatre. Musical by Dick Vosburgh and Denis King, with characters based on W.C. Fields and others. Autumn 1999.


AN AUDIENCE WITH DANNY LA RUE - Pleasance Theatre. The veteran drag artiste performs and chats. Spring 2001


ALADDIN - Old Vic Theatre. Christmas panto with Sir Ian McKellen in drag. Winter 2004-2005; Winter 2005-2006


ALADDIN - Prince Edward Theatre. Disney stage version of anumated film. 2016-2019


ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Barbican Theatre. Royal Shakespeare Company's family show. London & Stratford, Winter 2001-2002


ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR - Garrick Theatre. David Essex wrote and starred in musical built on his hits. Summer 2010


AMERICAN IDIOT - Hammersmith Apollo. Musical built on Green Day concept album. December 2012


AN AMERICAN IN PARIS - Dominion Theatre. Dance-filled stage version of Gershwin movie musical. 2017-2018


AMERICAN PSYCHO - Almeida Theatre. Musical adaptation of novel about casual killer. Winter 2013-2014


& JULIET - Shaftsbury Theatre.  Modern rewriting of Shakespeare. 2019-2023


ANNIE - Piccadilly Theatre. Musical based on classic American comic strip  2017-2018


ANNIE GET YOUR GUN - Young Vic Theatre. Jane Horrocks in classic musical. Winter 2009-2010


ANYONE CAN WHISTLE - Jermyn Street Theatre. Early Stephen Sondheim musical. Spring 2010


ANYONE CAN WHISTLE - Union Theatre. Early Sondheim musical. Winter-Spring 2017


ANYTHING GOES - Drury Lane Theatre. Transfer of Trevor Nunn-directed Cole Porter revival from the National. 2003-2004


ANYTHING GOES - Barbican. Cole Porter musical. Autumn 2021, Summer 2022


ASPECTS OF LOVE - Menier Chocolate Factory. Lloyd Webber on obsessive passions.  Summer-Autumn 2010


ASSASSINS - Union Theatre. Sondheim musical about American killings. Summer 2010


ASSASSINS - Menier Chocolate Factory. Sondheim on those who kill Presidents. Winter 2014-2015


AVENUE Q - Noel Coward, Gielgud, Wyndhams Theatres. Puppets and people mix in New York slum. 2006-2010


BABES IN ARMS - Union Theatre. Rodgers-Hart musical. Spring 2012


BACKBEAT - Duke of York's Theatre. Musical of the early days of the Beatles. Winter 2011-2012


BAD GIRLS - Garrick Theatre. Musical based on TV soap set in women's prison. Autumn 2007


THE BAKER'S WIFE  - Union Theatre. Musical about straying wife and a town without bread. Autumn 2011


THE BAND - Haymarket Theatre. Salute to boy band Take That, Winter 2018-2019


BAR MITZVAH BOY - Upstairs at the Gatehouse. Musical comedy of a Jewish boy's coming of age. Spring 2016


BARNUM - Menier Chocolate Factory. Musical about the 19th-century American showman. Winter 2017-2018


BAT BOY - Shaftsbury Theatre. Unlikely New York musical hit about a boy bat. Autumn-winter 2004


BAT  OUT OF HELL - Coliseum and Dominion . Jim Steinman musical built on the classic Meat Loaf albums Coliseum ummer 2017; Dominion 2017-2018


BEA ARTHUR AT THE SAVOY - Savoy Theatre. The Broadway actress and Golden Girl's solo show. Autumn 2003.


BEAUTIFUL - Aldwych Theatre. Life and songs of composer-singer Carole King.  2015-2017


BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED - Lyric Theatre. Musical about F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. Spring-summer 2004


THE BEAUTIFUL GAME - Cambridge Theatre. Andrew Lloyd Webber & Ben Elton on football, romance and politics in Belfast in 1969. 2000-2001.


THE BEAUTIFUL GAME - Union Theatre. Andrew Lloyd Webber musical about footballers in Northern Ireland. Spring 2014


BED AND SOFA - Finborough Theatre. Romantic triangle musical based on Russian film. Spring 2011


BEEN SO LONG - Young Vic Theatre. Musical set in south London bar. Summer 2009


BELLS ARE RINGING - Union Theatre. 1956 Broadway musical about answering service. Autumn 2010


BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM - Phoenix Theatre. Musical based on popular film about girl footballers. 2015-2016


BETTY BLUE EYES - Novello Theatre. Musical based on film 'A Private Function' about postwar rationing. Summer 2011


BETWIXT!  - Trafalgar Studio Two. Mock-fairytale musical comedy. Summer 2011


BIG - Dominion Theatre. Musical of boy-in-adult-body movie. Autumn 2019


THE BIG LIFE - Apollo Theatre. Musical AfroCarribean twist on Love's Labours Lost transfers from the fringe Summer 2005


BILLY ELLIOT - Victoria Palace Theatre Musical of the film about mining town boy who wants to dance. 2005-2016


THE BIOGRAPH GIRL - Finborough Theatre. Musical set in silent-film Hollywood. Spring 2018


BLONDE BOMBSHELLS OF 1943 - Hampstead Theatre. Comedy-with-music about a 1940s all-girl dance band. Summer 2006


BLOOD BROTHERS - Phoenix Theatre. Willy Russell's musical about twins separated as babies. 1988-2012


BLUES IN THE NIGHT - Hackney Empire. Concert of African-American blues classics. Spring 2014


BOMBAY DREAMS - Apollo Victoria. Bollywood-style musical by A.R.Rahman, Meera Syal and Don Black. 2002-2004.


THE BOMB-ITTY OF ERRORS - New Ambassadors Theatre. Rap version of Shakespeare. Spring 2003


THE BODYGUARD - Adelphi and Dominion Theatre. Adaptation of film about romance of singer and security man. Adelphi 2012-2014, Dominion 2016


BOOK OF MORMON - Prince Of Wales Theatre. Misadventures of modern missionaries. 2013-2022


THE BOY FRIEND - Menier Chocolate Factory Pastiche 1920s-style musical. Winter 2019-2020


THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY - Menier Chocolate Factory. Musical of the romantic novel and film. Autumn 2019


BUDDY - Strand Theatre. Salute to pioneer rocker Buddy Holly . Strand October 1989 - March 2002; Duchess Theatre 2007-2009.


BURLESQUE- Arts Theatre. Mock burlesque show. Spring 2005


BURN THE FLOOR- Shaftsbury Theatre. Ballroom dance display. Summer 2010


BURN THE FLOOR - Shaftsbury Theatre. New edition of the all-dance show. Spring 2013


BY JEEVES - Landor Theatre. Ayckbourn & Lloyd Webber set Wodehouse to music.Spring 2011


CABARET - Lyric Theatre. Sally Bowles and friends in revival of the Kander-Ebb look at 1930s Berlin. 2006-2008


CABLE STREET - Southwark Playhouse. Musical about 1930s clash of British fascists and Jews. .Spring 2011


CALAMITY JANE - Shaftsbury Theatre. Toyah Wilcox in stage version of Doris Day film about love in the Wild West. Spring-summer 2003.


CALL ME MERMAN - King's Head Theatre. Salute to the legendary Broadway star Ethel Merman. Winter 2003-2004


CAMELOT - Open Air Theatre. Lerner and Loewe in the Regents Park Shakespeare theatre. Summer 2004


CANDIDE - Royal National Theatre. The classic Leonard Bernstein musical, with a new book by director John Caird. Summer-Autumn 1999


CANDIDE - Menier Chocolate Factory. Leonard Bernstein musical of incurable optimist. Winter 2013-2014


THE CAR MAN - Old Vic Theatre. Matthew Bourne, who redefined Swan Lake, sets his choreographic eye on Bizet. Autumn-winter 2000


CAROLINE, OR CHANGE - Lyttelton Theatre. Musical by Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori about the American South in the 1960s .Autumn 2006


CAROLINE, OR CHANGE - Playhouse. Civil Rights era American musical. 2018-2019


CAROUSEL - Savoy Theatre. Rodgers and Hammerstein classic.2008-2009


CAROUSEL - Arcola Theatre. Rodgers & Hammerstein musical. Summer 2014


CAROUSEL - Coliseum. English National Opera in Rodgers and Hammerstein classic. Spring 2017


CAROUSEL - Open Air Theatre. Rodgers and Hammerstein   Summer 2021


CAT AND MOUSE - Village Underground. Rock multimedia piece about cartton animals. 2017


CATS - New London Theatre. Andrew Lloyd Webber set T. S. Eliot's light-hearted poems about cats to music. May 1981- May 2002


CATS - Palladium. Return of Lloyd Webber's dancing kitties. 2014-2015


CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY - Drury Lane Theatre. Musical of the Dahl tale of magical candymaker. 2013-2017


CHESS - Union Theatre. Rice-ABBA musical about the politics of championships. Winter 2013


CHESS - Coliseum. ABBA-Tim Rice musical about pawns and politics.  Spring 2018


CHICAGO - Adelphi, Cambridge & Garrick Theatres. The Kander-Ebb musical,  highlighting Bob Fosse's choreography. 1997-2012


CHICAGO - Phoenix Theatre. Revivial of Kander-Ebb musical of singing-dancing murderesses. 2018


CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG - Palladium. Stage version of classic kiddy film 2002-2005


A CHORUS LINE - Palladium. Classic musical of Broadway audition. 2013


CINDERELLA - Old Vic Theatre. Traditional panto, written by Stephen Fry. Winter 2007-2008


CINDERELLA - Hackney Empire. Traditional panto. Winter 2011-2012


CITY OF ANGELS -  Donmar Theatre. Cy Coleman musical combines Hollywood satire and film noir. Winter 2014-2015


CLIFF: THE MUSICAL - Prince of Wales Theatre. Salute to pop perennial Cliff Richard. Spring-summer 2003


 CLOSE TO YOU - Criterion Theatre. Retitled salute to Burt Bacharach transfers from the Menier. Winter 2015-2016


CLOSER THAN EVER - Bridewell Theatre. Maltby-Shire musical from Off-Broadway. Autumn 2006


CLOSER THAN EVER - Jermyn Street Theatre. Revue of Maltby-Shire songs about being grown-ups. Spring 2014


CLOSER TO HEAVEN - Arts Theatre. New musical by Jonathan Harvey and Pet Shop Boys on sex, drugs and rock'n'roll. Summer-autumn 2001


THE COLOR PURPLE - Menier Chocolate Factory. Broadway musical of Alice Walker novel. Summer 2013


COME FROM AWAY - Phoenix Theatre How a small airport coped with 9/11.  2019-2022


THE COMMITMENTS - Palace Theatre. Stage version of book and film about Irish band playing black American music. 2013-2015


COMPANY - Southwark Theatre. Sondheim musical dissecting marriage. Spring 2011


COMPANY -  Gielgud Theatre. Gender-bending version of Sondheim musical 2018-2019


CONTACT - Queens Theatre The Broadway hit all-dance show. Autumn 2002 - Spring 2003


THE CRADLE WILL ROCK - Arcola Theatre. Marc Blitzstein's agitprop opera. Winter 2010


CRAZY FOR YOU - Novello Theatre. Gershwin musical mixed cowboys and chorus girls. 2011-2012


CURTAINS - Wyndham's Theatre. Kander-Ebb backstage musical. Winter 2019-2020


DA BOYZ - Theatre Royal Stratford East. Hip-hop version of Rodgers & Hart's Boys from Syracuse. Spring 2003


DADDY COOL - Shaftsbury Theatre. West Side Story-like musical built on the songs of Boney M and others 2006-2007


DAMES AT SEA - Union Theatre. Musical spoof of 1930s backstage movies. Summer 2011


DANCE 'TIL DAWN - Aldwych Theatre. All-dance show by and with Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace. Winter 2014-2015


DANCING IN THE STREETS - Playhouse Theatre. Compilation musical of Motown hits.2005-2007


DARLING OF THE DAY - Union Theatre. Styne-Harburg musical - celebrity disguises himself as common man. Spring 2013


DAYDREAM BELIEVER - Upstairs at the Gatehouse. Revue built on 50s and 60s pop music. Autumn 2001


DEAD DOG IN A SUITCASE - Lyric Hammersmith. Kneehigh Theatre in adaptation of The Beggars' Opera. Spring 2019


DEAR EVAN HANSEN - Noel Coward Theatre.     Musical about a boy who becomes an unintended hero. 2019-2022      


DEAR WORLD - Charing Cross Theatre. Jerry Herman musical of The Madwoman of Chailot. Winter 2013


DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY - Charing Cross Theatre. Musical of the Grim Reaper in love. Winter-Spring 2017


DEBBIE REYNOLDS - ALIVE AND FABULOUS - Apollo Theatre. The 1950s star's show of song and anecdote. Spring 2010


DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN - Novello Theatre. The 1985 Madonna film, set to the music of Blondie. November 2007


DIRTY DANCING - Aldwych Theatre and returns after tours. Stage version of film of summer romance. Aldwych 2007-2011; Piccadilly 2013-2014; Phoenix Theatre December 2016


DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS - Savoy Theatre. Musical of film comedy of competing con men. 2014-2015


DO I HEAR A WALTZ? - Park Theatre. Rodgers-Sondheim musical. Spring 2014


DOROTHY FIELDS FOREVER - King's Head. Musical salute to the lyricist. Summer-Autumn 2002


DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS - Savoy,  Playhouse and Wyndhams Theatres. Musical built on 1960s hits. 2009-2013


DREAMGIRLS - Savoy Theatre. Broadway musical about Supremes-like girl group. 2016-2019


DRIP - Bush Theatre. Teenager's oral report. December 2018


THE DROWSY CHAPERONE - Novello Theatre. Spoof of 1920s musicals. Summer 2007




EDWARD SCISSORHANDS - Sadler's Wells Theatre. Matthew Bourne dance version of Tim Burton film. Winter 2005-2006


EFFIGIES OF WICKEDNESS! - Gate Theatre. Cabaret of songs banned by the Nazis. Spring 2018


ELAINE STRITCH: AT LIBERTY - Old Vic Theatre. Elaine Stritch's Broadway hit solo show. Autumn 2002


ELF - Dominion Theatre. Musical based on film about grown-up Santa elf. Winter 2015-2016, Winter 2022-2022; Winter 2023-2024


THE ENCHANTED PIG - Young Vic Theatre. Operatic fairy tale. Winter 2006-2007


EUROBEAT - Novello Theatre. Parody of the Eurovision Song Contest. Autumn 2008


EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR - Olivier Theatre. Tom Stoppard and Andre Previn on music and madness in the USSR. 2009


EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE - Apollo Theatre. Musical about boy who wants to be a drag queen. 2017-2021


EVITA - Adelphi Theatre. Revival of the Webber-Rice musical on the rise and fall of Eva Peron.2006-2007


EVITA - Dominion Theatre. Revival of the Webber-Rice musical. Autumn 2014


A FACE IN THE CROWD - Young Vic Theatre. Popular performer becomes demagogue. Autumn 2024


FAME - Shaftsbury Theatre. Return of touring stage version of high school film. Summer 2007


THE FANTASTICKS - Duchess Theatre. Whimsical musical that ran for 42 years in NY and two weeks in London. Spring 2010.


THE FAR PAVILIONS - Shaftsbury Theatre. Musical set in India. Summer 2005.


FASCINATING AIDA - The trio of musical comediennes in their latest show. 2000


FASCINATING AIDA - ONE LAST FLUTTER - Comedy Theatre Melodic comediennes' farewell tour. Autumn 2003


FEAST - Young Vic Theatre. Musical epic of the Yoruba Diaspora. February 2013


FIDDLER ON THE ROOF - Savoy Theatre. Henry Goodman was Tevye. 2007-2008


FIDDLER ON THE ROOF - Menier Chocolate Factory and Playhouse Theatre. Broadway classic musical. Menier Winter 2018; Playhouse 2019


FINIAN'S RAINBOW - Union and Charing Cross Theatres. 1947 musical - Irishman and leprechaun in the American South. Spring 2014


FINGS AIN'T WOT THEY USED T'BE - Union Theatre. Lionel Bart musical. Spring 2011


FLAHOOLEY - Sadler's Wells Baylis Studio. 1951 musical about dolls, genies and the American economy. Spring 2012


FLASHDANCE - Shaftsbury Theatre. Musical based on film about steelworker-dancer. Winter 2010-2011


FOLLIES - Olivier Theatre. Sondheim musical about showgirls' reunion. Summer 2017, revived 2019


FOOTLOOSE - Novello Theatre, then Playhouse. Stage version of hit movie of town that bans dancing. 2006-7


FORBIDDEN BROADWAY - Menier Chocolate Factory. Parodies and send-ups of current and classic musicals. Summer 2009


FORBIDDEN BROADWAY - Menier Chocolate Factory and Vaudeville Theatre. Parodies of showtunes. Menier Summer 2014; Vaudeville Autumn 2014


42ND STREET - Drury Lane Theatre. The ultimate understudy-to-star musical. 2017-2018


FOSSE - Prince of Wales. Anthology of Bob Fosse's choreography, recreated by Ann Reinking and Gwen Verdon.2000-01


THE FROGS - Jermyn Street Theatre. Sondheim musical. Spring 2017


FROM HERE TO ETERNITY - Shaftsbury Theatre. Sex, romance and army politics on the eve of Pearl Harbor 1941. 2013-2014


THE FULL MONTY - Prince of Wales Theatre. Broadway musical of the hit British film. 2002


FUNNY GIRL - Menier and Savoy Theatres. Sheridan Smith in musical about  Fanny Brice  2016


A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM - Olivier Theatre. Musical farce of romping in ancient Rome. Summer-autumn 2004


GAY'S THE WORD - Jermyn Street Theatre. Ivor Novello musical. February 2013


THE GENIUS OF RAY CHARLES - Haymarket Theatre. Compilation concert of songs associated with Ray Charles. Summer 2005


GEORGE GERSHWIN ALONE - Duchess Theatre. Actor-musician Hershey Felder as the composer. Spring 2004


GHOST - Piccadilly Theatre. Musical of the 1990 romantic film. 2011-2012


GIGI - Open Air Theatre. Stage version of the Lerner-Loewe film musical. Summer 2008


GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY - Old Vic, Noel Coward and Gielgud Theatres. Drama by Conor McPherson,  songs by Bob Dylan.  2017-2018; 2019-2020


THE GIRLS - Phoenix Theatre. Musical of Calendar Girls, about the WI nude calendar. Spring 2017


THE GLORIOUS ONES - Landor Theatre. Ahrens-Flaherty musical about commedia dell-arte troupe. Spring 2012


THE GO-BETWEEN - Apollo Theatre. Musical of classic novel of a child and secret lovers. 2016


GONDOLIERS - Apollo Theatre. Gilbert and Sullivan updated to rival Mafia families. Summer-Autumn 2001


GONE WITH THE WIND - New London Theatre. Trevor Nunn developed a new musical version that lasted only two months. Spring 2008


GOODBYE BARCELONA - Arcola Theatre. Musical set in the Spanish Civil War. December 2011


GRAND HOTEL - Donmar Theatre. Revival of musical based on classic film. Winter 2004-2005


THE GRAND TOUR - Finborough Theatre. 1979 Jerry Herman musical. January-February 2015


THE GREAT BRITISH COUNTRY FETE - Bush Theatre. Musical look at what's become of little England. Summer 2010


GREAT DAMES - Jermyn Street Theatre. Impressionist-singer Christine Pedi in cabaret. June 2009


THE GRINNING MAN - Trafalgar Studios. Musical of Victor Hugo novel of deformed man's life. 2017-2018


GUYS AND DOLLS - Piccadilly Theatre. The classic Frank Loesser musical set in a mythical land called Times Square. 2005-2007


GUYS AND DOLLS - Phoenix Theatre. Classic Broadway musical. 2016


GYPSY - Savoy Theatre. Imelda Staunton was Mama Rose in the classic musical. 2015


HAMILTON - Victoria Palace Theatre . Hip-Hop account of American history. 2017-2020


HAIR - Gielgud Theatre. Hit New York revival of the hippie-era rock musical. 2010


HAIR - The Vault. 1960s musical. Autumn 2017


HAIRSPRAY - Shaftsbury Theatre. Broadway musical of John Waters film - chubby girl becomes cool. 2007-2010


HALF A SIXPENCE - Noel Coward Theatre. New version of Flash Bang Wallop musical.  2016-2017


HARD TIMES - Haymarket Theatre. One of Dickens' darkest novels turned into a musical comedy.Summer 2000


THE HARDER THEY COME - Barbican Theatre. Stage version of classic reggae film. Barbican Spring 2008; Playhouse Summer 2008


HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH - Playhouse Theatre. Off-Broadway hit camp rock musical. Autumn 2000


HELLO AGAIN - Bridewell Theatre. Michael John LaChiusa's musical, an Off-Broadway hit in 1997, is a new take on Schnitzler's La Ronde.Spring 2001


HERE LIES LOVE - Dorfman Theatre. David Byrne-Fatboy Slim musical about Imelda Marcos. 2014


HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL - Hammersmith Apollo. Stage version of Disney TV musical. Summer 2008


HIGH SOCIETY - Shaftsbury Theatre. Musical version of The Philadephia Story.2005-2006


HIGH SOCIETY - Old Vic Theatre. Musical of The Philadelphia Story, about ex-husband who shows up on the eve of second marriage. Summer 2015


H.M.S. PINAFORE - Savoy Theatre. The D'Oyly Carte Company doing Gilbert and Sullivan at their original home, the Savoy.Spring 2000, autumn 2002


H.M.S. PINAFORE - Open Air Theatre. Gilbert and Sullivan al fresco in Regents Park Summer 2005


H.M.S. PINAFORE - Union Theatre. All-male Gilbert & Sullivan. Autumn 2013 and tour


HONK! THE UGLY DUCKLING - OlivierTheatre. For the holiday season, a new musical of Hans Christian Andersen.Winter 1999-2000


THE HUMAN COMEDY - Young Vic Theatre. Galt MacDermot musical of William Saroyan novel. September 2010


THE HURLY BURLY SHOW - Garrick and Duchess Theatres. Decorous burlesque show. Garrick Spring 2011;  Duchess  Summer 2012


HUTCH - Riverside Studios. Musical drama about 1920s cabaret performer Leslie Hutchinson. Spring 2013


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I CAN'T SING - Palladium.  Musical parody of TV's X-Factor talent competition. Spring 2014


IMAGINE THIS - New London Theatre. Musical set in the Warsaw Ghetto. Autumn 2008


THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST - Riverside Studios. New musical of Wilde classic. Winter 2011


IN THE HEIGHTS - Southwark Playhouse & King's Cross Theatre. Musical set in a New York Hispanic neighbourhood. Southwark Spring 2014, King's Cross 2015-2017


INTO THE HOODS - Novello Theatre. All-dance show sets fairy tales to a hip-hop beat. Spring-summer 2008; several returns and revivals


INTO THE WOODS - Open Air Theatre. Sondheim musical deconstructs fairy tales. Summer 2010


INTO THE WOODS - Menier Chocolate Factory. Sondheim musical built on fairy tales. Summer 2016


IOLANTHE - Savoy Theatre. Gilbert and Sullivan, peries and peers. Spring 2002


IOLANTHE  - Wilton's Music Hall. All-male Gilbert and Sullivan. Spring 2011


IT HAPPENED IN KEY WEST - Charing Cross Theatre. Musical about death-transcending love. Summer 2018


JAILHOUSE ROCK - Piccadilly Theatre. Stage version of Elvis Presley film. 2004-2005


JAZZ AT CAFE SOCIETY - Tricycle Theatre. Musical salute to the seminal New York nightclub. Summer 2012


JERRY SPRINGER- THE OPERA - National, then Cambridge Theatre. Musical parody of American TV show 2003-2005


JERSEY BOYS - Prince Edward and Piccadilly Theatres. Broadway musical about early rock'n'roll. 2008-2017


JEST END - Jermyn Street Theatre. Musical parodies. Winter 2009


JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR - Barbican Theatre. Rice and Lloyd Webber's first. Summer 2019


JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT - New London Theatre. New version of the Lloyd Webber perennial. 2003-2005


JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT - Adelphi Theatre. Revival of the Webber-Rice romp, its star chosen by TV competition. 2007-2009


JOSEPHINE AND I - Bush Theatre. Salute to performer Josephine Baker. Summer 2013


JUST JIM DALE - Vaudeville Theatre. The veteran star reminisces. Spring 2015


KAT AND THE KINGS - Tricycle Theatre. Return of popular South African musical.Winter 2003-2004


THE KING AND I - Palladium. Broadway revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein. 2000-2002


THE KING AND I - Royal Albert Hall. Grand staging of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic. June 2009


THE KING AND I - Palladium. Broadway revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein classic 2018


KINKY BOOTS - Adelphi Theatre. Failing shoe factory saved by making sexy shoes for drag queens. 2015-2019


KISS ME KATE - Victoria Palace Theatre. Award-winning Broadway revival of the 1948 Cole Porter musical. 2001-2002


KISS ME KATE - Old Vic Theatre. Cole Porter backstage musical. Winter 2012-2013


KOOS SAS - Tricycle Theatre. Musical about South African outlaw. July 2009


LA CAGE AUX FOLLES - Menier Chocolate Factory. Musical of gay couple. Menier Winter 2007-2008; Playhouse Theatre 2008-2009


LA CAVA - Victoria Palace, then Piccadilly Theatre. Oliver Tobias starred in new musical set in 8th Century Spain. Autumn-winter 2000


LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR AND GRILL - Young Vic and Wyndham's Theatres. Salute to Billie Holiday. Summer-Autumn 2017


THE LADY OR THE TIGER - Orange Tree Theatre. Musical version of Arabian Nights tale. Winter 2009-2010


THE LAST FIVE YEARS - Menier Chocolate Factory. Two-character musical traces doomed love affair. Summer 2006


LAUTREC - Shaftsbury Theatre. Can-cans, the Moulon Rouge and songs by Charles Aznavour. Spring 2000


LEGALLY BLONDE - Savoy Theatre. Musical of the film about airhead who blooms in law school. 2010-2012


LEND ME A TENOR - Gielgud Theatre. Musical based on backstage comedy. Summer 2011


LET IT BE - Prince of Wales, Savoy and Garrick Theatres. Beatles tribute band 2012-2015


LET'S KICK ARTS and LOVE SONGS - Bridewell Theatre. Musical and comic review skewering the arts. March 2002


THE LIGHT PRINCESS - Lyttelton Theatre. Musical fairy tale of a girl who rejects gravity. Winter 2013-2014


THE LION KING - Lyceum Theatre. Live musical of animated film. 1999 - 2020


LITTLE FISH - Finborough Theatre. LaChiusa musical about love, swimming and quitting cigarettes. Autumn 2009


A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC - Menier, then Garrick Theatre. Sondheim sending in the you-know-whos, directed by Trevor Nunn. Menier 2008, Garick 2009


LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS -Ambassadors Theatre. Musical of the low-budget spoof horror movie transferred from the fringe. 2006-2007


THE LITTLE PRINCE - Hampstead Theatre. Saint-Exupery fable. Winter 2008-2009


LONDON ROAD - National Theatre. Verbatim musical about reactions to a serial killer. Spring-Summer 2011; Summer 2012; Summer 2025


THE LORAX - Old Vic Theatre. Musical adaptation of Dr Seuss ecological fable. Autumn 2017


THE LORD OF THE RINGS - Drury Lane Theatre. Musical version of the sword-and-sorcery trilogy. 2007-2008


LOSERVILLE - Garrick Theatre. Musical about love among 1970s computer geeks. 2012-2013


LOSERVILLE - Union Theatre. High school musical in which the nerds triumph over the cool kids. March 2015


LOST BOY - Finborough and Charing Cross Theatres. Musical put Peter Pan and friends in World War I. Winter-Spring 2014


LOVE - Lyric Hammersmith. Musical romance set in old people's home. Spring 2008


LOVE NEVER DIES - Adelphi Theatre. Long-awaited lloyd Webber sequel to Phantom of the Opera. 2010-2011


LOVE STORY - Duchess Theatre. Boy meets girl, boy marries girl, girl dies - musical based on the novel and film. Winter 2010-2011


LUCKY STIFF - Landor Theatre. Ahrens-Flaherty musical about taking a corpse on holiday. February 2012


MACK AND MABEL - Criterion Theatre. Cult Jerry Herman musical about early Hollywood. Spring 2006


MACK AND MABEL - Southwark Playhouse. Jerry Herman musical about early Hollywood. Summer 2012


MADE IN DAGENHAM - Adelphi Theatre. Musical of film about women on strike. 2014-2015


THE MAGIC FLUTE - Duke of York's Theatre. Transfer from Young Vic of African-flavoured adaptation of Mozart. Spring 2008


MAN OF LA MANCHA - Coliseum. Don Quixote musical. Spring 2019


A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE - Arts Theatre. Musical about stagestruck bus conductor. February 2010


MARGUERITE - Haymarket Theatre. New musical based on Camille by the Les Miserables team. Summer 2008


MARIA FRIEDMAN - RE-ARRANGED - Menier Chocolate Factory. The West End star in concert. Menier Spring 2008; Trafalgar Studios Winter 2008


MARILYN - Apollo Theatre. All-dance tribute to Marilyn Monroe.June 2009


MARY POPPINS - Prince Edward Theatre. The magical nanny on stage.2004-2008; 2019-2022


ME AND JULIET - Finborough Theatre. Rodgers and Hammerstein backstage musical. Autumn 2010


MEMPHIS - Shaftsbury Theatre. White DJ discovers black music in 1955 and rock'n'roll is born. 2014-2015


MENOPAUSE - THE MUSICAL - Shaw Theatre. Jolly songs about midlife crises. Summer 2007


MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - Donmar Warehouse. Cult Stephen Sondheim: success story told backwards. Winter 2000-2001


MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - Menier Chocolate Factory and Pinter Theatre. Sondheim musical. Menier Winter 2012-2013; Pinter Spring-Summer


MIDNIGHT TANGO - Aldwych and Phoenix Theatres. All-dance programme. Aldwych Winter-Spring 2012; Phoenix February 2013


THE MIKADO - Savoy Theatre. D'Oyly Carte in Gilbert & Sullivan - how much more English can you get? Autumn 2000


THE MIKADO - Charing Cross Theatre. Gilbert and Sullivan set in the Jazz Age. December 2014


MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET - Noel Coward Theatre. Musical salute to Elvis, Carl, Johnny and Jerry Lee. 2011-2012


MISS ATOMIC BOMB - St James Theatre. Musical set in 1950s Las Vegas.Spring 2016


MISS SAIGON - Prince Edward Theatre. Revival of the Vietnam War version of Madame Butterfly 2014-2016


MOTOWN THE MUSICAL - Shaftsbury Theatre. Salute to pioneering African-American record label. 2016-2019


MOVING ON - Bridewell Theatre.Sondheim compilation show put together by David Kernan Summer 2000


MOVIN' OUT - Apollo Victoria Theatre. All-dance show from Twyla Tharp to Billy Joel music. Spring 2006


MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS - Noel Coward Theatre. Musical about birth of the Windmill Theatre. Spring 2016


THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS (A MUSICAL) - Sound Theatre. Spoof of classic musicals. Spring 2006


MY FAIR LADY - National, then Drury LaneTheatre. National Theatre does Lerner & Loewe, Trevor Nunn directs.2001-2003


MY ONE AND ONLY - Piccadilly Theatre. Janie Dee and Tim Flavin in Gershwin musical transfer from Chichester. 2002


THE MYSTERIES (YIIMANGALISO) - Queens Theatre. South African interpretation of Chester Mystery Plays Fringe summer 2001; Queens spring 2002; revived Garrick Autumn 2009


NEVER FORGET - Savoy Theatre. Musical built on the songs of Take That. 2008


NEVERMORE - Barbican. Musical journey through the life of Edgar Allan Poe. July 2010


NEXT THING YOU KNOW - Garden Theatre. Small-scale musical of 20-somethings. October 2020


NINA - A STORY ABOUT ME AND NINA SIMONE - Young Vic Theatre. Josette Bushell-Mingo on the soul singer's influence. Summer 2017


NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS - Dominion Theatre. It worked for Les Mis, so why not the Hunchback?.Closed October 2001


OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR - Open Air Theatre. Classic musical satirises the First World War through the songs of British musical hall. Summer 2002


OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR - Theatre Royal Stratford East. Satiric musical of World War  I. Spring 2014


.OLIVER! - Drury Lane Theatre. Lionel Bart musical of Dickens. 2009-2011


ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER - Bridewell. Alan Jay Lerner's 1965 musical about ESP and love across the centuries. Winter 1999-2000


ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER - Union Theatre. 1965 Broadway musical about reincarnation. Autumn 2013


ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY - Union Theatre. Cy Coleman musical of mad train journey. Winter 2010-2011


ONCE - Phoenix Theatre. Improbable couple brought together by love of music. 2013-2015


ONCE ON THIS ISLAND - Hackney Empire. Caribbean-flavoured musical. Summer 2009


ONCE UPON A MATTRESS - Landor Theatre. 1959 Mary Rogers-Marshall Barer musical sends up The Princess and the Pea. Spring 2003


ONCE UPON A MATTRESS - Union Theatre. Musical take-off on fairy tale. Winter 2012-2013


125th STREET - Shaftsbury Theatre. Imaginary recreation of amateur night at Harlem's fabled Apollo Theatre. Autumn 2002.


ONE TOUCH OF VENUS - Sadlers Wells Theatre. Short run of Kurt Weill musical.  Autumn 2005


ORPHEUS - BAC. Greek myth set in 1930s jazz club. Spring 2013


OUR HOUSE - Cambridge Theatre. Yet another musical built on a pop group's catalog, this time Madness. 2002-2003


OUR LADIES OF PERPETUAL SUCCOUR - Duke of York's Theatre. Catholic school girls let loose. Reviewed in Edinburgh. Summer2017


PACIFIC OVERTURES - Donmar Warehouse. Revival of the Sondheim Japanese-themed musical Summer 2003


PACIFIC OVERTURES - Union Theatre. Sondheim musical about Japan. Summer 2014  


PACIFIC OVERTURES - Menier Chocolate Factory. Sondheim on Japan. Winter 2023-2024


THE PAJAMA GAME - Apollo Victoria- Revival of 1950s musical about love and labour relations in a pajama factory. Autumn 1999.


THE PAJAMA GAME - Shaftsbury Theatre. 1950s Broadway musical: foreman and union rep fall in love. Summer 2014


PAPER DOLLS - Tricycle Theatre. Filipino drag queens in Israel. Winter-Spring 2013


PARADE - Donmar Theatre. Broadway musical of 1912 murder case. Autumn 2007


PARADISE FOUND - Menier Chocolate Factory. Musical based on Strauss melodies. Summer 2010


PASSION - Bridewell Theatre. Stephen Sondheim's musical of obsessive love. March 2004


PASSION - Donmar Warehouse. Sondheim musical of obsessive love. Autumn 2010


PATIENCE - Union Theatre. All-male Gilbert and Sullivan. Spring 2012


PATIENCE - King's Head Theatre. Gilbert & Sullivan. Summer 2014


PATTI LUPONE - Leicester Square Theatre. The Broadway star in concert. June 2013


PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED - Shaftsbury Theatre. Ruthie Henshall in musical version of the movie about reliving adolescence.Summer-Autumn 2001


PERICLES - Olivier Theatre. Spectacular musical adaptation of Shakespeare with a cast of over 200. 2018


PERSONALS - Apollo Theatre. Small-scale musical on lonely hearts ads, from the creators of TV's Friends. June-July 2000


PETER PAN - EL MUSICAL - Garrick Theatre. Spanish musical version. Spring 2008


PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - Her Majesty's Theatre. Lloyd Webber megamusical 1986-2020


PINS AND NEEDLES - Cock Tavern Theatre. 1930s political revue with songs by Harold Rome. Winter 2010


PIPPIN - Menier Chocolate Factory. Stephen Schwartz musical about young man looking for meaning in his life. Winter 2011-2012


THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE - Savoy Theatre. D'Oyly Carte - Royce Mills is the Major-General.Spring 2001.


THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE - Orange Tree Theatre. Updated version of Gilbert and Sullivan. January-February 2007


THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE - Wilton's Music Hall. All-male version. Spring 2010; Spring 2019; Autumn 2024


PLAY WITHOUT WORDS - Lyttelton Theatre. Matthew Bourne's choreographed drama Winter 2003-2004.


PORGY AND BESS - Savoy Theatre. Trevor Nunn adapts Gershwin to make it less like an opera, more like a musical.2006-2007


PRETTY WOMAN - Savoy Theatre.Musical based on film of businessman and prostitute 2020-2013


PRINCE OF EGYPT - Dominion Theatre. Musical based on animated filn. 2020-2021


PRINCESS CARABOO - Finborough Theatre. New musical about 19th-century imposter.Spring 2016


PRINCESS IDA - Finborough Theatre. Gilbert & Sullivan operetta. Spring 2015


PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT - Palace Theatre. Musical of film about Australian drag act. 2009-2011


THE PRODUCERS - Drury Lane Theatre. Mel Brooks' Broadway hit, based on the cult film about intended flop that succeeds. 2004-2007


PUB ROCK - Lyric Hammersmith. Disintegration of a pub band.February 2010 


THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE TAKES ORAL EVIDENCE ON WHITEHALL'S RELATIONSHIP WITH KIDS COMPANY - Donmar Theatre.  Chamber opera about collapsed charity, based on actual transcripts. Summer 2017


PURLIE - Bridewell Theatre. 1970 Broadway musical comedy about race relations. Autumn 2004


RAGS - Bridewell Theatre. Cult New York musical about Jewish immigrants in the early 20th century. Autumn 2001.


RAGTIME - Piccadilly Theatre. Tony-award-winning look at America 100 years ago .Spring 2003


RAGTIME - Landor Theatre. Award-winning musical set in 1906. Autumn 2011


RAGTIME - Charing Cross Theatre. Epic musical set in early 20th century.Autumn 2016


RAT PACK CONFIDENTIAL - Whitehall Theatre. The stories of Frank, Dean and Sammy (and Peter and Joey) Autumn 2003.


THE RAT PACK LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS - Haymarket Theatre. Frank, Dean and Sammy imitators.Winter 2017-2018


REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL - Theatre Royal Stratford East. Musical built on Ian Dury songs. Autumn 2010


RENT - Prince of Wales Theatre. Rock updating of La Boheme returrns for 2 limited runs. Winter 2001-2002, winter 2002-2003


RENT - Duke of York's Theatre. 'Remixed' revival of Jonathan Larson's updated La Boheme. 2007-2008


RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET - Savoy Theatre. One more return of the rock spoof of science fiction and Shakespeare Winter 2001-2002


THE RINK - Southwark Playhouse. Kander-Ebb musical about mothers, daughters and a skating rink. Summer 2018


RIVERDANCE - Hammersmith Apollo. Return visit of the all-dance hit. Spring 2002.


ROAD SHOW - Menier Chocolate Factory. Sondheim musical about eccentric brothers  Summer 2011.


ROAD SHOW - Union Theatre. Sondheim musical.  February 2016


THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT, THE SMELL OF THE CROWD - Finborough Theatre. Anthony Newley musical. Summer 2011


ROCK OF AGES - Shaftsbury and Garrick Theatres.  Slim plot connected 1980s hits by Bon Jovi, Twisted Sister and the like. 2011-2013


THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW - Comedy and Playhouse Theatres. Brief visits of touring production. January 2007, September 2015


ROMEO AND JULIET - Piccadilly Theatre. Musical version, imported from Paris. Winter 2002-2003.


ROOMS - Finborough Theatre. Boy meets/loses/gets girl rock musical. Spring 2013





SALAD DAYS - Riverside Studios. 1950s musical about enchanted piano. Winter 2011-2012, Winter 2012-2013


SALAD DAYS - Union Theatre. 1950s musical about magic piano. Autumn 2017


SATURDAY NIGHT - Arts Theatre. Stephen Sondheim's first musical. Spring 2009


SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER - Apollo Victoria Theatre. Return of touring stage version of the film.2004-2006


SCHOOL OF ROCK - Gillian Lynne Theatre. Andrew Lloyd Webber and film story of unconventional music teacher. 2016--2020


THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS - Menier and Garrick Theatres. Kander-Ebb musical about a notorious case of racist injustice. Menier  2013-2014; Garrick  2014-2015


SCROOGE -Palladium. Tommy Steele in the Leslie Bricusse musical.Winter 2005-2006; winter 2012-2013


THE SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE - Menier Chocolate Factory and Ambassadors Theatre. Musical version of comic teenage angst. Menier Summer 2017; Ambassadors Summer 2019


THE SECRET GARDEN - Aldwych Theatre. RSC transfers Lucy Simon-Marsha Norman musical of the children's classic, from Stratford. Spring 2001.


A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY - Wilton's Music Hall. Musical salute to Doris Day. Spring 2010


THE SHAKESPEARE REVUE - New End Theatre. Songs, sketches and parodies inspired by Shakespeare. December 2006


SHE LOVES ME - Menier Chocolate Factory. Romantic musical. Winter 2016-2017


SHOCKHEADED PETER - Piccadilly and Albery Theatres. Cult "junk opera" based on gory fairy tale. Spring 2001; returned at Albery Theatre Spring 2002


SHOES - Peacock Theatre. Song and dance salute to footwear. Spring 2011


SHOUT! - Arts Theatre. Slim plot on which are hung nearly 40 1960s pop songs. Spring 2009


SHOW BOAT - Royal Albert Hall Spectacular staging of the Hammerstein-Kern classic. June 2006


SHOW BOAT - New London Theatre. Classic Hammerstein-Kern  musical. Spring-Summer 2016


SHOWTUNE - Union Theatre. Songs of Jerry Herman. Summer 2019


SHREK - THE MUSICAL - Drury Lane Theatre. Based on the animated film of friendly ogre. 2011-2013


SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM - The Venue. Revival of the compilation musical salute to Stephen Sondheim. Spring 2007


SIDE SHOW - Southwark Playhouse. Broadway musical about conjoined twins who became vaudeville stars. Autumn 2016


SIMPLY HEAVENLY - Young Vic. Langston Hughes' 1957 musical Young Vic 2003, Trafalgar Studios 2005. 


SINATRA AT THE PALLADIUM - Palladium Theatre. Films of Frank with a live orchestra and dancers. 2006


SINATRA: THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC - Palladium. Videos of Frank with live accompaniment. New version of show first seen in 2006. Summer-Autumn 2015


SINGIN' IN THE RAIN - Palace Theatre. Stage version of film musical. 2012-2013


SISTER ACT - Palladium Theatre. Musical based on hit film of night club singer disguised as nun. 2009-2010


SNOOPY - New Players Theatre. 1973 small-scale musical drawn from the Peanuts comic strip. Summer 2004.


SNOW WHITE - Victoria Palace Theatre. Traditional panto, with drag star Lily Savage. Winter 2004-2005


.A SONG CYCLE FOR SOHO - Soho Theatre. Songs by various writers about the London neighbourhood. February 2012


SONG OF SINGAPORE - Mayfair Theatre. This long-closed theatre reopens briefly with campy Chichester transfer, a pastiche of 1940s movies.Summer 2001


THE SONG PROJECT - Royal Court Theatre. Wende sing songs by various writers.


SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME - Savoy Theatre. Lorna Luft, Judy Garland's other daughter, in salute to Mama. Summer 2004


SOPHIE TUCKER'S ONE NIGHT STAND - King's Head Theatre. Musical salute to the American vaudeville star. Spring 2006


SOUL SISTER - Hackney Empire and Savoy Theatre. Musical salute to Tina Turner. Empire Spring 2012; Savoy Summer 2012


THE SOUND OF MUSIC - Palladium Theatre. The hills were alive once again 2006-2009


SOUTH PACIFIC - Olivier Theatre. National Theatre salutes the Richard Rodgers centenary. Winter-Spring 2001-2002.


SOUTH PACIFIC - Barbican Theatre. Rodgers and Hammerstein classic. Autumn 2011


SPAMALOT - Palace Theatre. Musical of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. 2006-2009. Revived Harold Pinter Theatre 2012; Playhouse 2013-2014


SPAMILTON - Menier Chocolate Factory. Parody of Hamilton and other musicals. Summer 2018


SPEND SPEND SPEND - Piccadilly Theatre. Barbara Dickson in the more-or-less true story of the woman who won and lost a fortune. Spring 2000


SPEND SPEND SPEND - Union Theatre. Musical about couple who burn their way through contest winnings in record time. Spring 2015


THE SPITFIRE GRILL - Union Theatre. Musical set in American small town. Summer 2015


SPRING AWAKENING - Novello Theatre. Award-winning Broadway musical about teen sexuality. Spring 2009


STARLIGHT EXPRESS - Apollo Victoria Theatre. Lloyd Webber on roller skates - or at least the cast was, playing railroad trains. 1984-2002


STATE FAIR - Trafalgar Studios. Stage version of Rodgers and Hammerstein film musical. Summer 2010


STEEL PIER - Union Theatre. Kander-Ebb musical about marathon dance contest. Autumn 2012


STEPHEN WARD - Aldwych Theatre. Andrew Lloyd Webber on the Profumo scandal of 1963. 2013-2014


STREET SCENE - Young Vic Theatre. Kurt Weill opera of Elmer Rice play. Autumn 2011


SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE - Menier, then Wyndham's Theatre. Revival of Sondheim musical about making art. Menier 2005-2006; Wyndhams Summer 2006


SUNNY AFTERNOON - Hampstead and Pinter Theatres. Musical about The Kinks, using their songs. 2014-2016


SUNSET BOULEVARD - Comedy Theatre. Revival of Lloyd Webber's version of the Billy Wilder movie about Hollywood. Winter 2008-2009


SWEENEY TODD - Trafalgar Studios, then New Ambassadors Theatre. Revival of Sondheim musical of the murderous barber. 2004-2005.


SWEENEY TODD - Union Theatre. Small-scale revival of Sondheim musical. November 2008


SWEENEY TODD - Adelphi Theatre. Sondheim musical of the murderous barber. 2012


SWEENEY TODD - 39 Shaftsbury Avenue. Sondheim performed in an actual pop-up pie shop. Spring 2015


SWEET CHARITY - Menier, then Haymarket Theatre. Brassy musical  about unlucky-in-love dancehall girl. Menier Winter 2009-2010; Haymarket Summer-Autumn 2010


SWEET CHARITY - Donmar Warehouse Theatre. Coleman-Fields musical of romantic dime-a-dance girl. Spring 2019


SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS - Arcola Theatre. Broadway musical based on cynical 1957 film. Winter 2012


SYLVIA - Old Vic Theatre.  Musical about early suffragettes. Winter 2022-2023


THE TABLE - Tricycle Theatre. Polish quartet Karbido make music on a wooden table. November 2007


TABOO - The Venue. Boy George-written musical set in the club culture of the 1980s. 2002-2003


THE TAILOR-MADE MAN - Arts Theatre. Musical set in early Hollywood. Spring 2013


TAKE FLIGHT - Menier Chocolate Factory. Musical celebration of early aviators. Summer-autumn 2007


A TALE OF TWO CITIES - Charing Cross Theatre. Musical Dickens. Spring 2012


TALENT - Menier Chocolate Factory. Victoria Wood backstage musical. Autumn 2009


TAP DOGS - Novello Theatre. The all-manly all-tap dancing show. Summer 2010


TEDDY - Southwark Playhouse. 1950s-set musical. Summer 2015


TELL ME ON A SUNDAY - Gielgud Theatre. Denise van Outen in revival of the Lloyd Webber song cycle. Winter 2003-2004.


THÉRÈSE RAQUIN - Finborough and Park Theatres. Chamber opera based on Zola novel.  Finborough Spring 2014; Park Summer 2014


THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE - Shaftsbury Theatre Broadway musical of Julie Andrews flapper film. 2003-2004


THE THREEPENNY OPERA - Olivier Theatre. Brecht-Weill musical satire. Summer 2016


THRILLER - LIVE - Lyric Theatre. Musical salute to Michael Jackson. 2009-2020


TINA -  Aldwych Theatre. Salute to Tina Turner 2018-2020


TITANIC - Charing Cross Theatre. Musical about doomed ship. Summer 2016


TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT - Victoria Palace Theatre. Musical built on Rod Stewart songs. 2004.


TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN - Comedy Theatre. Imagining the last days of Earnest Hemingway. Summer 2009


TOO MARVELOUS FOR WORDS - King's Head. Salute to songwriter Johnny Mercer. January 2003


TOP HAT - Aldwych Theatre. Stage version of Astaire-Rogers musical. 2012-2013


THE TOXIC AVENGER - Arts Theatre. Musical of spoof horror film. Autumn 2017


TWANG!! - Union Theatre.  Lionel Bart musical about Robin Hood. Spring 2018


THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE - Donmar Theatre. Broadway musical about spelling competition. Spring 2011


THE TWO MOST PERFECT THINGS - Riverside Studios. Musical salute to Noel Coward and Ivor Novello. Summer 2012


THE ULTIMATE MAN - Bridewell. Comic book characters come alive in new musical. Spring 2000.


THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG - Gielgud Theatre. Kneehigh Theatre adapts the French musical film of doomed romance. Spring 2011


UMOJA - Shaftsbury, Queens, & New London Theatres. South African musical spectacle 2001-2003


URINETOWN - St James and Apollo Theatrea. Cheery musical about dark future in which toilet access is restricted. 2014-2015


UTOPIA - Soho Theatre. Songs and sketches on the dream of perfection. Summer 2012


VICTOR/VICTORIA - Southwark Playhouse. Musical about woman pretending to be a male drag performer. Autumn-Winter 2012


THE VILLAINS' OPERA - Olivier Theatre. Updated adaptation of John Gay's Beggar's Opera .Winter 1999-2000.


VIVA FOREVER! - Piccadilly Theatre. Musical built on Spice Girls songs. 2012-2013  


WAITRESS - Adelphi Theatre. Broadway import about romance and pies in a diner. 2019-2020


WAR OF THE WORLDS - Dominion Theatre. Staging of Jeff Wayne's 1978 musical version of the sci-fi classic. Spring 2016


WE WILL ROCK YOU - Dominion Theatre. Ben Elton set Queen music to a sci-fi plot. 1999-2014


WICKED - Apollo Victoria Theatre. Prequel to The Wizard Of Oz. 2006-2020


THE WILD BRIDE - Lyric Hammersmith. Kneehigh Theatre set a Hungarian folk tale in the American South. Autumn 2011


WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT? - Menier Chocolate Factory. Salute to Burt Bacharach. Menier Summer 2015; Criterion (as CLOSE TO YOU) Autumn-Winter 2015


WHERE'S CHARLEY? - Open Air Theatre. Frank Loesser's 1948 musical based on Charley's Aunt. Summer 2001


WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND - Palace Theatre. Revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber musical about effects of escaped criminal on small town. 2005-2006.


WHITE CHRISTMAS - Dominion Theatre. Musical of the film featuring Irving Berlin score. Winter 2014-2015


WHITE CHRISTMAS - Dominion Theatre. Stage version of 1950s holiday film. Winter 2019


THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS - Palladium. Musical of the family classic. Summer 2017


THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK - Drury Lane, then Prince of Wales Theatre. Musical of the film about women wooed by the devil. 2000-2001.


THE WIZARD OF OZ - Palladium. Musical of the film, with additional songs by Rice and Lloyd Webber. 2011-2012


THE WOMAN IN WHITE - Palace Theatre. Andrew Lloyd Webber takes on a Victorian whodunit. 2004-2006


WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN - Playhouse Theatre. Musical based on Spanish film. Spring 2015


wonder.land - Olivier Theatre. Alice In Wonderland as a modern online video game. Winter 2015-2016


WORKING - Southwark Playhouse. Verbatim musical about working people. Summer 2017


YEOMEN OF THE GUARD - Savoy Theatre. Gilbert and Sullivan at the Savoy and on tour. 2000


YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN.  Musical of Mel Brooks spoof of horror films 2017-2018


YOU'RE GONNA LOVE TOMORROW - Greenwich Playhouse. A Sondheim compilation show. Winter 2000-2001


ZIPP! - Duchess Theatre. At least a few bars from 100 musicals in 90 minutes; Giles Brandreth compered. Spring 2003, then tour.


ZORRO - Gielgud Theatre. Musical of the Mexican Robin Hood. 2008-2009



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