Matinee Days
Introduction
Our handy guide to which shows are playing matinee performance and on which days. Please note that some shows, such as Mamma Mia! and Dirty Dancing, run matinees that start as late as 5pm - click through to booking information for details.
MATINEE PERFORMANCES
Matinee Days: Wednesday, Saturday
A major new revival of Tony award-winning Broadway musical A Chorus Line comes to the London Palladium, featuring the late Marvin Hamlisch’s sublime score in a brand new production by Bob Avian.
London Palladium. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Wednesday, Saturday
Michael Grandage directs Sheridan Smith as Titania and David Walliams as Bottom in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Nights Dream, at the Noel Coward Theatre as part of the Michael Grandage Company season.
Noel Coward Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Thursday, Saturday
Barking in Essex is the diabolically funny new play by Clive Exton (Jeeves and Wooster) starring Sheila Hancock and Lee Evans as mother and son the Packer’s – Essex’s lovable but dysfunctional family.
Wyndham's Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Thursday, Saturday
Celebrating its twentieth anniversary year, Jonathan Harvey’s award-winning and much-loved urban love story Beautiful Thing returns to the West End starring Suranne Jones.
Arts Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Thursday, Saturday
Billy Elliot is the Olivier and Tony Award-winning musical based on one of Britain’s most successful films, and featuring songs by Elton John.
Victoria Palace Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Thursday, Saturday, Sunday
The spectacular dance show Burn The Floor returns to Shaftesbury Theatre in London for a strictly limited season.
Shaftesbury Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Wednesday, Saturday
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory comes to the London stage this summer in a spectacular new musical production of Roald Dahl’s classic tale at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, starring Douglas Hodge and directed by Sam Mendes.
Theatre Royal Drury Lane. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Saturday, Sunday
Dirty Dancing is back in the West End, as the smash-hit musical arrives at the Piccadilly Theatre in London from 13 July 2013.
Piccadilly Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday
The Lion King is Disney’s spectacular and multi award-winning musical based on the animated film, now playing at the Lyceum Theatre in London.
Lyceum Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Thursday, Saturday
Lenny Henry stars in August Wilson’s great American drama Fences at the Duchess Theatre. Following his triumphant performance as Othello in the West End, Lenny Henry takes on the lead role of Troy Maxson in August Wilson’s compelling drama about black American family life. Lenny Henry delivers a blistering performance that has won him wide [...]
Duchess Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Wednesday, Saturday
The world premiere of Tim Rice’s epic new musical From Here To Eternity comes to the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, adapted from the classic novel by James Jones and the Oscar-winning movie starring Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr.<
Shaftesbury Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Wednesday, Saturday
Award-winning actor Jude Law and acclaimed director Michael Grandage continue their collaboration following Hamlet and Anna Christie with Law playing Shakespeare’s Henry V in a brand new production at the Noel Coward Theatre as part of the Michael Grandage Company season.
Noel Coward Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday
Jersey Boys follows the rags-to-riches tale of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and features such hits as Sherry, Big Girls Don’t Cry, Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You and Oh, What a Night.
Prince Edward Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Wednesday, Saturday
Les Miserables is the world’s longest-running musical and continues to go from strength to strength for producer Cameron Mackintosh in Trevor Nunn and John Caird’s blockbuster production.
Queen's Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Saturday, Sunday
Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of The Beatles, the world’s most successful rock ‘n’ roll band, in this electrifying live show featuring over twenty of The Beatles’ greatest hits! NOW PLAYING AT THE SAVOY THEATRE.
Savoy Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Saturday
From the creators of Cantina comes brand new circus spectacular LIMBO, that combines music, magic, dance and circus in one spellbinding show. Limbo forms the highlight of this year’s London Wonderground season of cabaret, variety and comedy on the Southbank.
The London Wonderground. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Friday, Saturday
The ultimate feel-good show, featuring the songs of ABBA – now playing at the Novello Theatre.
Novello Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday
Winner of 7 awards at the 2012 Olivier Awards, including Best New Musical, the RSC’s bold, enchanting and ingenious new production of Roald Dahl’s Matilda is directed by Matthew Warchus and written by Dennis Kelly and award-winning musician and comedian Tim Minchin.
Cambridge Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Thursday, Saturday
Following a sell-out season at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Maria Friedman brings her acclaimed production of Merrily We Roll Along to the Harold Pinter Theatre.
Harold Pinter Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Wednesday, Saturday
Following his hugely successful 10 year reign at the Donmar Warehouse in London, award-winning director Michael Grandage is setting up shop at the Noel Coward Theatre in the West End for a 15 month run of plays, starring some of the biggest names in British theatre.
Noel Coward Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Wednesday, Saturday
Mark Rylance directs Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones in Shakespeare’s comedy Much Ado About Nothing at the Old Vic Theatre this Autumn.
Old Vic Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Various dates
The National Theatre’s new season featuring classic and new plays.
National Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Thursday, Saturday
Winner of 8 Tony Awards on Broadway in 2012 – including best musical – the show that everyone is talking about has finally arrived in London.
Phoenix Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Wednesday, Saturday
The National Theatre’s sell-out production of hit comedy One Man, Two Guvnors has transferred to the Theatre Royal Haymarket. Richard Bean’s English version of Carlo Goldoni’s classic Italian comedy The Servant of Two Masters now stars Rufus Hound.
Theatre Royal Haymarket. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Thursday, Saturday
Zoe Wanamaker stars in Peter Nichols’s acclaimed black comedy Passion Play at the Duke of York’s Theatre in London.
Duke of York's Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Wednesday, Saturday
Judi Dench and Ben Whishaw star in John Logan’s remarkable new play about the moment when Alice Liddell Hargreaves met Peter Llewelyn Davies at the opening of a Lewis Carroll exhibition in 1932, as the original Alice in Wonderland came face to face with the original Peter Pan. Part of the Michael Grandage Company season at the Noel Coward Theatre.
Noel Coward Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Wednesday, Saturday
Noel Coward’s glamorous, witty play Private Lives makes a welcome return to the West End with Jonathan Kent’s acclaimed Chichester production starring Toby Stephens and Anna Chancellor as Elyot and Amanda.
Gielgud Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday
Felicity Kendal, Kara Tointon, Max Bennett and Jonathan Coy star in Alan Ayckbourn’s beautifully crafted, wonderfully funny comedy Relatively Speaking at the Wyndham’s Theatre.
Wyndham's Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Friday, Saturday
The smash-hit Broadway musical Rock of Ages continues to rock London with its 80′s tunes. Now at the Garrick Theatre.
Garrick Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Various dates
What’s on at the Royal Opera House this season, including the Royal Opera and Royal Ballet.
Royal Opera House. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Various dates
Sadler’s Wells new season including a wealth of world-class dance productions.
Sadler's Wells Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Wednesday, Saturday
Following its critically-acclaimed, sold-out run at Chichester Festival Theatre, Singin’ in the Rain is making a splash at London’s Palace Theatre starring Adam Cooper.
Palace Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Wednesday, Saturday
Monty Python’s Tony Award-winning musical Spamalot, by Eric Idle and John Du Prez, is back in the West End for a strictly limited season directed by Christopher Luscombe.
Playhouse Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Thursday, Saturday, Sunday
The internationally renowned, explosive and energetic combination of theatre, dance, comedy and percussion.
Ambassadors Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Various dates and times
New Strictly Come Dancing spin-off STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL sees Craig Revel Horwood give audiences the chance to get up close and personal with stars of the show including Lisa Riley, Artem Chigvintsev, Natalie Lowe and Ian Waite.
UK Tour. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Wednesday, Saturday
Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City) and Seth Numrich (Golden Boy) star in Tennessee Williams’s powerful and poetic play Sweet Bird of Youth, directed by Marianne Elliott (War Horse).
Old Vic Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Wednesday, Saturday
A riotously funny and madcap adaptation of John Buchan’s classic novel and Alfred Hitchcock’s film.
Criterion Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Wednesday, Saturday
Helen Mirren follows her acclaimed on-screen performance as Elizabeth II in a new play by The Queen writer Peter Morgan, charting the 60 years of weekly audiences the Queen has granted her Prime Ministers. From young mother to grandmother, The Audience charts the extraordinary arc of the second Elizabethan Age.
Gielgud Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Wednesday, Saturday
Based on the smash hit film, this brand new musical features Broadway actress Heather Headley and Lloyd Owen and a wealth of Whitney Houston’s greatest hits.
Adelphi Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Wednesday, Saturday
With 9 Tony Awards to its name and the New York Times proclaiming it “the best musical of this century”, The Book of Mormon finally doorsteps its way into London. Now running at the Prince of Wales Theatre, The Book of Mormon is the smash-hit musical by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone plus Avenue Q’s Robert Lopez.
Prince of Wales Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Saturday, Sunday
Roddy Doyle’s best-selling novel The Commitments – which was turned into a BAFTA Award-winning movie – is now a new musical, coming to the Palace Theatre in London’s West End.
Palace Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Wednesday, Saturday
Daniel Radcliffe stars in Martin McDonagh’s comic masterpiece set in rural Ireland, directed by Michael Grandage as part of his new season at the Noel Coward Theatre.
Noel Coward Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Thursday, Saturday
The National Theatre’s sell-out production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time transfers to the Apollo Theatre in the West End. Based on Mark Haddon’s novel and directed by Marianne Elliott (War Horse), the cast includes Luke Treadaway and Niamh Cusack.
Apollo Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Thursday, Saturday
Simon Beaufoy has adapted his Oscar-nominated screenplay of The Full Monty into an hilarious new play, running at the Noel Coward in the West End from 20 February 2014.
Noel Coward Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Thursday, Saturday
Darren Day stars in new British musical The Golden Voice at the Arts Theatre, written by West End musical director and vocal coach Nick Fogarty and directed by Guy Retallack.
Arts Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Thursday, Saturday
Simon Russell Beale and John Simm star in a new revival of Harold Pinter’s tragicomedy The Hothouse. Jamie Lloyd follows his acclaimed production of Macbeth starring James McAvoy with this macabre play at the Trafalgar Studios for a limited season.
Trafalgar Studios. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Wednesday, Saturday
Classic Ealing comedy The Ladykillers returns to the West End’s Vaudeville Theatre following a sell-out UK tour, starring Ralf Little, Simon Day and Con O’Neill.
Vaudeville Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Tuesday, Saturday
The world’s longest-running show, having opened in 1952, Agatha Christie’s thriller sees a group of people gathered together in a remote country house only to discover that there is a murderer in their midst.
St Martin's Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Thursday, Saturday
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera continues to delight millions of people around the world – including the original production at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London.
Her Majesty's Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Thursday, Saturday
Michael Xavier and Charlotte Wakefield star in this summer’s Open Air Theatre musical The Sound of Music, directed by Rachel Kavanaugh.
Open Air Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Saturday
For 4 weeks only, the West End’s hottest men appear together in a spectacular concert at the Vaudeville Theatre, including Lee Mead, Matt Willis and David Thaxton.
Vaudeville Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Wednesday, Saturday
Lindsay Posner directs Henry Goodman as Arthur Winslow in Terence Rattigan’s classic play The Winslow Boy at the Old Vic.
Old Vic Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Tuesday, Saturday
London’s longest-running ghost story tells the spine-tingling tale of a keen young solicitor who is sent to wind up the affairs of a recently deceased woman.
Fortune Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Saturday, Sunday
Thriller Live is an amazing musical celebration of the daninge and music of Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 featuring a spectacular two-hour show
Lyric Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Thursday, Saturday
Classic Hollywood movie Top Hat, which famously starred Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, is given the full West End treatment in a glamorous new production at the Aldwych Theatre.
Aldwych Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Saturday, Sunday
Graham Greene’s anarchic comedy Travels With My Aunt is given a new stage adaptation at the Menier Chocolate Factory, directed by Christopher Luscombe and starring David Bamber, Gregory Gudgeon, Jonathan Hyde and Iain Mitchell.
Menier Chocolate Factory. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Wednesday, Saturday
Alex Jennings stars as Alan Bennett in Untold Stories at the Duchess Theatre, featuring two autobiographical recollections by Alan Bennett – Hymn directed by Nadia Fall and Cocktail Sticks directed by Nicholas Hytner.
Duchess Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Friday, Saturday
Viva Forever! is the brand new musical at the Piccadilly Theatre featuring the music of the Spice Girls.
Piccadilly Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Various dates
After a worldwide tour seen by over 7 million people in 206 cities, the stunning theatrical event WALKING WITH DINOSAURS is back.
Various UK venues. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Thursday, Saturday
The National Theatre’s epic, Olivier Award-winning World War I family drama based on the celebrated novel by Michael Morpurgo and featuring actors working with life-sized puppets.
New London Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Saturday
London’s long-running rock musical WE WILL ROCK YOU features the songs of legendary band Queen, with a book by Ben Elton. Now starring Kevin Kennedy and Brenda Edwards.
Dominion Theatre. BOOK TICKETS
Matinee Days: Wednesday, Saturday
Experience the unforgettable, award-winning musical WICKED and discover that you’ve not been told the whole story about the land of Oz…
Apollo Victoria Theatre. BOOK TICKETS










