Feel Good Shows

Feel-good fun! West End shows that make you happy

Theres’s nothing like seeing a show where you leave significantly happier than when you went in!

And we aren’t just talking about comedies here, in this fun collection of feel-good London theatre that inspire smiles, and banishes all bad thoughts! The range of shows covers everything from musical comedy to entertainment, shiny floor dance shows, circus, stand-up comedy and more.

Also check out our collections of Musical Comedies, Farces and Slapstick and the Camp Collection! Plus our section onComedy Plays.

A Christmas Carol - The Old Vic 2023 starring Christopher Eccleston
A Christmas Carol
Old Vic
Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol returns to The Old Vic theatre this Christmas.

Starts: 11 Nov 2023
Booking to: 6 Jan 2024

A Christmas Gaiety - Royal Albert Hall 2023
A Christmas Gaiety
Royal Albert Hall
A truly camp Christmas is coming to the Royal Albert Hall this festive season with A Christmas Gaiety starring Starring Peaches Christ, Kerry Ellis, Baga Chipz, Sandi Toksvig, Le Gateau Chocolat

Starts: 12 Dec 2023
Booking to: 12 Dec 2023

ABBA Voyage
ABBA Arena
ABBA Voyage is the extraordinary new concert at ABBA Arena in London

Booking to: 26 May 2024

Back To The Future The Musical - Adelphi Theatre
Back to the Future
Adelphi Theatre
A major new musical adaptation of hit Hollywood movie Back to the Future.

Booking to: 11 Feb 2024

Beautiful Thing
Theatre Royal Stratford East
The 30th-anniversary revival of Jonathan Harvey's iconic, coming-out and coming-of-age story Beautiful Thing

Booking to: 7 Oct 2023

Bronco Billy The Musical
Bronco Billy The Musical
Charing Cross Theatre
Award-winning new wild west show Bronco Billy – The Musical is heading to the West End's Charing Cross Theatre

Starts: 23 Jan 2024
Booking to: 7 Apr 2024

Cake - Lyric Theatre London
Cake: The Marie Antoinette Playlist
Lyric Theatre
A Parisian dance gig in one act, Cake is the hot new musical that completely redefines expectations of what a musical can be - and is now coming to London's West End for a strictly limited season.

Booking to: 24 Sep 2023

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Calendar Girls The Musical UK Tour
Calendar Girls The Musical
The Calendar Girls are back! This time with even more laughter, more songs, and more iced buns!

Booking to: 2 Dec 2023

Close Up: The Twiggy Musical
Menier Chocolate Factory
Grab your miniskirt and re-live the swinging ‘60s and soulful ‘70s

Booking to: 18 Oct 2023

Crazy For You at the Gillian Lynne Theatre
Crazy For You
Gillian Lynne Theatre
The smash-hit revival of Crazy For You comes to the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London starring Charlie Stemp

Booking to: 20 Jan 2024

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Dumbledore Is So Gay - Southwark Playhouse
Dumbledore Is So Gay
Southwark Playhouse Borough
Award-winning comedy Dumbledore Is So Gay is coming to the Southwark Playhouse Borough this summer.

Booking to: 23 Sep 2023

Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Peacock Theatre
Smash-hit Everybody's Talking About Jamie is back in London, playing the Peacock Theatre

Starts: 5 Feb 2024
Booking to: 16 Mar 2024

Faking Bad - Turbine Theatre
Faking Bad
Turbine Theatre
Hilarious new parody musical Faking Bad - The Unauthorised ‘Breaking Bad’ Parody Methsical - is coming to London's Turbine Theatre this October 2023.

Starts: 5 Oct 2023
Booking to: 28 Oct 2023

Father Christmas Needs a Wee - Christmas 2023
Father Christmas Needs a Wee!
Arts Theatre
Enjoy the musical stage adaptation of Nicholas Allan's much love Father Christmas Needs a Wee! this festive season

Starts: 2 Dec 2023
Booking to: 23 Dec 2023

Faulty Towers The Dining Experience
The President Hotel
Step inside the BBC’s iconic sitcom and see it from the inside out!

Booking to: 17 Dec 2023

Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen
Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen
Bush Theatre
Samuel Barnett stars in Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen at the Bush Theatre in London.

Starts: 10 Nov 2023
Booking to: 23 Dec 2023

Grease - Dominion Theatre 2023
Grease
Dominion Theatre
The smash-hit musical - Grease is the one that you want! Now starring Louise Redknapp

Booking to: 28 Oct 2023

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Horrible Histories: Terrible Thames
Horrible Histories Live Onboard! Terrible Thames
Tower Bridge Quay
Horrible Histories proudly presents a brand-new brilliant show and Thames river cruise all in one: Horrible Histories Live Onboard! Terrible Thames

Booking to: 29 Oct 2023

Jersey Boys - London 2023
Jersey Boys
Trafalgar Theatre
Smash hit musical Jersey Boys now booking at London's Trafalgar Theatre

Booking to: 28 Jan 2024

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La Cage Aux Folles - London
La Cage aux Folles
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
The Regent's Park Open Air Theatre presents a glorious new revival of classic musical La Cage aux Folles.

Booking to: 23 Sep 2023

Madagascar The Musical
Madagascar The Musical - UK Tour
Madagascar The Musical sees the hit Dreamworks animated movies brought to life in a spectacular new UK tour

Starts: 20 Oct 2023
Booking to: 17 Aug 2024

Magic Mike Live - 2023
Magic Mike Live
The Theatre, Hippodrome Casino
Channing Tatum's exhilarating Magic Mike Live at the London Hippodrome

Booking to: 30 Jun 2024

Mamma Mia! The Party
O2
Featuring the songs of ABBA, Mamma Mia! The Party is the ultimate feel-good theatre dining experience

Booking to: 3 Mar 2024

Mamma Mia! - Novello Theatre
Mamma Mia!
Novello Theatre
Featuring the songs of ABBA, Mamma Mia! is the ultimate feel-good show now playing at the Novello Theatre.

Booking to: 28 Sep 2024

Matilda The Musical - Cambridge Theatre London
Matilda The Musical
Cambridge Theatre
The RSC's ingenious production of Roald Dahl's Matilda now playing at the Cambridge Theatre

Booking to: 15 Dec 2024

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MJ The Musical - Prince Edward Theatre
MJ The Musical
Prince Edward Theatre
Tickets to MJ The Musical at the Prince Edward Theatre in London

Starts: 6 Mar 2024
Booking to: 22 Jun 2024

Mrs Doubtfire The Musical
Shaftesbury Theatre
Smash-hit Broadway musical Mrs Doubtfire The Musical comes to London's Shaftesbury Theatre starring Gabriel Vick

Booking to: 2 Jun 2024

Noises Off London
Noises Off
Theatre Royal Haymarket
Michael Frayn’s classic comedy returns to London's West End starring Felicity Kendal

Starts: 27 Sep 2023
Booking to: 16 Dec 2023

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Operation Mincemeat - West End
Operation Mincemeat
Fortune Theatre
The hilarious comedy musical Operation Mincemeat now playing in the West End

Booking to: 21 Apr 2024

Pegga Pig's Fun Day Out
Peppa Pig's Fun Day Out
Theatre Royal Haymarket
Join Peppa Pig for Peppa Pig's Fun Day Out the Theatre Royal Haymarket London this Christmas

Starts: 30 Nov 2023
Booking to: 31 Dec 2023

Peter Pan Goes Wrong
Lyric Theatre
Mischief Theatre's acclaimed production of Peter Pan Goes Wrong is back in the West End this Christmas.

Starts: 23 Nov 2023
Booking to: 14 Jan 2024

Peter Pan
Rose Theatre Kingston
Travel to Neverland with Peter Pan and friends in the high-flying adventures of Peter Pan!

Starts: 1 Dec 2023
Booking to: 7 Jan 2024

Police Cops: The Musical - Southwark Playhouse
Police Cops: The Musical
Southwark Playhouse Borough
Multi award-winning comedy company Police Cops are back and bigger than ever with Police Cops: The Musical at Southwark Playhouse Borough

Booking to: 14 Oct 2023

Pretty Woman The Musical UK & Ireland Tour
Pretty Woman - UK Tour
Pretty Woman: The Musical now playing in London's West End

Starts: 17 Oct 2023
Booking to: 28 Sep 2024

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
Cambridge Theatre
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical - a new performance every night.

Booking to: 18 Dec 2023

Sister Act - Dominion Theatre
Sister Act
Dominion Theatre
Sister Act The Musical is back is London, based on the iconic movie starring Beverley Knight

Starts: 15 Mar 2024
Booking to: 31 Aug 2024

Sister Act - UK Tour 2023
Sister Act - UK & Ireland Tour
Sister Act The Musical is coming to a venue near you. Don't miss the Sister Act UK & Ireland tour

Booking to: 5 Oct 2024

Six The Musical
Six The Musical
Vaudeville Theatre
500 years of Tudor Queens remixed into a celebration of sisterly sass-itude in SIX The Musical at the Vaudeville Theatre

Booking to: 28 Apr 2024

Sleeping Beauty Takes A Prick
Charing Cross Theatre
Sleeping Beauty Takes A Prick at Charing Cross Theatre in 2023

Starts: 23 Nov 2023
Booking to: 13 Jan 2024

Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Phoenix Theatre
Stranger Things: The First Shadow is the major new stage show at the Phoenix Theatre in London, based on the smash-hit Netflix TV series

Starts: 17 Nov 2023
Booking to: 25 Aug 2024

The Choir of Man - 2022 - Arts Theatre
The Choir of Man
Arts Theatre
The wordwide smash-hit The Choir of Man combines beautiful harmonies and foot-stomping singalongs

Booking to: 18 Feb 2024

The Gruffalo's Child - Garrick Theatre West End
The Gruffalo's Child
Garrick Theatre
The Gruffalo's Child – live on stage at the Garrick Theatre in London this Christmas

Starts: 1 Dec 2023
Booking to: 7 Jan 2024

The King and I
Dominion Theatre
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway hit musical The King and I at the West End's Dominion Theatre in London

Starts: 20 Jan 2024
Booking to: 2 Mar 2024

The Play That Goes Wrong London
The Play That Goes Wrong
Duchess Theatre
The smash-hit slapstick comedy The Play That Goes Wrong at the West End's Duchess Theatre.

Booking to: 3 Nov 2024

The Time Machine A Comedy - London
The Time Machine - A Comedy
Park Theatre
The Time Machine - A Comedy, a fast-paced and wise-cracking retelling of the world-famous novel by H.G. Wells, comes to the Park Theatre this Christmas.

Starts: 1 Dec 2023
Booking to: 30 Dec 2023

The Unfriend - Wyndhams Theatre London
The Unfriend
Wyndham's Theatre
Manners can be murder in middle class Britain. Don't miss the West End premiere of The Unfriend

Starts: 16 Dec 2023
Booking to: 9 Mar 2024

The Wizard of Oz - UK Tour
The Wizard of Oz - UK & Ireland Tour
The Wizard of Oz is heading out on tour

Starts: 13 Dec 2023
Booking to: 11 Aug 2024

Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding - Wonderville London
Tony N' Tina's Wedding
Wonderville
Tony N' Tina's Wedding is a fabulous night out in the West End, as the long-running off-Broadway show comes to London

Booking to: 21 Nov 2023

Unfortunate - The Other Palace
Unfortunate: The Untold Story Of Ursula The Sea Witch
Southwark Playhouse Elephant
Disney villain. Octo-woman. Plus-size icon. Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch is back in London this Christmas 2023

Starts: 8 Dec 2023
Booking to: 17 Feb 2024

West End Musical Halloween - Lyric Theatre
West End Musical Halloween
Lyric Theatre
For a night of freakish delight, get tickets for West End Musical Halloween at Lyric Theatre London

Starts: 29 Oct 2023
Booking to: 29 Oct 2023



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