London Shows this Spring 2023 in the West End

Our guide to what West End Shows are playing in London this Spring 2023.

London blooms in the spring, and it’s a great time to visit London’s West End theatre district and see a show.

Here is our extensive guide to all London Shows that will be playing through the spring months, including London musicals, plays, immersive theatre, dance, opera, and entertainment.

Note: We have based Spring dates on 1 March to 31 May 2023.

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All Shows playing in 2023

2:22 A Ghost Story

Booking to: 17 Sep 2023

The terrifying new play 2:22 A - Ghost Story at the Apollo Theatre in London

★ Save up to 48%

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespeare's Globe

Booking to: 12 Aug 2023

Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream returns to the Globe

Booking to: 26 May 2024

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

Ain't Too Proud - The Life And Times Of The Temptations

Prince Edward Theatre

Booking to: 7 Jan 2024

Ain't Too Proud - The Life And Times Of The Temptations comes to London

★ Exclusive Prices

Aspects of Love

Booking to: 11 Nov 2023

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love starring Michael Ball at the Lyric Theatre in London

★ Special Prices

August in England

Booking to: 10 Jun 2023

Lenny Henry writes and stars in this new play August in England at the Bush Theatre

Austentatious - An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

Booking to: 26 Jun 2023

The award-winning, smash-hit improvised comedy Austentatious - An Improvised Jane Austen Novel is back in London.

Back to the Future

Adelphi Theatre

Booking to: 11 Feb 2024

A major new musical adaptation of hit Hollywood movie Back to the Future.

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Biscuits for Breakfast

Hampstead Theatre

Booking to: 10 Jun 2023

An unlikely match joins forces to overcome their struggles in Biscuits for Breakfast.

Bleak Expectations

Criterion Theatre

Booking to: 3 Sep 2023

Based on the hit BBC Radio 4 comedy, Bleak Expectations is playing at the Criterion Theatre

★ Save up to 43%

Brokeback Mountain

@sohoplace Theatre

Booking to: 12 Aug 2023

The world premiere production of Brokeback Mountain starring Mike Faist, Lucas Hedges & Eddi Reader

Brown Girls Do It Too: Mama Told Me Not To Come

Booking to: 10 Jun 2023

Fierce and funny comedy Brown Girls Do It Too: Mama Told Me Not To Come starring Poppy and Rubina hits London's Soho Theatre.

Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club in London

Playhouse Theatre (Kit Kat Club)

Booking to: 16 Dec 2023

The extraordinary, Olivier Award winning revival of Kander & Ebb's Cabaret at London's Kit Kat Club / Playhouse Theatre

Disney's Newsies

Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre

Booking to: 30 Jul 2023

Newsies, Disney's hit Broadway musical, to open in November 2022 at London's Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre

★ Save up to 44%

Disneys The Lion King

Disney's The Lion King

Booking to: 15 Oct 2023

Disney's The Lion King, now playing at the Lyceum Theatre in London.

English National Opera

English National Opera

London Coliseum

Booking to: 11 Nov 2023

English National Opera 2023 and 2024 productions at the London Coliseum

Waterloo East Theatre

Booking to: 18 Jun 2023

F**king Men by Joe DiPietro is back in London for a strictly limited season at Waterloo East Theatre

★ Save up to 38%

Faulty Towers The Dining Experience

Faulty Towers The Dining Experience

The President Hotel

Booking to: 17 Dec 2023

Step inside the BBC’s iconic sitcom and see it from the inside out!

Disneys Frozen The Musical

Frozen The Musical

Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Booking to: 15 Oct 2023

Frozen The Musical, Disney's spectacular new show now playing at London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

Charing Cross Theatre

Booking to: 29 Jul 2023

Major new musical Glory Ride premieres at Charing Cross Theatre in London

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Great Expectations

Garrick Theatre

Booking to: 1 Jul 2023

Eddie Izzard stars in an acclaimed new version of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations at the Garrick Theatre in London

Grindr: The Opera

Booking to: 8 Jul 2023

Grindr: The Opera gets a major London revival at the Union Theatre this Summer 2023.

Booking to: 19 Aug 2023

Tim Minchin's Groundhog Day The Musical returns to The Old Vic in London starring Andy Karl

Booking to: 24 Feb 2024

A stunning new revival of Broadway classic Guys and Dolls staged as immersive theatre, at the Bridge Theatre in London

★ Save up to 48%

Victoria Palace Theatre

Booking to: 2 Mar 2024

Broadway’s hit new musical Hamilton now playing at London’s Victoria Palace Theatre.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child London Theatre Production

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Booking to: 3 Mar 2024

Harry Potter And The Cursed Child tickets at the Palace theatre

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Heathers The Musical

Heathers - The Musical

The Other Palace Theatre

Booking to: 3 Sep 2023

Heathers - The Musical returns to The Other Palace Theatre

★ Save up to £34

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Southwark Playhouse Borough

Booking to: 17 Jun 2023

Hit musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying is revived at Southwark Playhouse Borough starring Tracie Bennett

★ Save up to 40%

Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image The Musical

Phoenix Theatre

Booking to: 26 Aug 2023

Spitting Image live on stage in their new musical Idiots Assemble at the Phoenix Theatre

★ Special Prices

Booking to: 9 Jun 2023

Invisible, the critically acclaimed debut play from Nikhil Parmar, returns to the Bush Theatre

The War Of The Worlds: The Immersive Experience

The Hallmark Building

Booking to: 30 Jun 2023

Discover the only place in London where you can experience a real Martian invasion.

Trafalgar Theatre

Booking to: 28 Jan 2024

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

★ Save up to 56%

Leaves of Glass

Booking to: 3 Jun 2023

A gripping narrative of memory, manipulation, and power

Sondheim Theatre

Booking to: 2 Mar 2024

Cameron Mackintosh's celebrated epic musical Les Misérables at the Sondheim Theatre

Magic Mike Live

The Theatre, Hippodrome Casino

Booking to: 30 Jun 2024

Channing Tatum's exhilarating Magic Mike Live at the London Hippodrome

Mamma Mia! The Party

Booking to: 3 Sep 2023

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

Mamma Mia Novello Theatre London

Novello Theatre

Booking to: 2 Mar 2024

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

Matilda The Musical Cambridge Theatre London

Matilda The Musical

Cambridge Theatre

Booking to: 15 Dec 2024

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

Moulin Rouge! The Musical

Piccadilly Theatre

Booking to: 30 Sep 2023

Spectacular Spectacular. Moulin Rouge! The Musical opens at London's Piccadilly Theatre this November

Mrs Doubtfire

Mrs Doubtfire The Musical

Shaftesbury Theatre

Booking to: 13 Jan 2024

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

Musicals by Candlelight

The Actors Church

Booking to: 10 Jun 2023

A magical evening of musical theatre classics at The Actors Church in Covent Garden

Wyndham's Theatre

Booking to: 2 Sep 2023

The smash-hit Tony Award winning production of Oklahoma! at the Wyndham's Theatre in London.

★ Save up to 41%

Once On This Island

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

Booking to: 10 Jun 2023

A musical story of love, grief, faith and hope, Once On This Island comes to the Open Air Theatre summer 2023 starring Gabrielle Brooks

★ Save up to 50%

Noel Coward Theatre

Booking to: 19 Aug 2023

Tom Hollander stars in the West End premiere of Patriots by The Crown's Peter Morgan

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Pretty Woman: The Musical

Booking to: 18 Jun 2023

Pretty Woman: The Musical now playing in London's West End

★ Save up to £75

Punchdrunk: The Burnt City

One Cartridge Place London

Booking to: 24 Sep 2023

Punchdrunk present The Burnt City, their major new immersive theatre experience at Woolwich Works

★ Save up to 56%

Hampstead Theatre

Booking to: 17 Jun 2023

Dickie Beau brings his acclaimed show Re-Member Me to Hampstead Theatre for a strictly limited run.

★ Save up to 24%

Open Air Theatre

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

Booking to: 3 Sep 2023

Book now for the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre's new season of plays and musicals - all in the beautiful setting of Regent's Park in London

Ambassadors Theatre

Booking to: 18 Jun 2023

Maureen Lipman stars in Martin Sherman’s acclaimed play Rose at the Ambassadors Theatre

Sherlock: The Official Live Game

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Booking to: 31 Dec 2023

Sherlock: The Official Live Game is a thrilling immersive, private escape room experience for 4-6 players.

Shirley Valentine

Duke of York's Theatre

Booking to: 3 Jun 2023

Sheridan Smith stars in Willy Russell's heart-warming comedy Shirley Valentine at the Duke of York's Theatre in London

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

Cambridge Theatre

Booking to: 18 Dec 2023

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

Six The Musical

Six The Musical

Vaudeville Theatre

Booking to: 28 Apr 2024

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

The Book of Mormon

Prince of Wales Theatre

Booking to: 9 Sep 2023

London's hottest ticket and funniest show - The Book of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre

★ Exclusive Prices

The Choir of Man 2022 Arts Theatre

The Choir of Man

Booking to: 3 Dec 2023

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

★ Save up to 40%

The Comedy of Errors

Shakespeare's Globe

Booking to: 29 Jul 2023

Shakespeares madcap comedy about long lost siblings and extraordinary misunderstandings

The Gunpowder Plot

Booking to: 3 Sep 2023

Travel back in time to one of Englands most notorious moments in history in The Gunpowder Plot immersive show.

Booking to: 10 Jun 2023

Lisa Carroll returns with a penetrating new comedy about the quest for true intimacy, sexual equality, and top-notch tupperware

St Martin's Theatre

Booking to: 25 Nov 2023

Experience Agatha Christies timeless whodunit - The Mousetrap

★ Special Prices

The Phantom of the Opera

His Majesty's Theatre

Booking to: 2 Mar 2024

Experience the thrill of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera at His Majesty's Theatre in London

The Play That Goes Wrong

Duchess Theatre

Booking to: 28 Apr 2024

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

★ Save up to 50%

The Rocky Horror Show

Peacock Theatre

Booking to: 10 Jun 2023

The Rocky Horror Show is back in London, at the Peacock Theatre

★ Save up to 46%

The Shape of Things

Booking to: 1 Jul 2023

A major revival of Neil Labute's acclaimed play The Shape of Things starring Luke Newton and Amber Anderson

★ Save up to 31%

Tina - The Tina Turner Musical

Aldwych Theatre

Booking to: 11 Feb 2024

Tina - The Tina Turner musical now booking through 2023

★ Best Prices

Wicked 2022

Apollo Victoria Theatre

Booking to: 2 Jun 2024

Experience the unforgettable, award-winning musical WICKED at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre.

Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution

Booking to: 28 Apr 2024

Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie at London County Hall

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