A camp night out at the London Theatre

Fun West End shows: A camp night out at a London Theatre

If you love your shows loud, brash and funny, then try out this list of camp musicals and shows in London.

Susan Sontag famously said in her Notes of Camp, that “Camp is Swan Lake”! And we couldn’t agree more!

There’s often something inherently camptastic about theatre – with musicals and ballet especially primed for the camp treatment.

So here is our attempt to pull together all that is camp about the West End at the moment.

A Strange Loop
Barbican Theatre
The West End premiere of A Strange Loop, a comically entertaining metafictional new musical comes to the Barbican Theatre in London

Starts: 17 Jun 2023
Booking to: 9 Sep 2023

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

Booking to: 26 May 2024

Alice's Adventures Underground
Labyrinth Waterloo
Smash-hit immersive show Alice's Adventures Underground returns to London

Starts: 7 Nov 2023
Booking to: 7 Jan 2024

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

Booking to: 26 Jun 2023

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

Booking to: 16 Dec 2023

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

Starts: 24 Jun 2023
Booking to: 20 Jan 2024

★ Special Prices
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

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

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

Booking to: 1 Jul 2023

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

Booking to: 8 Jul 2023

Heathers The Musical
Heathers - The Musical
The Other Palace Theatre
Heathers - The Musical returns to The Other Palace Theatre

Booking to: 3 Sep 2023

★ Save up to £34
Julie: The Musical
The Other Palace Theatre
JULIE: The Musical celebrates this extraordinary life, Queerness and carving a place for yourself in a world not built for you.

Starts: 25 Jul 2023
Booking to: 30 Jul 2023

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.

Starts: 29 Jul 2023
Booking to: 16 Sep 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 Arena
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 London
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: 2 Mar 2024

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

Booking to: 30 Sep 2023

Mrs Doubtfire
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: 13 Jan 2024

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

Booking to: 18 Jun 2023

★ Save up to £75
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

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

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

Booking to: 10 Jun 2023



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