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Legally Blonde

Announced

Opens 1 Dec 2026

Billy Elliot the Musical

Announced

Opens 4 Nov 2026

+7 more announced

Today · 23 Oct 2026

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Singin' In The Rain

Open · booked until 6 Feb 2027

Open · booked until 6 Mar 2027

History 123 runs recorded, back to 2020
Dance Fit 28 Sep – 30 Sep 2026 Closed
Class Act 27 Sep – 29 Sep 2026 Closed
Connect Theatre Company 26 Sep – 28 Sep 2026 Closed
Dirty Dancing 20 Sep – 26 Sep 2026 Closed
Community Chorus 23 Sep – 25 Sep 2026 Closed
Movers Ballet and Contemporary Dance 22 Sep – 24 Sep 2026 Closed
Lord of the Dance: 30th Anniversary 7 Sep – 12 Sep 2026 Closed
Burlesque The Musical 13 Aug – 22 Aug 2026 Closed
The Karate Kid 14 Jul – 18 Jul 2026 Closed
Moulin Rouge! 5 Jun – 27 Jun 2026 Closed
The Choir of Man 12 May – 16 May 2026 Closed
Waitress 4 May – 9 May 2026 Closed
The Bodyguard 27 Apr – 2 May 2026 Closed
Horrible Histories - The Concert 17 Apr – 18 Apr 2026 Closed
Mean Girls 6 Apr – 11 Apr 2026 Closed
Bluey's Big Play 25 Mar – 29 Mar 2026 Closed
Blood Brothers 17 Mar – 21 Mar 2026 Closed
Don Quixote 12 Mar – 14 Mar 2026 Closed
Woman in Mind 3 Mar – 7 Mar 2026 Closed
Matilda the Musical 11 Feb – 28 Feb 2026 Closed
Fawlty Towers 3 Feb – 7 Feb 2026 Closed
The Rocky Horror Show 19 Jan – 24 Jan 2026 Closed
Sleeping Beauty 9 Dec 2025 – 10 Jan 2026 Closed
Kinky Boots 2 Dec – 6 Dec 2025 Closed
Fiddler on the Roof 25 Nov – 29 Nov 2025 Closed
Top Hat 18 Nov – 22 Nov 2025 Closed
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe 11 Nov – 15 Nov 2025 Closed
Sunny Afternoon 4 Nov – 8 Nov 2025 Closed
Nativity! The Musical 31 Oct – 1 Nov 2025 Closed
Mary Poppins 1 Oct – 25 Oct 2025 Closed
Friends! The Musical Parody 23 Sep – 27 Sep 2025 Closed
Inside No 9 - Stage/Fright 16 Sep – 20 Sep 2025 Closed
2:22 - A Ghost Story 8 Sep – 13 Sep 2025 Closed
Bat Out of Hell 18 Aug – 23 Aug 2025 Closed
Chicago 4 Aug – 9 Aug 2025 Closed
Derren Brown - Only Human 29 Jul – 2 Aug 2025 Closed
Hamilton 17 Jun – 26 Jul 2025 Closed
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 22 Apr – 27 Apr 2025 Closed
Hairspray 14 Apr – 19 Apr 2025 Closed
An Inspector Calls 8 Apr – 12 Apr 2025 Closed
Tina - The Tina Turner Musical 26 Mar – 6 Apr 2025 Closed
Horrible Histories - The Terrible Tudors 20 Mar – 22 Mar 2025 Closed
Horrible Histories - The Awful Egyptians 20 Mar – 22 Mar 2025 Closed
Here You Come Again - The New Dolly Parton Musical 11 Feb – 15 Feb 2025 Closed
Calamity Jane 4 Feb – 8 Feb 2025 Closed
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 14 Jan – 19 Jan 2025 Closed
Jack and the Beanstalk 13 Dec 2024 – 5 Jan 2025 Closed
Slava's Snowshow 3 Dec – 7 Dec 2024 Closed
Only Fools and Horses 25 Nov – 30 Nov 2024 Closed
Dear Evan Hansen 19 Nov – 23 Nov 2024 Closed
War Horse 5 Nov – 16 Nov 2024 Closed
Rambert Dance Company - Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Selby 29 Oct – 2 Nov 2024 Closed
Wicked 24 Sep – 20 Oct 2024 Closed
& Juliet 10 Sep – 21 Sep 2024 Closed
Ghost the Musical 27 Aug – 31 Aug 2024 Closed
The 13-Storey Treehouse 22 Aug – 25 Aug 2024 Closed
The Wizard of Oz 6 Aug – 11 Aug 2024 Closed
SIX 2 Jul – 6 Jul 2024 Closed
Jesus Christ Superstar 11 Jun – 15 Jun 2024 Closed
Pretty Woman 28 May – 8 Jun 2024 Closed
2:22 - A Ghost Story 21 May – 25 May 2024 Closed
Strictly Come Dancing - The Professionals 2024 7 May – 8 May 2024 Closed
I Should Be So Lucky 22 Apr – 27 Apr 2024 Closed
The Drifters Girl 26 Mar – 30 Mar 2024 Closed
Bonnie and Clyde 19 Mar – 23 Mar 2024 Closed
Disney's Aladdin 15 Feb – 10 Mar 2024 Closed
Shrek - The Musical 6 Feb – 10 Feb 2024 Closed
The Mousetrap 30 Jan – 3 Feb 2024 Closed
The Rocky Horror Show 9 Jan – 13 Jan 2024 Closed
Beauty and the Beast 8 Dec – 31 Dec 2023 Closed
Sister Act 28 Nov – 2 Dec 2023 Closed
Madagascar - A Musical Adventure 22 Nov – 25 Nov 2023 Closed
Greatest Days 14 Nov – 18 Nov 2023 Closed
Mrs Brown's Boys - Mrs Brown Rides Again 18 Oct – 21 Oct 2023 Closed
Annie 2 Oct – 7 Oct 2023 Closed
Everybody's Talking About Jamie 19 Sep – 23 Sep 2023 Closed
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2 Aug – 13 Aug 2023 Closed
Demon Dentist 13 Jul – 15 Jul 2023 Closed
Heathers - The Musical 20 Jun – 24 Jun 2023 Closed
The Sunderland Story 16 May – 20 May 2023 Closed
The Lion King 16 Mar – 6 May 2023 Closed
Swan Lake 9 Mar – 11 Mar 2023 Closed
The Ocean at the End of the Lane 28 Feb – 4 Mar 2023 Closed
The Bodyguard 13 Feb – 18 Feb 2023 Closed
My Fair Lady 31 Jan – 11 Feb 2023 Closed
Aladdin 9 Dec 2022 – 2 Jan 2023 Closed
White Christmas 28 Nov – 3 Dec 2022 Closed
Les Miserables 1 Nov – 19 Nov 2022 Closed
The Book of Mormon 17 Oct – 22 Oct 2022 Closed
Strictly Ballroom - The Musical 10 Oct – 15 Oct 2022 Closed
Blood Brothers 20 Sep – 24 Sep 2022 Closed
The Osmonds - A New Musical 13 Sep – 17 Sep 2022 Closed
Rock of Ages 6 Sep – 10 Sep 2022 Closed
Mamma Mia! 5 Jul – 16 Jul 2022 Closed
Footloose 6 Jun – 11 Jun 2022 Closed
Chicago 31 May – 4 Jun 2022 Closed
Lord of the Dance - 25 Years of Lord of the Dance 23 May – 25 May 2022 Closed
Billionaire Boy 19 May – 22 May 2022 Closed
Wuthering Heights 10 May – 14 May 2022 Closed
The Cher Show 26 Apr – 30 Apr 2022 Closed
Bedknobs and Broomsticks 19 Apr – 24 Apr 2022 Closed
Jersey Boys 22 Mar – 2 Apr 2022 Closed
Don Quixote 10 Mar – 12 Mar 2022 Closed
Dreamgirls 23 Feb – 5 Mar 2022 Closed
Disney's Beauty and the Beast 20 Jan – 19 Feb 2022 Closed
Hairspray 10 Jan – 15 Jan 2022 Closed
Chicago 4 Jan – 8 Jan 2022 Closed
Snow White 10 Dec 2021 – 2 Jan 2022 Closed
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe 30 Nov – 4 Dec 2021 Closed
Gangsta Granny 17 Nov – 20 Nov 2021 Closed
9 to 5: the Musical 9 Nov – 13 Nov 2021 Closed
Riverdance 4 Nov – 6 Nov 2021 Closed
Waitress 25 Oct – 30 Oct 2021 Closed
Alan Carr - Regional Trinket 22 Oct – 23 Oct 2021 Closed
School of Rock - The Musical 5 Oct – 9 Oct 2021 Closed
The Rocky Horror Show 20 Sep – 25 Sep 2021 Closed
Derren Brown - Showman 7 Sep – 11 Sep 2021 Closed
Swan Lake 12 Mar – 14 Mar 2020 Closed
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 18 Feb – 22 Feb 2020 Closed
The Sound of Music 11 Feb – 15 Feb 2020 Closed
Thriller Live! 6 Feb – 8 Feb 2020 Closed
Cabaret 28 Jan – 1 Feb 2020 Closed
Curtains 21 Jan – 25 Jan 2020 Closed

Runs are inferred from what the venue's own site listed each day, plus manually researched history, so a run's dates are our best record of it — not necessarily press night or the final performance.