Magic at the Musicals 2024 concluded

An Officer and a Gentleman

An Officer and a Gentleman The Musical is based on the award-winning 80s movie which starred Richard Gere. This timeless story of love, courage, and redemption will make your heart soar and leave you breathless, longing for more. Be part of the emotional journey of Zack Mayo, a fearless young officer candidate, and the captivating Paula Pokrifki, whose fiery spirit matches his own. Their encounters ignite a spark that transcends boundaries, awakening a passionate love that defies all odds.


With every note, every step, and every heartfelt ballad, immerse yourself in this romantic masterpiece. Set to a smash-hit soundtrack featuring the songs of Madonna, Bon Jovi, Cyndi Lauper, Blondie, and many more, the power of music will carry you through the highs and lows of their extraordinary love story, including the award-winning (Love Lift Us) Up Where We Belong.

Burlesque

Discover a club like no other… a place beneath the city lights where sequins sparkle, seduction shimmers, and a life can change in the flick of a feather boa.
When Ali heads to New York City in search of her mother, she finds herself drawn into a dazzling underground world of music and dance that will change her life forever. A scintillating journey of self-discovery that absolutely sizzles with songs by Christina Aguilera, Sia and Diane Warren, alongside additional songs by Todrick Hall and Jess Folley.

Calamity Jane

Meet the fearless, gun slingin' Calamity Jane – biggest mouth in Dakota territory and always up for a fight. She'll charm you hog-eyed though, especially when trying to win the heart of the dashing Lieutenant Gilmartin, or shooting insults at the notorious Wild Bill Hickok. But when the men of Deadwood fall hard for Chicago stage star Adelaid Adams, Calamity struggles to keep her jealousy holstered. Her heart's a thumpin'... but who for?
What are you waiting for, you wild coyotes? Whip-crack-away!

Dear Evan Hansen

Meet Evan: an anxious high school kid who wants nothing more than to fit in. The thing is, on his way to fitting in, he didn't tell the whole truth. And now must give up on a life he never dreamt he'd have. As events spiral and the truth comes out, Evan faces a reckoning with himself and everyone around him.
Packed with some of the biggest musical theatre songs of the last decade, DEAR EVAN HANSEN has a score by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Oscar-winning composers for The Greatest Showman), book by Steven Levenson and more awards than can be listed here. Well ok, we'll mention a few: its Tony® Award for BEST MUSICAL, Olivier Award for BEST NEW MUSICAL, Grammy® Award for BEST MUSICAL THEATER SCORE…no big deal but the list goes on!

Disney’s ALADDIN

Experience this thrilling production filled with unforgettable magic, comedy and breath-taking spectacle! Don't miss this extraordinary theatrical event seen by over 14 million people worldwide where one lamp and three wishes make the possibilities infinite! On tour across the UK.

Disney’s THE LION KING 

Disney's award-winning musical, THE LION KING, explodes with glorious colours, stunning effects and enchanting music. It follows the powerful story of Simba as he journeys from wide-eyed cub to his destined role as King of the Pridelands. Now in its 25th year at London's Lyceum Theatre, visionary director Julie Taymor's acclaimed reimagining of Disney's beloved film will redefine your expectation of theatre.

Hadestown

Winner of 8 Tony® Awards including 'Best Musical' and a Grammy® Award for 'Best Musical Theatre Album', Hadestown returns to London five years after its sold-out run at the National Theatre in 2018.
Hadestown takes you on an unforgettable journey to the underworld and back, intertwining two mythic love stories – that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone. A deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience, Hadestown invites you to imagine how the world could be.
Blending modern American folk music with New Orleans-inspired jazz, the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Hadestown is one of the most streamed cast albums of all time with over 350 million streams to date. It won the Grammy Award® for 'Best Musical Theatre Album', topped Billboard's Broadway Cast Recording chart and debuted at #8 on the Top Album chart.

Hairspray

After breaking box office records and delighting audiences in the West End, on Broadway and on the big screen since 1988, the timeless story of Hairspray centres around heroine Tracy Turnblad, who has big hair, a big heart, and big dreams to dance her way onto national TV, and into the heart of teen idol Link Larkin. When Tracy becomes a local star, she is able to use her newfound fame to fight for liberation, tolerance, and interracial unity in Baltimore. But can she win equality – and Link's heart – without denting her 'do?
Hairspray is a musical based on the 1988 film of the same name which starred Divine and Ricki Lake by cult filmmaker John Waters. With music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman Marc Shaiman and book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, the stage production of Hairspray originally opened to rave reviews on Broadway in 2002 and subsequently won eight Tony Awards. The production opened in London at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 2007 and won four Olivier Awards including Best New Musical. Proving to be an international success, Hairspray has also played in South Africa, Japan, South Korea, China and Dubai. Following the musical's phenomenal success on stage, a film of the musical was released in 2007 which starred John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer and James Marsden.

Here You Come Again

For the first time ever, all of Dolly Parton's biggest hits can be experienced together in a rollicking and joyous new musical comedy.
Packed with the iconic songs Jolene, 9 to 5, Islands in the Stream, I Will Always Love You, Here You Come Again and more, this lively and touching new musical tells the story of a diehard fan whose fantasy version of international icon Dolly Parton gets him through trying times. With her wit, humour and charm, Dolly teaches him a whole lot about life, love and how to pull yourself up by your bootstraps…even if your bootstraps don't have rhinestones! This is one musical that is sure to make you smile.
After several successful productions across the United States, Here You Come Again was originally written by two-time Emmy award-winning comedy and songwriter Bruce Vilanch with Gabriel Barre (who also directs) and Tricia Paoluccio (who also plays Dolly), and has now been adapted for the UK by acclaimed British playwright Jonathan Harvey (Gimme, Gimme, Gimme and Coronation Street).

London Musical Theatre Orchestra

The award-winning London Musical Theatre Orchestra is the UK's specialist orchestra dedicated to musical theatre.
Since LMTO's launch in June 2016, the orchestra has performed live to over 100,000 people at venues including the Royal Albert Hall, the London Palladium and Theatre Royal Drury Lane, recorded several live and studio albums and had performances broadcast to millions on BBC Radio 2. The orchestra has accompanied many of the leading artists working in musical theatre, including Audra McDonald, Michael Ball, Luke Evans, Marisha Wallace, Jason Manford, Carrie Hope Fletcher, Samantha Barks, Layton Williams and Ramin Karimloo.
LMTO is Orchestra-in-Residence at Bishopsgate Institute

MAMMA MIA!

Since premiering in London in 1999, the irresistible feel good musical MAMMA MIA! has captured the hearts of millions around the globe. The sunny, funny tale of a mother, a daughter and three possible dads on a Greek island idyll, all unfolding to the magic of ABBA's timeless pop masterpieces, has now been seen live on stage by over 65 million people across the world and turned into two record-breaking movies – MAMMA MIA! The Movie and MAMMA MIA! Here We Go Again.
To date, MAMMA MIA! has been seen in 50 productions in 16 different languages grossing more than $4 billion at the box office. In 2011, it became the first Western musical ever to be staged in Mandarin in the People's Republic of China. The London production of MAMMA MIA! has been seen by over 10 million people, played over 9,300 performances and has broken box office records in all three of its London homes. It will be only the third musical in West End history to reach 25 years.

The Phantom of The Opera

Experience the thrill of the West End's most haunting love story, starring Jon Robyns as The Phantom, Lily Kerhoas as Christine Daaé and Joe Griffiths-Brown as Raoul.
The Phantom of the Opera is widely considered one of the most beautiful and spectacular productions in history, playing to over 160 million people in 46 countries and 193 cities in 21 languages. Andrew Lloyd Webber's romantic, haunting and soaring score includes Music of the Night, All I Ask of You, Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again, Masquerade and the iconic title song. 

Mean Girls

Broadway's hilarious hit musical from an award-winning creative team including writer Tina Fey ("30 Rock"), composer Jeff Richmond ("Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"), lyricist Nell Benjamin (Legally Blonde) and director and choreographer Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon), opens at the Savoy Theatre this summer.
Meet The Plastics –Regina, Gretchen and Karen. They rule North Shore High and will burn anyone who gets in their way. Home-schooled Cady Heron may think she knows a thing or two about survival of the fittest thanks to her zoologist mom, but high school is a whole new level of savage. When Cady devises a plan to end Regina's reign, she learns the hard way that you can't cross a queen bee without getting stung.
Expect iconic characters, razor-sharp wit, and killer songs. Grab your friends and your cool mom, this is going to be fetch – and YES London, we're making it happen!

Operation Mincemeat

The year is 1943 and we're losing the war. Luckily, we're about to gamble all our futures on a stolen corpse.
Singin' in the Rain meets Strangers on a Train, Noel Coward meets Noel Fielding, Operation Mincemeat is the fast-paced, hilarious and unbelievable true story of the twisted secret mission that won us World War II. The question is, how did a well-dressed corpse wrong-foot Hitler?
Playing at the Fortune Theatre Operation Mincemeat won the 2024 'Best New Musical' and 'Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical' Olivier Awards, following receiving six nominations.

One Night Two Voices – Kerry Ellis & John Owen-Jones

Two of the finest voices from the West End and Broadway have joined forces.
Kerry Ellis (Wicked, We Will Rock You, Anything Goes) and John Owen-Jones (The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Sweeney Todd) have come together for a very special intimate concert that showcases the best of musical theatre... and their legendary voices. They've both performed at the greatest venues in the world and now these record-breaking, award-winning musical theatre stars are getting together for a limited number of unique performances.

SIX The Musical

Think you know the six Wives of Henry VIII? Think again…
The crowning glory of the West End, Broadway and beyond, history is about to get over-throne in the homegrown hit musical sensation, SIX.
Created by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, prepare to lose your head and experience the Tudor Wives' lives as they turn back the clock and take to the stage to reclaim their crowns and retell their stories of love, loss and the infamous ex they all have in common.
Join Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard and Parr, Get Down to a royal retelling of the sassiest story in British Her-story.

Tina – The Tina Turner Musical

Tina – The Tina Turner Musical which is based on the life of legendary artist Tina Turner and was produced in association with Tina Turner herself, has been running at the Aldwych Theatre in the West End for over 5 years and is a global success with 8 productions having opened worldwide since 2018. Developed in London together with Tina Turner, the critically acclaimed production received its world premiere in April 2018 and has subsequently broken all Box Office records at the Aldwych Theatre.

Ruthie Henshall and John Owen-Jones

Disney's Frozen

Laura Emmitt and Emily Lane

Grease

Dan Partridge and Olivia Moore

TINA - The Tina Turner Musical

Kristina Love

We Will Rock You

Ian McIntosh and Brenda Edwards

Wicked

Carl Man and Laura Pick

The Great British Bake Off Musical

Charlotte Wakefield

Disney's The Lion King

Thenjiwe Nofemele

Disney's Frozen

Emily Lane

Disney's Newsies

Michael Ahomka-Lindsay

Hairspray

Charlotte Hannah Jones

Disney's Frozen

Laura Emmitt

The Wizard of Oz

Georgina Onuorah

We Will Rock You

Ian McIntosh

Disney's Frozen

Emily Lane

The Great British Bake Off Musical

Charlotte Wakefield

Ruthie Henshall

The Wizard of Oz

Georgina Onuorah

Ain't Too Proud

Cameron Bernard Jones, Kyle Cox, Sifiso Mazibuko, Matt Manuel and Mitchell Zhangazha

Grease

Dan Partridge and Olivia Moore

Ruthie Henshall

The Wizard of Oz

Georgina Onuorah

Wicked

Carl Man

Cabaret

Emily Benjamin

Crazy For You

Carly Anderson

Hairspray

Charlotte Hannah Jones

Wicked

Laura Pick

Ruthie Henshall

We Will Rock You

Brenda Edwards

Guys & Dolls

Marisha Wallace

Guys & Dolls

Celinde Schoenmaker and Andrew Richardson

Cabaret

Emily Benjamin

Wicked

Carl Man and Laura Pick

Disney's Newsies

Michael Ahomka-Lindsay

The Royal Shakespeare Company's Matilda the Musical

Guys & Dolls

Marisha Wallace

Cabaret

Emily Benjamin

John Owen-Jones

Wicked

Carl Man and Laura Pick

Grease

Olivia Moore

Ain't Too Proud

Cameron Bernard Jones, Kyle Cox, Sifiso Mazibuko, Matt Manuel and Mitchell Zhangazha

John Owen-Jones

Mountview

TINA - The Tina Turner Musical

Kristina Love

Disney's The Lion King

Thenjiwe Nofemele

Crazy For You

Carly Anderson

Grease

Dan Partridge