The Best London Musicals

There’s a huge choice of thrilling, star-studded musicals to choose from in the West End, from comedies to love stories and everything in between. Many have won multiple awards. Some have been on the city’s stage for decades, entertaining literally millions of theatre lovers from every corner of the world.

So how do you pick the one that’ll rock your world? We’ve put together a list of the fifteen best musicals in theatreland to help you pick the musical experiences of a lifetime. Are you ready to fall in truly, madly and deeply love with West End musical theatre? Walk this way!

• Hamilton

  1

• The Devil Wears Prada

  2

• A Midsummer Night's Dream

  3

• The Lion King

  4

• High Society

  5

• Sinatra the Musical

  6

• Hadestown

  7

• Grace Pervades

  8

• Kinky Boots

  9

• Les Miserables

  10

• War Horse

  11

• Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie

  12

• The Book of Mormon

  13

• Matilda The Musical

  14

• Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular

  15

• Moulin Rouge! The Musical

  16

• Phantom of the Opera

  17

• Titanique

  18

• Mamma Mia!

  19

• The Truth

  20

• Oliver!

  21

• Jesus Christ Superstar (Theatre Royal Drury Lane)

  22

• The Play That Goes Wrong

  23

• Oh, Mary!

  24

• Wicked

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