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!

• The Devil Wears Prada

  1

• Hamilton

  2

• The Lion King

  3

• Sherlock Holmes

  4

• The Book of Mormon

  5

• Kinky Boots

  6

• Cabaret

  7

• Mamma Mia!

  8

• Phantom of the Opera

  9

• Les Miserables

  10

• Shadowlands

  11

• Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie

  12

• Hadestown

  13

• Moulin Rouge! The Musical

  14

• Hay Fever

  15

• Wicked

  16

• Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular

  17

• I'm Sorry, Prime Minister

  18

• Matilda The Musical

  19

• A Midsummer Night's Dream

  20

• Oliver!

  21

• Disney's Hercules Musical

  22

• Paddington: The Musical

  23

• The Play That Goes Wrong

  24

• The Producers

  25