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!

• A Midsummer Night's Dream

  1

• The Devil Wears Prada

  2

• The Lion King

  3

• Hamilton

  4

• Jesus Christ Superstar (Theatre Royal Drury Lane)

  5

• Sinatra the Musical

  6

• Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie

  7

• Les Miserables

  8

• The Book of Mormon

  9

• The Truth

  10

• Moulin Rouge! The Musical

  11

• Mamma Mia!

  12

• Matilda The Musical

  13

• Titanique

  14

• Kinky Boots

  15

• Phantom of the Opera

  16

• Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular

  17

• Cabaret

  18

• Wicked

  19

• Jesus Christ Superstar (London Palladium)

  20

• War Horse

  21

• To Kill A Mockingbird

  22

• Hadestown

  23

• Relics

  24

• Hay Fever

  25