England’s capital city beckons travellers with its vast array of awe-inspiring attractions. London’s countless architectural wonders, cultural institutions, and rich history make the city a popular destination. 

Whether you are building an itinerary for a one-day trip to London Town or are fortunate enough to embark on a longer excursion, there’s plenty to do. We have curated a list of London’s top attractions to make for lasting travel memories. Stroll through the city’s many pristine parks,...

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Read our guide to London's top attractions to get tickets to, from Buckingham Palace to the London Tower, Wembley Stadium to Kew Gardens, and more.

Pop the champagne because *The Great Gatsby* is coming to the West End! The new Tony Award-winning musical, which opened on Broadway in April 2024, will arrive at the London Coliseum on 11 April 2025, running until 7 September.

An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel, *The Great Gatsby* follows mysterious millionaire, Jay Gatsby, who hosts decadent parties but pines for his former flame Daisy Buchanan. The novel was adapted for the screen in 2013 by Baz Luhrmann, starring Leonardo...

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The new musical opened at The Broadway Theatre in April 2024, following a world premiere at Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey in late 2023. 

Help is on the way, dears! Everyone’s favourite Scottish nanny – first inhabited in the 1993 comedy film by Robin Williams, playing a divorced dad who disguises himself as Mrs Doubtfire so he can see his children – is now a West End star.

The inventive, heartfelt and raucously funny stage musical adaptation has become a new audience favourite, packed with gags, big musical numbers, and a touching reflection on how family can come in different forms, as long as there is love.

As you prepare for...

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Make your family visit to West End musical comedy *Mrs Doubtfire* a sure-fire hit by adding even more fun activities to your London trip.

Further casting has been announced for the Brie Larson-led production of Sophocles’s [*Elektra*,](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/42608-elektra) which begins performances at the Duke of York’s Theatre in the West End on 24 January, 2025.

Larson, who is making her West End debut, will be joined by Stockard Channing (*The West Wing, The Good Wife*), Marième Diouf (*Romeo and Juliet*), Greg Hicks (*Grapes of Wrath, Coriolanus*), and Patrick Vaill ([*Stranger Things: The First...

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Stockard Channing, Marième Diouf, Greg Hicks, and Patrick Vaill will join Brie Larson in Anne Carson's translation of Sophocles's great tragedy.

The full cast has been announced for William Shakespeare's *A Midsummer Night’s Dream*, which opens at the Barbican in London on 3 December, running until 18 January, 2025.

Joining Mathew Baynton (*Ghosts, Wonka*) as Bottom, is Andrew Richardson (*Guys and Dolls*) as Oberon/Theseus and Katherine Pearce (*Waterloo Road*), who returns to the RSC as Puck.

New company members also include Alexander Bellinfantie (Moth), Eliza Smith (Mustardseed), and Natalie Thomas (Peaseblossom).

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Joining Mathew Baynton as Bottom, is Andrew Richardson as Oberon/Theseus and Katherine Pearce as Puck. Eleanor Rhode directs Shakespeare's play about love, magic, appearance, and jealousy.

Lead casting has been announced for new musical *Hercules*, which opens in the West End next summer. Performances will begin at Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 6 June, 2025.

Luke Brady will play the title role in the musical next year. His stage credits include *As You Like It* (RSC), *SuperYou* (Lyric Theatre), *Assassins* (Chichester Theatre), *The Prince of Egypt* (Dominion Theatre), *Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice,* and *The Taming of the Shrew* (Shakespeare’s Globe), while on screen he...

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*Hercules* has music by Alan Menken and lyrics by David Zippel, and a new book by Robert Horn and Young Vic outgoing artistic director Kwame Kwei-Armah.

There’s no better way to escape those dark winter nights than with a trip to the theatre. Happily, November is serving up plenty of exciting London shows to keep any winter blues at bay, with some major openings in the West End and beyond. 

Those who can't wait for *The Greatest Showman* musical to arrive in London can whet their appetities with [*Come Alive!*](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/37379-come-alive), a spectacular circus show based on the music of the hit 2017 film, with an...

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Find out the best shows to see in London in November 2024, from *Barcelona* with Lily Collins and Álvaro Morte, to *Dr. Strangelove* with Steve Coogan.

Additional shows have been announced in the Bush Theatre's line-up for 2025, including a new play starring Olivier Award nominee and *It's a Sin* actor Omari Douglas.

He has been cast in Coral Wylie's new play *Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew*, which follows 19-year-old Pip as they dig into their family's past, unearthing old secrets. Directed by Debbie Hannan (Overflow), the cast also includes Wil Johnson, Pooky Quesnel, and writer Wylie. The show will run from 8 February to 22 March.

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Work by Coral Wylie, babirye bukilwa, and Mohamed-Zain Dada will continue the Bush Theatre's programming in 2025, with Olivier Award nominee Omari Douglas returning to the stage.

New play *The Last Laugh* will run at the Noël Coward Theatre in the West End from 25 February to 22 March next year, ahead of a season in New York and a UK tour. 

Written and directed by Paul Hendy, the show re-imagines the lives of three of Britain's greatest comedy heroes: Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe, and Bob Monkhouse. *The Last Laugh* played at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer. 

Bob Golding, Damian Williams, and Simon Cartwright will all reprise their roles as Eric Morecambe,...

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Written and directed by Paul Hendy, the show re-imagines the lives of three of Britain's greatest comedy heroes: Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe, and Bob Monkhouse.

Something wicked this way comes… and London is packed with spook-tacular shows and activities that are perfect for Halloween 2024. The annual fright night falls on 31 October, which is a Thursday this year, and if you just love everything about this spine-tingling holiday, then you’ll want to start thinking about your plans now.

One ghoulishly great way to celebrate Halloween is with a play or musical – perhaps one that centres on witches, like...

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Trick or treat! Discover a wide variety of fun activities and events to book for Halloween in London, ranging from spine-chilling shows to eerie attractions.

Cinderella's prince has arrived! Ivano Turco will play Prince Sebastian in Andrew Lloyd Webber's forthcoming musical&nbsp;<a href="/show/cinderella">Cinderella</a>,&nbsp;which is set to start performances at the <a href="/theatres/gillian-lynne-theatre">Gillian Lynne Theatre</a> on 30 April 2021. The Zimababwe-born dancer will make his West End debut in the role.&nbsp;"I'm overjoyed to introduce Ivano Turco as our Prince Sebastian in Cinderella," Lloyd Webber told the <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/theatre/dancer-ivano-turco-lead-cinderella-andrew-lloyd-webber-b232882.html">Evening Standard</a>.&nbsp;"I'm convinced audiences will fall in love with him, as we did. Straight out of college, Ivano initially came in to audition as a dancer but has a natural acting talent, a wonderful voice, and an innate charm and warmth and from the day we met I just knew I'd found our Prince!"Turco joins <a href="/actor-profile/carrie-hope-fletcher">Carrie Hope Fletcher,</a> who will star as the titular princess, in the new adaptation penned by Lloyd Webber and Emerald Fennell. Turco studied at Urdang Academy in Islington, and he was set to appear in&nbsp;West Side Story&nbsp;at the Royal Exchange, Manchester before the run was cancelled due to Covid-19."It was surreal," Turco told the&nbsp;Evening Standard&nbsp;about finding out he got the role&nbsp;"I had to keep looking at my phone to make sure the call had happened and I didn't dream it. It still feels weird now saying: 'My role'. I can't believe it. It really is the stuff of fairy tales. It is a magical story."&nbsp;Tickets for Andrew Lloyd Webber's&nbsp;<a href="/show/cinderella">Cinderella</a>&nbsp;are available now. <a href="/show/cinderella">Book&nbsp;Cinderella&nbsp;tickets today.</a>Photo credit:&nbsp;Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ivano Turco at the Gillian Lynne Theatre&nbsp;

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[Carrie Hope Fletcher](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/actor-profile/carrie-hope-fletcher) stars in a brand-new version of *Cinderella* with a score by Andrew Lloyd Webber. *Cinderella* tickets are available on London Theatre now.

The revisionist take on the classic fairytale reimagines Cinderella as a punk princess. She has been cast out by her family and her town, and she and her prince cannot publicly admit their feelings for each other. Though Cinderella does make it to the ball, it's not a smooth pumpkin carriage ride — she contends with the male gaze and beauty standards along the way.

Carrie Hope Fletcher is best known for her musical stage performances in *Les Misérables* as Fantine and Éponine, which she returned to in 2019 to appear in the all-star concert before returning to the full West End production at the Sondheim Theatre. Fletcher also originated the role of Veronica Sawyer in Heathers the Musical in London. 

The *Cinderella* musical features an original book by the Academy Award-winning screenwriter Emerald Fennell. As well as writing *Promising Young Woman*, which won her an Academy Award, Fennell’s credits include leading the script of season two of BBC's *Killing Eve*, as well as appearing on screen in Netflix's *The Crown*, playing Camilla Parker Bowles. 

*Cinderella* also features a new score by Lloyd Webber and lyrics by David Zippel. It will be the second time the English composer has partnered with American lyricist — whose other musical work includes City of Angels and Disney's Hercules — since *The Woman in White* in 2004. 

Laurence Connor directs the *Cinderella* musical, with choreography by JoAnn Hunter, reuniting the creatives after they worked together on Lloyd Webber's musicals *School of Rock* and *Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat*. Connor's other musical work includes *Chess* and *Miss Saigon* in the West End.

Tickets to *Cinderella* are available now. Book *Cinderella* tickets on London Theatre today.

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Cinderella isn’t a perfect princess anymore. With a star-studded creative team including Andrew Lloyd Weber (*The Phantom of the Opera*) and Emerald Fennell (*Promising Young Woman*), this is Cinderella as you’ve never seen her.  
The classic fairy tale is reimagined with a timely, punk edge and fresh new songs.  
Don’t miss out on *Cinderella* at the Gillian Lynne Theatre — get your tickets today. 

Audiences shouldn’t expect to see a prim and proper princess in this brand new adaptation of *Cinderella*. Instead, the “Cinderella story” is turned on its head, reinventing everything you know about her. Book *Cinderella* tickets in London on TodayTix.

Cinderella is now a fierce, independent woman, where nothing gets in her own way. Cinders still wants to be true to herself though, difficult in a town that’s stuck in its ways. The world premiere of *Cinderella* opened at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London. 

The *Cinderella* script is written by Emerald Fennell whose best-known works include *Killing Eve*, the hit BBC drama with plenty of twists and turns. The *Cinderella* musical is a similar style, accompanied by a pop-rock musical score from Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Zippel. Get ready for this *Cinderella* to blow your mind. Book *Cinderella* tickets in London on TodayTix.

## What to Watch For
- The *Cinderella* musical has been in development for a number of years. Workshop performances were staged at The Other Palace in 2019.
- *Cinderella* writer Emerald Fennell stars in season 4 of Netflix’s *The Crown* as Camilla. Emerald Fennell also won her first Academy Award in 2021 for *Promising Young Woman*.
- The first track from *Cinderella* to be released was “Bad Cinderella” sung by Carrie Hope Fletcher.
- Carrie Hope Fletcher originates the role of *Cinderella* in London. She has starred in West End productions including *Les Miserables* as Fantine and Veronica Sawyer in *Heathers*. 

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We could all use a fairytale right now after the year (and a half) we've had. A little escapism to drown our troubles and remember that sometimes happy endings and dreams do come true.&nbsp;Well, Andrew Lloyd Webber's <a href="https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/cinderella">Cinderella</a> is a different kind of fairytale, one that, instead, reminds us of our humanity and that sometimes things turn out as you least expect them to. Who wants to ride off into the sunset anyway when you could make mistakes and learn some things along the way?That's certainly been the case for the show, which has had a journey to the West End full of stops and starts. From the postponed 2020 opening due to the pandemic to a twice rescheduled opening night, Cinderella finally raised the curtain at the <a href="https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatres/gillian-lynne-theatre">Gillian Lynne Theatre</a> on Wednesday night, its first with a full capacity audience, and even though this series of delays wasn't in the plans, there's some unexpected poetry and parallel to the show itself. Spoiler alert: Our titular heroine might make it to the ball but things don't turn out in conventional fashion.&nbsp;Emerald Fennell, in a triumphant West End debut as a book writer, has crafted a modern day princess, a "Bad Cinderella" as she calls herself, who has been outcast by the superficially perfect town of Belleville&nbsp;for her antics and pranks. Her seemingly two-dimensional step-sisters despise her, and the town has blacklisted her too, complete with torches and pitchforks.&nbsp;Cinderella's childhood best friend, Prince Sebastian (a charming and emotional Ivano Turco, in a beautiful West End debut), has just begrudgingly been named the Crown Prince after his elder brother supposedly died in battle. The pair meet in the woods, each afraid to publicly admit their affection for the other. &nbsp;All the makings of a traditional Cinderella are here. A conniving step-mother in the delicious Victoria Hamilton-Barritt who chews on every piece of Gabriela Tylesova's storybook scenery as she attempts to manipulate the proceedings. There's a doting and delirious queen (Rebecca Trehearn, channelling Marie Antoinette), and the duet between the two "I Know You" is a masterclass in musical comedy.The entire score is full of Lloyd Webber earworms, and I defy you to leave the theatre without humming any of them. Highlights include "Only You, Lonely You," "Bad Cinderella," and "Cinderella's Soliloquy," but there's not a dud in the bunch and the orchestrations soar, particularly at the ball. David Zippel's clever lyrics offer a surprising rhyme at every turn.&nbsp;You'll also find a fairy godmother, of sorts here, played with a devilish flair by Gloria Onitiri, only it doesn't take magic to transform Cinderella, rather, beauty treatments and ultimatums. Her number "Beauty Has a Price" is the one place where the show starts to get big Promising Young Woman vibes, Fennell's Oscar-nominated film, as the cost of what it takes to fit in and meet the male gaze is held under a microscope.&nbsp;And <a href="https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/actor-profile/carrie-hope-fletcher">Carrie Hope Fletcher</a> fits into this role as if it was made for her, which it seems to have been. Her grunge-punk princess is more Olivia Rodrigo than Disney, and Fletcher excels equally on emotional ballads and angry duets. She's a new kind of princess, one that little girls and big girls alike, could all use.&nbsp;Director Laurence Connor's production is neat and precise, complete with a jaw-dropping set piece during the ball and eye-popping costumes from Tylesova, and while Fennell's script wanders on and off course a bit at the end, with a few mini conclusions, isn't that a little bit like life? Full of stops, starts, endings, and new beginnings? Happily ever after is certainly due for the rebranding it's getting at the Gillian Lynne. Here's to a new kind of fairytale.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/cinderella">Cinderella is playing at the Gillian Lynne Theatre. Book Cinderella tickets on London Theatre.&nbsp;</a>Photo credit:&nbsp;Carrie Hope Fletcher, Laura Baldwin, Victora Hamilton-Barritt, and Georgina Castle in Cinderella, (Photo by Tristram Kenton)

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The much-anticipated World Premiere of ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER’S CINDERELLA begins performances at the Gillian Lynne Theatre on 25 June,  a new romantic musical comedy featuring an original story and book by 2021 OSCAR winner EMERALD FENNELL (Promising Young Women)and lyrics by Tony & Olivier award winner DAVID ZIPPEL (City of Angels). LAURENCE CONNOR (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, School of Rock) directs with choreography by JOANNE HUNTER.

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The Gillian Lynne Theatre, formerly known as the New London Theatre, is a prestigious performance venue in the West End of London. Located in Covent Garden, the theatre is home to an array of world-class performances, ranging from musical theatre, plays, and concerts. The theatre was renamed in 2018, in honour of the renowned British ballerina and choreographer, Dame Gillian Lynne. The architecture of this unique venue is innovative and captivating, with a circular auditorium that offers an immersive viewing experience. The theatre is also known for its state-of-the-art facilities, excellent acoustics, and a seating capacity that can accommodate over 1,000 spectators.
 ### How to get to the Gillian Lynne Theatre:
 The Gillian Lynne Theatre is accessible through various means of transportation. The closest underground station is Holborn, which is a short five-minute walk to the venue. Alternatively, you can also reach the theatre by bus, with the following routes: 1, 59, 68, 91, 168, 171, 188, 243, and 521 stopping near the venue. If you prefer to drive, the nearest car park is located at the Bloomsbury Square Car Park.
 Please note that due to the theatre's central location, it is advisable to check for any possible travel disruptions or roadworks before your journey.

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The Gillian Lynne Theatre originally opened in 1847 as the Mogul Music Hall. From 1919 to 1965, it was named the Winter Garden Theatre, but after renovations, the theatre opened as the New London Theatre in 1973. 

The theatre housed Andrew Lloyd Webber’s *Cats*, which was the longest-running musical in West End history when it closed in 2002.  It was also used as a television studio, and was the home of Masters Snooker for two years.

Since the closure of *Cats*, the theatre has hosted productions of Lloyd Webber’s *Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat*, *School of Rock*, and *Cinderella*.

In 2018, Andrew Lloyd Webber announced the theatre would be renamed the Gillian Lynne Theatre, the first London theatre to be named after a woman. Lynne worked on productions with the English National Opera, Royal Shakespeare Company and many West End and Broadway shows. She collaborated with Andrew Lloyd Webber on *Cats, The Phantom of the Opera* and *Aspects of Love.* 

## Gillian Lynne Theatre Seating Information

The Gillian Lynne Theatre features a thrust stage that juts into the auditorium. Seats are on three sides of the auditorium. 

Some seats offer side views of the action on stage. But every seat guarantees a view that's close to the action.

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Opened in 1847, the Gillian Lynne Theatre hosted many Andrew Lloyd Webber's productions including Cats. In 2018, it became the first London theatre named after a woman.

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The Gillian Lynne Theatre is a prestigious venue in London's West End, offering world-class performances and excellent facilities. It's easily accessible via public transportation.

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