New British musical *Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)* has extended performances by seven weeks at the Criterion Theatre in the West End. The show is now booking until 31 August.

Jim Barne and Kit Buchan's musical transferred to the West End earlier this month, following a sold-out, extended run at London's Kiln Theatre.

The production stars Olivier Award winner Sam Tutty (*Dear Evan Hansen*) as Dougal and Dujonna Gift (*Hamilton, Caroline or Change, Motown: The Musical*) as Robin....

'Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)' extends performances through August 2024

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Olivier Award winner Sam Tutty and Dujonna Gift star in this adorable two-hander by Jim Barne and Kit Buchan. Performances have been extended to 31 August.

Again! Step, kick, kick, leap, kick, touch… Again! God, I hope I get it… Originally devised, directed, and choreographed by Michael Bennett with a score by Marvin Hamlisch, the 1975 musical *A Chorus Line* returns to London this summer in a fresh production directed by Nikolai Foster and starring Adam Cooper and Carly Mercedes Dyer.

Cooper plays Zach, the domineering director-choreographer casting the chorus for a new Broadway musical who puts the hopefuls through the wringer – physically and...

Learn all about the history of 'A Chorus Line' in London and New York

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The iconic musical plays at Sadler's Wells this summer in an exciting new production starring Adam Cooper and Carly Mercedes Dyer.

A musical version of a chick flick? With spectacular fashion shows, epic backstabbing and a diva who’ll chill your soul, it could well be groundbreaking. *The Devil Wears Prada* struts into the West End this autumn. With an original score by Elton John and a cast led by Vanessa Williams and Matt Henry, start planning your outfit for the most stylish show in town! 

Based on the bestselling novel by Lauren Weisberger and the film starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway, protagonist Andrea “Andy”...

Everything you need to know about 'The Devil Wears Prada' in the West End

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Elton John's musical version of the hit novel and film arrives at London's Dominion Theatre this autumn, starring Vanessa Williams and Matt Henry.


We’re spoiled for choice when it comes to shows in London, and it can be hard to keep up with everything that’s opening – we all have busy lives and it isn’t possible to fit everything in. Fortunately, second chances do sometimes arise!

A whole host of plays and musicals are being reprised in the West End this spring and summer, from celebrated musicals to classic drama and exciting contemporary writing. If it’s a show you’ve loved before, different cast members and venues can provide a whole...

Catch these incredible theatre shows as they return to the stage in London

From *Sister Act* and *Hadestown* to *Standing at the Sky's Edge*, there's a wealth of fantastic shows coming into town – so don't miss out!

Make a joyful noise! West End favourite [Lee Mead](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/stars-on-stage/lee-mead) will join the cast of [*Sister Act*](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/28926-sister-act) at the [Dominion Theatre](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatres/dominion-theatre) this June.

Mead is best known for his West End performances in *Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Legally Blonde*, [*Wicked*](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/313-wicked-tickets), and, most...

Lee Mead to join 'Sister Act' West End cast

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The London theatre veteran will join Ruth Jones, Alexandra Burke, and more in the musical based on the hit movie, which currently stars Beverley Knight.

The magic returns! [*My Neighbour Totoro*](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/25389-my-neighbour-totoro-tickets), the stage adaptation of Hayao Miyazaki's beloved same-named Studio Ghibli movie, will transfer to the West End in 2025. The [Gillian Lynne Theatre](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatres/gillian-lynne-theatre) will host the 34-week run from 8 March to 2 November 2025. Opening night is 20 March.

*My Neighbour Totoro* follows two sisters, Satsuki and Mei, who move to the...

'My Neighbour Totoro' sets West End transfer

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Following two seasons at the Barbican Centre, the acclaimed play adapted from the classic Studio Ghibli film will play a 34-week run at the Gillian Lynne Theatre.

All hail Macbeth! *Macbeth*, starring [David Tennant](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/stars-on-stage/david-tennant) in the title role and Cush Jumbo as Lady Macbeth, will play in the West End this autumn, with performances running at the Harold Pinter Theatre from 1 October to 14 December.

The production comes to the West End from a critically acclaimed premiere at the Donmar Warehouse in fall 2023, with the entire original cast returning. Alongside Tennant (*Doctor Who*) and Jumbo (*The Good...

David Tennant and Cush Jumbo-led 'Macbeth' to transfer to the West End

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The critically acclaimed production played the Donmar Warehouse in 2023, also starring Tennant and Jumbo, and will now have a two-month run in the West End.

Truth is, no one can do what he does. Born Reginald Kenneth Dwight in 1947, Elton John has been one of the world’s most successful pop stars and songwriters since he released “Your Song” in 1970. 

Collaborating with lyricist Bernie Taupin, some of his greatest hits include “Tiny Dancer”, “Rocket Man”, “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”, “I’m Still Standing”, “Are You Ready for Love”, and, of course, “Candle in the Wind”, which was revised as a tribute to Princess Diana following her death and became a...

Explore the fantastic stage musicals of Elton John ahead of 'The Devil Wears Prada'

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Follow our guide to the shows composed by legendary pop star Elton John, including *The Lion King, Billy Elliot, Tammy Faye*, and the forthcoming West End musical *The Devil Wears Prada*.  

Revivals of musicals are often every bit as revelatory as new takes on classic plays. In recent years, Daniel Fish’s *Oklahoma!* imbued the 1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein classic with a chillingly contemporary significance without changing a word, and Jamie Lloyd’s stripped back *Sunset Boulevard* recently swept the Olivier Awards.

This summer, *Starlight Express* makes a spectacular return in a specially designed auditorium. There’s star casting aplenty as Imelda Staunton leads *Hello, Dolly!*...

Experience London shows in a new light with tickets to West End musical revivals

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Relive all the joy of classic West End musicals as they return to London in 2024, including *Hello, Dolly!*, *Starlight Express*, and *Kiss Me, Kate*.

The [London Palladium](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatres/london-palladium) will show a *Robin Hood* pantomime in December, continuing its annual tradition of presenting a panto each Christmas season. Performances will run from 7 December 2024 to 12 January 2025.

The star-studded cast includes [Julian Clary](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/stars-on-stage/julian-clary) as Robin Hood, Jane McDonald as Maid Marion, Paul Zerdin as Will Scarlet, [Nigel...

Jane McDonald, Julian Clary to lead 'Robin Hood' panto in December

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Numerous award-winning West End actors will join the ninth annual panto at the historic venue, with performances running from December 2024 to January 2025.

Television presenter Matt Baker is set to make his Palladium pantomime debut this Christmas as the <a href="/theatres/london-palladium">London Palladium</a> stages a production of <a href="/show/goldilocks-and-the-three-bears-tickets">Goldilocks and the Three Bears</a>.Following the successes of <a href="/show/cinderella">Cinderella</a>, <a href="/show/dick-whittington">Dick Whittington</a> and last year's <a href="/show/snow-white">Snow White</a>, pantomime will return to the <a href="/theatres/london-palladium">Palladium</a>&nbsp;from 7th December 2019 for a five-week run to Sunday 12th January 2020. Tickets for <a href="/show/goldilocks-and-the-three-bears-tickets">Goldilocks and the Three Bears</a> go on sale next Friday, 31st May.Baker, known for presenting daily magazine programme The One Show, will play Joey the Clown in the show. His previous acting experience includes playing Caractacus Pott in a production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at Sunderland Empire, and has appeared in a number of television shows.Several Palladium panto regulars will also be returning for the Christmas show: Paul O'Grady will play the evil ringmaster; Julian Clary will play the good ringmaster; ventriloquist Paul Zerdin will play Silly Billy; Nigel Havers will play Daddy Bear, and Gary Wilmot will play Dame Betty Barnum.A number of 'speciality acts' will also feature, including illusionist Paul Hitchcock, high-speed rollerskating act The Skating Medini, Sascha Williams - a Rola Bola balancing act, and Europe's youngest stunt rider Peter Pavlov.Further casting, including for the role of Goldilocks, is yet to be announced. Produced by Qdos Pantomimes, Michael Harrison will direct the show, with choreography by Karen Bruce, set by Ian Westbrook, costume by Hugh Durrant, visual special effects by The Twins FX, lighting by Ben Cracknell, sound by Gareth Own and music by Gary Hind.<a href="/show/goldilocks-and-the-three-bears-tickets">Goldilocks and the Three Bears</a> runs at the London Palladium from 7th December to 12th January.<a href="/show/goldilocks-and-the-three-bears-tickets">Goldilocks and the Three Bears tickets</a> go on sale next Friday.&nbsp;

Goldilocks and the Three Bears announced as London Palladium pantomime for 2019

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Enter a world of wonder at the home of pantomime, as the magical Goldilocks and the Three Bears come to the West End for Christmas! Following last year's sold-out production of Snow White, for five weeks only the iconic London Palladium will be transformed into a sensational circus, where everything is possible and anything could (and will) happen.This festive extravaganza is packed with riotous comedy routines, extraordinary special effects, hair-raising stunts, international circus acts and an all-star cast including Paul O'Grady who rejoins Palladium favourites Julian Clary, Paul Zerdin, Nigel Havers and Gary Wilmot alongside Matt Baker (The One Show).Joining the cast will also be a series of speciality acts including internationally renowned illusionist Phil Hitchcock, The Skating Medini (Asia and Dylan Medini) - a dynamic high-speed roller-skating act from one of Italy's oldest circus families, Sascha Williams - 'Rola Bola', from the Belli Family Circus in Germany and Europe's youngest stunt rider Peter Pavlov and the 'Globe of Speed'.Dame Betty Barnum and her daughter Goldilocks' circus is under threat from an evil rival circus owner and, with the help of their madcap circus friends, they're battling to rescue their Big Top from ruin. Will they succeed? All seems lost, until three brilliant bears join the gang...Roll up, roll up to see panto join the circus, and be swept away by a London Palladium spectacular that's just right at the home of pantomime!Please note:&nbsp;Goldilocks at the London Palladium is a spectacular comedy production for a general audience. However, as an advisory notice to adults bringing young panto-goers; the production contains adult innuendo and intimation which may not be appropriate for everyone.&nbsp;

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The annual Royal Variety Performance has just seen its 91st show presented, 43 of them at the <a href="/theatres/london-palladium">London Palladium</a>, so it is by far its most established home.&nbsp;And the night after this year's show -&nbsp;filmed in the presence of Prince William - was broadcast on TV, another equally star-studded and outrageously impressive variety show took to the same stage for the fourth consecutive year: the now annual pantomime, which this year is (very loosely) based on the story of <a href="/show/goldilocks-and-the-three-bears-tickets">Goldilocks and the Three Bears</a>.But there's barely a plot, merely a patchwork framework to hang a lavish, eye-popping series of turns and speciality acts upon. In fact, the show pays explicit tribute to a former tenant of the London Palladium, which was the original West End home for the transfer of the Broadway musical Barnum in 1981 that made a musical theatre star of Michael Crawford. It's staged like a giant circus, complete with a series of variously amazing speciality acts that include an extraordinary magician Phil Hitchcock, a troupe of four motorcyclist daredevils called Peter Pavlov and the Globe of Speed who engage in a race around a small metal cage, and a pair of roller skaters called the Skating Medini.And just as Crawford famously walked a tight-rope across the stage in Barnum, so Matt Baker - the likeable TV presenter of shows like Blue Peter, Countryfile and The One Show - now achieves the same feat, as well as juggling and back-flips. He's a panto natural who could be the next Brian Conley.He is new to the company this year that is otherwise headlined by a now established repertoire company that sees Julian Clary, Paul Zerdin and Nigel Havers each returning for their fourth consecutive years, Gary Wilmot for his third, and Paul O'Grady for his second.They've now honed a unique way of working that relies on a fantastic rapport between them, countless running gags, and a bravura sense of confidence and subversive humour that will appeal to the adults on a different level entirely to the kids in the audience. The show itself does not so much walk a tightrope between different genres as send them hurtling into each other outrageously. From tap-dancing bears (step forward musical theatre ingenue Lauren Stroud) to Julian Clary making an entirely gratuitous entrance on a giant life-size elephant whose trunk spouts water over the front stalls, it is an evening of complete excess and utter success.As devised, directed and produced again by theatre's reigning king of panto Michael Harrison, managing director and now co-owner of Britain's biggest panto producers Qdos (this year responsible for 34 shows around the country, from Aberdeen to Wolverhampton), this may be the most irresistibly entertaining and spectacular panto yet staged by him.It has (almost) everything -&nbsp;and thanks to Gary Wilmot, it even tries to shoehorn in (almost) every musical theatre song ever written (or at least dozens of them), in a giant breathless medley that Wilmot himself devised, with orchestrations by the show's brilliant musical director Greg Arrowsmith. There really is something for everyone in it, too, with Paul Zerdin providing endless delight with his hilarious ventriloquism and Nigel Havers deliciously sending himself up on every appearance as Daddy Bear. &nbsp;But presiding over it all, with deadly sharp comic timing and a parade of ever-more outrageous costumes by Hugh Darrant, is Julian Clary, who puts the ring into ringmaster, cueing a reliably filthy stream of anal-themed jokes. He's now a one-man pantomime legend, who both sends up the form yet is also entirely true to it, too.Paul O'Grady can't quite compete in the comic stakes this year, and feels a little subdued. But there's nothing diminished about the rest of the show, from Ben Cracknell's retina-burning lighting to Ian Westbrook's palatial panto designs.There isn't a Christmas treat quite like it;&nbsp;I had one of the best theatre nights of the year here.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="/show/goldilocks-and-the-three-bears-tickets">Goldilocks and the Three Bears</a>&nbsp;is at the <a href="/theatres/london-palladium">London Palladium</a> until 12th January.<a href="/show/goldilocks-and-the-three-bears-tickets">Goldilocks and the Three Bears tickets</a>&nbsp;are available now.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Flying into The London Palladium this Christmas, Peter Pan will be the West End’s ultimate pantomime adventure.

The London Palladium opened on 26 Dec. 1910. The 1955 television hit *Sunday Night at The London Palladium* cemented the public’s affection for the venue, and made stars of Bruce Forsyth, Norman Vaughan and Jimmy Tarbuck who hosted the show. 

From the early 1990s, the theatre housed longer runs of several large scale musical productions, starting with the [Jason Donovan](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/actor-profile/jason-donovan)-led revival of *Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat* in 1991. Owned by the Really Useful Theatres Group from 2000, Andrew Lloyd Webber has produced musical revivals of *The Sound of Music* in 2006 and *[The Wizard of Oz](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/reviews/the-wizard-of-oz)* in 2010, both of which cast their leading ladies through audience-voted talent shows broadcast on BBC1. 

After an absence of 29 years, pantomime returned to the Palladium in 2016, which has now become an annual Palladium Christmas tradition.

## London Palladium Seating Information

The auditorium has three levels – Stalls, Royal Circle and Upper Circle. In the Stalls, the view of the stage is slightly obscured by the overhang of the Royal Circle from Row S onwards, and the seats further back do suffer from a slightly lower ceiling. The seats are raked from Row D of the Stalls.

In the Royal Circle, the top of the stage is slightly obscured by the overhang of the Upper Circle in Row J onwards. The Royal Circle is raked and generally has an excellent view from all seats.

In the Upper Circle, the view from the central block of seats is still very good.

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