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...

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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!*...

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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.

See the *My Fair Lady* cast in newly released production images. *My Fair Lady* is at the [London Coliseum](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatres/london-coliseum) to 27 August. [*My Fair Lady* tickets are on sale now.](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/24277-my-fair-lady)

*My Fair Lady* follows Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flowerseller, as her life is transformed by linguistics professor Henry Higgins. Amara Okereke plays Eliza, joined by Harry Hadden-Paton as Henry Higgins and Vanessa Redgrave as Mrs. Higgins. Bartlett Sher directs *My Fair Lady*.

We caught up with the My Fair Lady cast and creatives about starring in the production. Find out more from [Vanessa Redgrave and Malcolm Sinclair](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/interviews/vanessa-redgrave-and-malcolm-sinclair-my-fair-lady-is-a-diamond-musical), [Amara Okereke and Harry Hadden-Paton](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/interviews/amara-okereke-and-harry-hadden-paton-my-fair-lady-is-like-shakespeare), and [Bartlett Sher](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/interviews/my-fair-lady-bartlett-sher-and-gareth-valentine).

*My Fair Lady* is at the London Coliseum.

[*My Fair Lady* tickets are on sale now.](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/24277-my-fair-lady)

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Wouldn’t it be loverly to see *My Fair Lady* on stage? See the 10-time Tony-nominated Broadway revival in London, which plays a limited summer engagement at the London Coliseum. Book *My Fair Lady* tickets in London on TodayTix.

The *My Fair Lady* musical tells the story of Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle and professor Henry Higgins. Henry believes he can finetune Eliza into a cultured woman in society, but Eliza feels trapped by her new acquaintance. The *My Fair Lady* story has been adapted slightly to suit a contemporary audience. In this revival, the future seems brighter for Eliza — she paves her own path in society that’s not dictated by a man.

*My Fair Lady* features a book and lyrics by famed American duo Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. Together, they worked on many musicals, including *Brigadoon*, *Camelot*, and *Gigi*. But *My Fair Lady* was their runaway success, setting a record as the longest-running Broadway musical of its time. Half a century later, and *My Fair Lady* has enjoyed a reinvigorated success on Broadway and in its current US national tour. So get ready to grow accustomed to *My Fair Lady* in London. Book *My Fair Lady* tickets in London on TodayTix.

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- *My Fair Lady* is based on George Bernard Shaw’s 1913 play, *Pygmalion*. 
- This production of *My Fair Lady* premiered on Broadway in 2018. *My Fair Lady* ran on Broadway for 15 months, and was nominated for 10 Tony Awards. 
- *My Fair Lady* is directed by Bartlett Sher. Sher also directs *To Kill a Mockingbird*. now playing in the West End.
- Director Bartlett Sher has reinterpreted the ending of the show, he says, in a way Bernard Shaw would approve. His direction also had to be approved by the estate of lyricist and librettist Alan Jay Lerner and the foundation of composer Frederick Loewe. 
- *My Fair Lady* premiered on Broadway in 1956, and was then in London in 1958. The upcoming *My Fair Lady* London revival will be the show’s third West End revival. The most recent revival was in 2001, starring Martine McCutcheon and Jonathan Pryce.


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The rain in Spain… stays mainly in the West End! New York’s Lincoln Center Theater 2018 production of *My Fair Lady* transfers to the [London Coliseum](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatres/london-coliseum). Grow accustomed to the Lerner and Loewe musical as it returns to the West End for the first time in over two decades. *My Fair Lady* tickets are available on London Theatre now. 

The *My Fair Lady* musical tells of Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl, who is turned into a lady with the help of phonetics professor Henry Higgins. While she’s being transformed, Eliza loses her accent — and her sense of self. In this revival, Eliza gains a new sense of agency, paving her own path. That’s down to director Bartlett Sher reinterpreting the *My Fair Lady* ending, and gaining approval from the estates and foundations of *My Fair Lady* creators Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe.

*My Fair Lady* is based on George Bernard Shaw’s 1913 play, *Pygmalion*. Adapting *Pygmalion* into the *My Fair Lady* musical became Lerner and Loewe’s runaway success; their musical repertoire includes *Brigadoon*, *Camelot*, and *Gigi*. Following a Broadway premiere in 1956, *My Fair Lady* London eventually came to its London setting in 1958, and has since been revived in the West End three times. This London revival will be the first in 21 years — Martine McCutcheon and Jonathan Pryce starred in *My Fair Lady* in 2001. 

This production of *My Fair Lady* premiered on Broadway in 2018. *My Fair Lady* ran on Broadway for 15 months, and was nominated for 10 Tony Awards, winning a Tony for Best Costume Design. Now the show has a renewed energy, so you’ll need to grow accustomed to the musical once more. 

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What does it take to become a lady? This critically acclaimed production makes its West End debut after a hit New York City run. 
Director Bartlett Sher brings a fresh take to the classic tale, including special permission from the creators to reimagine the ending. 
See a beloved musical in a whole new light with *My Fair Lady* at the London Coliseum today.

[*My Fair Lady*](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/24277-my-fair-lady) has come home. Bartlett Sher’s [celebrated New York production](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/reviews/review-of-my-fair-lady-starring-lauren-ambrose-on-broadway) is now playing in the city where its action unfolds, two decades on from Trevor Nunn’s Martine McCutcheon-starring revival. But is this classic musical still an enchanting treat, or does its gender politics preclude our enjoyment of Lerner and Loewe’s incandescent score?

The London run of Sher’s production feels more progressive immediately thanks to its casting. It shouldn’t be this revolutionary in 2022 to have a black actress playing Eliza, yet [Amara Okereke](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/interviews/amara-okereke-and-harry-hadden-paton-my-fair-lady-is-like-shakespeare) is the notable first (just as she was the first black Cosette in the West End *Les Misérables*). 

Add in [Stephen K Amos](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/interviews/the-my-fair-lady-cast-on-finding-a-fresh-take-with-bartlett-sher) playing her father, and race becomes a silent second dividing line, along with class, between the Doolittles and Professor Higgins, the linguistics expert who bets his friend Colonel Pickering that he can pass off Eliza as a duchess after just six months of lessons. It adds a whole new dimension to Higgins’ efforts to, in his view, civilise her.

But Okereke’s ambitious Eliza can hold her own. She’s fiercely combative from the start, physically squaring up to Higgins and deploying her Cockney squawks like missiles. (Higgins, in response, covers his delicate ears.) She’s a survivor and a shrewd grafter, only rarely letting her guard down – like chuckling with her pals during the wistful “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?”.

Okereke could give us more light-hearted moments too. She’s certainly adept at comedy, as she demonstrates in the peerless Ascot scene, matching the swooping vowels of each aristocrat she meets as she parrots “How do you do?”. But she does draw back the curtain on Eliza’s rich inner life through her simply gorgeous renditions of the songs, her crystalline soprano soaring into the heavens during “I Could Have Danced All Night”. 

Harry Hadden-Paton, reprising the role from Broadway, is a riveting whirlwind of a Higgins. At 41, he’s much closer in age to Eliza, and, unlike Rex Harrison’s stately version, is always on the move, reflecting his busy mind. He leaps up and down the spiral staircase in his library, hurls himself on the sofa when despairing of the opposite sex, and, in a great bit of physical comedy, signals his furious reactions through the window when Eliza and his mother criticise him.

This white lab coat-clad Higgins isn’t just wantonly cruel, but has a scientist’s ruthless focus – plus privilege blindness and a genuine inability to understand other people’s feelings. It puts him on more of an equal footing with Eliza, who shapes him as much as he does her, and Hadden-Paton gives us a fascinating arc from Higgins’ self-satisfied insouciance and arrested emotional development to sheer panic as he loses control in an unusually charged “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face”.

The supporting cast is more of a mixed bag. Malcolm Sinclair is superb as the bluff colonel with a hint of a colourful past (how *does* this bachelor know where to buy a lady’s gown?), as is Maureen Beattie as the put-upon housekeeper Mrs Pearce. Her growing exasperation with her eccentric employer is a dynamite running gag. Sharif Afifi is a sweetly Tiggerish Freddy, but overdoes the blithe enthusiasm. “On the Street Where You Live” doesn’t need that many injections.

Most glaringly, Amos is miscast as Doolittle. He’s not up to the singing and he mumbles the dialogue, throwing away some brilliantly crafted lines. A shame, because George Bernard Shaw’s commentary on a smug middle-class dictating how the “undeserving poor” should live is powerfully pertinent – just as, depressingly, Higgins’ observations on verbal class distinctions still apply. [Vanessa Redgrave](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/interviews/vanessa-redgrave-and-malcolm-sinclair-my-fair-lady-is-a-diamond-musical) is luxury casting and a staunch ally for Eliza, but, leaning on a crutch and her voice wavering in places, she’s a little lost on the cavernous Coliseum stage.

That applies generally: everything could be projected more, especially for a show in which language itself is so lauded. The cast often compete with the magnificent ENO Orchestra, meaning details are lost. Michael Yeargan’s design, with its Turner-esque skyline backdrops, storybook flats, evocative lampposts and a revolve that sweeps us around the Higgins abode, is handsome but slightly stranded. However, Catherine Zuber’s sumptuous costumes are literal showstoppers, from the satellite dish-sized hats to Eliza’s shimmering ballgown.

Sher’s ambiguous – and controversial – choice of ending won’t be to everyone’s taste. For me, it’s not quite earned, despite some feminist touches elsewhere, like the inclusion of protesting suffragettes. But this is a thoughtful grappling with a rich and complex musical, balancing old-fashioned charm with fresh ideas, and, at its best, blossoming into a truly loverly night out. 

*[My Fair Lady at the London Coliseum to 27 August. Book My Fair Lady tickets on London Theatre.](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/24277-my-fair-lady)*

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On a sparkling Christmas Eve in a frost-dusted Edwardian London,
Clara receives an enchanted Nutcracker as a present. Together, they discover a magical world where she battles with the MouseKing and meets a handsome stranger.

This production is recommended for ages 10+. Please note only children aged 5+ are allowed in the auditorium

Giselle - English National Ballet - LON [28336]

Giselle - English National Ballet

Giselle is a haunting story of innocence and betrayal – a timeless tale about the redemptive power of love.

The London Coliseum opened in 1904. When the Coliseum first opened, it was home to variety shows – chariot races even took place. The idea stood that if shows weren’t accessible to the general public, then it didn’t have a place at the London Coliseum. 

In 1968, the theatre became the home of Sadler’s Wells Opera (now the English National Opera), with the London Coliseum auditiorium redesigned to allow for a large orchestra. The London Coliseum has such a presence in the English opera calendar that it’s now the British home of operatic performances.

The London Coliseum has the widest proscenium arch in the West End, measuring at 55 feet wide.

## London Coliseum Seating Information

The London Coliseum seats 2,359 people across two levels - Stalls, Dress Circle, Upper Circle and Balcony. All seats offer an excellent view of the London Coliseum stage, so you can feel a part of the action.

‘My Fair Lady’, starring Vanessa Redgrave, releases production images

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