London Theatre Reviews: West End Reviews of the Best Theatre Shows

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Review: A Strange Loop

Without a doubt, A Strange Loop is one of the most highly anticipated Broadway transfers of Summer, 2023. This musical is about a black, queer writer writing about a black queer writer, writing about a black queer writer… well, you get it! The name says it all.

Review: The Crucible

The Crucible is a well-known story based on the horrors of the Salem Witch Trials. Written by Arthur Miller, this powerhouse of a play is complex yet easy to follow and leaves the audience engrossed throughout.

Review: We Will Rock You

The famous rock musical We Will Rock You is playing at London Coliseum. Despite being 21 years old the musical celebrating Queen's greatest hits has never sounded and looked fresher thanks to an incredible cast.

Review: Brokeback Mountain

Soho Place’s starry new production of Brokeback Mountain is a story you likely already know - but that doesn’t make it any less devastating to watch.

Review: Aspects of Love

Calling all hopeless romantics: sappy, showy and sentimental, Aspects of Love has all of the trappings of your favourite guilty pleasure romance novel. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s dreamy musical comes to Shaftesbury Avenue for a limited season at the Lyric Theatre.

Review: Mrs. Doubtfire

Feeling nostalgic for the 90s lately? Help is on the way, dear! The hit Broadway transfer Mrs. Doubtfire arrives at the Shaftesbury Theatre for a season of pie-smashing, bosom-burning, vacuum-dancing hilarity.

Review: Ain't Too Proud

Ain’t Too Proud may just have the best music in the West End - and they know it. Running at Prince Edward Theatre, the jukebox musical tells the story of Motown megahit The Temptations.

Review: Newsies

It’s scrappy street urchins versus media magnates in Disney’s blockbuster musical Newsies.

Review: Dirty Dancing

If you are looking for a show that is going to boost your mood, get you moving in your seat and give you goosebumps, then Dirty Dancing is the show for you...

Review: The Lehman Trilogy

Sam Mendes tells the captivating story of three Jewish immigrants who went on to profoundly shape America...

Review: The Play That Goes Wrong

“A highly physical and very silly comedy, the play features cast and crew of the 'Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society' attempting to stage a 1920s murder mystery - and everything that can go wrong, does."

★★★★

— Mark Brown, The Guardian

Review: The Mousetrap

"Those familiar with the Christie canon will find it easy to spot the murderer among this roll-call but this is not the only point of seeing the production. This is a beautifully preserved example of a country house murder mystery, a throwback to theatre-going in the thirties."

★★★★

— John Thaxter, The Stage

Review: Wicked

"It’s not easy being green, but that doesn’t stop Wicked from being a solid West End favourite."

★★★★

— Jessie Thompson, Evening Standard

Review: Back to the Future

"The car is the undoubted star of this musical version of the much-loved 1985 movie. It arrives on stage in a flash of blue light, and every time it reappears, it roars, it soars, and burns up the streets of Tim Hatley's stunning designs which cleverly combine sets, backdrops and electronics."

★★★★

— Sarah Crompton, WhatsOnStage

Review: Cabaret

“Wow. Rebecca Frecknall’s new revival of Kander and Ebb’s musical set in interwar Berlin is a stunning, breathlessly exciting theatrical happening. It feels loyal to the 1966 original yet astonishingly contemporary, and properly immersive."

★★★★★

— Nick Curtis, Evening Standard

Review: Moulin Rouge! The Musical

“From the second you enter you know what to expect: a musical with a heart of gold that seeks to entertain and overwhelm in equal measure. It is so over the top, it's irresistible."

★★★★

— Sarah Crompton, WhatsOnStage

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

“British theatre hasn't known anything like it for decades and I haven't seen anything directly comparable in all my reviewing days. It's a triumph."

★★★★★

— Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph

Review: Les Misérables

“I would seriously question whether any other show on the planet bar ‘Les Misérables’ could get away with junking its original production and carrying on as if nothing had changed."

★★★★

— Andrzej Lukowski, Time Out

Review: The Book of Mormon

“'The Book of Mormon’ is, above all, very funny, breathing three-dimensional, all-singing, all-dancing life into the absurdities of literal Mormon dogma without ever being particularly mean."

★★★★

— Andrzej Lukowski, Time Out

Review: Matilda The Musical

“Matilda is a gem... Now, as it bursts onto the London stage, it seems every bit as enchanting - a winter warmer but with a nice side-order of surrealism."

★★★★★

— Henry Hitchings, Evening Standard