Internship
If you are doing your international internship in London, you can't miss to see once one of the mythical theatre shows!
Here you are the list of the most famous and entertaining shows that the city offers.
And, to buy the tickets, click Internship Theatre Tickets.
The 39 Steps
Where: The Criterion Theatre
From: now
Until: 5 September 2009
The 39 Steps" is a an exhilarating story set in the time leading up to the First World War with its action moving between England and Scotland.
Avenue Q
Where: Gielgud Theatre
From: 01 Jun 2009
Until: 26 Sep 2009
Avenue Q is a hysterical comedy and musical with a talented cast of performers and puppets.
Billy Elliot - The Musical
Where: Victoria Palace Theatre
From: 11 May 2005
Until: 24 Oct 2009
"Billy Elliot" the musical is an extraordinary tragic comedy story. It made its colossal debut in the year 2000 in the film and today it is still on the stage with innovation and big professionalism with the amazing choreography of Peter Darling.
Blood Brothers
Where: Phoenix Theatre
From: 21 Nov 1991
Until: 28 Nov 2009
The main characters of the show are two twin brothers that were separated at birth. Their natural mother was persuaded to give up one of the boy because she couldn't support both of them by herself.
La Cage aux Folles
Where: Playhouse Theatre
From: 06 April 2009
Until: 09 January 2010
La Cage Aux Folles is focusing on a gay couple; George and Albin. George owns a popular and lively nightclub that only hosts drag entertainment. His partner, Albin, is Saint-Tropez's main 'showgirl.' All is well, until George's son brings home his fiancée's super conservative parents to meet the quirky couple. It just so happens that the father of the fiancée is a politician that is determined to shut down the nightclub. They family then tries to hide their liberal lifestyle, but the question is... can they keep it up?
Calendar Girls
From: : 04 Apr 2009
Until: 19 Sep 2009
A group of ordinary, middle-aged WI women decide to pose naked to raise money for charity.
Where: Savoy Theatre
From: Present
Until: 25th July 2009
When Billy gets fired for flirting with Julie by the owner of the carousel Mrs. Mullin because she is jealous, the two of them fall in love very quickly and they get married. Because the young couple don't have enough money they have to stay with with Julie's cousin, Nettie Fowler.
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Chicago
Where: Cambridge Theatre
From: 28 Apr 2006
Until: 27 Mar 2010
Kander and Ebb's sexy tale of murderous showgirls and the cult of celebrity.
Dancing at Lughnasa
Where: Old Vic Theatre
From: 26 February 2009
Until: 09 May 2009
The story of five Irish women are told through the memories of narrator, Michael Evans.
Entertaining Mr. Sloane
Where: Trafalgar Studios
From: 22 January 2009
Entertaining Mr. Sloane is a dark comedy with an intricate and complicated chain of events revolving around a young, good looking psychopath, Sloane and his two landlords.
Grease
Where: Piccadilly Theatre
From: 08 Aug 2007
Until: 31 Oct 2009
The smash hit musical about high school love returns to the West End to bring smiles to the faces of all wannabee T-Birds and Pink Ladies.
Hairspray
Where: Shaftesbury Theatre
From: 30 Oct 2007
Until: 24 Oct 2010
The musical tale of Tracy Turnblad - a big girl with big hair and a big heart - who becomes an overnight celebrity.
Hamlet
Where: Wyndham's Theatre
From: 03 Jun 2009
Until: 22 Aug 2009
Jude Law takes on Shakespeare's most famous leading man.
Jersey Boys
Where: Prince Edward Theatre
From: 18 Mar 2008
Until: 27 Mar 2010
The Broadway musical about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.
Joseph
Where: Adelphi Theatre
From: Present
Until: 18 July 2009
It is based on the biblical tale of Joseph and his jealous brothers.
The Lion King
Where: Lyceum Theatre
From: 19 Oct 1999
Until: 31 Jan 2010
Julie Taymor directs the stage adaptation of Disney's hugely successful animated film The Lion King.
Madame De Sade
Where: Wyndham's Theatre
From: 18 Mar 2009
Until: 23 May 2009
The life of the Marquis de Sade is examined through the eyes of six women. Judi Dench stars.
Mamma Mia!
Where:Prince of Wales Theatre
From: 09 Jun 2004
Until: 27 Mar 2010
The hit Abba musical continues its successful West End run.
Les Misérables
Where:Queen's Theatre
From: 12 Apr 2004
Until: 27 Feb 2010
Musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's great humanitarian novel of one man's determined survival in the face of another's vengeful persecution.
The Mousetrap
Where:St Martin's Theatre
From: 25 Mar 1974
Until: 16 May 2009
Oliver!
Where:Drury Lane, Theatre Royal
From: 14 Jan 2009
Until: 27 Feb 2010
I'd Do Anything winner Jodie Prenger leads the cast of this famous musical about an orphan and the nefarious company he keeps.
The Phantom Of The Opera
Where:Her Majesty's Theatre
From: 09 Oct 1986
Until: 27 Feb 2010
Lloyd Webber's romantic musical is based on Gaston Leroux's gothic novel of life beneath the stage of the Paris Opera House.
Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical
Where:Palace Theatre
From: 23 Mar 2009
Until: 26 Sep 2009
The iconic film about three drag stars' trip across the desert gets a glamorously camp London musical debut.
Sister Act
Where: London Palladium
From: 02 Jun 2009
Until: 13 Feb 2010
When disco diva Deloris Van Cartier witnesses a murder, she is forced to hide in the only place she definitely won't be found - a convent.
Shall We Dance?
Where: Sadler's Wells Theatre
From: 23 July 2009
Until: 30 August 2009
Adam Cooper's Shall We Dance? is a theatrical dance remake of the original 1937 film and it tells the story of a young man's quest to find true love.
Spring Awakening
Where: Novello Theatre
From: 26 Mar 2009
Until: 31 Oct 2009
The Tony Award-winning musical about teenage sexual exploration in the 19th century.
Stomp
Where:Ambassadors Theatre
From: 04 Oct 2007
Until: 18 Oct 2009
The internationally renowned energetic combination of theatre, dance, comedy and percussion.
Sunset Boulevard
Where: Comedy Theatre
From: 15 Dec 2008
Until: 27 Jun 2009
Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical returns to the West End for the first time in 11 years.
Thriller Live
Where:Lyric Theatre
From: 21 Jan 2009
Until: 27 Sep 2009
An all singing, all dancing tribute to Michael Jackson's legendary career.
A View From The Bridge
Where: Duke of York's Theatre, London
From: 23 January 2009
Until: 16 May 2009
It is one of Miller's most successful works about a New York City dockworker named Eddie Carbon, an Italian immigrant that seeks to provide a good living for his wife, Beatrice and orphaned niece, Catherine.
Waiting For Godot
Where:Haymarket, Theatre Royal
From: 06 May 2009
Until: 28 Jun 2009
Beckett's famous play starring Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart.
We Will Rock You
Where:Dominion Theatre
From: 14 May 2002
Until: 03 Oct 2009
London's long-running rock musical We Will Rock You sees legendary band Queen join forces with writer Ben Elton to bring its unmistakable sound to Theatreland.
Wicked
Where:Apollo Victoria Theatre
From: 27 Sep 2006
Until: 03 Apr 2010
The magical hit musical about two unlikely friends and how they become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.
The Woman In Black
Where:Fortune Theatre
From: : 07 Jun 1989
Until: 30 Jan 2010
London theatre's favourite ghost story, The Woman In Black centres on a keen young solicitor who is sent to wind up the affairs of a recently deceased woman.
Zorro
Where: Garrick Theatre, London
From: Present
Until:12 September 2009
Based on the book and the lyrics of Stephen Clark and with music by the cool Gipsy Kings, this musical hits all the right notes.
