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London Shows Archive

Priscilla Queen Of The Desert

Closed: 16 March 2013 - New Wimbledon Theatre

Direct from the West End and starring Jason Donovan comes the feel-good international hit sensation Priscilla Queen Of The Desert the Musical! Winner of 4 WhatsOnStage.com awards, including Best New… Read More

Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical

Closed: 31 December 2011 - Palace Theatre

Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical, which receives its UK premiere at the Palace theatre, is a new musical based on the hit Oscar-winning film of the same name.The… Read More

Priscilla The Party!

Closed: 26 May 2024 - HERE at Outernet

Since it first opened in Sydney in 2006, the smash-hit musical has been wowing audiences all across the globe, opening in London’s West End in 2009 and on Broadway in… Read More

Prism

Closed: 14 October 2017 - Hampstead Theatre

‘The first time I held a prism and turned it to the light it did what the Impressionists struggled a lifetime to do; it embraced the light, split the light;… Read More

Privacy

Closed: 31 May 2014 - Donmar Warehouse

James Graham’s first play since his Olivier Award nominated political comedy This House, Privacy is a witty and dramatic exploration of the digital age. Provoked by the recent revelations of… Read More

Private Jokes, Public Places

Closed: 10 December 2006 - New End Theatre

An architecture student. Her thesis. The jury. Capturing the full character of architectural discourse, Private Jokes, Public Places offers a disturbing yet humorous glimpse inside the contemporary world of architecture.… Read More

Private Lives

Closed: 21 September 2013 - Gielgud Theatre

Following unanimous critical acclaim and a sell-out run at Chichester Festival Theatre, Noël Coward’s dazzling and irresistible comedy, Private Lives, transfers to the West End for a strictly limited season.… Read More

Private Lives

Closed: 28 February 2009 - Hampstead Theatre

Private Lives is a razor sharp omedy with a dark underside which centres on estranged couple Amanda and Elyot, who can't live together and can't live apart. When they discover… Read More

Private Lives

Closed: 1 May 2010 - Vaudeville Theatre

Private Lives tells the story of Elyot and Amanda. Glamorous, rich and reckless, Elyot and Amanda have been divorced from each other for five years. Now both are honeymooning with… Read More

Private Lives

Closed: 30 May 2023 - Donmar Warehouse

Elyot and Amanda; glamorous, rich, reckless… and divorced. A surprise encounter on adjoining hotel balconies rekindles their passion and they fling themselves into love and lust once more, without a… Read More

Private Lives

Closed: 25 November 2023 - Ambassadors Theatre

Noël Coward’s scintillating comic masterpiece Private Lives starring Nigel Havers and Olivier Award-winner Patricia Hodge heads to the West End this autumn. A dazzling comedy which is both a witty… Read More

Private Peaceful

Closed: 28 November 2014 - Ambassadors Theatre

A century on from the First World War, the National Youth Theatre stages a stunning adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s Private Peaceful. A compelling love story that gives a touching account… Read More

Private Peaceful

Closed: 29 September 2012 - Haymarket, Theatre Royal

Michael Morpurgo’s Private Peaceful tells the story of Private Tommo Peaceful, a young World War I soldier awaiting the firing squad at dawn.Directed and adapted for the stage by Simon… Read More

Private Peaceful

Closed: 29 January 2011 - Greenwich Theatre

Private Peaceful has been adapted from the unforgettable book by third Children’s Laureate, Michael Morpurgo by Simon Reade for the stage.Private Peaceful relives the life of Private Tommo Peaceful, a… Read More

Private Peaceful

Closed: 29 May 2011 - Udderbelly

Private Peaceful is Michael Morpurgo's award-winning story about WW1 soldier Private Tommo Peaceful who is awaiting the firing squad at dawn. During the night he looks back at his short… Read More

Private Peaceful

Closed: 16 April 2011 - artsdepot

Private Peaceful is based on the novel by the award-winning author and former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo, whose other books include Kensuke's Kingdom and War Horse. Private Peaceful tells the… Read More

Private Peaceful

Closed: 10 April 2009 - Bloomsbury Theatre

Private Peaceful relives the life of Private Tommo Peaceful, a young First World War soldier awaiting the firing squad at dawn. During the night he looks back at his short… Read More

Private Peaceful

Closed: 6 April 2009 - Greenwich Theatre

Private Peaceful is based on the novel by the award-winning author and former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo, whose other books include Kensuke's Kingdom and War Horse. Private Peaceful tells the… Read More

Private Peaceful

Closed: 25 March 2006 - Trafalgar Studios 2

Private Tommo Peaceful spends his night considering his short past; his childhood at home in rural Devon and the battles and injustices that have forced him into the front line of the… Read More

Private Peaceful

Closed: 26 September 2007 - Trafalgar Studios 2

Private Tommo Peaceful spends his night considering his short past; his childhood at home in rural Devon and the battles and injustices that have forced him into the front line… Read More

Private Peaceful

Closed: 10 October 2004 - Soho Theatre

Private Peaceful captures the memories of a young WWI soldier awaiting the firing squad at dawn. From his early childhood adventures in rural Devon to the battles and injustices of… Read More

Private View and Protest

Closed: 28 November 2008 - Orange Tree Theatre

In the 1970s, after the Prague spring was over, and Havel's plays were no longer acceptable in Czechoslovakia, he created the character of Vanek, a semi- autobiographical dissident writer, who… Read More

Privates On Parade

Closed: 2 March 2013 - Noël Coward Theatre

Simon Russell Beale leads the cast of Privates On Parade, Peter Nichols’ award-winning comedy set against the murderous backdrop of the Malaysian campaign at the end of World War II.Privates… Read More

Product

Closed: 27 May 2006 - Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs

Amy is a hot young starlet all she needs is the script to save her from B movie hell. Mark thinks he's got the perfect pitch a script which combines… Read More

Product

Closed: 17 September 2005 - Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs

Amy is a hot young starlet all she needs is the script to save her from B movie hell. Mark thinks he's got the perfect pitch a script which combines… Read More

Professor Bumm’s Story Machine

Closed: 8 April 2006 - New Wimbledon Studio

Professor Bumm and Doctor Whee create hilarious stories with the help of the audience and the Professor's brand new, just invented, never before seen Story Machine.This improvised comedy is most… Read More

Professor Bumm’s Story Machine

Closed: 18 March 2007 - Jackson’s Lane Theatre

Professor Bumm and his assistant Doctor Whee need ideas from the audience to make up new stories with the help of their unpredictable new invention.Suitable for ages 5+. Read More

Professor Bumm’s Story Machine

Closed: 2 September 2006 - Trafalgar Studios 2

Professor Bumm and Doctor Whee create hilarious stories with the help of the audience and the Professor's brand new, just invented, never before seen Story Machine.  This improvised comedy is… Read More

Professor Bumm’s Story Machine

Closed: 16 August 2008 - Trafalgar Studios 2

Whose Line is it Anyway? meets Jackanory in this crackpot comedy of made-up madness. Two eggheads race to avoid getting egg on their faces by turning words and ideas from… Read More

Project D: I’m Mediocre

Closed: 5 February 2006 - Battersea Arts Centre

What are we allowed to wish for: Are people we don’t think are like us consigned to the dustbin marked ‘mediocre’? The Work Theatre Collective continue their complex and intriguing… Read More

Project D: I’m Mediocre

Closed: 3 June 2006 - Tristan Bates Theatre

The award-winning Work Theatre Collective continues its comic, complex and intriguing study of modern lives in this new production which focuses on mediocrity.Project D asks the questions: What do we… Read More

Project E: An Explosion

Closed: 18 November 2006 - Battersea Arts Centre

Project E intersperses live dramatic action with interviews with Hitchcock reflecting on the nature of suspense. From Hollywood to the nightly news this multi-layered production looks at how we as… Read More

Project Polunin – Satori

Closed: 9 December 2017 - London Coliseum

World-famous Ukrainian ballet star Sergei Polunin, the youngest ever dancer to become a Principal with The Royal Ballet, presents Project Polunin - Satori, a very special mixed programme of new… Read More

Promise

Closed: 31 March 2013 - Rosemary Branch Theatre

Promise is set in Nebraska in the late 1930s during the development of the US Air Force leading up to World War II and follows the lives of a family… Read More

Promise, The

Closed: 13 January 2007 - Tabard Theatre

The passionate love triangle that develops between them is all but forgotten as they have to face their responsibility to the world beyond their shared room. Once the war is… Read More

Promised End

Closed: 16 October 2010 - Linbury Studio (Royal Opera House)

English Touring Opera presents the world premiere of Promised End by contemporary British composer Alexander Goehr. An operatic adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear, this is a stark and moving drama… Read More

Promises Promises

Closed: 13 March 2010 - Soho Theatre

Promises Promises is a gripping new thriller from prolific Scottish playwright Douglas Maxwell.Promises Promies follows Maggie Brodie, a retired teacher with a disreputable past who knows she was a last… Read More

Proof

Closed: 27 April 2013 - Menier Theatre (Menier Chocolate Factory)

Catherine has cared for her father Robert, a renowned mathematician, through his mental illness for the past five years. His ex-student, Hal, discovers a ground-breaking proof in Robert's office but… Read More

Proof

Closed: 17 March 2007 - Arts Theatre

Catherine's father was a math's genius whose final decade of life was blighted by mental deterioration. When former student Hal goes through his old teacher's papers, he finds proof of… Read More

Propeller: The Taming Of The Shrew

Closed: 20 July 2013 - Hampstead Theatre

Hampstead Theatre welcomes back Propeller following their hugely successful Henry V and The Winter's Tale last summer. In The Taming Of The Shrew two, disguised, competing suitors clamour for the… Read More

Propeller: Twelfth Night

Closed: 20 July 2013 - Hampstead Theatre

Hampstead Theatre welcomes back Propeller following their hugely successful Henry V and The Winter's Tale last summer. One of Shakespeare's best loved comedies of love and confusion, Twelfth Night tells… Read More

Prostitutes Marry In May: Two Queens, One Nation

Closed: 17 July 2011 - Waterloo East Theatre

Prostitutes Marry In May: Two Queens, One Nation is Miriam Cooper's one-woman show about the collision of dynamic sovereigns Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots.Cooper presents a play of… Read More

Protect The Human

Closed: 19 October 2007 - Soho Theatre

Rehearsed readings of the three winning plays of an inaugural national playwriting competition launched this year by iceandfire in conjunction with Amnesty International UK. Read More

Protein Dance: The Banquet

Closed: 15 January 2004 - Laban

High drama, humour and sharp choreography are all trademarks of Protein Dance. With influences ranging from TV culture to family life, Protein mines the extraordinary from everyday situations. In The… Read More

Protest

Closed: 16 February 2024 - Brixton House

Three girls prepare to make a stand in this bold new play exploring what it takes to make a difference, the power of friendship, and the importance of believing in… Read More

Protestants

Closed: 3 July 2004 - Soho Theatre

From Queen Elizabeth I to Martin Luther King, Protestants ricochets between historical moments of decision or crisis and explores the fundamental and complex nature of the protester. This one man… Read More

Prototypes

Closed: 18 April 2009 - Soho Theatre

As part of the Spill Festival, Soho theatre presents Robin Deacon's Prototypes.Casting himself as an 'operator' rather than a 'performer', Robin Deacon confronts indeterminate fears regarding the passage of time… Read More

Protozoa

Closed: 9 October 2010 - Jellyfish Theatre

“And it was a new beginning. A chance to do things better this time.”Protozoa is set in a world fractured by near-disaster where the government have asserted a new oppressive… Read More

Psycho With Live Orchestra

Closed: 4 March 2015 - Dominion Theatre

Alfred Hitchcock’s iconic psychological thriller Psycho is screened in high-definition at the Dominion Theatre accompanied on stage by a live 40-piece orchestra. Celebrated as one of Hitchcock's finest cinematic works,… Read More

Pub Rock

Closed: 17 April 2009 - Lyric Hammersmith

Pub Rock starts like any gig. But a few songs in, the band’s artistic differences emerge, and this story of just another cover band becomes something altogether more unexpected.Building on… Read More

Pub Rock

Closed: 20 February 2010 - Lyric Hammersmith

Pub Rock starts like any gig. But a few songs in, the band’s artistic differences emerge and this story of just another cover band becomes something altogether more unexpected.Building on… Read More

Public Domain

Closed: 30 May 2021 - Vaudeville Theatre

Public Domain is a dark, funny, verbatim musical about the internet: Those who own it; those who live in it; and YOU! Following an acclaimed digital debut at Southwark Playhouse this thrilling,… Read More

Public Enemy

Closed: 8 June 2013 - Young Vic

When Dr Stockmann discovers that the waters of a new public spa are toxic, he expects gratitude and glory. But his revelation makes him the most hated man in town.… Read More

Public Property

Closed: 5 December 2009 - Trafalgar Studios 2

Public Property follows Geoffrey Hammond, who reads for the prime time news but is now the headline. His publicist Larry knows his client's dirtiest secret and how to spin the… Read More

Puccini’s La Boheme

Closed: 26 October 2008 - Hackney Empire

Puccini's tragic opera performed in an amphitheatre setting. The show's set is inspired by Chagall, Renoir and the Impressionists.Learn more about London operas within the West End. Read More

Puccini’s Madama Butterfly

Closed: 27 April 2008 - Hackney Empire

A spectacular traditional production from one of the loveliest opera houses in Europe with international Korean and Japanese sopranos, a highly-praised chorus and full orchestra. Winner of the opera of… Read More

Pugilist Specialist

Closed: 7 February 2004 - Soho Theatre

Pugilist Specialist introduces four highly-trained American marines who are assigned the task of eliminating a troublesome Middle Eastern leader. the play unfolds in a series of field recordings detailing the… Read More

Pulman & Stilgoe – A Couple Of Swells

Closed: 26 October 2024 - The Other Palace

Liza Pulman, songstress, comedienne and one third of the iconic Fascinating Aida, returns to The Other Palace alongside virtuoso pianist, songwriter and entertainer Joe Stilgoe in their new show A… Read More

Pumpgirl

Closed: 14 October 2006 - Bush Theatre

Pumpgirl works in the garage in the borderlands between north and south, changes the oil and thinks she's one of the lads. She's sweet on 'No helmet' Hammy, who drives… Read More

Punch

Closed: 6 August 2010 - Upstairs At The Gatehouse

Punch is a musical show for everyone from 0 to 100. The Kingdom of Punch has been overthrown by the evil Scaramouch and King Punch and Queen Judy have been… Read More

Punch

Closed: 12 April 2025 - Young Vic

Experience Punch, the latest masterpiece from Olivier Award-winning playwright James Graham (Best Of Enemies, Dear England, This House), which brings Jacob Dunne’s powerful true-life account to the stage. Read More

Punch And Judy

Closed: 20 March 2008 - Linbury Studio (Royal Opera House)

A baby is thrown into the fire, Judy is stabbed to death, and Punch becomes set against anyone who opposes him. No light-hearted children's show, the Punch And Judy story… Read More

Punch And Judy

Closed: 27 April 2008 - Young Vic

The story of the muderous Punch and his desire to possess Pretty Polly. Harrison Birtwistle's controversial first opera, which premiered in 1968, receives a 40th anniversary outing courtesy of the… Read More

Punch Me In The Stomach

Closed: 4 June 2006

Humour has rarely been associated with the Holocaust, but in this rich, funny and poignant performance, Filler creates the qualities of the universal family out of the family she lost.… Read More

Punched

Closed: 6 December 2021 - Criterion Theatre

In response to the global rise in violence against women and children during the pandemic,  PUNCHED is a series of monologues based on women's experiences of domestic abuse and sexual… Read More

Punk Rock

Closed: 18 September 2010 - Lyric Hammersmith

Punk Rock is Simon Stephens’s powerful play exposing the violence simmering beneath the surface of success within an English Grammar School.Following sell-out shows and rave reviews last year Punk Rock… Read More

Punk Rock

Closed: 27 September 2009 - Lyric Hammersmith

Punk Rock is the powerful new play by Lyric Artistic Associate Simon Stephens.Drawing on his past experience as a teacher, Punk Rock sees Stephens present a group of educated, articulate,… Read More

Punt and Dennis, Grown Men In Public

Closed: 6 February 2005 - Bloomsbury Theatre

 A new show from the enduringly surreal duo who first found fame as members of the legendary Mary Whitehouse Experience. Read More

Puppet Grinder Cabaret

Closed: 21 July 2008 - Little Angel Theatre

An eclectic, entertaining and very adult evening of puppetry and animated short films demonstrating how innovative, groundbreaking and inspiring puppetry can be. Read More

Puppetry Of The Penis

Closed: 23 October 2004 - Apollo Theatre

A hit at the Edinburgh Festival, this Australian genital origami show features Simon Morley and David Friend who manipulate their genitals into shapes, objects and landmarks. Their efforts are abetted… Read More

Puppy

Closed: 27 April 2025 - King’s Head Theatre

Two young women meet late one night in a car park, and immediately fall in love... while dogging. With all their friends watching, they explore the boundaries of their sexualities,… Read More

Puppy Love

Closed: 10 October 2010 - Hackney Empire

18 year old Karen ‘Kar Kar’ Cross has started dating her father’s best friend, Dick, a man fast-approaching his 60th birthday. Will this new relationship drive a wedge between the… Read More

Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas

Closed: 14 October 2006 - Hackney Empire

A soldier stops to rest in an unknown country, wins the love of the queen, and moves on; the queen, one all-powerful, is destroyed by grief. Full of charm, the… Read More

Pure Gold

Closed: 20 October 2007 - Soho Theatre

How do you impress your son when you can barely put food on the table? What Simon has got is worth more than gold, but he needs to stop his… Read More

Pure Imagination

Closed: 17 October 2015 - The Other Palace

West End regulars Dave Willetts, Siobhan McCarthy and Julie Atherton star in this musical celebration of composer Leslie Bricusse. Pure Imagination features hit songs including What Kind Of Fool Am… Read More

Purgatorio

Closed: 10 April 2009 - Barbican Theatre

Depicting images of family life, Purgatorio is set in a domestic space where the use of imagination disguises reality, tormenting the soul.Presented as three separate events – Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso… Read More

Purlie: The Musical

Closed: 2 October 2004 - Bridewell Theatre

Cap'n Cothcipee virtually owns the town and everyone in it: where slavery was once rife, racism still rears its ugly head. A young idealistic preacher named Purlie Victorious decides to… Read More

Purple Heart

Closed: 6 April 2013 - Gate Theatre

October 1972. In a city soewhere in the American Midwest, Carla is trying to rebuild her life. Her husband is gone – killed in Vietnam. Now, under the watchful eye… Read More

Push

Closed: 5 June 2013 - Lyric Hammersmith

They're everywhere on our high streets, juggling demands and jiggling pushchairs, trying to reconcile a baby's illogical moods and bodily fluids with being out and respectable in public places. Clench… Read More

PUSH

Closed: 8 April 2008 - London Coliseum

Sylvie Guillem and Russell Maliphant bring their much-acclaimed show to the London Coliseum.Find out more about the rich variety of West End shows on offer in Theatreland. Read More

PUSH 04: (Awakening and Another America: Fire)

Closed: 18 September 2004 - Sadler’s Wells

PUSH 04 features opera, ballet and dance from some of the world's leading black artists. The Sadler's part of the season features Awakening, a new ballet by Ben Love, and… Read More

Puss In Boots

Closed: 18 March 2006 - Jackson’s Lane Theatre

The tale of a silly man, a cunning cat and a smelly ogre told with the help of puppets.Suitable for ages 5-10. Read More

Puss In Boots

Closed: 5 January 2014 - Hackney Empire

Hackney Empire's award-winning team presents Puss In Boots, a brand new title to their classic pantomime repertoire. Our hero, Puss In Boots arrives in the merry kingdom of Hackneyonia to… Read More

Puss In Boots

Closed: 23 September 2006 - Lyric Hammersmith Studio

The tale of a man, a cunning cat and a stinky ogre who all want a palace, a kingdom and the love of a princess is told using puppetry, wit, a… Read More

Pussy’s In The Well – The Goddess Under The Pavement

Closed: 19 June 2012 - Soho Theatre

A well is an eye of the earth. In an attempt to improve vision, Xanthe Gresham and Nick Hennesey uncover the stories and songs of the UK’s lost watercourses and… Read More

Put On A Happy Face

Closed: 25 April 2009 - Landor Theatre

Charles Strouse has been called one of the most talented composers in Broadway's history. He has won three Tony Awards, an Emmy and a Grammy, as well as being elected… Read More

Putting It Together

Closed: 1 February 2014 - The Other Palace

Olivier Award winners David Bedella and Janie Dee take to the stage in the London premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s musical revue Putting It Together. Set at a cocktail party in… Read More

Puz/zle

Closed: 25 April 2013 - Sadler’s Wells

A new work by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Puz/zle questions the seeming importance of order and linearity and explores whether there is more than one way of solving a puzzle. One… Read More

Pygmalion

Closed: 3 September 2011 - Garrick Theatre

George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion is one of theatre’s most entertaining explorations of sexual politics and class restrictions.Egocentric Professor of Phonetics, Henry Higgins, makes a bet with his friend, Colonel Pickering,… Read More

Pygmalion

Closed: 9 August 2008 - The Old Vic

Arrogant professor Henry Higgins makes a bet that he can turn cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle into a duchess.This Peter Hall Company production of Bernard Shaw's romantic comedy, on which… Read More

Pygmalion

Closed: 28 October 2023 - The Old Vic

‘I’ve a right to be here if I like. Same as you’ Eliza Doolittle aspires to more than selling flowers on the streets of Covent Garden. After a chance meeting… Read More

Pyramus And Thisbe

Closed: 12 May 2004 - Peacock Theatre

Based on the text of Shakespeare's interlude Pyramus and Thisbe from A Midsummer Night's Dream, this mock opera with prologue and epilogue was first performed in 1745 at the Theatre… Read More

Quare Fellow, The

Closed: 8 May 2004

The revival of The Quare Fellow marks the 50th anniversary of the first production in Dublin. Behan’s play opened at the Pike Theatre, Dublin, in 1954 but the production at… Read More

Quare Fellow, The

Closed: 2 July 2005

Set in an Irish prison in the 1950s on the day before and the morning of an execution, The Quare Fellow is a dark but amusing portrait of life inside.… Read More

Quartermaine’s Terms

Closed: 13 April 2013 - Wyndham’s Theatre

Rowan Atkinson plays the title role in Richard Eyre’s revival of Simon Gray’s Quartermaine’s Terms.Set in the 1960s in an English language school for foreigners, Gray’s tragicomedy is a humorous… Read More

Quartet

Closed: 17 July 2010 - Richmond Theatre

Quartet is an uplifting story of self-discovery and life-long friendships. Retired opera singers Cissy, Reggie and Wilfred are excited about performing a concert until their tranquil world is unexpectedly interrupted… Read More

Quartet: A Journey North

Closed: 6 December 2008 - Barbican: The Pit Theatre

A documentary-style performance taking audiences deep into the motivations of the human mind.Based on the chilling true stories of two Iranian murderers, A Journey North resembles a cool, detached police… Read More

Quasimodo

Closed: 13 April 2013 - King’s Head Theatre

The tragic tale of deformed outsider Quasimodo and the gypsy girl Esmerelda has been told many times, from the earliest silent cinema to a popular Disney cartoon. In the hands… Read More

Queen Anne

Closed: 30 September 2017 - Haymarket, Theatre Royal

The Royal Shakespeare Company's gripping royal drama Queen Anne transfers to Theatre Royal Haymarket, transporting audiences to 1702 England, a nation in crisis and on the verge of war. Having originally opened… Read More

Queen Bette

Closed: 23 November 2024 - King’s Head Theatre

"The Queen has no hour for love. Time presses, and events crowd upon her. And for a shell, an empty, glistening husk, she must give up all that a woman… Read More
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