LONDON

ENTERTAINMENT
JERSEY BOYS
The hit Olivier Award-winning story of US pop
sensations Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.
Tue-Sat 7.30pm; Tue & Sat 3pm; Sun 5pm. Tickets
£24.50-£112. Piccadilly Theatre, 16 Denman St,
W1D 7DY. 0844 871 7630. jerseyboyslondon.com.
Piccadilly Circus. Key 35.
MATILDA THE MUSICAL
Fantastic show based on Roald Dahl’s
kids’ book about a girl with magic powers. Tue
7pm; Wed-Sat 7.30pm; Wed & Sat 2.30pm; Sun
3pm. Tickets £20-£122.50. Cambridge Theatre,
32-34 Earlham St, WC2H 9HU. 0844 412 4652.
matildathemusical.com. Covent Garden. Key 8.
KINKY BOOTS
Musical about a shoe factory which reinvigorates
its business after its new owner produces kneehigh
boots for drag queens. With music by Cyndi
Lauper. Mon-Sat 7.30pm; Wed & Sat 2.30pm.
Tickets £25-£69.50. Adelphi Theatre, 409-412
Strand, WC2R 0NS. 020 3725 7068. kinkyboots
themusical.co.uk. Charing Cross. Key 1.
IN THE HEIGHTS
A Tony award-winning musical about young
love, set on the mean streets of Washington
Heights in New York. Times vary. Tickets
£19.50-£49.50. King’s Cross Theatre, Corner
of King’s Boulevard and Goods Way, N1C 4UR.
0844 871 7604. intheheightslondon.com.
King’s Cross. Off map.
LES MISÉRABLES
The world’s longest-running musical, adapted
from Victor Hugo’s classic novel, is set in
post-revolutionary France. Mon-Sat 7.30pm;
Wed & Sat 2.30pm. Tickets £12.50-£127.25.
Queen’s Theatre, 51 Shaftesbury Avenue,
W1D 6BA. 0844 482 5160. lesmis.com/uk.
Leicester Square/Piccadilly Circus. Key 39.
THE LION KING
Wonderful adaptation of the popular
Disney film with ingenious costumes and
inventive puppetry. Tue-Sat 7.30pm; Wed, Sat
& Sun 2.30pm. Tickets £37.70-£125. Lyceum
Theatre, 21 Wellington St, WC2E 7RQ. 0844 871
3000. thelionking.co.uk. Covent Garden. Key 24.
MAMMA MIA!
ABBA tribute. Mon-Sat 7.45pm;
Thur & Sat 3pm. Also Tue 16 Feb
3pm. Tickets £15-£97.50. Novello
Theatre, Aldwych, WC2B 4LD.
0844 482 5115. mammamia.com.
Covent Garden/
Temple. Key 30.
Watch the critically
acclaimed Bend It
Like Beckham (p. 53)
MISS SAIGON
To 27 Feb: This blockbuster
musical returns to the West End where it began
25 years ago. Mon-Sat 7.30pm; Thur & Sat 2.30pm.
Tickets £20-£125. Prince Edward Theatre,
28 Old Compton St, W1D 4HS. 0844 482 5155.
miss-saigon.com. Leicester Square. Key 37.
MOTOWN THE MUSICAL
From 11 Feb: Brilliant feel-good musical
based on Motown Records, which launched the
careers of Diana Ross and the Supremes, Michael
Jackson and the Jackson 5, Stevie Wonder, Marvin
Gaye and The Temptations (p. 52). Mon-Sat
7.30pm; Thur & Sat 3pm. Tickets £37-£87.
Shaftesbury Theatre, 210 Shaftesbury Avenue,
WC2H 8DP. 020 7379 5399. shaftesburytheatre.com.
Tottenham Court Road/Holborn. Key 42.
MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS
From 9 Feb: Set in 1937 London, this
musical follows a widower after she inherits
a run-down cinema and turns it into a theatre
showing variety acts. When ticket sales need
a boost, her acts turn to stripping. Based on the
film starring Dame Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins
(p. 53). Mon & Wed-Sat 7.30pm; Wed, Thur &
Sat 2.30pm. Tickets £10-£97.50. Noël Coward
Theatre, 85-88 St Martin’s Lane, WC2N 4AU.
0844 482 5141. delfontmackintosh.co.uk.
Leicester Square. Key 29.
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Long-running drama in which a masked man
haunts the Paris Opera House. Mon-Sat 7.30pm;
Thur & Sat 2.30pm. Tickets £21.50-£95. Her
Majesty’s Theatre, 57 Haymarket, SW1Y
4QL. 0844 412 2707. thephantomoftheopera.
com. Piccadilly Circus. Key 19.
STOMP
Award-winning fusion of theatre,
dance, comedy and rhythmic percussion.
Mon & Thur-Sat 8pm; Thur & Sat-Sun
3pm; Sun 6pm. Tickets £26-£67.50.
Ambassadors Theatre, West St, WC2H
9ND. 0844 811 2334. stomplondon.com.
Leicester Square. Key 2.
BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM © ELLIE KURTTZ
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