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 54 | <strong>LONDON</strong> PLANNER
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