Green background. Text: [top]"London's #1 Show." Wicked (the dot on the 'i' is a silhouette of a witch on a broom) [bottom] The Apollo Victoria Theatre Image within a circle frame Green witch in a black pointy hat and robe faces forward, side profile of a witch in contrasting white whispers to her.
Harry Potter and The Cursed Child at the Palace Theatre London. 2024 artwork.
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The Lion King London tickets
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Classics Tickets

Wicked

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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

From £30
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Mrs. Doubtfire

From £25
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The Lion King

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Guys and Dolls

From £19.50
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Les Miserables

From £31
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Phantom of the Opera

From £31

The Snowman

From £23

The Lehman Trilogy

From £25
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The Mousetrap

From £31

Oedipus - Old Vic Theatre

Opens 27 January 2025
From £31
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A Christmas Carol

From £28

Oedipus

Opens 04 October 2024
From £25

Nutcracker - London Coliseum

From £22

The 39 Steps

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Waiting for Godot

From £19

Witness for the Prosecution

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1984

From £19
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Oliver!

Opens 16 December 2024
From £37
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The Elvis Years

From £23

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

From £31

Princess Essex

From £7

La boheme

From £13

Slava's SnowShow

From £30

Suor Angelica

Price TBC

Mary, Queen of Scots

Opens 15 February 2025
From £13

The Turn of the Screw

Opens 11 October 2024
From £13

The Taming of the Shrew

From £7

The War of the Worlds

Opens 16 October 2024
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Rigoletto

Opens 30 October 2024
From £13

Potted Panto

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Giselle

From £22

Fiddler on the Roof

Price TBC

The Marriage of Figaro

Opens 05 February 2025
From £13

Cymbeline

Opens 10 January 2025
From £7

Three Sisters

From £7

Cyrano

Opens 11 December 2024
From £19

Macbeth

Opens 01 October 2024
Price TBC

All’s Well That Ends Well

Opens 08 November 2024
From £7

The Pirates of Penzance

Opens 02 December 2024
From £13

The Elixir of Love

Opens 15 November 2024
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Hansel and Gretel

From £7

Classic Plays in London

Where do we start? Theatre history is old, almost 2,500 or more years old. Although it is now a form of art, the roots of its origin lie deeper. Theatre emerged from ritual activities and would involve the spectator to march in processions or fast. In his Poetics, Aristotle says that theatre is sacred, but only in terms of the healing it offers through vision and does not require any other sacred involvement. With the rapid development of the societies, such performances became non-ritualistic. They would quickly move on to become an autonomous activity. Today, the theatre has almost completely changed. The evolution has led on to turning unrealistic ideas into reality. Technological advancement has also made several things possible, like seeing a 21st-century rendition of famous classic plays in London.

Classics in the Heart of the Capital

Plays in the city have been an age-old tradition. While every society consists of performative elements, we distinguish plays as a mode of entertainment and a necessary art form. The word "play" as stage performance is often mistaken for dramas. Although there are plenty of similarities in all art forms that artists perform in front of an audience, drama and classic plays in London are different. Drama refers to a composition, usually in the form of prose that tells a story represented by actors portraying the various characters and speaking the composition's dialogues. In the case of a play, you can call it an activity that intends to amuse. Even if it isn't always the case, many plays are designed to entertain young people. However, numerous highly praised classic plays relate to people of all ages and taste.

Are you in the mood for some classic stage plays in London? Head to one of the most well-known theatres in the West End for a grand experience. Plays consist of unique elements that will entertain all your senses.