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The Best West End Shows you can still see in 2023 (and ticket giveaway!)

October 11, 2023

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Now the Summer buzz is fading and we are preparing to settle into a long, cosy autumn and winter, I need something to motivate myself to get out and enjoy what London has to offer.  Thankfully the West End has tons of theatre shows in the last few months of 2023 to keep us busy!  Here are just a few of my favourite picks for the best West End Shows 2023 still has for us.

Back to the Future the Musical

This show is total nostalgia for me in all the best ways!  This theatrical interpretation of the 1980s cult classic film has most of the millennial audience silently quoting along.  The choice to turn this into a musical fuels the fun of this show and the effects with the Delorian in the later stages of the show are staggering and worth the price of a ticket alone!  Back to the Future is currently booking until February 2024 at the Adelphi Theatre, tickets start from £23.50.

Dear England

Having caught the initial production of this at The National Theatre I snapped up tickets for this as soon as the West End transfer was announced.  I just knew I had to bring friends and family to see this.  This biographical play tells the story of England Manager Gareth Southgate’s reformation of the England men’s football team.  It’s a great show to get people to if they love football even if the theatre isn’t their usual thing.  Dear England is on at the Prince Edward Theatre until the 13th of January, tickets start from £24.

The Lion King

There is a reason The Lion King is such a theatrical classic!  One of the longest-running shows in the West End this family favourite shows no sign of going away any time soon.  I love how catchy and well-formed the score is.  it’s a great nostalgia trip for adults and pure magic for children.  The Lion King is currently booking until late February 2024 at the Lyceum Theatre, tickets start from £42

The Choir of Man

Want to see a musical that even people who say they don’t like musicals will enjoy?  Then The Choir of Man is the one to book!  Set inside a typical British pub the lovable cast sings hit pop songs from across the ages and the energy is infectious!  Even for a musical cynic like me you can’t help but be won over by this emotional and joyous choir performance as they harmonise in the on-stage bar.  Choir of Man is on at the Arts Theatre until the 18th of February, tickets start from £18.

Frozen the Musical

Just in case one Disney West End hit isn’t enough, Frozen the Musical hit London like an ice bolt to the heart and has remained there ever since.  Not just for the young, this show has something for everyone in the family.  The special effects are some of the best I’ve seen in theatre.  Elsa’s costume change to the ice queen is one of my favourite moments and I’m yet to work out how it is done!  Frozen the Musical is on at the Theatre Royal Dury Lane until March 2024, tickets start from £35.

Win two tickets to a West End Show of your choice.

London Box Office has given me the fantastic opportunity to offer my readers 2 tickets to see the show of your choice*!

So whether you fancy checking out one of my best West End shows of 2023 or one of your own, you have the opportunity to. To enter, please follow the instructions below. The competition closes on 10 November, 12pm. 

Terms and conditions apply. 

*Ticket value of £75, £150 for the pair.
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Comments

  1. Sandra says

    October 11, 2023 at 8:40 am

    I’d love to see The Lion King!

    Reply
  2. Alice Dixon says

    October 13, 2023 at 9:53 am

    I’d love to see The Lion King

    Reply
  3. Michelle Smith says

    October 13, 2023 at 11:10 am

    I would love to see Back to the Future

    Reply
  4. julia Linsley says

    October 13, 2023 at 12:21 pm

    My daughters a great Sherlock Holmes fan so I’d love to surprise her to see
    A Sherlock Carol she would love it !

    Reply
  5. Matt Spence says

    October 13, 2023 at 1:37 pm

    Fantastic company, fantastic opportunity!

    Reply
  6. MICHELLE O'NEILL says

    October 18, 2023 at 8:53 am

    would love to see 2.22 a ghost story

    Reply
  7. Stuart Polman says

    October 23, 2023 at 6:25 pm

    It’s got to be back to the future, one of my all time favourite films. My best mate passed away in 2020 just months before he was due to be married. I’d take his fiancée with me, as their honeymoon was to go to Universal LA and go to the Hill Valley set 😊❤️

    Reply
  8. Sharon Witham says

    October 26, 2023 at 8:34 am

    I would love to be your lucky winner and see the lion king with my husband simon

    Reply
  9. emily munt says

    November 1, 2023 at 6:27 pm

    dear England for sure- I’ve been interested in that one for ages!

    Reply
  10. Theresa Cooke says

    November 8, 2023 at 1:30 pm

    would be the Lion King. still on my Wishlist with the likes after all this time.

    Reply
  11. troy easton says

    November 8, 2023 at 9:14 pm

    Back to the Future the Musical

    Reply
  12. Sheri Darby says

    November 8, 2023 at 9:42 pm

    I would love to go to Back To The Future

    Reply
  13. Rose Eros says

    November 9, 2023 at 10:58 pm

    I’d love to see the Lion King

    Reply
  14. Natalie Crossan says

    November 10, 2023 at 5:06 am

    I’d love to see the new cruel intentions stage play!

    Reply
  15. donna l jones says

    November 10, 2023 at 11:49 am

    love going to london a show would be lovely

    Reply
  16. donna l jones says

    November 10, 2023 at 11:50 am

    love going to london a show would be lovely

    Reply
  17. Herbert Appleby says

    November 10, 2023 at 11:29 pm

    I would love to see Back to the Future

    Reply
  18. Fiona Foskett says

    November 10, 2023 at 11:54 pm

    The King and I

    Reply

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