Yahoo News Best London theatre: Top 10 musicals, plays and West End shows on right now
London’s theatres are back in business, with everything from bold new plays to clever revamps of the classics.
If you want to see something brilliant on stage, we’ve got you covered in the West End and beyond.
Find out here what our critics say about the best plays and musicals running right now.
Cock
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“Elliot’s production is polished and well-calibrated, the cast sharing great chemistry as well as occupying a complex matrix of audience appeal.”
Ambassadors Theatre, booking to June; buy tickets here
Cabaret
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“Wow. Rebecca Frecknall’s new revival of Kander and Ebb’s musical set in interwar Berlin is a stunning, breathlessly exciting theatrical happening. “
Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre, currently booking until Oct 1; atgtickets.com
The Collaboration
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"Paul Bettany makes a triumphant return to the London stage in this account of Andy Warhol’s fraught 1984 collaboration with Jean-Michel Basquiat."
Young Vic Theatre, to 2 April; youngvic.org
Get Up Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical
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"It feels like this isn’t just a joyful night out – it’s a major and important cultural event.”
Lyric Theatre, currently booking until Sept 17; book tickets here
Life of Pi
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"Dazzling. That’s the word for this stage adaptation of Yann Martel’s bestseller about a 16-year-old Indian boy adrift in a lifeboat with a hungry Bengal tiger. “
Our Generation
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"We hear 12 stories in Daniel Evans’s rich, gutsy production, told by a splendid ensemble, most of them young enough to remember these pressures, feel these emotions. It runs almost four hours but earns its length.”
National Theatre, to April 9; nationaltheatre.org.uk
The Merchant of Venice
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“In a production examining the pain of unequal power structures, the closing message is one of tentative hope.”
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, to April 9, shakespearesglobe.com
SIX
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"A glorious, exuberant 75-minute blast, by turns hugely smart and hugely silly, this little Edinburgh fringe show from 2017 has become the biggest cult hit since Rocky Horror."
Vaudeville Theatre, booking to May 1, 2022; book tickets here
& Juliet
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"This jukebox musical is an absolute blast and features a powerful turn from Miriam-Teak Lee."
Shaftesbury Theatre, booking to Sept 24, 2022; book tickets here
Les Misérables
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"Les Mis and the refurbished Sondheim feel fit for purpose for the next decade or three."
Sondheim Theatre, booking to July 10 2022; book tickets here
