If you think of comedy plays currently running in the West End, *The Play That Goes Wrong* probably comes to mind. Mischief Theatre, a British comedy acting troupe, is the mastermind behind these West End hits. They’re not just one trick ponies though — their improvisational shows and TV series have garnered critical acclaim. 

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Find out more about the leading British drama troupe, the brains behind hilarious shows like *The Play That Goes Wrong* and *The Comedy About a Bank Robbery.* 

Are you a Traitor or a Faithful? *The Traitors: Live Experience*, a stage production inspired by the BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning TV series, is set to open in the West End in spring 2025. A theatre and dates have yet to be announced.

In *The Traitors* TV show, which premiered in the U.K. in 2022, contestants are split into two groups: Traitors and Faithfuls. Via various challenges and games, must try to find out and eliminate the members of the other group to win a prize.

At *The Traitors:...

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The interactive stage show inspired by the hit reality TV series will allow audience members to compete with other theatregoers in various challenges.

Mischief have announced their next West End show *The Comedy About Spies*, which opens at the Noël Coward Theatre next year. Performances begin on 14 April 2025.

Written by original Mischief company members Henry Lewis and Henry Shields, and directed by Matt Di Carlo, *The Comedy about Spies* is set in 1960s London, and follows a British agent who steals plans for a top-secret new weapon. 

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Written by Mischief company members Henry Lewis and Henry Shields, *The Comedy about Spies* follows a British agent who steals plans for a top-secret new weapon. 

*Back to the Future* has been a family favourite since the film starring Michael J Fox as Marty McFly came out in 1985 – and now there’s a musical version! With a rocking score plus all the beloved songs from the film, it’s a rollicking adventure with spectacular visual effects and lovable performances. 

Read our guide to all the activities you can make time for that will make your day all the more thrilling. See you at the clock tower!

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Mark Rosenblatt’s new play *Giant*, starring Tony winner John Lithgow, will transfer to the West End's Harold Pinter Theatre next year, following a run at the Royal Court this September. The play will run from 26 April 2025 – 2 August 2025.

Directed by Nicholas Hytner (*[Guys & Dolls](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/25504-guys-and-dolls-tickets), Straight Line Crazy, La Belle Sauvage*) and designed by Bob Crowley, the play follows the acclaimed children's author Roald Dahl over the course...

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The play follows the acclaimed children's author Roald Dahl over the course of a single afternoon, in the wake of scandal caused by an explicitly antisemitic article. 

Do you hear the people sing? You will do soon if you’ve booked a trip to one of the West End’s longest-running and most popular musicals, *[Les Misérables](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/300-les-miserables-tickets)*. Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil’s show, adapted from Victor Hugo’s novel, is a revolutionary epic packed with unforgettable songs like “I Dreamed A Dream” and “Bring Him Home”.

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Make your trip to the West End's revolutionary musical even more memorable by adding visits to an historic London pub, a French restaurant, and a museum full of historic treasures.

You can-can-can have an unforgettable night of bohemian entertainment in the West End now that Baz Luhrmann’s legendary movie *[Moulin Rouge!](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/23350-moulin-rouge-the-musical-tickets)* has become an equally spectacular stage musical. Like the film, it juxtaposes a romance set in 19th-century Paris between cabaret star Satine and aspiring composer Christian with modern pop music – in fact, the show boasts more than 70 songs in total!

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Make your trip to this spectacular West End musical even more memorable by adding in a trip to a world-famous art gallery, an airborne adventure, and a delicious French meal.

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In December 1997, a group of United Nations delegates at the Kyoto Conference Centre had just hours left to agree a climate deal that might save the world. That’s the riveting subject for the explosive political thriller *[Kyoto](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/42734-kyoto)*, which is hitting the West End in spring 2025 following its acclaimed premiere earlier this year.

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The gripping political thriller set during the vital 1997 UN climate conference is coming to @sohoplace in the West End. Ahead of your trip, find out what really happened!

Neither Alexander Hamilton nor Aaron Burr, the protagonists of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical phenomenon, ever came to London. Thomas Jefferson, the Act II antagonist, visited for six weeks in spring 1786. He described the architecture as “in the most wretched stile I ever saw” and "both town and country fell short of my expectations." Ouch. However, Jefferson certainly made the most of the entertainments and shopping the city had to offer. 

On the other hand, Benjamin Franklin, who first visited...

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Explore some fascinating Anglo-American ties, including the Benjamin Franklin House, Kew Palace, and two historical churches.

[*The Choir of Man*](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/23760-the-choir-of-man) ends the current run of performances on 3 April, however the West End’s happiest hour will be back for more. *The Choir of Man* returns to the [Arts Theatre](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatres/arts-theatre) on 1 October, and [*The Choir of Man* tickets are on sale now.](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/23760-the-choir-of-man)

*The Choir of Man* celebrates the power of community and togetherness, all set in a British pub. The party concert atmosphere is helped with songs by Adele, Avicii, Sia, Guns 'N' Roses, and more.

*The Choir of Man* is currently nominated for Best Entertainment or Comedy at the 2022 Olivier Awards. In a [*The Choir of Man* review for London Theatre](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/reviews/the-choir-of-man-review-arts-theatre), our critic said: “Home is where the pub is in the much-travelled The Choir of Man... You can see the show becoming a staple of community theatre, given its celebration of community, and it's no surprise to hear that it has found a home aboard ship." 

Casting for *The Choir of Man* is to be announced. *The Choir of Man* is created by Nic Doodson and Andrew Kay, directed by Nic Doodson, with musical supervision, vocal arrangements and orchestrations by Jack Blume, movement direction and choreography by Freddie Huddleston, monologues written by Ben Norris, scenic design by Oli Townsend, lighting design by Richard Dinnen, costume design and associate scenic design by Verity Sadler, sound design by Sten Severson, casting by Debbie O'Brien. 

Associate Choreographer is Rachel Chapman and Associate Musical Director is Hollie Cassar. The show is produced by Immersive Everywhere, Nic Doodson, Andrew Kay, Wendy & Andy Barnes and AK Theatricals.

*The Choir of Man* is at the Arts Theatre.

[*The Choir of Man* tickets are on sale now.](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/23760-the-choir-of-man)

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It’s not all about pub chants and smashing glasses. *The Choir of Man* London performances includes songs by chart-topping artists like Guns’N’Roses, Fun!, Adele, Avicii, Paul Simon, Sia, and many more. See the performers move from one instrument to another in a rowdy and joyous musical journey. Every song brings its surprises, and by the end of the show, you’ll wish you could visit *The Choir of Man* pub every day. 

*The Choir of Man* musical also features a real working bar onstage. Audience members can join in the fun and get a drink while they drink in the action. This festive and exuberant piece of theatre honours a vital part of any British high street: the pub. This is the West End’s happiest hour.

## What to Watch For:

- Prior to its West End run, *The Choir of Man* re-opened the Playhouse Square Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio. 
- Nic Doodson and Andrew Kay created *The Choir of Man*. The duo also wrote popular musicals Gobsmacked and Noise Boys.
- Freddie Huddleston choreographs *The Choir of Man*. He’s also worked on *Got To Dance* and *Lip Sync Battle UK*.
- A select few audience members are pulled up to take part in the show with the boys, joining them to watch the show from up-close right on the stage.

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Grab a pint and take a seat at the local pub. But 'The Jungle' isn't just any pub; this pub has a resident choir. This talented cast of singers, dancers, and musicians celebrate brotherhood, camaraderie, and the power of song. With a mix of popular tunes and incredible harmonies, this high-energy show shouldn't be missed.

The International sensation and feel-good show *The Choir of Man* brings 80 minutes of unadulterated escapism and pure fun to London's West End. *The Choir of Man* tickets are available on London Theatre now.

Nic Doodson and Andrew Kay’s creation became an instant classic. After performances at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2017, the show was licensed for performance at sea by Norweigan Cruise lines. Quickly, *The Choir of Man* musical gained fans around the world. Now, it’s taking over the West End, picking up an Olivier nomination for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play. 

### What is *The Choir of Man* about?

*The Choir of Man* is a great night at your local pub brought to glorious musical life on stage. Nine talented performers deliver reinventions of your favorite chart-topping classics, with songs by Adele, Guns'N'Roses, Sia, and Paul Simon among the disparate numbers, all brought to roaring life.

Fresh harmonies mean you'll hear classic songs like you've never heard them before, mixed with meditations on community and resilience delivered in-between rip-roaring musical numbers. It's like no pub concert you've ever seen before. 

The show's set also includes a working bar. *The Choir of Man* London audiences are welcome on stage to grab a pint and meet the boys before the show begins. A few lucky audience members might even be pulled up on stage during the show to experience a number up close. Wherever you are sitting, the musical's tap dancing and exuberant stomping is choreography like nothing you've experienced on the West End. 

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Home is where the pub is in the much-travelled <a href="/show/the-choir-of-man">The Choir of Man</a>, the paean to sensitive blokes boozing and singing that is chancing a perch in the West End.&nbsp; Much of the rest of the world (Australia and America included) have already experienced this venture, which started at&nbsp;the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2017, and one can immediately see it as a perfect fit north of the border during festival season, its patrons fuelled by a pint or two or four.In the harsher glare of London's commercial theatre, this show, much like another current Edinburgh transfer <a href="https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/21026-the-shark-is-broken">The Shark is Broken </a>a few streets away, looks rather dramatically exposed, as writer-performer Ben Norris all but worried aloud at a curtain call appeal to the audience to spread word of these West End newbies to their friends. Devised by Andrew Kay and Nic Doodson, the second of whom is also the director, the all-male, 90-minute vocal jamboree comes across as sweet enough but also oddly flimsy. Yes, I was captivated by the arrangements and presentation of a diverse array of songs ranging from Sia's signature, and lyrically startling, "Chandelier,"&nbsp;through to Paul Simon's "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" (here given a compulsively rhythmic makeover) and even a nod in the direction of musical theatre with "The Impossible Dream."But why hasn't it been possible over the past four years to come up with some sort of stronger framework for the sequence of songs as presented by a stage full of men who are given a single identity in the programme and that's it?&nbsp;And so we have a muscly Tom Brandon as The Hard Man, Miles Anthony Davis as a so-called "restless romantic" and so on, most of them defined in a sentence by where they are from. Ben Norris himself, we're told, is from Nottinghamshire, which segues to a reference to Black Lives Matter that was&nbsp;met with no response whatsoever at the matinee I attended. One senses that societal change isn't as important to this show's target audience as clambering onstage for the free beer that gets dispensed beforehand - and even once the show has begun.&nbsp;Indeed, not since Five Guys Named Moe have I come across a show in which drink at times takes precedence over performance. Before anything has happened, patrons are invited on to the <a href="/theatres/arts-theatre">Arts Theatre</a> stage and given a pint, and several game souls were brought up during the show itself to survey the action up-close - the not dissimilarly-staged Once was never like this. (Oli Townsend's set would be right at home with that gorgeous onetime Tony winner.)&nbsp;The vibe on offer is contradictory. On the one hand, we're meant to engage with these nine lads as gentle souls who can play piano, deliver various harmonies, and even tap dance as required. But there's also something of the Brexiteer culture to the show's much-proffered fantasy of a pub-loving England in which time has stood still and food, for instance, is delivered straight up and not - gasp horror! - served in something as implicitly continental as a brioche bun.After a while, I tuned out to the often vacuous narrative, such as it is, and focused instead on the music, which is where The Choir of Man does in fact deliver. I could listen on an endless loop to Brandon leading a hard-driving rendition of John Farnham's "You're the Voice,"&nbsp;and "Waterloo Sunset" has rarely sounded so wistful and alluring - not even in the Kinks-themed musical, Sunny Afternoon, to which it was central. You can see the show becoming a staple of community theatre, given its celebration of community, and it's no surprise to hear that it has found a home aboard ship, where it would doubtless prove a suitable nightcap. Whether that's enough to keep it going in the same venue that helped launch the stratospheric trajectory of SIX is open to question: I loved these guys while they were making music but when they morphed into poet-philosophers, I'm afraid I tuned out.&nbsp;<a href="/show/the-choir-of-man">The Choir of Man is at the Arts Theatre. Book The Choir of Man tickets on London Theatre.</a>Photo credit: The Choir of Man (Photo by Helen Maybanks)

'The Choir of Man' review — a drink-fueled evening of pop music favours song over substance

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THE OLIVIER NOMINATED, WORLDWIDE SMASH HIT IS RETURNING TO THE WEST END!

Welcome to THE CHOIR OF MAN- the best night in your local you’ve ever had. It’s a party, it’s a concert, it’s a lock in like no other. Featuring breath-taking reinventions of chart topping hits from artists including Guns’N’Roses, Fun!, Adele, Avicii, Paul Simon, Sia and many more, THE CHOIR OF MAN has something for everyone!  

The Arts Theatre, located in the heart of London, is a vibrant venue renowned for its contributions to the world of performing arts. This theatre is the epitome of modern and classic amalgamation, with a rich history dating back to 1927, yet complete with contemporary characteristics. The theatre stands out with its remarkable 350-seating capacity, perfect for intimate performances. Over the years, The Arts Theatre has provided a platform for numerous awe-inspiring shows embracing all genres, hosting memorable performances by legendary artists and newcomers alike. It takes pride in being the place where many great careers have been launched and nurtured. The theatre focuses on providing an enriching experience that extends beyond outstanding performances. A second floor bar - where patrons can essentially escape the hustle and bustle of London - offers a mix of creative cocktails and light refreshments. Next door is an eclectic private members’ club, perfect for post-show discussions. 

**How to Get to Arts Theatre**
Easily accessible by public transport, the Arts Theatre is a 5-minute walk from Leicester Square Tube Station, which serves the Northern and Piccadilly lines. Numerous bus services stop nearby, and taxis are readily available. If you prefer to drive, the nearest car park is Chinatown Car Park on Newport Place.

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The Arts Theatre opened in April 1927. It originally opened with the intention of being a performance space for unlicensed plays. Quickly, the Arts Theatre became known as a venue for shows that were not thought to be commercially viable.

In 1942, the theatre was taken over by Alec Clunes and John Hanau. Their tenure saw over 100 plays produced in a decade, earning the nickname of "The National Pocket Theatre". The [Unicorn Theatre](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatres/unicorn-theatre) enjoyed a 32-year tenure in the late 20th-century, allowing straight plays to perform in the evenings whilst giving the touring children’s theatre company a permanent London home during the day. 

It is now considered an independent commercial theatre, hosting short engagements, as well as cabarets, showcases and stand-up comedians. Recent successes at the Arts Theatre include *Six* and *The Choir of Man.*

## Arts Theatre Seating Information

The auditorium has two levels – Stalls and Circle. It’s an intimate space, so all patrons will feel close to the action. The Circle overhangs the Stalls from Row E.

The seating in the Circle is lightly raked.

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Located in central London, the Arts Theatre is a historic venue known for remarkable shows, modern amenities, and easy accessibility.

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