London’s West End is made up of 39 theaters including the Piccadilly Theatre, Apollo Victoria Theatre, Dominion Theatre, and Drury Lane Theatre, and it includes the areas of Covent Garden, Leicester Square, Mayfair, and Piccadilly. The West End regularly hosts some of the world’s best theater and acting talent, and many shows premiere on the West End before making their way to New York.
While musicals like Moulin Rouge!, The Lion King, and Frozen the Musical started on Broadway, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Play That Goes Wrong, Matilda the Musical, and Tina: The Tina Turner Musical all played on the West End before mounting New York productions. Here’s how to get tickets to great London theatre and West End shows!