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A West End Show

London's theater district, around Shaftesbury Avenue and Covent Garden, with long-running musicals and new plays.

Photo: Pedro Szekely from Los Angeles, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
Open
Evenings, with matinees on some afternoons
Price
Paid
Time Needed
An evening
Address
West End, London WC2Directions
Getting There
Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus or Covent Garden station.

Why Go

About 40 theaters stage musicals, classic plays and new work, some of the musicals running for decades. Seeing a show is one of the great London evenings.

Book ahead for the big hits, or try the official half-price ticket booth in Leicester Square for same-day seats.

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