Updated 22nd January 2021 : to help make things a little easier for you with the current Covid-19 guidelines we have listed all the latest updates we have for upcoming and rescheduled West End and touring musicals .
Please check back regularly as we will be updating this page on a daily basis as we receive more news
WEST END MUSICALS
- A Christmas Carol starring Brian Conley as Scrooge is running at London's Dominion Theatre from 7th-15th December 2020 . THE SHOW HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO A PREMATURE CLOSE DUE TO THE NEW TIER 3 COVID RESTRICTIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN PUT INTO FORCE IN LONDON.
- Andrew Lloyd Webber's new version of Cinderella starring Carrie Hope Fletcher at the Gillian Lynne Theatre is now scheduled to have its first preview on 30th April 2021 with an opening night on 19th May.
- A new UK production of Anything Goes from Tony-winner Kathleen Marshall starring Robert Lindsay, Felicity Kendal, Gary Wilmot and Megan Mullaney will open at the Barbican with performances now scheduled to run from 5th June - 22 August 2021 followed by a short tour to Dublin, Salford, Southampton and Edinburgh.
- &Juliet at the Shaftesbury Theatre is currently booking from 28th May 2021 to 23 February 2022 .
- Back to The Future - The Musical will open at the ADELPHI THEATRE in London West End on 14th May and run until Sun 26 Sept
2021
- Chichester Festival Theatre has moved its 2020 season to next year
-
Come From Away is now booking at the Phoenix Theatre from 18th June to 18th December, 2021.Sadly they have had to cancel
a specially adapted staged concert which was due to run at
London's Phoenix Theatre from Wednesday 10 February – Saturday 27 February 2021
-
Dear Evan Hansen reopening has been put back to 2021 with new dates still TBA
-
Everybody's Talking About Jamie is returning to London on 12th December 2020.
THE SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO THE NEW TIER 3 COVID RESTRICTIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN PUT INTO FORCE IN LONDON.- Frozen starring Samantha Barks as ice Princess Elsa with Stephanie McKeon playing her sister Princess Anna has delayed its opening with previews which were due to start on April 2nd at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane with an official opening night on April 14th. New dates on sale soon,
- Hairspray the musical starring Michael Ball, Paul Merton, Rita Simons and Marisha Wallace is now scheduled to open on April 22nd, 2021 running for 19 weeks until 30th August.
- Hamilton the Musical returns to London on 15th May 2021. Tickets now on sale.
- Hello, Dolly! The new West End production has been postponed until 2022 due to Imelda Staunton's Netflix filming commitments on The Crown.
- Jersey Boys is booking from Wed 14 April - Sun 19 Dec 2021at London's Trafalgar Theatre
- Jesus Christ Superstar special concert staging is running at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre for 70 performances only from
Friday 14 August for six weeks to 27th September. There will be reduced
capacity down to 390 seats
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat starring Jason Donovan and Jac Yarrow at the Palladium has moved to next year with tickets now on sale
- Les Miserables Musical at the Sondheim has postponed its reopening until 29th May with tickets now on public sale
- Les Miserables Staged Concert will play a limited run for eight weeks at the
Sondheim Theatre in London's West End, from December 5th 2020. Performances have now regrettably been cancelled up to and including 14th February 2021
- Magic Mike Live Channing Tatum's show has announced plans to reopen on 16th April 2021 at the Hippodrome with free unlimited Prosecco for the first 10 weeks.
- Mamma Mia! at the Novello is booking from 7th June 2021
- Mary Poppins at the Prince Edward Theatre is now intending to reopen on 22n May 2021 with tickets now on sale.
- Matilda The Musical is booking until 30th May 2021
- Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker! 2020/2021 National tour and Christmas season at Sadler’s Wells has been postponed until 2021/2022.
- Moulin Rouge the Musical has been postponed until late in 2021 with previews likely to take place next November.
- Only Fools & Horses at the Haymarket is booking until 26th May 2021
- Pantoland at The London Palladium!will be a variety
spectacular celebrating the art of the pantomime, with performances
beginning from December 12th. THE SHOW HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO A PREMATURE CLOSE ON 15TH DECEMBER DUE TO THE NEW TIER 3 COVID RESTRICTIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN PUT INTO FORCE IN LONDON.
- Phantom of the Opera has postponed its reopening until 5th June 2021 at Her Majesty's starring
Killian Donnelly in the title role with tickets now on sale.
- Pretty Woman the Musical at the Piccadilly Theatre is now running from 1st March to 24th July 2021
- Regent's Park Open Air Theatre's entire summer season will now run in 2021, including the Carousel revival. The new 101 Dalmatians musical has been postponed until 2022.
- Singin in the Rain' – The Sadler's Wells run has been moved to July 2021, with tour dates now in 2022
- Sister Act has moved its dates to 2021 both on tour and in London with Whoopi Goldberg and Jennifer Saunders now at the Eventim Apollo next summer from 20th July.
- Six the Musical is transferring into the Lyric Theatre opening in London in December.. THE SHOW HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO A
PREMATURE CLOSE ON 15TH DECEMBER DUE TO THE NEW TIER 3 COVID
RESTRICTIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN PUT INTO FORCE IN LONDON The show is now planning to open on 1st March 2021
- Sunday in the Park with George starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford is now due in the West End in 2021 with dates still to be confirmed.
- The Book of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre is planninf to reopen on 12th July 2021.
- The Drifters Girl new musical starring Beverley Knight has been postponed and will now run at the Garrick Theatre from 4th November 2021 to 26th March 2022.
- The Lion King is booking until 3rd October 2021 at the Lyceum
- The Prince of Egypt is currently booking to 4th September 2021.
- Tina the Musical is booking from to 29th January 2022
- Wicked! is booking until 27th November 2021.
TOURING MUSICALS
See at a glance which are the number 1 UK touring musicals with all their latest rescheduled dates.
- Ambassador Theatre Group announce pantos in Manchester, Bristol and Milton Keynes
- Bat Out of Hell producers currently rescheduling tour dates to 2021/2
- Dirty Dancing is heading out on tour again in 2021 opening in Inverness in June
- Disney’s Beauty and the Beast new UK and Ireland tour is due to start 0n 25th May 2021, opening with a
five week run at the Curve Leicester. Casting is currently underway
- A new UK & Ireland tour of Disney’s Bedknobs and Broomsticks is due to open at the Theatre Royal Newcastle from August 2021.
- Bring
it On the Lin Manuel Miranda musical tour will now commence
in autumn 2021.
- Chicago
the Musical has a new tour due to start next April with tickets
now on sale
- Cilla The Musical starring Sheridan Smith has been postponed until next year
- Dreamgirls the musical tour scheduled for the beginning of 2021has been postponed with new dates to be arranged later in the year.
- Everybody's
Talking About Jamie tour dates have been rescheduled for early 2021.
- Footloose
tour starring Gareth Gates and Darren Day will now begin in
January 2021
- Friends!
The Musical Parody has rescheduled some tour dates to 2021.
- Grease the
Musical starring Peter Andre has released rescheduled tour dates
- Hairspray
the Musical Tour - postponed until 2021. New dates now on sale.
- Heathers the Musical - postponed until 2021. New dates now on sale.
- Les Miserables has some rescheduled 2021 tour dates on sale
- Mamma
Mia! has announced new tour dates for 2022/23
- Matthew Bourne`s Nutcracker national tour and Christmas season at Sadler’s Wells has been postponed until 2021/2022 with new dates now on sale.
- My
Best Friends Wedding starring Alexandra Burke has added new tour dates
- 9 to 5
the Musical second tour of Dolly Parton's hit musical now
begins in 2021 with new dates on sale.
- Riverdance, the New 25th Anniversary Show will return to complete its
tour of the UK. The show will visit 25 venues from 27th August 2021.
All the 2020 tour dates have successfully been replaced and NEW SHOWS
have been added
- Rock of
Ages has a new tour starting in May 2021 with tickets now on sale.
- School of Rock is to tour the UK from next April
- Singin`in the Rain has announced rescheduled tour dates
- Six the
Musical has rescheduled itd tour dates and is now opening at Eastbourne Congress Theatre in March .
- Strictly
Ballroom the new tour of the Baz Luhrmann musical, starring
Strictly Come Dancing's Kevin Clifton, has been postponed for a year
- Sunny
Afternoon tour of the Kinks Musical has been postponed
- The
Addams Family tour postponed until 2021
- The
Book of Mormon tour has rescheduled tour dates to 2021/2022.
- The
Commitments tour of the Roddy Doyle Musical will now begin in late
2021
- The Lion King tour has been postponed until March 2021
- The Osmonds - a New Musical Tour has announced an extensive UK tour which will open in 2021
- The Rocky Horror Show to tour again in 2021
- Thriller
Live! the Michael Jackson musical has rescheduled some tour dates and
added new ones to 2021
- Waitress
Musical has new dates on sale to the 2021 tour
- White Christmas has a new tour opening in October 2021 with dates now on sale
- We
Will Rock You has postponed its tour until 2021with more new dates
added.
- Whitney –
Queen of the Night has rescheduled its West End date to 7
February 2021
CONCERT TOURS
- Collabro have rescheduled their Concert Tour
- David Essex has rescheduled his concert tour
- Jane McDonald has rescheduled her Leave a Light On
- Ruthie Henshall has moved her In My Life Tour
- Michael Ball and Alfie Boe have announced their Together At Christmas 2021 Concert Tour
- Gary Barlow has rescheduled his Music Played by Humans tour to November and December 2021