Recommend a theatre show in London

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Any play or musical you really enjoyed.
Does not necessarily have to be showing right in the West End either.

Yes definitely - my 50th bday pressie this year was tickets to The Play That Goes Wrong. All my kids, icl 12 year old twins - loved it.

The best 2 I've seen this year are Dear England (which is about to transfer) and Guys and Dolls (which I took the children to for the second time in as many months, yesterday - it's that good.)

@MCOut a strange Loop is genius and brilliantly performed but very disturbing/ upsetting in places. I’m glad I saw it but didn’t “enjoy” it.

I’ve loved:

Six
Hamilton
Moulin Rouge
Matilda

Six is absolutely awful - no storyline - just spice girls tribute act singing songs about Henry viii. I've been to lots of other musicals I've enjoyed but this was terrible.

My Neighbour Totoro. We saw it last year at the Barbican and they are bringing it back this fall. It is so good - I had a smile plastered on my face the whole time and so did both my teens (one of whom hates live theatre as a general rule).

Loved Six, agree Greatest Day was pretty awful.

I recently saw Mrs Doubtfire. Great fun.

Guys and Dolls
Hamilton
Cabaret

These are absolutely the top 3, IMO.

I'd add Matilda, Harry Potter & Cursed Child and The Play That Goes Wrong as worth a watch

The Motive and The Cue (wascNational Theatre & coming back to the West End before Xmas) was excellent.
I'm really looking forward to Kenneth Branagh's King Lear.

(I heartily disliked both Wicked and Six - also recommended here - which demonstrates that it comes down to personal taste).

Oh yes, I forgot, Crazy for You is fantastic.

If you are taking young teens, Cabaret may not be suitable, although it is completely brilliant.

Mouswtrap (an absolute classic)
Hamilton or Les Miserables (the two best musicals on the West End)

This is exactly what I thought, but so rare to find people who feel the same. It's not a proper musical, just a sub-par pop concert.

Cabaret is incredible.

I enjoyed Six too.

Definitely Guys and Dolls, and standing not sitting.

Six - the songs are incredibly clever and funny.
Only Fools and Horses - absolutely loved it.

Hamilton

Hamilton
Lion King
Les Mis
Play that goes wrong
Harry Potter and the cursed child
Back to the future

Just seen Operation Mincemeat. Flipping brilliant, would see it again in a heartbeat!!

Les Mis …absolutely fantastic and the fact it’s the longest running West End Show ever says it all!

Not Phantom.
I enjoyed Crazy For You a lot more than I thought I would, nor did I realise it’s from the 90s.
Have my eye on Six, for a 12 year old I’d go for that.

The Lion King
Six
School of Rock - is great if it's still on

Guys and Dolls. Absolutely brilliant.

Dear England. Finished at the National now but it's transferring to the West End.

Hamilton
Book of Mormon
Heathers (it may have closed now)
Six

I saw it with my 20 year old and we really liked it but didnt love it. I would have definitely taken my 17yr old if she'd been in the country. l also think the writer is huge talent in the making, but somehow it didn't quite seem fully formed just yet.

Matilda