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The best-reviewed shows on in London, ranked by the critics' star ratings we've collected: at least three reviews and an average of 3.5 stars or more. Each with the outlets that gave it five stars, a line from one review, its cheapest price and the best current deal.
Musicals on in London with at least three star-rated reviews and an average of 3.5 stars or more, best first.
Victoria Palace Theatre · from £42
5.0 from 8 reviews
Five stars from The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph, Evening Standard, The Stage, Time Out, WhatsOnStage, London Theatre
Tickets, deals and all the reviews“Believe the hype – Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical is a knockout”
Evening Standard, 5 stars
Savoy Theatre · from £25
4.6 from 11 reviews
Five stars from The Guardian, Evening Standard, The Independent, i, WhatsOnStage, London Theatre, The Reviews Hub
Tickets, deals and all the reviews“One of the most wonderful theatrical creations in years”
Evening Standard, 5 stars
Playhouse Theatre (Kit Kat Club) · from £31
4.6 from 8 reviews
Five stars from The Telegraph, Evening Standard, The Independent, The Stage, WhatsOnStage
Tickets, deals and all the reviews“Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley dazzle in a transformative show”
Evening Standard, 5 stars
Gielgud Theatre · from £20
5.0 from 3 reviews
Five stars from Evening Standard, WhatsOnStage, London Theatre
Tickets, deals and all the reviews“This darker take on the classic musical is all killer no filler”
Evening Standard, 5 stars
Criterion Theatre · Until 3 Jan · from £18.75
4.3 from 3 reviews
Five stars from London Theatre
Tickets, deals and all the reviews“a brilliant, bonkers musical parody”
London Theatre, 5 stars
Shaftesbury Theatre · Until 3 Jan · from £25
3.9 from 5 reviews
Five stars from WhatsOnStage
Tickets, deals and all the reviews“An illicit, profane, puppet joy”
Evening Standard, 4 stars
Aldwych Theatre · from £35
3.7 from 3 reviews
Five stars from The Reviews Hub
Tickets, deals and all the reviews“this slick, entertaining showbiz tale is top of the heap”
London Theatre, 4 stars
Piccadilly Theatre · from £25
3.5 from 6 reviews
Tickets, deals and all the reviews“The film is an alchemical delight – romantic and craven, tawdry and glamorous.”
The Independent, 4 stars
Hampstead Theatre · Until 7 Nov · from £45
3.5 from 3 reviews
Tickets, deals and all the reviews“Quirky American musical manages to mine comedy from a strange, bleak premise”
The Independent, 4 stars
Plays on in London with at least three star-rated reviews and an average of 3.5 stars or more, best first.
Phoenix Theatre · Until 23 Dec · from £25
5.0 from 3 reviews
Five stars from Evening Standard, WhatsOnStage, London Theatre
Tickets, deals and all the reviews“the awe-inspiring sci-fi spectacular is out of this world”
London Theatre, 5 stars
@sohoplace Theatre · Until 19 Dec · from £65
5.0 from 3 reviews
Five stars from The Independent, WhatsOnStage, The Reviews Hub
Tickets, deals and all the reviews“Gillian Anderson and Billy Crudup are electric in a play guaranteed to disturb you”
The Independent, 5 stars
Trafalgar Theatre · from £25
4.2 from 5 reviews
Five stars from The Reviews Hub
Tickets, deals and all the reviews“a boozy glitter bomb of outrageousness”
Evening Standard, 4 stars
Almeida Theatre · Until 31 Oct
3.7 from 3 reviews
Tickets, deals and all the reviews“O'Connor and company are a knockout”
Evening Standard, 4 stars
Menier Chocolate Factory · Until 14 Nov · from £46.25
3.7 from 3 reviews
Tickets, deals and all the reviews“Jesse Tyler Ferguson is captivating as the troubled, complex Truman Capote”
London Theatre, 4 stars
Wyndham's Theatre · Until 12 Dec · from £20
3.6 from 5 reviews
Tickets, deals and all the reviews“Christine Baranski and Richard E. Grant lead a fun and frothy revival”
London Theatre, 4 stars
These shows opened more than two years ago and are still on, so their opening reviews predate our collection and we do not have three star-rated ones to rank them by. They are listed here, unranked and without scores. Each show's page lists whatever reviews we have for it.
Ranked by the critics' star ratings we've collected: at least three reviews and an average of 3.5 stars or more, weighted so a show with many reviews isn't outranked by one with a few. Updated as reviews are added.
The score is the total of the stars plus three assumed reviews of 3.5, divided by the number of reviews plus three. The average shown on each card is the plain average of its own star ratings. Only shows that are on now and not closing within 14 days are ranked, and only reviews of the London production that carry a star rating count. The quote is one line from one of the show's highest-rated reviews, shortened where it is long, and links to the review.
