Queen, the legendary band fronted by the dynamic Freddie Mercury before his death in 1991, have been making music together since the 70s and have now joined forces with writer Ben Elton to bring their unique sound to theatreland. Nigel Planer heads the cast in the Queen song-fest with the action taking place in a futuristic world where rock music is banned. Planer is joined by fellow cast members Tony Vincent, Hannah Jane Fox and Sharon D Clarke. Christopher Renshaw, who brings a worthy list of credentials including The King And I at the Palladium and the more recent and hugely popular Taboo, directs.

A keen young solicitor is sent to wind up the affairs of a recently deceased woman. He pieces together the details of her strange reclusive life alone in a remote and mysterious house. Years later, he recounts his experiences, desperate to exorcise the ghosts of the past. Susan Hill's thriller is currently in its 16th year.

The back catalogue of Abba, one of the most successful bands of all time, accompanies Catherine Johnson's new story in which a young woman and her mother (played by Louise Plowright) find themselves involved in past events on the eve of the daughter's wedding day. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd whose credits include 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie' at the National Theatre. Songs include 'Money, Money, Money' and 'Dancing Queen'.

Willy Russell's award-winning musical features Liverpudlian twins who are separated at birth and go on to lead very different lives. However, their paths are destined to cross again... The show, now in its fifteenth year, features Linda Nolan as Mrs Johnstone in a role which has been played by a host of famous faces including Barbara Dickson, Petula Clarke, Siobhan McCarthy and Denise Nolan.

You'd think audiences would know whodunnit by now, but over fifty years on and they're still asking! A group of people gathered together in a remote part of the countryside discover there is a murderer in their midst. The question, of course, is which one of them is the guilty party. Agatha Christie's classic thriller continues on the world's longest run. The show opened at the Ambassadors in 1952, moved next door to its current home in 1974 and recently celebrated its 20,000th performance.

Lloyd Webber\'s romantic musical is based on Gaston Leroux\'s gothic novel of life beneath the stage of the Paris Opera House. A mysterious masked man falls in love with Christine, a singer who inspires The Music of the Night. Directed by Harold Prince. John Owen-Jones plays the title role of the Phantom, with Katie Knight Adams as Christine and Ramin Karimloo as Raoul.

PLEASE NOTE :Children Under 3 are NOT admitted,the show is suitable for ages 7 upwards,however children over 3 are allowed BUT must purchase a ticket, and should they become restless they may be asked to leave. Julie Taymor directs the stage adaptation of Disney's hugely successful animated film. When the young lion prince Simba is born his evil uncle Scar is pushed back to second in line to the throne. Scar plots to kill both Simba and his father, King Mufasa, and proclaim himself king. Simba survives but is led to believe that his father died because of him and he decides to flee the kingdom. Tim Rice and Elton John's musical won six Tony Awards on Broadway and has been nominated for eight Olivier Awards.

Musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's great humanitarian novel of one man's determined survival in the face of another's vengeful persecution. Set amid the social and political struggles of 19th century France. The dramatic score includes numbers such as On My Own, One More Day, and Do You Hear the People Sing?. Directed by Trevor Nunn and John Caird. Jeff Leyton stars as Jean Valjean, while Michael McCarthy plays his nemesis Javert. Joining them on stage are Lydia Griffiths as Cosette, Sophia Ragavelas as Eponine, Joanna Ampil as Fantine, Katy Secombe as Madame Thenardier, Oliver Thornton as Enjolras and Jon Lee, formerly of S Club, appearing as Marius.

Set in the North East, BILLY ELLIOT is a funny, heart-warming and feel-good celebration of one young boy's dream... This original story captured the hearts of people around the world when the movie was released in October 2000. This poignant film broke box office records worldwide and was nominated for a raft of awards including 3 Golden Globes, 3 Oscars and 13 Baftas. The multi-award winning creative team from the film are joined by music legend. Elton John, the most celebrated UK singer song-writer of the last 30 years, to create the most eagerly anticipated musical of the decade.

Two girls meet in the land of Oz. One, born with emerald-green skin, is smart, feisty and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very, very popular. Wicked is the story of these two unlikely friends and how they end up as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch.

Roxie is a chorus girl who has murdered her lover but manages to get acquitted with the help of sleazy lawyer Billy Flynn. She teams up with murderess Velma to form an unusual nightclub act which they hope will keep them in the public eye. The musical, which won the 1998 Olivier Award for Outstanding Musical Production, includes the songs All That Jazz, Razzle Dazzle, Class and All I Care About. The musical, which won the 1998 Olivier Award for Outstanding Musical Production, includes the songs All That Jazz, Razzle Dazzle, Class and All I Care About. Frances Ruffelle plays Roxie Hart. Frances created the role of Eponine in Les Miserables at the Barbican and subsequently in the West End, winning the Tony Award when she opened the show on Broadway. Anita Dobson plays Mama Morton until 29th November 2003. Anita won massive acclaim as Angie Watts in "Eastenders", and has enjoyed an extensive theatre career ranging from musicals such as "Budgie" and "The Pyjama Game" to her Olivier Award nominated performance in the National Theatre's production of "Frozen". Paul Baker plays Amos Hart until 24th January 2004. Paul won the Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical for Taboo

1963 Americana comes to life in the musical adaptation of Dirty Dancing, featuring hit songs from the best selling movie soundtrack of all time including; Time Of My Life, Hungry Eyes, Hey Baby and Do You Love Me?

Avenue Q – Celebrating its 5th year! They certainly don’t act like it, but the residents of Avenue Q have finally grown up as they enter their fifth year and join the big league of West End musicals! Well, as grown up as a bunch of hapless, politically incorrect misfits who haven’t quite found their purpose in life can be. Still London’s funniest show by far, the Tony Award-winning Avenue Q is the mischievous, badly behaved but irresistibly charming musical about the lovably hopeless characters on a downtown New York street trying to make sense of life’s burning issues: love, work, relationships and, above all, just how are you supposed to pay the bills with a BA in English?

Voted the greatest musical of all time in a Channel 4 poll, Grease follows Danny and Sandy, two very different teenagers who fall in love in 1950s America. The show features hit songs including You're The One That I Want, Hopelessly Devoted and Summer Nights. Following the success of How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?, the lead roles of Grease will be cast via a new reality television show, Grease Is The Word.

The story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons – Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi – and how this group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks became one of the biggest American and International pop music sensations of all time. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds and sold 175 million records worldwide – all before they were thirty. Their songs include ‘Sherry’, ‘Walk Like A Man’, ‘December, 1963 (Oh What a Night)’, ‘Big Girls Don’t Cry’, ‘My Eyes Adored You’, ‘Let’s Hang On (To What We’ve Got)’, ‘Bye Bye Baby’, ‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’, ‘Working My Way Back to You’, ‘Fallen Angel’, ‘Rag Doll’ and ‘Who Loves You’.

The new production at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane promises to be even more spectacular than ever before, starring Rowan Atkinson as Fagin, a cast and orchestra of over one hundred and an exciting new Nancy and Oliver. The sensational score is full of Lionel Bart’s irresistible songs including Food Glorious Food, Consider Yourself, You've Got to Pick-a-Pocket or Two, I'd Do Anything, Oom Pah Pah, As Long As He Needs Me and many more. Cameron Mackintosh congratulates Jodie Prenger on winning the role of Nancy in BBC One’s I’d Do Anything and announces further casting for his production of Oliver!

Flying Music in association with Adrian Grant are proud to present THRILLER - LIVE, a spectacular, high octane show celebrating the career of the world's undisputed King of Pop - Michael Jackson, and the Jackson 5. Moonwalking into the West End after three acclaimed UK tours and standing ovations across Europe, THRILLER - LIVE opens at the Lyric Theatre on 2 January 2009. To bring to life on stage the sensational dancing and distinctive sound of Jackson's greatest hits, THRILLER - LIVE includes eye-popping multi-media effects and dazzling choreography by the shows award-winning director Gary Lloyd (who has previously worked with artists including Leona Lewis, Will Young, Robbie Williams, and Girls Aloud), plus additional choreography by 5 time MTV award-winning LaVelle Smith Jnr.

PRISCILLA is the heart warming, uplifting adventure of three friends, a glamorous performing trio, who hop aboard a battered old bus (Priscilla) to take their show to the middle of the Australian outback. These three larger-than-life characters go searching for love and friendship and end up finding more than they could ever have dreamed. With a dazzling array of spectacular and colourful costumes (from the film’s Oscar®-winning designers), this brilliant cast share the limelight with the scene-stealing, performing bus. PRISCILLA is the ultimate joyous theatrical experience and features over 20 well-known dance floor classics such as: I Will Survive, Don’t Leave Me This Way, Finally, I Love The Night Life, Colour My World and Shake Your Groove Thing. PRISCILLA will have you laughing, singing and dancing in your seats - so, hop on board!

Billed as Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘greatest challenge’ Love Never Dies is the long-awaited follow on to box office record breaker The Phantom of the Opera. It is 1907, tens years after the mysterious disappearance of The Phantom and Christine Daaé has received an invitation to perform at New York’s superb new playground for the rich and famous, Coney Island. Arriving with her husband Raoul and their son Gustave, the famed soprano soon discovers amongst the amusements and sideshows the identity of the anonymous impresario who has lured her across the ocean. Love Never Dies is a rollercoaster ride of obsession and intrigue, in which music and memory can play cruel tricks. The Phantom sets out to prove that, indeed, Love Never Dies

Billed as including ?moments of extreme shock and tension?, Ghost Stories was created by The League Of Gentlemen writer Jeremy Dyson and director Andy Nyman, who is best known for his work with Derren Brown, recently co-directing Brown?s stage show Enigma. Jeremy Dyson's shows on television and on stage have won a Perrier Award, a BAFTA Award and the Golden Rose of Montreux. The production is directed by Sean Holmes, artistic director of the Lyric Hammersmith.