London Shows - Chronology

The shows are listed in alphabetical order. The original opening date is the official frst night, not counting previews, unless otherwise stated. By and large revivals of shows are not included. In later years, unless show runs have been officially published I have assumed 8 shows per week, uncluding matinees. Where only short runs have been scheduled I have given the opening and closing dates only. Further information about the shows can be found by clicking on the show title where linked.

Original listing by Edmund Whitehouse of "This England" magazine

London shows - chronology

1983

Title

Run

Venue

Abbacadabara (Wood/Black) based on Abba songs 13 Dec - 21 Jan 84 Lyric Hammersmith
Any Minute Now (MacLennan/Anderson) 26 Jan - 12 Feb 84 Theatre Royal Stratford East
Blondel (Oliver/Rice) 87 + 278 Old Vic
Blood Brothers (Willy Russell) 11 April - 22 Oct (224 perfs) Lyric. Reopened Albery Theatre 27 Aug 1988. Transferred Phoenix Theatre 27 November 1991. (Still Running)
Bugsy Malone (Paul Williams/Alan Parker) 26 May - 11 Feb, 84 (300 perfs) Her Majesty's
Dancin' (devised by Bob Fosse) 14 Nov - 28 Jan 84 Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Dear Anyone (Stephens/Black) 65 Cambridge
Hi-Di-Hi (Perry/Croft) 22 Dec - 5 May 84 Victoria Palace
His Master's Voice (Anderson) 13 Oct - 19 Nov Half Moon
Incidental Music (revue) (Ayckbourn/Todd) 2 Dec - 21 Jan 84 Orange Tree
Iron Harvest (Colin Sell) 19 Apr - 14 May Old Red Lion
Jean Seberg (Adler/Barry/Hamlisch) 1 Dec - 3 Apr 84 Olivier
John, Paul, George, Ringo and Bert (revue) (Russell) 5 Aug - 1 Oct Young Vic
Jukebox (compilation) (Donnelly) 14 Jul - 10 Dec Astoria
Little Shop of Horrors (Ashman/Menken) 813 Comedy
Marilyn! (Wilson & Garson) 17 Mar - 30 Jul Adelphi
Noel and Gertie (devised by Sheridan Morley) 9 May - 4 Jun King's Head
Our Day Out (Russell) 30 Aug - 30 Sep Young Vic
Poppie Nongena (Kotze & Joubert) 14 - 18 Sep Albany Empire
Singin’ in the Rain (Brown/Freed) 894 London Palladium
Snoopy - the Musical (Grossman/Hackaday) 20 Sep - 11 Nov 84 Duchess
Swan Esther and the King (Munns/Oliver) 26 Young Vic