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

1989

Title

Run

Venue

Aspects of Love (Lloyd-Webber/Hart/Black) 17 April (1325 perfs) Prince of Wales
Buddy (Biograph musical - Book by Alan Janes) 12 October Victoria Palace
Captain Stirrick (Jeremy James Taylor) -(NYMT) 14 December - 8 January 90 Lilian Baylis
Factory Follies (Tasha Fairbanks) 21 Apr - 14 May Warehouse, Croydon
Forbidden Broadway (Alessandrai) 2 Mar - 20 May Fortune
Ladies in the Lift (Helen Edmundson) 22 Mar 9 Apr Soho Poly
Metropolis (Hughes & Brooks) 8 Mar - 2 Sep Piccadilly
Miss Saigon (Schonberg/Boublil/Maltby) 20 July Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Les Petits Rats (Allwood/Taylor/Scott) 4 - 28 Jab Sadler's Wells
Return to the Forbidden Planet (Bob Carlton) 18 September (1516 perfs) Cambridge Theatre
Sherlock Holmes - the Musical (Bricusse) 24 Apr 8 Jul Cambridge
65 With a Bullet (Black Theatre Co-Operative) 28 Jul - 13 Aug Battersea Arts Centre
A Slice of Saturday Night (Heather Brothers) 1 - 26 Aug Transferred 27 Sep: Transferred 6 Sep King's Head: transferred Arts : Transferred Strand
Three Guys Naked From the Waist Down (Colker) 13 Jan - 26 Feb Donmar Warehouse
The Wicked World of Bel Ami (Ken Hill) 13 Apr - 13 May Theatre Royal Stratford E.