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

1997

Title

Run

Venue

Always (May/Sprague) 10 June - 26 July Victoria Palace
Beauty and the Beast (Menken/Asman & Rice) 13 May - Dominion Theatre
Carnaby Street (Hall) 7 - 23 August Arts Theatre
Centralia (Ishmael/Snape) 22 October - 8 November Brix
Chicago (Kander/Ebb) - revival 18 November Adelphi Theatre
Damn Yankees (Adler/Ross) revival 4 June - 9 August Adelphi Theatre
Dearly Beloved (Styles/Higgs) 15 May - 18 May Bridewell
Dorian (Reeves) adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray 29 September - 4 October Arts Theatre
Fairy Tales (Barnes) revue season
The Fix (Dempsey/Rowe) 12 May - 14 June Donmar Warehouse
Heathcliff (Rice/Farrar/Richard) season
Gloomy Sunday (Mueller) revue 2 April - 27 April Theatro Technis
The Goodbye Girl (Hamlisch/Simon/Black) revisal
The Hop Pickers (Worboyes) 8
Kat and the Kings (Kramer/Petersen) 2 October - 8 November Tricycle
Lady In the Dark (Weill/Ira Gershwin/Hart) revival
Lucky Stiff (Flaherty/Ahrens) 28 August - 20 September Bridewell
A Lot of Living (Strouse) revue short season
Maddie (Keeling/McKenna/Dexter) 29 September - 8 November Lyric Theatre
Marlene (Gems) revue
Saturday Night (Sondheim) season
Shelf Life (David Haines) 24 September - 11 October Southwark Playhouse
The Slow Drag 5 November Whitehall Theatre
Stepping Out - The Musical (King/Stewart-David) 28 October - 28 February Albery Theatre
Street Cries (Binns) 12 Mar - 19 April Camden People's Theatre
Summer Holiday (Gyngell/Haddigan) based on the film 8 July - 20 September Labatt's Apollo