British Musicals
The following list includes British musicals that originated in the United Kingdom or were created by British writers. Additional musical lists are available in the musical database.
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Musicals That Premiered in England (Without a British Writing Team)
Musicals With British Composers (Without Premiering in England)
British Musicals
The following musicals had their premiere in England/West End and have been composed by writing teams with at least one British member.
Music/Lyrics/Book: The Heather Brothers
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Music/Lyrics: David Essex Book: Jon Conway
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Music/Book: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Don Black, Charles Hart
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Music/Lyrics: Kath Gotts Book: Maureen Chadwick, Ann McManus
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Music: Howard Goodall Lyrics: Charles Hart Book: Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Music: George Stiles Lyrics: Anthony Drewe Book: Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Music: Elton John Lyrics/Book: Lee Hall
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Lionel Bart Book: Joan Maitland
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Willy Russell
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)
Music/Lyrics: Buddy Holly, Various Book: Alan Janes
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics/Book: Alan Ayckbourn
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Music/Lyrics: Gary Barlow Book: Tim Firth
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Music: John Hawkins, Richard Hill Lyrics/Book: Nevill Coghill Book: Martin Starkie
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: T.S. Eliot, Trevor Nunn, Richard Stilgoe
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Music/Lyrics: David Heneker, John Taylor Book: Hugh Williams, Margaret Vyner, Ray Cooney
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Music: Frederic Norton Lyrics/Book: Oscar Asche
Musical Type: Pre-Jazz Age (1916)
Music/Lyrics: Pet Shop Boys Book: Jonathan Harvey
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Sandy Wilson
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Leslie Bricusse
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Ben Adams, Chris Wilkins
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
Music: Dan Gillespie Sells Lyrics/Book: Tom MacRae
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Tim Rice
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Music/Lyrics: Gary Barlow, Eliot Kennedy Music: Scott Frankel Lyrics: Michael Korie Book: Allan Knee, James Graham
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Music/Lyrics: Richard Taylor Book: Rachel Wagstaff
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Julian Slade Lyrics/Book: Dorothy Reynolds
Musical Type: Golden Age (1957)
Music: Stuart Brayson Lyrics: Tim Rice Book: Bill Oakes
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Music/Lyrics: David Heneker Book: Beverley Cross
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Music: George Stiles Lyrics/Book: Anthony Drewe
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Richard Thomas, Stewart Lee
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Francis Essex, Rob Bettinson
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Tim Rice
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
Music: George Stiles Lyrics/Book: Anthony Drewe
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)
Music: Laurie Johnson Lyrics: Lionel Bart Book: Bernard Miles
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Music/Lyrics: Howard Goodall Lyrics/Book: Stephen Clark
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Music: David Arnold Lyrics: Richard Thomas Book: Richard Bean
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Music/Lyrics: Lionel Bart Book: Alun Owen
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Music/Lyrics: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus Book: Catherine Johnson
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Music/Book: Claude-Michel Schönberg Lyrics/Book: Alain Boublil Lyrics: Edward Hardy, Stephen Clark
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Music/Lyrics: Tim Minchin Book: Dennis Kelly
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Robert Longden, Hereward Kaye
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Music: Vivian Ellis, Richard Myers Lyrics/Book: Clifford Grey, Greatrex Newman
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1928)
Music: George Fenton, Simon Chamberlain Lyrics: Don Black Book: Terry Johnson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Music/Lyrics: Nicky Ager Lyrics/Book: Debbie Isitt
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Charles Chilton, Theatre Workshop, Inc.
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Lionel Bart
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Paul Whitehouse, Jim Sullivan Music: John Sullivan, Chas Hodges
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Music/Lyrics/Book: David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, Zoë Roberts
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Music/Lyrics: Madness Book: Tim Firth
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Music/Lyrics: Tom Fletcher Book: Jessica Swale
Musical Type: Contemporary (2025)
Music: Cyril Ornadel Lyrics: Leslie Bricusse Book: Wolf Mankowitz
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Music/Lyrics: Laurie Johnson Sketches: Peter Cook
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Return to the Forbidden Planet
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Bob Carlton
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)
Music: Ron Grainer Lyrics/Book: Ronald Millar
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Julian Slade Lyrics/Book: Dorothy Reynolds
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Leslie Bricusse
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Leslie Bricusse
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Toby Marlow, Lucy Moss
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Music: George Stiles Lyrics/Book: Anthony Drewe Book: Elliot Davis
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Don Black, Richard Maltby, Jr.
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Steve Brown Lyrics/Book: Justin Greene
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Alistair Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Richard Stilgoe, David Yazbek, Nick Coler
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics/Book: Don Black, Christopher Hampton
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Stop the World – I Want to Get Off
Music/Lyrics/Book: Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Music/Lyrics: Ray Davies Book: Joe Penhall
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics/Book: Don Black, Christopher Hampton
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)
Music/Lyrics: Boy George Music: Kevan Frost, John Themis, Richie Stevens Book: Charles Busch
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Don Black
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics/Book: Ben Elton
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Music/Lyrics: David Heneker Lyrics/Book: Warner Brown
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1980)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Sandy Wilson
Musical Type: Golden Age (1953)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Music/Lyrics: Darren Clark Lyrics/Book: Jethro Compton
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Ed Curtis
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
The Great British Bake Off Musical
Music/Lyrics: Pippa Cleary Lyrics/Book: Jake Brunger
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Tim Rice
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age/Contemporary (1965/2005)
Music/Lyrics: Nick Butcher Lyrics: Tom Ling Book: Joe White
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Music/Lyrics: Marc Teitler Book/Lyrics: Nancy Harris
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Music/Book: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Charles Hart Lyrics/Book: Richard Stilgoe
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)
The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd
Music/Lyrics/Book: Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Richard O’Brien
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
Music/Lyrics: Pippa Cleary Lyrics/Book: Jake Brunger
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Music: George Stiles Lyrics: Anthony Drewe Book: Julian Fellowes
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Music/Lyrics: Dave Malloy Lyrics/Book: Lucy Kirkwood
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: David Zippel Book: Charlotte Jones
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Lionel Bart Book: Harvey Orkin, Julian Woolford
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jim Barne, Kit Buchan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Music/Lyrics: Queen Book: Ben Elton
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Music/Book: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Jim Steinman Book: Patricia Knop, Gale Edwards
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Toby Marlow, Lucy Moss
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Musicals That Premiered in England
The following musicals premiered in England but were not written by British composers.
Music/Lyrics: Max Martin, Various Book: David West Read
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Robert J. Sherman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Music: Charles Strouse Lyrics: Lee Adams Book: Jay Presson Allen
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1972)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Robert J. Sherman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Alexander Dinelaris
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Music/Lyrics: Elyssa Samsel, Kate Anderson Book: Jodi Picoult, Timothy Allen McDonald
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Music/Lyrics: Tori Amos Lyrics/Book: Samuel Adamson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Musicals With British Composers
The following musicals were written by British composers, but did not premiere in England.
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Tim Rice
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)
Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure
Music: George Stiles Lyrics: Anthony Drewe Book: Willis Hall
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Music/Lyrics: Sting Book: Brian Yorkey, John Logan, Lorne Campbell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Music: Elton John Lyrics: Tim Rice Book: Roger Allers, Irene Mecchi
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Last Reviewed: April 18, 2026