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.
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: The Heather Brothers
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: David Essex and Jon Conway
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, and Charles Hart
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Zippel, and Emerald Fennell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Kath Gotts, Maureen Chadwick, and Ann McManus
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Howard Goodall, Charles Hart, Gurinder Chadha, and Paul Mayeda Berges
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: George Stiles, Anthony Drewe, Ron Cowen, and Daniel Lipman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Elton John and Lee Hall
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Creators: Lionel Bart and Joan Maitland
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)
Creators: Willy Russell
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: Buddy Holly, Alan Janes, and Others
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alan Ayckbourn
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Gary Barlow and Tim Firth
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
Creators: John Hawkins, Richard Hill, Nevill Coghill, and Martin Starkie
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, T.S. Eliot, Trevor Nunn, and Richard Stilgoe
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Creators: David Heneker, John Taylor, Hugh Williams, Margaret Vyner, and Ray Cooney
Musical Type: Pre-Jazz Age (1916)
Creators: Frederic Norton and Oscar Asche
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Pet Shop Boys and Jonathan Harvey
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Creators: Sandy Wilson
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Leslie Bricusse
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Ben Adams and Chris Wilkins
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Dan Gillespie Sells and Tom MacRae
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Gary Barlow, Eliot Kennedy, Scott Frankel, Michael Korie, Allan Knee, and James Graham
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Richard Taylor and Rachel Wagstaff
Musical Type: Golden Age (1957)
Creators: Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Stuart Brayson, Tim Rice, and Bill Oakes
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Creators: David Heneker and Beverley Cross
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Creators: George Stiles and Anthony Drewe
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Richard Thomas and Stewart Lee
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Creators: Francis Essex, Rob Bettinson, and Others
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)
Creators: George Stiles and Anthony Drewe
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Laurie Johnson, Lionel Bart, and Bernard Miles
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Howard Goodall and Stephen Clark
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: David Arnold, Richard Thomas, and Richard Bean
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Lionel Bart and Alun Owen
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Creators: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, and Catherine Johnson
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil, Edward Hardy, and Stephen Clark
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Tim Minchin and Dennis Kelly
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Robert Longden and Hereward Kaye
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1928)
Creators: Vivian Ellis, Richard Myers, Clifford Grey, and Greatrex Newman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: George Fenton, Simon Chamberlain, Don Black, and Terry Johnson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Nicky Ager and Debbie Isitt
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Creators: Charles Chilton, Theatre Workshop, Inc., and Others
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Lionel Bart
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Paul Whitehouse, Jim Sullivan, John Sullivan, and Chas Hodges
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Madness and Tim Firth
Musical Type: Contemporary (2025)
Creators: Tom Fletcher and Jessica Swale
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Creators: Cyril Ornadel, Leslie Bricusse, and Wolf Mankowitz
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Laurie Johnson and Peter Cook
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)
Creators: Bob Carlton and Others
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Ron Grainer and Ronald Millar
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Creators: Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Leslie Bricusse
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: Leslie Bricusse
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: George Stiles, Anthony Drewe, and Elliot Davis
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, and Richard Maltby, Jr.
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Steve Brown and Justin Greene
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Alistair Lloyd Webber, Richard Stilgoe, David Yazbek, and Nick Coler
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, and Christopher Hampton
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Creators: Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Ray Davies and Joe Penhall
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, and Christopher Hampton
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Boy George, Kevan Frost, John Themis, Richie Stevens, and Charles Busch
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1980)
Creators: David Heneker and Warner Brown
Musical Type: Golden Age (1953)
Creators: Sandy Wilson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Nic Doodson, Andrew Kay, and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Darren Clark and Jethro Compton
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: Ed Curtis and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: Pippa Cleary and Jake Brunger
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age/Contemporary (1965/2005)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: Nick Butcher, Tom Ling, and Joe White
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: Marc Teitler and Nancy Harris
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, and Richard Stilgoe
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
Creators: Richard O’Brien
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Pippa Cleary and Jake Brunger
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: George Stiles, Anthony Drewe, and Julian Fellowes
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: Dave Malloy and Lucy Kirkwood
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Zippel, and Charlotte Jones
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Creators: Lionel Bart, Harvey Orkin, and Julian Woolford
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Jim Barne and Kit Buchan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Ben Elton and Queen
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jim Steinman, Patricia Knop, and Gale Edwards
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Creators: Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss
Musicals That Premiered in England
The following musicals premiered in England but were not written by British composers.
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Max Martin and David West Read
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Robert J. Sherman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1972)
Creators: Charles Strouse, Lee Adams, and Jay Presson Allen
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Robert J. Sherman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Alexander Dinelaris and Others
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: Elyssa Samsel, Kate Anderson, Jodi Picoult, and Timothy Allen McDonald
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Tori Amos and Samuel Adamson
Musicals With British Composers
The following musicals were written by British composers, but did not premiere in England.
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: George Stiles, Anthony Drewe, and Willis Hall
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Sting, Brian Yorkey, John Logan, and Lorne Campbell
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Elton John, Tim Rice, Roger Allers, and Irene Mecchi