55+ Musicals Set in London – The Full List
Last Updated: May 6, 2025
England’s capital has been the backdrop for many stage musicals over the years. Whether a show is fully set in London, partially takes place there, or is set in a fictional version of the city, you’ll find it below. Here’s a full list of musicals set in London.
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Musicals Partially Set in London
Musicals Set in a Fictional London
Musicals Fully Set in London
Music: Alan Menken Lyrics/Book: Lynn Ahrens Book: Mike Ockrent
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1994)
Setting: England (London)
Music: Joshua Schmidt Lyrics: Jan Levy Tranen Book: Austin Pendleton
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Setting: England (London)
Music/Lyrics: Clark Baxtresser
Musical Type: Contemporary (2020)
Setting: England (London)
Music: Duncan Sheik Lyrics/Book: Steven Sater Book: Jessie Nelson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Setting: England (London)
Music/Lyrics: Marian Grudeff, Raymond Jessel Book: Jerome Coopersmith Additional Songs: Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Setting: England (London)
Music: Howard Goodall Lyrics: Charles Hart Book: Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Setting: England (London)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Lionel Bart Book: Joan Maitland
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Setting: England (London)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Robert J. Sherman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Setting: England (London)
Music/Lyrics: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman Book: A.J. Carothers
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1995)
Setting: England (London)
Music: Robb Stewart Lyrics/Book: Neville Phillips, Robin Chancellor
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Setting: England (London)
Music/Lyrics: Pet Shop Boys Book: Jonathan Harvey
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Setting: England (London)
Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Yip Harburg Book: Nunnally Johnson
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
Setting: England (London)
Music: Lee Pockriss Lyrics/Book: Anne Croswell
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Setting: England (London)
Music/Lyrics: Gary Barlow, Eliot Kennedy Music: Scott Frankel Lyrics: Michael Korie Book: Allan Knee, James Graham
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Setting: England (London)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Hugh Martin, Timothy Gray
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Setting: England (London)
Music: Frank Wildhorn Lyrics/Book: Leslie Bricusse
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1990)
Setting: England (London)
Music/Lyrics: Robert Wright, George Forrest Book: Peter Stone
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Setting: England (London)
Music: Laurie Johnson Lyrics: Lionel Bart Book: Bernard Miles
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Setting: England (London)
Music: David Arnold Lyrics: Richard Thomas Book: Richard Bean
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Setting: England (London)
Music/Lyrics: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, George Stiles, Anthony Drewe Book: Julian Fellowes
Musical Type: 1964 Film/Contemporary Musical (2004)
Setting: England (London)
Music: George Fenton, Simon Chamberlain Lyrics: Don Black Book: Terry Johnson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Setting: England (London)
Music: Frederick Loewe Lyrics/Book: Alan Jay Lerner
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Setting: England (London)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Lionel Bart
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Setting: England (London)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Paul Whitehouse, Jim Sullivan Music: John Sullivan, Chas Hodges
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Setting: England (London)
Music: Albert Hague Lyrics/Book: Dorothy Fields Book: Herbert Fields, Sidney Sheldon, David Shaw
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Setting: England (London)
Music: Ron Grainer Lyrics/Book: Ronald Millar
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Setting: England (London)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Julian Slade Lyrics/Book: Dorothy Reynolds
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Setting: England (London)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Leslie Bricusse
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1992)
Setting: England (London)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Leslie Bricusse
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1989)
Setting: England (London)
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Phillip George, David Lowenstein
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Setting: England (London)
Music: George Stiles Lyrics/Book: Anthony Drewe Book: Elliot Davis
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Setting: England (London)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Karey Kirkpatrick Music/Lyrics: Wayne Kirkpatrick Book: John O’Farrell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Setting: England (London)
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics/Book: Don Black, Christopher Hampton
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Setting: England (London)
Music/Lyrics: Ray Davies Book: Joe Penhall
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Setting: England (London)
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: Hugh Wheeler
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1979)
Setting: England (London)
Music/Lyrics: Boy George Music: Kevan Frost, John Themis, Richie Stevens Book: Charles Busch
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Setting: England (London)
Music: Jerome Kern Lyrics/Book: George Grossmith, Jr., P.G. Wodehouse
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1922)
Setting: England (London)
Music/Lyrics: Noël Coward Book: Harry Kurnitz
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Setting: England (London)
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Tim Rice
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age/Contemporary (1965/2005)
Setting: England (London)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Rupert Holmes
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1985)
Setting: England (London)
Music: Kurt Weill Lyrics/Book: Bertolt Brecht
Musical Type: Opera (1928)
Setting: England (London)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Pete Townshend Book: Des McAnuff
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1992)
Setting: England (London)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Toby Marlow, Lucy Moss
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Setting: England (London)
Musicals Partially Set in London
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
Music/Lyrics: Steven Lutvak Lyrics/Book: Robert L. Freedman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Setting: England (London, Various)
Music: Andrew Lippa Lyrics/Book: Brian Crawley
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Setting: Africa, England (London)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jill Santoriello
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Setting: England (London), France
Music: Elton John Lyrics/Book: Lee Hall
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Setting: England (Durham, London)
Music: John Hawkins, Richard Hill Lyrics/Book: Nevill Coghill Book: Martin Starkie
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
Setting: England (Canterbury, London)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Christopher Curtis Book: Thomas Meehan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Setting: England (London), USA (California)
Music/Lyrics: Richard Taylor Book: Rachel Wagstaff
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Setting: England (London), France (Paris)
Music: Charles Strouse Lyrics: Lee Adams Book: Jay Presson Allen
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1972)
Setting: England (London, Various)
Music: Justin Paul Lyrics: Benj Pasek Book: Timothy Allen McDonald
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Setting: England (Dover, London), USA (NYC), At Sea
Music/Lyrics: Cyndi Lauper Book: Harvey Fierstein
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Setting: England (London, Northampton)
Music: Stephen Flaherty Lyrics/Book: Lynn Ahrens
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1988)
Setting: England (London), France, Monaco, USA (New Jersey)
Music: Noel Gay Lyrics/Book: Douglas Furber, L. Arthur Rose
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1937)
Setting: England (London, Various)
Music: George Stiles Lyrics: Paul Leigh Book: Claire Luckham
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1993)
Setting: England (London, Various)
Music/Lyrics: Jay Livingston, Ray Evans Book: Al Morgan, José Ferrer
Musical Type: Golden Age (1958)
Setting: England (London), France (Paris), At Sea
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Music: Burton Lane Lyrics/Book: Alan Jay Lerner
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Setting: England (London), USA (NYC)
Music/Lyrics: Gloria Estefan, Emilio Estefan, Miami Sound Machine Book: Alexander Dinelaris
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Setting: England (London), Spain, USA (California, Florida, Nevada, NYC, Washington, D.C.), Vietnam
Music/Lyrics: Madness Book: Tim Firth
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Setting: England (London), USA (Nevada)
Music: Moose Charlap, Jule Styne Lyrics: Carolyn Leigh, Betty Comden, Adolph Green Book: J.M. Barrie
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Setting: England (London), Fictional
Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure
Music: George Stiles Lyrics: Anthony Drewe Book: Willis Hall
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1997)
Setting: England (London), Fictional
Music: Jerry Bock Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick Book: Sherman Yellen
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1970)
Setting: England (London), Germany
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: David Zippel Book: Charlotte Jones
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Setting: England (London, Various)
Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin Book: Matthew White, Howard Jacques
Musical Type: 1935 Film/Contemporary Musical (2011)
Setting: England (London), Italy (Venice), USA (NYC)
Musicals Set in a Fictional London
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: T.S. Eliot, Trevor Nunn, Richard Stilgoe
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1981)
Setting: London (Fictional)
Music/Lyrics: Queen Book: Ben Elton
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Setting: London (Fictional)
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Author: Stacy Karyn
Stacy Karyn is the founder of Theatre Trip, author of The Thespian’s Bucket List, and creator of The Cast Album List. She holds a BA in theatre and a TESOL drama certificate, with experience working and interning in Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters.
