Best new musicals, London 2020

Cinderella, Gillian Lynne Theatre

Fairytales will be reinvented this summer and a drastically different version of Cinderella comes to the West End.

It's based on an original idea by Emerald Fennell, the Emmy-nominated writer behind Killing Eve season two and upcoming film A Promising Young Woman. Musical Theatre maestro Andrew Lloyd Webber (Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Evita) is is writing a new score. And lyrics are from David Zippel, who was part of the Oscar-nominated song-writing team in Disney's Hercules and Mulan, and also conquered Broadway with City of Angels and The Woman in White.

Hello Dolly! Adelphi Theatre

Multi Olivier and BAFTA Award winning star Imelda Staunton follows in the footsteps of Barbara Steisand to play Dolly Levi, the meddlesome socialite at the heart of 1964 musical, Hello Dolly!.

City of Angels, Garrick Theatre

After dazzling audiences and selling out and winning an Olivier Award when it opened at the Donmar Warehouse in 2014, Josie Rourke's production of City of Angels finally comes to the West End. The original creative team, including choreographer Stephen Mear and designer Robert Jones will return.

& Juliet, Shaftesbury Theatre

Pop song-writer supreme Max Martin presents a new jukebox musical that gives Juliet an alternative ending and a feminist life after Romeo. Prepare yourself for pop hits including 'Baby One More Time', 'Everybody (Backstreet's Back)', 'Love Me Like You Do' and 'Can’t Feel My Face'.

Be More Chill, The Other Palace Theatre

New musical Be More Chill broke records for the most ticket sales in a single week when it opened at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre. Now it brings sci fi teen drama and cult popular songs to London.

Pretty Woman: the Musical, Piccadilly Theatre

Rags-to-riches romance comes to London as the musical theatre adaptation of 1990 rom-com Pretty Woman transfers to the West End after impressing on Broadway.

Moulin Rouge! The Musical, London

Rumour has it the stage adaptation of Moulin Rouge is transferring to London after impressing on Broadway. Based on Baz Lurhmann's Oscar-winning film, Moulin Rouge! The Musical transports audiences to bohemian romance of Montmartre with a medley of pop's greatest hits.

Amélie The Musical, The Other Palace

Who is not charmed by the whimsical Amélie? The award-winning French film comes to the London stage this Christmas.

Dear Evan Hansen, Noel Coward Theatre

Teenage dreams are about to come true as a smash hit Broadway musical about adolescence transfers to London. Dear Evan Hansen is the heartfelt story of a misfit who accidentally becomes a social media sensation.

Mary Poppins, Prince Edward Theatre London

Get ready for a flurry of kites, jolly holidays and spoons full of sugar as everyone's favourite nanny flies back onto the London stage. Fifteen years after its impressive premiere, Disney's stage show Mary Poppins returns to its original home, the West End's Prince Edward Theatre

Back to the Future musical

Great Scott! After a seven year development process, the stage adaption of Back to the Future has a confirmed premiere. The new musical based on beloved 1985 movie will open at Manchester Opera House in February 2020, before transferring to the West End (the theatre is still to be confirmed).

Carousel, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

Travel back in time and across the Atlantic for a story of love and loss on the Maine coast. Rogers and Hammerstein's 1945 hit musical carousel comes to life at the Open Air Theatre in a new revival by artistic director Timothy Sheader and Olivier-winning choreography Drew McOnie. Get ready for dance moves Bustin' All Over the aisles.

101 Dalmatians, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

We can already spot the hit of summer 2020... 101 Dalmatians will come to life in Regent's Park in a new musical at the Open Air Theatre. Dodie Smith's beloved 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians tells the story of puppies poached by the villainous Cruella de Vil. It is adapted for the stage by Zinnie Harris (book) and Douglas Hodge (music and lyrics).