page_title: London Palladium
section_title: Notable recent and present productions
hierarchical_section_title: London Palladium / Notable recent and present productions
caption_attribution_description: English: Madonna - London Palladium - Sunday 16th February 2020
context_page_description: The London Palladium is a 2,286-seat Grade II* West End theatre located on Argyll Street, London, in the famous area of Soho. Of the roster of stars who have played there, many have televised performances. While the theatre has a resident show, it is also able to host one off performances, such as concerts, TV specials and Christmas pantomimes since 2016. It has hosted the Royal Variety Performance 43 times, most recently in 2019. In March 2020, the venue closed due to the theatre industry's effect on the COVID-19 pandemic, but reopened over four months later on August 1, 2020.
context_section_description: 1991: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – Steven Pimlott's reworking of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical, starring Jason Donovan and Linzi Hateley
  1994: Oliver! – Cameron Mackintosh's revival directed by Sam Mendes. Originally starring Jonathan Pryce, Sally Dexter and Miles Anderson.
  1998: Saturday Night Fever directed and choreographed by Arlene Phillips, starring Adam Garcia and Ben Richards
  2000: The King and I directed by Christopher Renshaw. A transfer of the acclaimed 1996 Broadway revival, this version starred Elaine Paige and Jason Scott Lee
  2002: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang directed by Adrian Noble and choreographed by Gillian Lynne. The original cast included Michael Ball, Emma Williams, Anton Rodgers, Nichola McAuliffe, Brian Blessed and Richard O'Brien.
  2005: Scrooge – The Musical, by Leslie Bricusse, starring Tommy Steele
  2006: The Sound of Music directed by Jeremy Sams, starring BBC How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? winner Connie Fisher, Alexander Hanson, Lesley Garrett
  2009: Sister Act the Musical, opened May 2009, starring Patina Miller, Sheila Hancock and Ian Lavender. The production received an Olivier Award nomination for Miller
  2011: The Wizard of Oz, February 2011 – September 2012. This production was produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber who found Danielle Hope to play Dorothy via the BBC talent show series Over The Rainbow.
  2014–2015: Cats (revival), opened 6 December 2014, starring Nicole Scherzinger and later Beverley Knight.
  2016: Westlife lead vocalist Shane Filan performed at the theatre for his solo concert tour supporting his 2015 album Right Here
  2016: Eugenius! by Ben Adams and Chris Wilkins, world premiere concert performance on 29 June. Produced by and starred Warwick Davis
  2016-2017: Cinderella, return of the Palladium pantomime, starring Paul O'Grady, Julian Clary, Amanda Holden, Nigel Havers, Paul Zerdin, Lee Mead and Count Arthur Strong
  2017: The Wind in the Willows starring Rufus Hound, Simon Lipkin, Neil McDermott, Gary Wilmot and Denise Welch
  2017-2018: Dick Whittington, starring Julian Clary, Elaine Paige, Ashley Banjo & Diversity, Paul Zerdin, Nigel Havers, Gary Wilmot and Charlie Stemp
  2018: The King and I directed by Bartlett Sher. A transfer of the Tony-Award-winning 2015 Broadway revival starring Kelli O'Hara and Ken Watanabe
  2018-2019: Snow White, starring Dawn French, Julian Clary, Paul Zerdin, Gary Wilmot, Nigel Havers, Vincent & Flavia and The Magnificent Seven.
  2018-2019: Irish pop band Boyzone's last concert tour, Thank You & Goodnight Tour. One was held in The Palladium in 2018, and their last five shows together as a quartet in October 2019.
  2019: 50th Anniversary Production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat starring Sheridan Smith and Jason Donovan.
  2019: Into the Pallademonium, Cradle of Filth
  2019-2020: Goldilocks and the Three Bears Pantomime, starring Paul O'Grady, Julian Clary, Matt Baker, Paul Zerdin, Nigel Havers and Gary Wilmot.
  2020 Jan/Feb: Madame X Tour Madonna.
  2020 March: Van Morrison was set to play for a sold-out 6 night run.
  2021-2022: Untitled Palladium Pantomime; further details to be announced Summer 2021.
  2021 Summer: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat revival of summer 2019 production.
caption: Madonna at the Palladium in February 2020 during her Madame X Tour
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