TREADING THE BOARDS –LONDON THEATRE

newshowscomingtoLondoninJuly2023,includingWestEndmusicalsandplays

Lots of new theatrical happening this month so here is a run-down of brand new West End shows openinginJune2023inLondon

THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL

26 JULY TO 27 AUGUST, THE QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL SOUTHBANK

Welcome to the amazing undersea city of Bikini Bottom, a place where the happy, optimistic yellow sea sponge SpongeBob SquarePants and his equally eccentric circle of friends live. SpongeBob has a lovely, peaceful lifeuntilitturnsoutthatMountHumongous,a nearby volcano on the sea floor, is due to blow its top in the next 48 hours, a disaster that will completelydestroythecity.

SpongeBob is determined to prove he is more than just a cheery chunk of yellow sponge. Everybody else has given up hope, waiting for the end to happen, but he decidestosavetheday.Thisishisstory.

FROM 29 JULY, REGENTS PARK OPEN AIR THEATRE

"The best of times are now" with this glorious musical revival of Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein's show-stopping classic, La Cage aux Folles.Georges,AlbinandtheirsonJean-Michel re-discover the true meaning of family, and of putting yourself last so that the ones you love cancomefirst.