The three largest theatres in the south-west region, Southampton Mayflower (seating 2,300) Bristol Hippodrome (1,951), and Plymouth Theatre Royal (1,320), are the places to see the big touring musicals, and their 2025 schedule includes major national tours.

The Mayflower will stage Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop American history musical Hamilton (pictured below) , from 18th March to 26th April, and Cameron Mackintosh and Disney’s new production of Mary Poppins production from 27th August to 20th September.

At Bristol Hippodrome you can see the National Theatre production of War Horse from 3rd to 21st June, followed by Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge (pictured right) from 26th June to 9th August and the return of The Book of Mormon from 21st October to 8th November.

The westernmost venue, Plymouth’s Lyric aka Theatre Royal, has the new production of Mary Poppins until to 29th March and Hamilton from 30th July until 6th September.

For full details, visit the theatre’s websites.