List of the longest-running West End shows

This is a list of long running shows (3,000 performances or more) in the West End, a well known professional theatre district in London, England. Unless otherwise states, the number of performances listed is for the original West End production of the show. M denotes a musical, P denotes a straight play, R denotes a revue, D denotes a dance musical, and S denotes a special case. An asterisk indicates an announced closing date for a currently-running show. All currently-running shows are updated as of December 5, 2016, unless otherwise stated.

Oh! Calcutta! should be on the list, as it opened in the West End on September 30, 1970 and closed in either January or February 1980. If it played the standard eight shows a week throughout its run, it would have been performed about 3,800 times. It should be ranked 17th or 18th, but it is impossible to know which because of the close margin between number of performances.

The next longest running play is There's a Girl in My Soup (1966–1973). The next longest running musical is Oliver! (1960–1966). War Horse ran for almost seven years (2009-2016), which should put its number of performances close to 3,000 (approximately 2,800), but there is no official number available because lists usually are of the longest-running West End musicals.

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