The Choir of Man Tickets in London at The Arts at Marble Arch
The Choir of Man is set in a pub with a working bar on stage, where nine men sing, play instruments and tap dance live. It's back in London for Christmas and New Year, at The Arts at Marble Arch from Thursday 10 December 2026 to Sunday 14 February 2027. There are two shows on Christmas Eve and two on New Year's Day, and none on Christmas Day or Boxing Day.
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Who's The Choir of Man For?
The Choir of Man is for anyone who wants a night out more than a story. There's no plot to follow, just a pub, nine men and a lot of songs you already know, from Queen to Katy Perry, so it suits groups of friends, work outings and people who say they don't like musicals. It's closer to a gig in a pub than a traditional musical, and the cast bring the audience into it.
It also works for families with children aged 10 and over who want a Christmas outing that isn't a Christmas show, and for anyone who saw it at the Arts Theatre and wants to go again. It's the same production in a new theatre, now with an interval.
It isn't for you if you want a musical with a story and characters you follow from start to finish. Between the songs, the talking is short monologues rather than scenes.
What Tickets Cost
Tickets start from around £30 and go up to around £105 for the best seats. The prices are the same on every date, so a Saturday night at Christmas costs the same as a Tuesday in February.
Most seats cost £54 to £78, and premium seats start from £102.
The cheapest seats are at the back and the sides of the Rear Stalls. The dearest are in the middle of the Front Stalls. For a group of ten or more, call us and we'll find you seats together.
About The Choir of Man at The Arts at Marble Arch
The Choir of Man was created by Nic Doodson and Andrew Kay, and Doodson directs. It started at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2017, came to the Arts Theatre in 2021, was nominated for an Olivier Award in 2022 and played more than 1,000 performances in the West End before it closed there on 4 January 2026.
This season is at The Arts at Marble Arch, the Arts Theatre team's new theatre by the arch itself. At the Arts Theatre the show had no interval and lasted about an hour and a half. This version is 2 hours 5 minutes, with a 20-minute interval.
What to know before you go
The set is a working pub. At the Arts Theatre you could go up on stage for a beer before the show, and on the tour there's been a second chance at the interval. Nothing has been announced yet about the stage bar at Marble Arch, so ask the staff when you arrive. If you'd like a drink on stage before it starts, give yourself 20 to 30 minutes. Otherwise arrive 15 to 20 minutes before, no later.
At the Arts Theatre, the cast came out into the audience with pints and brought people up on stage. If you'd like to be part of it, sit on an aisle or near the front, and if you'd rather watch, sit further in.
There are security checks on the way in and no cloakroom, so leave big bags at home.
Age guidance is 10+, and anyone under 16 needs an adult with them. There's no swearing. There is drinking on stage, some adult humour, flashing lights and haze.
What's The Choir of Man About? The Story and the Songs
There isn't a story as such. Everything happens in The Jungle, a pub, among nine regulars who are each a type you'd recognise, from the Poet and the Romantic to the Joker and the Bore. The performers use their own names.
Between the songs there are short spoken pieces, written by Ben Norris, who played the Poet originally.
The songs are pop and rock hits in new arrangements for nine male voices by Jack Blume, played live on stage. Songs include:
- Save Tonight and Wake Me Up
- 500 Miles
- Chandelier
- Hello
- Under the Bridge
- Some Nights
- You're the Voice
- Somebody to Love
- The Parting Glass
- Bring Tomorrow On, the show's one original song
The songs change a little from time to time, so the list on your night may be slightly different.
Performance Schedule
The Choir of Man plays Tuesday to Sunday, with matinees on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Friday matinee is unusual in London, so it's a good one if you're coming in for the day. There's no Monday performance.
| Day | Matinee | Evening |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | - | - |
| Tuesday | - | 7:30pm |
| Wednesday | - | 7:30pm |
| Thursday | - | 7:30pm |
| Friday | 2:30pm | 7:30pm |
| Saturday | 2:30pm | 7:30pm |
| Sunday | 3pm | - |
The first performance is Thursday 10 December 2026, and opening night is Wednesday 16 December.
Over Christmas and New Year the times change:
- Tuesday 22 December: 2:30pm and 7:30pm
- Wednesday 23 December: 7:30pm
- Thursday 24 December, Christmas Eve: 12:30pm and 4:30pm
- Friday 25 and Saturday 26 December: no performances
- Sunday 27 December: 3pm
- Tuesday 29 December: 7:30pm
- Wednesday 30 December: 2:30pm and 7:30pm
- Thursday 31 December, New Year's Eve: 7:30pm
- Friday 1 January: 2:30pm and 7:30pm
From Saturday 2 January it's back to the usual week. The run ends with a 3pm matinee on Sunday 14 February 2027, Valentine's Day.
Best Seats for The Choir of Man
Rows D to G in the centre of the Front Stalls are the best seats and the dearest. You're close to the pub without having to look up at the stage.
Aisle seats are the ones to book if you want to join in, and the front few rows are the likeliest to be brought up on stage.
The best value is the Rear Stalls. It's further back, but the seats rise steeply, so the view is clear, and the back row and the outer sections are the cheapest.
Every section is covered in the Tickets and Best Seats tab. Call us on 020 7193 9050 and we'll tell you what's left on your date.
Cast and Creative Team
Casting for the London season is still to be announced. The company is nine men plus swings, and the parts are written so that performers can change without the show changing.
Nic Doodson and Andrew Kay created it, with vocal arrangements by Jack Blume, choreography by Freddie Huddleston and spoken pieces by Ben Norris. The full creative team is in the Cast and Creatives tab.
Book The Choir of Man Tickets
It's a limited season, and the Christmas dates will be the busiest. All-in pricing, so the price you see is what you pay. If you'd like to talk the seats through first, we're on the phone.
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FAQs
It's coming back. It closed at the Arts Theatre on 4 January 2026 and has been touring the UK since. It returns to London at The Arts at Marble Arch from 10 December 2026 to 14 February 2027.
At The Arts at Marble Arch, a new theatre at Marble Arch, London W1H 7DX, a couple of minutes' walk from Marble Arch station on the Central line.
From around £30 up to around £105, with the same prices on every date. Call us on 020 7193 9050 for what's available on yours.
There's real beer on tap in the pub on stage. Audiences have gone up for a pint before the show, and the cast have passed pints along the aisles. How the stage bar works at Marble Arch is still to be confirmed, so check on the night.
2 hours 5 minutes, with a 20-minute interval. You'll be out at about 9:35pm after a 7:30pm start, 4:35pm after a 2:30pm matinee and 5:05pm on a Sunday.
10 and over, with an adult for anyone under 16. Nobody swears. Expect beer on stage, some grown-up jokes and one song performed at a row of urinals.
Rows D to G, in the middle, give the best view. An aisle seat gets you involved, and the Rear Stalls cost less and still see well, because the rows rise steeply.
Yes. People are brought up on stage and sung to, and the cast come out into the aisles. If you'd rather stay in your seat, avoid the aisles and the front few rows.
No. The nine men play instruments and tap dance as well as sing, and there are short spoken pieces between the songs.
The London cast for this season hasn't been announced yet. The company is nine men plus swings.
Yes, the same production and creative team. The difference is the running time: it's now 2 hours 5 minutes with an interval, where it used to be about 90 minutes straight through.
No, neither the theatre nor the show sets one. It's a night in a pub, so jeans and trainers are fine.
No hot food, and no alcohol brought in from outside. You can buy drinks and snacks inside before the show and at the interval.
If you're late, you'll be seated when there's a suitable break, and that can't be guaranteed. For a drink on stage before the start, you'll want to be early anyway.
None have been announced for this season yet. Access bookings are handled by the theatre's own team rather than by us, and our guide to The Arts at Marble Arch covers the step-free seats.
Tickets and Best Seats for The Choir of Man
Tickets run from around £30 up to around £105, all-in, and the prices are the same on every date. It's a single level: rows A to L make up the Front Stalls, and the Rear Stalls start at row M. The seats are 40cm wide and both armrests lift away completely, which helps if you need a little more space.
At the Arts Theatre, the cast came down the aisles with pints and picked people to join in, and it's likely to be the same here. If that sounds like fun, ask for an aisle seat. If you'd rather watch, sit further in along the row.
The Front Stalls, rows A to L
This is where the top-price seats are, in the middle of rows D to G. You're close enough to see faces and you don't have to look up at the stage.
Rows A to C are the closest, and the likeliest to be brought up on stage. Row A is the only row you can reach without steps.
You get into the Front Stalls rows from either end, and the seats at the very ends sit next to a railing. Each row is one step up from the one in front, and there are no handrails on the steps up the middle.
The Rear Stalls, from row M
The Rear Stalls are up a flight of 13 steps with handrails, behind the Front Stalls, and split into four sections by aisles. Each row is one big step up, so you see clearly over the people in front. You're further from the stage, but in a theatre this compact, not by much.
This is the best value in the theatre. The cheapest seats are in the back row, W, in the outer sections. A few rows behind W are only sold for some performances.
Call us on 020 7193 9050 and we'll find the best seats left on your date.
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Getting to The Arts at Marble Arch
The Arts at Marble Arch is at Marble Arch, London W1H 7DX. It's on the island at Marble Arch, by the arch itself, at the western end of Oxford Street.
From Marble Arch station (Central line) it's a 2 to 3 minute walk, crossing the road to the island. Bond Street, for the Jubilee and Elizabeth lines, is about 13 minutes along Oxford Street.
Lots of buses stop at the Marble Arch Station stops, around 100 to 175 metres away: the 2, 6, 7, 13, 23, 36, 74, 94, 98, 113, 137, 148, 189, 205, 274 and 390. The 139 stops on Orchard Street, by Selfridges. After the show, the N2, N7, N32, N74, N98, N137 and N207 night buses run from the Marble Arch Station stops.
If you're driving, the nearest car park is the Q-Park at Marble Arch and Park Lane.
Give yourself 20 to 30 minutes if you'd like a drink on stage before the show. If not, arrive 15 to 20 minutes before, no later. There are security checks at the door and no cloakroom, so bring a small bag if you can.
The theatre is a new, temporary one, built by the Arts Theatre's team while the Arts Theatre on Great Newport Street is being refurbished. There's one level of seating, the Stalls, split into the Front Stalls and the Rear Stalls, and the rows rise steeply.
Access, the step-free route and more are in our guide to The Arts at Marble Arch.
The Choir of Man Cast and Creative Team
The cast
The London cast for The Choir of Man at The Arts at Marble Arch hasn't been announced yet.
The nine parts are the pub types described in the Overview, and the performers use their own names. The company has changed many times since 2021.
Creative team
Created by Nic Doodson and Andrew Kay. Directed by Nic Doodson. Music supervision, vocal arrangements and orchestrations by Jack Blume. Movement and choreography by Freddie Huddleston, who is a tap dancer. Monologues written by Ben Norris. Set by Oli Townsend, costumes and co-set design by Verity Sadler, lighting by Richard Dinnen and sound by Liam McDermott. Casting by Debbie O'Brien. Daniel Harnett, who played the Joker in the original West End company, is the associate and resident director.
The Choir of Man Reviews
The Choir of Man hasn't been reviewed at Marble Arch yet. Opening night is Wednesday 16 December 2026.
When it opened at the Arts Theatre in November 2021, the critics split. The Guardian gave it two stars, and The Arts Desk and BroadwayWorld three. The theatre websites and bloggers who reviewed it over the next four years were much warmer, and mostly gave it four or five stars. Audiences were warmer still, and it ran for more than four years.
Nearly everyone agreed about the singing. Even the Guardian's Ryan Gilbey, at two stars, singled out the unaccompanied Chandelier. Where they split was on the talking between the songs and the lads-together atmosphere.
Those reviews are of the Arts Theatre version, which ran about 90 minutes with no interval and had a different cast. The full round-up is in What the Critics Say.
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