Titanique Tickets at the Criterion Theatre
Titanique is at the Criterion Theatre, on Piccadilly Circus, until 3 January 2027, when the London run ends.
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Who's Titanique For?
Book it if you want to laugh for two hours, you know at least three Céline Dion songs, and you are happy in a crowd that is having a wonderful time out loud. It is very silly and very fond of the film it is taking apart, and four extensions in, it goes on (just like My Heart Will Go On!).
Come all by yourself if you want to. It is a small theatre with a friendly crowd and nobody stays a stranger in it for long.
Think twice if you would rather be moved than entertained, or if you are bringing children. The age guidance is in the FAQs below and it is stricter than most. And if you are bringing somebody who is not sure about it, tell him what he is coming to. This is a show people either love or actively avoid, and the difference is usually whether they knew what they were walking into.
You do not need to have seen Titanic. The producers say so themselves, and the show explains everything it is spoofing as it goes.
About Titanique at the Criterion Theatre
The show came out of Los Angeles, found a cult following off-Broadway in 2022, arrived in the West End in January 2025, extended four times, and played Broadway in 2026. Its London home is the Criterion, on Piccadilly Circus, one of the smallest theatres in the West End and the only one built entirely below ground.
The Criterion suits it. Nobody sits far from the stage, and a show this rowdy plays better somewhere small than it would in a barn. Our Criterion Theatre guide has the seating plan, the access detail and how to get there.
The final London performance is on Sunday 3 January 2027, and a UK tour follows in 2027.
What's Titanique About?
The premise: Céline Dion turns up at a Titanic exhibition, decides the official version is wrong, and retells the whole thing with herself in it. Jack and Rose are still Jack and Rose. The iceberg is a character. Rose's mother Ruth is played for everything she is worth, and the ship still sinks, though not in the way you remember.
The score is Dion's own hits, arranged for a live band: My Heart Will Go On, All By Myself, I'm Alive, Tell Him, To Love You More, The Prayer, and one deliberate outlier in Who Let the Dogs Out.
It is a parody, played entirely straight-faced (well mostly at least) by people who are not being straight-faced at all.
Performance Schedule
| Day | Times |
|---|---|
| Monday | No performance |
| Tuesday | 7:30pm |
| Wednesday | 7:30pm |
| Thursday | 7:30pm |
| Friday | 7:30pm |
| Saturday | 3pm and 7:30pm |
| Sunday | 2:30pm and 7pm |
Running time: 2 hours 10 minutes, including a 15-minute interval. Note that the show played straight through without an interval until March 2026, so older listings still give shorter times.
A 7:30pm performance finishes at about 9:40pm, and a 2:30pm matinee at about 4:40pm.
Arrive 15 to 20 minutes before, no later. Every bag is checked before you reach the foyer at this theatre, and that queue is what catches people out rather than the stairs.
Best Seats for Titanique
The Stalls are where we put most callers. The viewing holds up right across the width and the best single view in the building is in the centre a few rows back, around row E.
One thing specific to this production: Stalls row A is not in use, so row B is the front row. If you are booking what looks like the second row, you are booking the front.
Two more production notes worth having. The lighting rig points into the front Stalls repeatedly, so if bright light in the eyes bothers you, sit a few rows back. And most of the action plays close to the front of the stage, which means losing a sliver of the far side costs you less here than it would in a bigger house.
Full seat detail, including where the pillars are, is in our Criterion Theatre guide.
Cast and Creative Team
Astrid Harris plays Céline Dion, having played the same part in the Paris production. Ailsa Davidson is Rose and Freddie King is Jack. Myra DuBois plays Ruth until 8 November, then William Hanson for the final eight weeks.
Lewis Francis is the Iceberg, Cameron Vear is Cal, Nikki Wheeldon is Molly Brown and Michael Vinsen is Victor Garber.
Book and direction by Tye Blue, who co-wrote the show with Marla Mindelle and Constantine Rousouli. Blue came to it after four seasons casting RuPaul's Drag Race, which shows. Choreography by Ellenore Scott, music supervision and arrangements by Nicholas James Connell.
Book Titanique Tickets
All-in pricing, the price you see is what you pay. Tickets start from around £30 midweek and run up to around £135 for the best seats in the house.
If you want to talk a seat through before you book, call us on 020 7193 9050 and a real person will pick up.
Dates & tickets
FAQs
2 hours 10 minutes, including a 15-minute interval. Worth checking against any other figure you see: the show played straight through in about 100 minutes until March 2026, so the shorter times are still circulating.
No. Céline Dion is a character in the show, played by an actor, and the songs are hers under licence from her publishers. She has never publicly said whether she has been to see it.
No. The producers say so themselves, and the show sets up everything it is spoofing.
Recommended for 14 and over. It's an adult show really. The theatre does not admit under-12s at all, because of strong language and sexual references.
None. The producers' own answer is to dress as though Céline is watching!
Not at present. There are official music videos from the New York production, but no album.
Céline Dion's hits, listed above, plus one song that is not hers at all and is in there regardless.
Two 2025 Olivier Awards, for Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play and Best Supporting Actor in a Musical, and three Lucille Lortel Awards in 2023 including Outstanding Musical.
The part has become the show's guest slot. Tom Allen took it in spring 2026 and William Hanson over the summer; Myra DuBois has it until 8 November, and Hanson returns for the final eight weeks.
No. The theatre is closed on Mondays, and the week runs Tuesday to Sunday.
Until Sunday 3 January 2027, when the London run ends. It tours the UK in 2027.
Only at the theatre, during performances, and only if you are attending. There is no online shop.
Best Seats for Titanique at the Criterion Theatre
Centre Stalls, around row E. The best view in the building for this show, and clear of the pillars.
Remember row A is not in use for Titanique. Row B is the front row, so the seats that look second-closest are the closest.
A few rows back rather than the very front, if bright light bothers you. The rig works hard into the front Stalls during this production.
Front of the Dress Circle, centre, if you would rather see the whole stage picture than be in among it. It is the premium block and priced accordingly.
The Upper Circle is the cheapest part of the theatre and the only level with no pillars in the way at all. The trade is legroom, which is tight at the front and tightest at the sides.
Directly behind the thick pillars in the Stalls, about two-thirds of the way back, is the one place we would move you out of.
Tickets start from around £30 midweek and reach around £135 at the top. All-in pricing, the price you see is what you pay.
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Getting to the Criterion Theatre
Criterion Theatre, 218-223 Piccadilly, London W1J 9HR. The location is the south-east side of Piccadilly Circus, facing the Eros fountain.
Tube. Piccadilly Circus, about a minute away, on the Piccadilly and Bakerloo lines. Exit 4 brings you out at the front of the theatre. Leicester Square and Green Park are both roughly ten minutes on foot.
Bus. Routes 12, 88, 94 and 453 stop on Regent Street at St James's, outside Tesco, as do 6, 9, 139 and 159. Routes 6, 9 and 139 also stop at Haymarket and Jermyn Street, outside TigerTiger.
Driving. Not the easy option into Piccadilly Circus. The nearest car park is Q-Park Leicester Square on Whitcomb Street, WC2H 7DT.
The Auditorium at a Glance
585 seats over three levels, all of them below street level. This is the only West End theatre where even the Upper Circle is underground, and there is no lift, so every level is reached by stairs.
Stalls at the bottom, 54 steps down. Dress Circle above it, 32 steps down. Upper Circle at the top and nearest the street, 23 steps down.
Access is handled by the venue's own team rather than by us. Our Criterion Theatre guide has the full detail, including the step-free route.
Address
218-223 Piccadilly, London W1J 9HR
Nearest Tube
Piccadilly Circus (1 min walk, exit 4)
Cast and Creative Team
Céline Dion: Astrid Harris Rose: Ailsa Davidson Jack: Freddie King Ruth: Myra DuBois until 8 November 2026, then William Hanson to 3 January 2027 The Iceberg: Lewis Francis Cal: Cameron Vear Molly Brown: Nikki Wheeldon Victor Garber: Michael Vinsen
Background vocalists AJ Lewis, Joi Lurrie and Corrine Priest. Offstage covers Finton Flynn, Josh Lovell and Charlotte Soo.
Creative team. Book by Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli and Tye Blue, who also directs. Choreography by Ellenore Scott. Music supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Nicholas James Connell. Scenic design by Gabriel Hainer Evansohn and Grace Laubacher for Iron Bloom. Costumes by Alejo Vietti, lighting by Paige Seber, sound by Lawrence Schober.
Marla Mindelle won a Lucille Lortel Award and an Obie for playing Céline in the original New York production, and Constantine Rousouli originated Jack.
Titanique Reviews and Reception
The critics liked it and split over one question: whether the joke lasts the distance.
The Times gave it five stars, calling it "Airplane! with a musical theatre twist" and describing a production that "gathers pace until it reaches hurricane tempo." The Daily Mail also went to five, and predicted it had "the mass appeal to run for months, even years." The Financial Times, the Standard, the Express and WhatsOnStage all landed on four.
The reservations came from the Guardian, the Telegraph, The Stage, the i Paper and Time Out, all at three stars, and they agree on the same thing: that it is an "overstretched joke", in the Guardian's phrase, and that it threatens to outstay its welcome. Nobody went lower than three.
What is not in dispute anywhere is the singing and the band, and the fact that the Céline performance carries the evening.
Two things to know about those reviews. They were written at press night in January 2025, when the show ran straight through in around 100 minutes; it now runs 2 hours 10 with an interval. And the company has changed completely since.
For every verdict in one place, read what the critics said.
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