
Age guidance: For ages 8+. Under-12s must be accompanied by an adult.
Performance dates
12 Dec 2025 – 17 Jan 2026
Run time: 2 hours and 30 minutes (approx)
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There may be trouble ahead, But while there’s moonlight, and music, And love, and romance… Let’s face the music and dance
Effervescent, elegant and exhilarating, Top Hat is a heady romantic cocktail laced with sparklingly witty dialogue, stunning choreography, lavish sets and gorgeous costumes.
Irving Berlin’s irresistible score includes some of Hollywood’s greatest songs, including the immortal Cheek to Cheek, Let’s Face the Music and Dance, Top Hat, White Tie and Tails and Puttin’ on the Ritz.
When Broadway star Jerry Travers arrives in London to open a new show, he crosses paths with model Dale Tremont, whose beauty sleep is rudely interrupted by Jerry tap dancing in the hotel suite above hers.
Instantly smitten, Jerry vows to abandon his bachelor life to win her – but the path of true love never does run smooth. Especially since Dale has mistaken Jerry for his hapless producer Horace, who’s trying to avoid the wrath of his formidable wife Madge, and Dale’s own fiery Italian admirer is planning a trip to Venice for her to showcase his couture gowns…
Based on the classic 1935 film which starred Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, the stage adaptation’s West End premiere won the 2013 Olivier Award for Best New Musical and the Evening Standard Award for Best Night Out.
Acclaimed American director and choreographer Kathleen Marshall, whose Tony and Olivier Award-winning production of Anything Goes recently wowed audiences and critics in London and on television, comes to the UK to stage this brand-new production.
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This production may contain depictions of smoking.Latest Top Hat News

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5 Shows You Can’t Miss This Month #5Shows
We round up 5 West End shows you simply cannot miss this month!
1 Oct, 2013 | By London Theatre Direct

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Our #TicketTuesday winner Ann Fitzgerald LOVED Top Hat - read her review!
Every Tuesday on Twitter we give our followers the chance to win tickets for a great West End show. Recent winner Ann Fitzgerald snaffled some tickets for the critical smash Top Hat, currently playing at the Aldwych Theatre until October 26th. Here are her thoughts on the show!
2 Aug, 2013 | By London Theatre Direct

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Andrew Lloyd Webber's Stephen Ward musical looking for a home
The Aldwych Theatre, current home of current of Top Hat starring Gavin Lee, looks to be under pressure to keep the audiences coming through the doors as Andrew Lloyd Webber has been feeding the rumor mill with gossip about his macabre and very British new musical, Stephen Ward.
2 May, 2013 | By London Theatre Direct

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Irving Berlin’s daughter Linda Emmet to do Top Hat Q&A
Free Q&A after matinee performance of Top Hat on Thursday 28 Feb.
18 Jan, 2013 | By London Theatre Direct

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New Cast Announced for Top Hat
A new cast has just been announced for award winning West End hit musical Top Hat.
7 Jan, 2013 | By London Theatre Direct

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Gavin Lee to join cast of Top Hat at the Aldwych
From 5 February 2013 Gavin Lee will join the cast of the hit West End production of Top Hat at the Aldwych Theatre, to play Jerry Travers, the role played in the original RKO motion picture by Fred Astaire.
2 Nov, 2012 | By London Theatre Direct

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Top Hat Extended until September 2013 - Over 180,000 New Tickets Released!
Over 180,000 new tickets are released for public sale today (10 September 2012) as Top Hat at the Aldwych Theatre extends its booking period to 28 September 2013. Seventy seven years after its movie release, Matthew White’s production arrived in the West End earlier this year having completed a 20 week sell-out UK tour.
10 Sep, 2012 | By London Theatre Direct

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Exclusive first listen of the NEW Top Hat Cast Album available to Facebook fans!
Top Hat have released an exclusive stream of the new Cast Album on the official Top Hat Facebook page.
23 Aug, 2012 | By London Theatre Direct

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TOM CHAMBERS AND SUMMER STRALLEN LEAD CAST IN IRVING BERLIN’S TOP HAT
Tom Chambers and Summer Strallen take the lead roles of Jerry Travers and Dale Tremont in Top Hat which receives its West End stage premiere at the Aldwych Theatre previewing from 19 April, with press night on 9 May 2012. The show is currently booking at the Aldwych Theatre until 26 January 2013.
13 Mar, 2012 | By London Theatre Direct

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VIDEO: TOP HAT AT THE ALDWYCH THEATRE
It’s time to ‘put on your top hat and brush off your tails’ - watch an exclusive trailer of TOP HAT at the Aldwych Theatre
24 Nov, 2011 | By London Theatre Direct
Opens 12 December 2025