Photo Coverage: The Marquees of London's West End!

With new musicals Billy Elliot and The Far Pavilions leading the marquees, Jake takes a walking tour of the West End's theatres..

A glittering front for Billy Elliot the Musical at the Victoria Palace Theatre, said to be selling 'incredibly well' according to the box office..

A large, dominating design for The Far Pavilions, Shaftesbury Theatre

A simple banner announces Acorn Antiques the Musical at the beautiful Theatre Royal Haymarket

Flying in for a long reign - Mary Poppins at the Prince Edward Theatre

More simplicity for The Producers, Theatre Royal Drury Lane

The suitably gothic exterior of the Palace Theatre houses The Woman in White

Just like the show - fun and over-the-top, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang bursts out of the London Palladium

The Lion King at the Lyceum reveals no photos of the production, but it hardly needs to sell itself after five West End years..

At the newly refurbished Prince of Wales Theatre, Mamma Mia!

Shutting up shop for good on April 3rd, one last look at the Reduced Shakespeare Company, leaving their West End home after 10 years

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The old ones are the best - Chicago goes for bold and brassy

Another gothic Lloyd Webber - The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre

Kim Cattrall asks us Whose Life is it Anyway? at the Comedy Theatre

An eye-grabbing extravaganza for Jailhouse Rock, soon to vacate for Ewan McGregor's Guys and Dolls

Shaftesbury Avenue, with the Lyric Theatre, Apollo Theatre and Gielgud Theatre playing Festen, A Life in the Theatre and Don Carlos respectively.

Recently moved from the Palace to the Queen's - long-runner Les Miserables

The - sadly - dark Cambridge Theatre, which played home to Jerry Springer the Opera. It had been hoped that Hairspray would open here in October, but these plans have been put on hold.

The restored Royal Opera House in Covent Garden

And finally, though no special marquees, perhaps the greatest theatre complex in the world - the multi-award winning National Theatre on the South Bank