Longest-running West End shows

These are the longest running shows that are currently still running:

1. Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap at the St Martin's Theatre – opened 25 November 1952 – 60th year
2. Les Misérables at the Queen's Theatre – opened 8 October 1985 – 27th year
3. The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre – opened 9 October 1986 – 26th year
4. Blood Brothers at the Phoenix Theatre – opened 28 July 1988 – 24th year
5. The Woman in Black at the Fortune Theatre opened 15 February 1989 – 23rd year
6. Chicago at the Garrick Theatre opened 18 November 1997 - 15th year
7. Mamma Mia! at the Prince of Wales Theatre – opened 6 April 1999 – 13th year
8. Disney's The Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre – opened 19 October 1999 – 13th year
9. We Will Rock You at the Dominion Theatre – 14 May 2002 – 10th year
10. Stomp now at the Ambassadors Theatre opened 25 September 2002 – 9th year

Interesting that 8 out of 10 are musicals, including Blood Brothers, which I saw last night (albeit the touring version in Reading).  The music was instantly forgettable, but its saving grace was a lead actor, Sean Jones, who moved from a 4-year-old kid to an adult having a psychotic breakdown, and everything in between, with absolute genius.  The final scene was so tense, it was hard to believe that scarcely an hour before he'd been pretending to ride a horse around stage!  I really wish him great things.