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March 11 2012, 3:37am | Comments »
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Christmas and New Year Theatre Breaks
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There’s still a small amount of time left to book Christmas or New Year theatre breaks but the choice of shows left will keep getting tighter the longer you leave it. Theatre Breaks in the Holidays January is a peak time for West End theatres in general but specific dates around the school holidays always have a high demand and booking tickets only will very soon become impossible for most of the popular musicals and plays. Not everybody realizes though, that theatre breaks packages will still be available for top shows with good seats and plush central London hotels, long after the scramble for individual seats has subsided. That’s because the holiday and theatre breaks companies block book seats in advance and have priority arrangements with the hotel groups, In this way they can still offer top seats for London theatres and best affordable rooms in the most convenient hotels for a price that is nearly always better value than that you could put together yourself, even if the dates you wanted were still available. Top Musicals for Theatre Breaks So which are the top five musicals for theatre breaks in London this season? Top new musical for 2011 is GHOST with fabulous rock music by Dave Stewart Ghost
musical: Ghost
starring: Richard Fleeshman, CAISSIE LEVY, SHARON D CLARKE
Book Now: Ghost theatre breaks
opening night:24 June 2011 booking until 13 October 2012.
Top Family Musical, also new for 2011 is MATILDA Based on Roald Dahl’s dramatic novel.
musical: Matilda The Musical
starring: Paul Kaye
Book Now: Matilda The Musical theatre breaks
opening night:25/11/2011 booking until 12th February 2012
LAST CHANCE! Priscilla Theatre Breaks
musical: Priscilla Queen of the Desert
starring: Ray Meagher
Book Now: Priscilla Queen of the Desert theatre breaks
opening night:March 10 2009 booking until 31/12/2011
Perennial Favourite Wicked Theatre Breaks
musical: Wicked!
starring: Rachel Tucker
Book Now: Wicked! theatre breaks
opening night:2006 booking until Open Ended
More Wizards and Witches in the West End Wizard of Oz Theatre Breaks
musical: The Wizard of Oz
starring: Danielle Hope
Book Now: The Wizard of Oz theatre breaks
opening night:March 1st 2011 booking until Sunday October 28th 2012
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November 19 2011, 11:23am | Comments »
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London Breaks Plays: Enlightenment at Hampstead Theatre
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This article by Andy contains a brief review of Enlightenment at the Hampstead Theatre. We’re always on the look out for new plays and venues for visitors here on London breaks to add to the possibilities for an extra evening out at the theatre, and it doesn’t always have to be in the West End by any means. There are theatre pubs, fringe theatres, off-west-end theatres and regional theatres all within the M25, many within central London itself. The play that was brought to our notice is called “Enlightenment” written by Shelagh Stephenson and directed by Edward Hall, Hampstead Theatre’s new Artistic Director. So Monday night took us to see the venue for the first time, right next to the Swiss Cottage roundabout and tube station. Arriving inside Hampstead Theatre felt more like visiting a leading performing arts centre for one of the major UK cities, like Canterbury or St Andrews, or Exeter. Not knowing anything much about ‘Enlightenment’ beforehand, I was able to deliberately keep an unprepared mind for the unfolding emotional drama as the plot weaved its way through the minefields of improbability. There was a small scientific thread in there somewhere, citing a theory akin to or possibly preceding chaos theory which needs further investigation but the big story was a classic human tragedy investigating the nature of identity and touching themes designed to disturb the audience’s sensibilities particularly poignant to parents. As a father myself, I feel particularly well placed to understand the two main characters anguish at not knowing the fate of their missing son.
The Hampstead Theatre is an impressive modern theatre venue, small enough to be intimate and with perfect acoustics and yet large enough to stage quality serious theatre productions, drawing in audiences from all over the capital, with excellent transport links on the fast Jubilee line and all the central connections just a few stops away, so this would be a sensible logistical addition to any London Breaks package. Enlightenment is a traditionally constructed play in two acts with a beginning, middle and end, realistic characters, a straightforward time line and just about believable events. There are moments where the sanity of everybody is questioned, but that is a reasonable thing for a play to do. The staging is impressively modern and effective with good use of additional sound and video, back projection and slick scene changes with transparent rising and falling furniture. Maybe it was just me but upstairs and downstairs became strangely confused, or was it deliberate? Nothing is quite as it seems with this play which has been running since September, so the acting should be well bedded in by now. There were times when I though the playscript was possibly a class above the performance, but in the second act I dropped that misgiving, particularly with all three female characters who worked well together, and the addition of a sixth character in the second act pulls the whole play together and leaves you on the edge. Cast: Daisy Beaumont Richard Clothier Paul Freeman Julie Graham Polly Kemp Tom Weston-Jones
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October 12 2010, 7:12am | Comments »
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The Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, London – add on for theatre breaks
The Orange Tree Theatre is a 172-seat theatre at 1 Clarence Street, Richmond upon Thames in south west London, built specifically as a theatre in the round. People taking theatre breaks in central London might venture out here for a spot of fringe type theatre production and to enjoy the riverside at Richmond. Pic by JL2003
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October 1 2008, 3:39am | Comments »
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London Theatre
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London Theatre Originally uploaded by Andyrob The Lyric Theatre in Shafestbury Avenue, currently showing Chicago
May 1 2008, 5:29pm | Comments »
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