Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night, will see the return of David Suchet to London’s theatreland when it opens at the Apollo Theatre London in April of next year. The story, set on one long summer’s day in 1912, centres on James Tyrone (Suchet), his wife Mary and their sons Jamie and Edmund as [...]
Continue reading …Death and the Maiden at the Comedy Theatre London – Theatre Breaks in London
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Booking has now opened for London Theatre Breaks for Death and the Maiden which opens at the Comedy Theatre London from 13 October 2011 Beware of turning into the enemy you most fear. Years have passed since political prisoner, Paulina suffered at the hands of her captor: A man whose face she never saw, but [...]
Continue reading …This week I thought I would look at July as a whole for our top theatre breaks in London and it was Very Interesting… well ok, Quite Interesting! As well as being a bit of a theatre nut I like my maths, my statistics. So I like it when racing driver can win a grand [...]
Continue reading …Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, commented: “My message to the good folks around the world is ‘Come to London in 2012 for a year like no other!’ Oddly enough for London Theatre it could be exactly like this year. In a mass move, 22 productions have already extended into 2012 to make sure that Olympic [...]
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This week I am not sure whether it is the power of TV or the power of our Theatre Breaks News newsletters but straight in at number one goes Midnight Tango, starring Strictly Come Dancing professionals Vincent and Flavia! It doesn’t even open till January, but it is already proving to be popular and will [...]
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The Railway Children The Railway Children returned to London and Waterloo Station this summer. The magical film starring Jenny Agutter and Bernard Cribbins has been made into a live show which features a real steam train (enter stage right!) and all the drama and the niaive intensity that we all remember from the film. [...]
Continue reading …I’m getting good at this. Summer holidays are here and sure enough, as predicted last week, the family shows storm the top ten. Les Miserablesis still at the top but surely its days are numbered as performances are starting to post sold out notices: we can’t sell tickets if they’ve already been sold! The biggest [...]
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This year, London plays host to two of the world’s greatest living actors as they star in Alfred Uhry’s timeless Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, Driving Miss Daisy. For a strictly limited season at the Wyndham’s Theatre, London, Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones star in this charming, poignant and utterly compelling tale of the unlikely, long-lasting [...]
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Every week it changes. This week (beginning 11 July 2011), we see two grand old musicals – both celebrating 25 years – topping the charts of most popular London Theatre Breaks. Les Miserables, helped by the addition to its cast of Alfie Boe and Matt Lucas this summer, has sped to the front faster than [...]
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It is always exciting to witness the birth and growth of a new musical. Bridget Jones’s Diary – the musical has already grown from a rumour to something more substantial – with music (by Lily Allen) and a star (Sheridan Smith) and a start date (“next year“). There is no theatre yet and consequently no [...]
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