Theatre Survey
Theatre Breaks’ Theatre Survey The data from Theatre Breaks’ Theatre Survey, released this week, presents an interesting snapshot of the views of theatregoers from around the UK. What they think …
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Theatre Breaks bring you theatre news from London’s West End. Keep up to date with new shows, new stars and new deals from London’s Theatreland. Also news from London’s other world class tourist attractions, museums and events.
Sunday Brunch – the perfect end to a Theatre Break
Stylish Italian restaurant, Margot, in Covent Garden, has just launched an Italian-inspired weekend brunch menu. Sunday brunch is the perfect end to any Theatre Break – chilling out in the …
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Thelma Ruby at The King’s Head Theatre
91 year old, Leeds-born, actress, Thelma Ruby, will be bringing her unmissable one-woman show to The King’s Head Theatre this Valentine’s Day. With over 60 years spent on stage, treading …
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Naturally Fast Show Tunes at Theatreland’s new restaurant, LEON
Naturally Fast Food chain LEON will be opening its latest London restaurant on Shaftesbury Avenue, in three weeks’ time, with a West End twist. LEON has issued a casting call …
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42nd Street Moves into the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
The avenue they are taking you to maybe 42nd Street, but here in London, fans of Broadway will be heading to Drury Lane this spring. That is where 42nd Street …
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The Creation of ‘Dobby’ and Hogwarts
Unveiling a special feature dedicated to everybody’s favourite elf, in 2017, visitors to the Making of Harry Potter at Warner Brother’s Studios are invited to discover the behind-the-scenes secrets about …
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Wimbledon 2018 Packages
Wimbledon Tennis Championship Packages 2018 Nothing says “summer is here” more than the pok-pok of tennis balls hitting racquets, the clink of Pimms glasses and the gentle gloop of fresh …
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Free Day River Cruise
Booking a Theatre Break? Upgrade your break to a two night stay and get a Free Day River Rover with City Cruises, worth £18.50pp, PLUS a VIP pack including special …
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Theatre Review: Her Aching Heart at the Hope Theatre
“Last night I dreamt I returned to…” No, not Manderley but you get the drift. Thus the opening words of Her Aching Heart at the Hope Theatre set us well …
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Theatre Review: Pinocchio at the King’s Head Theatre
What a joy! Pinocchio at Islington’s King’s Head Theatre is a new panto, but with all the, much-loved, elements of a traditional panto still intact: a baddie, a goody, a …
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Theatre Review: This House at the Garrick Theatre
1974 was a great year for the Labour Whips The Beatles had split up and the punks hadn’t made it to the West End yet. It was Bob Mellish and …
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Theatre Review – Half A Sixpence, Twice the Show
Julian Fellowes’ second offering in Theatreland in as many weeks is very different to his first. Having said that, both Half a Sixpence and School of Rock deal with outsiders …
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Theatre Review: School of Rock at the New London Theatre
School of Rock is the musical adaptation, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Julian Fellowes, of the Jack Black comedy movie about a loser (Dewey Finn) who pretends to be …
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Theatre News: Wilton’s Musical Hall Launches 2017 Season
Wilton’s Music Hall has announced its new season for 2017. Reduced Shakespeare Company presents Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play after a critically acclaimed Edinburgh run whilst two plays that stand …
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Theatre Review: Testosterone at the New Diorama Theatre
Testosterone is a hilarious look at the antics and routines of the inhabitants of a male changing room from a rather unique aspect: that of trans man, writer and actor, …
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Hampton Court Flower Show Packages
Hampton Court Flower Show Packages and Breaks The Hampton Court Flower Show, the world’s greatest annual flower show, is on the top of the “must see” events list for keen …
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Sheena Easton to star in 42nd Street
Sheena Easton is to star in the 2017 production of 42nd Street, coming to the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. The Modern Girl may be a Grammy Award winning artist who …
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The Wind in the Willows in London
The Wind in the Willows Theatre Breaks Come to London to see Wind in the Willows – a spectacular new musical, written by Julian “Downton Abbey” Fellowes and George Stiles …
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Gary Barlow wows Strictly with song from The Girls
London’s Theatreland has welcomed a lot of girls over the years – top girls, spice girls, dream girls, but next year it will be the turn of calender girls. Gary …
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Theatre Review: Still Ill at the New Diorama Theatre, London
A one hour, forty minute one-acter about a disorder that I had never heard of and devised by actors I had never seen, didn’t fill me with a lot of …
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Theatre News: Testosterone at the New Diorama
Award-winning Rhum & Clay collaborates with acclaimed transgender actor and writer Kit Redstone to bring Testosterone to the New Diorama Theatre from 22 November 2016. Written and performed by renowned …
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Jack Wild’s Autobiography – It’s A Dodger’s Life
From musical theatre’s most iconic role to an alcoholic, in the seven years that you, or I, would be going through school, is just the first part of Jack Wild’s …
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Theatre News: RICKY WHITTINGTON and HIS CAT
Charlotte Ritchie, star of TV’s Fresh Meat, Siblings and Call The Midwife, will star as the eponymous hero in Ricky Whittington and His Cat, this Christmas at the New Diorama …
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Theatre News: Damian Lewis in The Goat or Who is Sylvia
Damian Lewis, will return to Theatreland in 2017 to star in Edward Albee’s darkly comic masterpiece, The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia? Star of hit TV series Homeland, Lewis portrays …
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Bat Out of Hell Goes Full Throttle in London
Phenomenal songwriter Jim Steinman and larger than life singer Meat Loaf’ join forces in an epic rock and roll theatrical fantasy when Bat Out of Hell the Musical opens at the London Coliseum …
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Theatre Review: Shopping and F**king at the Lyric Hammersmith
Shopping is something that needs to be done with vigor, enthusiasm and total commitment: otherwise it is just browsing. The same goes for Mark Ravenhill’s 1996 play Shopping and F**king. …
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The Stars are Aligned for Old Vic 2016-17 Season
As Matthew Warchus celebrates his first year as Artistic Director at the Old Vic theatre in London, he continues to bring star-studded productions to this most majestic of buildings. Opening later …
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Theatre News: Jersey Boys to Close in 2017
One of London’s best loved musicals, Jersey Boys, has announced that it will close on Sunday 26 March 2017 following nine amazing years in London. The musical, about the rise …
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Roy Hudd is Mother Goose this Christmas at Wilton’s
Legendary performer and superlative dame, Roy Hudd is back at Wilton’s Music Hall this Christmas, for Panto season, with another family favourite written by Hudd and his wife, Debbie Flitcroft: …
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Theatre Review: The We Plays at the Hope Theatre, Islington
The We Plays are two entertaining and at times harrowing, but ultimately hopeful, monologues written by Andrew Maddock. The evening sets off at an absolutely breathtaking pace. As the audience …
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