Theatre and Hotel Packages with London Theatre Breaks 2023 / 2024
Eugenius at the Turbine Theatre Running to 28 May 2023 Snuggled under the railway arches just next to the iconic Battersea Power Station, the Turbine Theatre is playing host to …
REVIEW: Eugenius at the Turbine Theatre Read More
Show: The Green Room featuring Leo GreenVenue: QT at the Middle Eight, Covent Garden, LondonDates: Thursday/Friday/Saturday to 18 June 2022 Theatre Breaks guests will remember with fondness the Kingsway Hall …
New Covent Garden Music Venue, with it’s own funtime host: Leo Green Read More
My old science teacher, to the mild bemusement of her class of 13 year olds, declared that sex with a condom is like eating a toffee with its wrapper on …
Renaissance at the Stephens House and Garden Read More
Firstly I have to say that I have not seen a more engaging production of Hair. Taking it back to the grottos and allies and away from the proscenium arches …
Theatre Review – Hair at The Vaults Read More
I consider myself very fortunate to have seen the Richard Twyman’s excellent production of Othello. Rarely does Shakespeare grip so completely as this production from Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory …
Review: Othello – Wilton’s Music Hall Read More
What makes someone choose to become a circus performer? It was the question that I pondered as I marvelled at the skills of Anton Belyakov as he teetered over a …
Soap makes a 5 Star Splash Read More
SOHO by Stufish at the Peacock Theatre, London Review: by Peter Yates Dance meets circus meets acrobats meets gymnastics: Soho is a spectacular cross-over-fest, a banquet for the eyes, a …
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Writers, Tim Firth (who also directs) and Gary Barlow and the cast of The Girls had been doing the rounds on the build-up to the opening of The Girls at …
Theatre Review: The Girls at the Phoenix Theatre Read More
There is nothing more exciting than walking into a theatre auditorium and hearing the band warming up. There is no need to spice things up with actors doing actory stuff! …
Review: How to Succeed in Business at Wilton’s Read More
Last night London’s Theatreland celebrated all that is Broadway with the press night of 42nd Street. It turned into a royal event too as the Theatre Royal Drury Lane flung …
Theatre Review: 42nd Street Read More
As you will know, from our review of Cagnacci’s The Repentant Magdalene, Theatre Break’s interest in art is of the “common or garden” variety. We are not learned scholars, we …
Exhibition Review: Michelangelo and Sebastiano Read More
Last week, An American in Paris at the Dominion Theatre had its press night and it enjoyed some amazing reviews! If you are thinking of coming to London and seeing …
An American In Paris Press Reviews: 5 stars Read More
You know at the end of Eastenders when they say “if you are affected by any of the subjects in tonight’s episode…” Well that, about Alzheimer’s, for people who have …
Theatre Review: In Other Words at the Hope Theatre Read More
There is nothing to beat the perky enthusiasm of a fringe cast about to embark on something slightly silly! There is something intangible yet immediately recognisable and whole-heartedly likeable about …
Theatre Review: Flew The Coop. New Diorama Read More
“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 …
Theatre Review: Her Aching Heart at the Hope Theatre Read More
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 …
Theatre Review: Pinocchio at the King’s Head Theatre Read More
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 …
Theatre Review: This House at the Garrick Theatre Read More
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 …
Theatre Review – Half A Sixpence, Twice the Show Read More
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 …
Theatre Review: School of Rock at the New London Theatre Read More
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, …
Theatre Review: Testosterone at the New Diorama Theatre Read More
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 …
Theatre Review: Still Ill at the New Diorama Theatre, London Read More
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. …
Theatre Review: Shopping and F**king at the Lyric Hammersmith Read More
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 …
Theatre Review: The We Plays at the Hope Theatre, Islington Read More
Floyd Collins is a Kentuckian caver, looking to make his mark on the world, who gets stuck in one of the caves he is exploring. The musical is about what …
Theatre Review: Floyd Collins at Wilton’s Music Hall Read More
Wouldn’t you just know that the press night for La Bohème at the King’s Head Theatre happens to coincide with London’s hottest day in September since Giacomo Puccini himself was …
Theatre Review: La Bohème at the Kings Head Theatre Read More
This was the first time that I have been to the Spiegeltent on London’s Southbank, so I was a little worried that it might be a bit cold inside…. so …
Theatre Review: Between The Sheets at the London Wonderground Read More