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[14 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]
Hair

Hair at the Gielgud Theatre
The curly, shaggy, gleaming, streaming, wonderful world of Hair is transferring to London’s West End complete with the entire original Broadway cast.
The James Rado & Gerome Ragin’s 1967 tribal rock musical’s story centres around a group of long haired hippies who champion peace, love and freedom all against a backdrop of the Vietnam war during the 1960’s.
Don’t miss this Tony Award winning production which celebrates life, love and freedom, and a passionate cry for hope and change.
The score features some of the greatest songs ever written …

[23 Oct 2009 | No Comment | ]
Wicked

Wicked – The Hit Musical at the Apollo Victoria Theatre

Wicked is the magical story of how two unlikely friends become so and how they end up as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good, characters which feature in Frank L. Baum’s classic and much loved story – The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.Galinda / Glinda and Elphaba meet at Schiz University located in the mythical Land of Oz (nothing to do with Australia).
Elphaba is born the colour of emerald green with a very fiesty personality. Galinda on …

[7 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]
The Rat Pack Tickets

Do you remember a time when the famous rubbed shoulders with politicians and partied hard. A time when Frank, Sammy and Dean were all singer and dancing entertainers? Yes, then you will relish and enjoy this musical new to the West End complete with a talented cast and 15-piece orchestra. Sit back, relax and let The Rat Pack take you back to the hot, glamorous, glitzy nights in Las Vegas.
Bear witness to the songs of The Rat Pack Live on stage including Everybody Loves Someone Sometime, I’ve Got …

[5 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]
Thriller - Live

Thriller – Live at the Lyric Theatre
Celebrating the life and career of Micheal Jackson and the Jackson 5, Thriller – Live is a high octane and absolutely spectacular show.
In an amazing career spanning 40 years, Michael Jackson sold an unmatched 750 million records worldwide and today the Thriller album is still the best selling recording of all time.
In celebrating his career, Thriller – Live packs the 2 hour musical with non stop Jackson songs against the backdrop of eye watering multi-media effects and dazzling choreography.
You will be treated to some …

[4 Jul 2009 | No Comment | ]
Dreamboats And Petticoats Tickets

Dreamboats and Petticoats started out as a compilation of album of 60’s rock ‘n’ roll music which was so successful that it inspired a 2nd album.  These 2 albums become the music that sets the backdrop to Dreamboats and Petticoats written by the writers of Birds of a Feather and Goodnight Sweetheart, Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran.
Dreamboats and Petticoats is set in 1961 where as young musicians, Norman and Bobby compete to win a national song competition but ever so slightly more importantly they are both romantically interested in the …

[13 Jun 2009 | One Comment | ]
Blood Brothers

Blood Brothers at the Phoenix Theatre
Blood Brothers is the story that tells of two Liverpudlian twins who were seperated at birth and go on to live very different lives.
Later on in life their path’s are set to cross again and they rediscover each other resulting in great friendship and great anger.
The incredible score features some great tracks that will stay with you including Bright New Day and Tell Me It’s Not True.
Hailed as one of the best musicals of all time and having picked up 4 awards for best musical …

[10 Jun 2009 | No Comment | ]
Dirty Dancing

Dirty Dancing at the Aldwych Theatre
This is the classic Dirty Dancing story that we’ve fallen in love with from the film presented live on stage at London’s Aldwych Theatre.The story is set on vacation at a popular holiday camp, Kellermans, where the youngest daughter of the Houseman family – Frances ‘Baby’ Houseman meets a young lad by the name of Johnny Castle – a dance teacher who comes from what is normally known as the wrong side of the tracks.
And so it begins, the classic love story which screams that …

[4 Jun 2009 | One Comment | ]
The Lion King

The Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre
Based on one of Disney’s hugely successful animated films, The Lion King is the story that follows the life of a young lion cub named Simba.When he was born he became next in line to the throne pushing Scar down to 2nd position. Not impressed with his new position Scar plots to kill Simba and his father.
Simba survives the plot but it led to believe that his father didb’t make it and so runs away and soon settles down to a carefree life. …

[23 May 2009 | No Comment | ]
Les Miserables

Les Miserables at the Queen’s Theatre
Les Miserables is the longest running West End musicals at 23 years in London and has produced in 38 countries and 21 different languages.
It is based on novel by Victor Hugo of the same name and tells the story of a former convict Jean Valjean and his constant journey tying to get away from his policeman pursuer Javert all set amidst 19th century France.
The musical has some sensational numbers wrapped up in a highly dramatic score, songs include my personal favourite, On My Own, One …

[21 May 2009 | No Comment | ]
Chicago

Chicago at the Cambridge Theatre
According to the Sunday Express in December 2007, Chicago is one of ‘London’s [most] sexiest, sensational musical’.
It is the naughty story of Cabaret Singer, Roxie Hart, who murders her lover and as a result rightly ends up in jail. Whilst in jail she is ruled over by Buxom prison warden Mama Morten making her even more desperate to get out and to right back at the centre of attention. To this end she enlists the help of sleazy lawyer Billy Flynn who is well …