Theatre Breaks to see Wicked

Theatre Breaks         Wicked Theatre Breaks after February 2011 December 1, 2010 at 3:10 PM   Good news for Rachel Tuckers fans, if you want to book theatre breaks to see Wicked after February 7th 2011, Rachel Tucker will still be Elphaba. The London production of Wicked is pleased to announce its entire new company to begin performances on Feb. 7: The new cast will star Rachel Tucker (Elphaba), Louise Dearman (Glinda), Mark Evans (Fiyero), Julie Legrand (Madame Morrible), Clive Carter (The Wizard), Julian Forsyth (Dr Dillamond), Zoë Rainey (Nessarose), Ben Stott (Boq), Nikki Davis- Jones (Standby Elphaba), Chloe Taylor (Standby Glinda), Gemma Atkins, Alex Louize Bird, Andrew Bryant, Gareth Chart, Joe Colasanti, Nicholas Collier, Aileen Donohoe, Emma Green, Antony Hansen, Jacqueline Hughes, Daniel Jones, Jasmine Kerr, Sophie Linder-Lee, Saori Oda, Sean Parkins, Soeli Parry, Michelle Pentecost, Paul Saunders, Charlotte Scott, Niall Sheehy, Tommy Sherlock, Thomas Sutcliffe, Sam Taylor, Jennifer Tierney, Hannah Toy and Matt Turner.

Love Story London Theatre Breaks

Love Story

Posted by Linda on 06/11/10 • Categorized as Love Story

Love Story, the new musical based on the iconic 1970 film and book, opens at the Duchess Theatre in the West End after a sell-out season at the Chichester Festival Theatre. Originally booked for only 10 weeks the show has already extended and is now booking previews from 27 November 2010 through to April 30th 2011.
Love story is a romantic, heart warming and heart rending story of love and loss. It certainly captured Michael Ball’s heart as he is co-producing this ‘chamber musical’. He says:

I saw Love Story in Chichester and immediately fell in love with this enchanting new British musical. The production is inspired by Erich Segal’s best-selling iconic novel, also one of the most romantic films of all time and is scored by the Emmy and BAFTA award winning composer Howard Goodall. This combined with the moving and witty lyrics by Stephen Clark and a fabulous cast add up to a wonderful evening at the theatre that is a bittersweet celebration of love and life. I’m so thrilled to be part of the team that is bringing you this critically acclaimed production. See you at the Duchess Theatre soon.

The production has music by Howard Goodall (The Hired Man, Days of Hope, Two Cities), a book by Stephen Clark and lyrics by Goodall and Clark. The 90-minute piece is a co-production with Chichester Festival, where it premiered in June to critical and audience acclaim.
You can get a taste of the show from this behind the scenes video:

Will it extend again and can it be even more successful than the last Chichester transfer Spring Awakening? I’m not sure but I think it has a good chance. Wouldn’t it be great, though to see new money and talent backing a really original musical? Rather than yet another film adaptation. What do you think?

Tagged as: chichester festival theatre, duchess theatre, erich segal, howard goodall, love story, romantic films, west End

Love Story

Love Story

Posted by Linda on 06/11/10 • Categorized as Love Story

Love Story, the new musical based on the iconic 1970 film and book, opens at the Duchess Theatre in the West End after a sell-out season at the Chichester Festival Theatre. Originally booked for only 10 weeks the show has already extended and is now booking previews from 27 November 2010 through to April 30th 2011.
Love story is a romantic, heart warming and heart rending story of love and loss. It certainly captured Michael Ball’s heart as he is co-producing this ‘chamber musical’. He says:

I saw Love Story in Chichester and immediately fell in love with this enchanting new British musical. The production is inspired by Erich Segal’s best-selling iconic novel, also one of the most romantic films of all time and is scored by the Emmy and BAFTA award winning composer Howard Goodall. This combined with the moving and witty lyrics by Stephen Clark and a fabulous cast add up to a wonderful evening at the theatre that is a bittersweet celebration of love and life. I’m so thrilled to be part of the team that is bringing you this critically acclaimed production. See you at the Duchess Theatre soon.

The production has music by Howard Goodall (The Hired Man, Days of Hope, Two Cities), a book by Stephen Clark and lyrics by Goodall and Clark. The 90-minute piece is a co-production with Chichester Festival, where it premiered in June to critical and audience acclaim.
You can get a taste of the show from this behind the scenes video:

Will it extend again and can it be even more successful than the last Chichester transfer Spring Awakening? I’m not sure but I think it has a good chance. Wouldn’t it be great, though to see new money and talent backing a really original musical? Rather than yet another film adaptation. What do you think?

Tagged as: chichester festival theatre, duchess theatre, erich segal, howard goodall, love story, romantic films, west End

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We Will Rock You at the Dominion Theatre in London

Time capsule October 8th-22nd 2009

October 8th to October 22nd, 2009 A selection of your my interesting photos from one year ago. Stanley Holloway Blue Plaque Albany Road E12 Taken October 14, 2009 at 11:05 am Stage Door Theatre Breaks in London Stage Door Theatre Breaks in London Taken October 16, 2009 at 12:45 pm Prick Up Your Ears Theatre Breaks in London Prick Up Your Ears Theatre Breaks in London Taken October 16, 2009 at 12:39 pm Breakfast At Tiffany's Theatre Breaks in London Breakfast At Tiffany's Theatre Breaks in London Taken October 16, 2009 at 12:41 pm Phantom Of The Opera Theatre Breaks in London Phantom Of The Opera Theatre Breaks in London Taken October 16, 2009 at 12:43 pm

Musical Theatre News: Love Never Dies Australian premiere in Melbourne in May 2011

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies will have its Australian premiere in Melbourne’s Regent Theatre in May 2011.

Lloyd Webber said the Australian production will have its own unique stamp, produced by his Asia Pacific representative Tim McFarlane and directed by Melbourne’s Simon Phillips with  a new design by Sydney based Gabriela Tylesova.

Nationwide auditions will begin on Monday October 25th - the same day tickets go on sale through Ticketmaster.

Ramin Karimloo who is playing the Phantom in Love Never Dies at London's Adelphi Theatre  recently announced that he will be leaving the show next year (no date yet fixed) to join the show when it opens in Toronto which is meant to be the pre-Broadway stop over.  Maybe he'll now be heading for Melbourne?

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Part speculation, but I doubt if Ramin Karimloo is doing the Autralian opening so soon before being committed to the Toronto production of Love Never Dies

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Ramin Karimloo Pictures from Love Never Dies

Love Never Dies is an excellent choice for London Theatre Breaks

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Love Never Dies Tickets Competition!

We have some free tickets for Love Never Dies to give to you as a prize!

Are you free on Saturday night, 9th October? If so you can enter the competition here on the Love Never Dies blog and stand a very good chance of winning a pair of top price tickets for the Saturday Night performance at the Adelphi Theatre on London, with Ramin Karimloo and Sierra Boggess – I’ve seen it and it’s by far the best show in London for the present, with beautiful music, spectacle, and set design. You’ll love it whether you’ve already seen Phantom of The Opera or not, makes no difference.

The top price tickets to this hugely popular musical theatre show have been kindly provided by TheatreBreaks.com

To enter the competition all you have to do is leave a comment here on this blog, saying why you’d like to see Love Never Dies on Saturday. You can post it either on this competition post below, or anywhere else on the blog within the next 23 hours starting from now, Friday 8th October at midday.

At 11.00am on Saturday, tomorrow, the day of the show, the winner will be chosen, notified by email by Saturday afternoon and two Love Never Dies tickets will be arranged to be collected from the box office with the lucky winners’ names on them!

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Love Never Dies Tickets Competition

If you are very quick and can make it to London’s West End for Saturday 9th October 2010 you could very well win two free tickets to see Love Never Dies at the Adelphi.

There’s a quick fire competition over on the Love Never Dies blog to win two top price tickets and all you have to do is leave a comment.

Love Never Dies continues the story of the Phantom of The Opera with Raoul, Christine and the Phantom ten years later set in Coney Island, New York around 1910. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s big musical has been running in London since February 2010 and is due to open in Australia and Toronto soon, then eventually Broadway, New York.

Easily one of the best big musicals in London, Love Never Dies is a feast for eyes and the ears from the start and keeps your interest right the way through with some very clever changes of tone and scene.

To win two tickets urgently, you’ll need to go over to the Love Never Dies blog right away and leave a comment saying why you’d like to see the show on Saturday.

Here’s the link again:

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Good luck!

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London Theatre Breaks

The current Musicals for theatre breaks in London

We have collated some useful facts, tips and information about London theatre breaks, starting with the most popular current West End musicals:

Avenue Q	Billy Elliot	Blood Brothers	Chicago
Dirty Dancing	Dreamboats And Petticoats	Flashdance	Grease
The Jersey Boys	Love Never Dies	Legally Blonde	Les Miserables
The Lion King	Mamma Mia	Oliver	Phantom of the Opera
Priscilla Queen of the Desert	Sister Act	Stomp	Sweet Charity
Thriller Live	We Will Rock You	Wicked

And these are the biggest current plays for London Theatre breaks

The 39 Steps	Birdsong	The Country Girl	Deathtrap
Ghost Stories	The Mousetrap	Onassis
War Horse	When We Are Married	Yes Prime Minister

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Cabaret Season at Lauderdale House

Lauderdale House on Highgate Hill is launching the 20th season of London's longest running West End style cabaret season.



The shows are all on a Sunday at 4.30 pm and run from 10th October to 5th December:

10th October: Jon-Paul Hevey (Les Miserables, Blood Brothers, Marguerite). Supported by Emma Lumsden

17th October: Rosalie Craig (Aspects Of Love, The Lord Of The Rings). Supported by Damian Robinson

24th October: Hadley Fraser (Les Miserables, The Far Pavilions, The Fantasticks). Supported by Ashleigh Jones

7th November: Margaret Preece (The Sound of Music, The Phantom of the Opera: La Carlotta on stage and over-dubbing for Minnie Driver in the film). Supported by Alex Wadham

14th November: Tiffany Graves (Sweet Charity, Chicago, Shout, Cats, Follies). Supported by Reed Sinclair

2ist November: Alex Gaumond (Legally Blonde, Desperately Seeking Susan, Sunday In The Park With George). Supported by Hayley Emma Otway

5th December: Christmas Cabaret Ding Dong - Christmas afternoon of topical songs, mince pies, mulled wine and fun.

Tickets at: www.lauderdalehouse.co.uk

Stunning Love Never Dies Photos

These really are high quality pictures close up of the Love Never Dies cast on the stage at the Adelphi, I think and with a creative commons license too.

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taken by Estefania y Arantxa Álvarez:

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Friday Theatre Breaks and Plays

Two special notices for London Theatre Breaks, with news of a particularly good opportunity for London Theatre Breaks at Weekends and a roundup of some promising plays in the West End.

Theatre Breaks         Friday Night Theatre Breaks Offer October 2, 2010 at 5:01 PM   After another cold and dreary Friday night with nothing on the telly I couldn’t help but think wouldn’t it be lovely to be off to see a show in London instead? Well, Show and Stay think so too. They’ve got a really good new offer, just for Friday nights. They are calling it their Friday Night Club. You can choose from some of the most popular musicals in London and get a 3* hotel room as well for just £69 per person! Wow! Shows in the offer: There are a limited selection of shows in the offer but there’s bound to be something here that you might enjoy. It includes a last chance to see Oliver! the perfect show for this time of year, so that would probably be my pick of the bunch either that or join in the celebrations for Les Miz’s 25th anniversay. We Will Rock You Billy Elliot Blood Brothers Chicago Dreamboats and Petticoats Phantom of the Opera Les Miserables Oliver! Wicked Hotels Some of the hotels are a bit further out than you might think of being ideal for theatre breaks. This can be a good thing though if you are going by car. They are outside the congestion charge and won’t charge exorbitant parking fees. Use public transport to get you into and out of central London and leave the car safely at the hotel. If you are going by train then for an extra £10 per person you can upgrade to something 4* and be nearer the theatres. Things to do on the Saturday Friday night shows are a great idea at this time of year as you can spend Saturday morning doing a bit of shopping in town. The London shops are full of lovely clothes for the new season so why not indulge yourself? Maybe even pop down to Hamleys and get ahead with the present buying! Attractions like The London Eye are much quieter now than they were in the summer and you can usually add them on to your theatre break when you book. Selling Fast I think it is a great offer and these special prices mean that these breaks will sell quite fast. If you want one check now if your choice is available. The offer has only just become available so you have a really good chance of getting a bargain! Here’s the link again so you can check your choice of show and dates:         Autum Theatre Breaks to see Plays September 25, 2010 at 4:20 PM   Top Plays for Theatre breaks There are some excellent plays coming to the London stage in the next few weeks, well worth planning theatre breaks to see.  Here are just some of those that look particularly good. Blood and Gifts – National Theatre ” a hideously topical docudrama about the origins from 1981-91 of the present war in Afghanistan.” – full of insights into what is happening now in that troubled place this should be fascinating. Passion – Donmar Stephen Sondheim’s rather gothic story based on an Italian film has fewer songs than you might expect and a rather magnificent male chorus. Argentine actress Elena Roger is highly praised. Krapp’s Last Tape – The Duchess Theatre. Gambon and Beckett. Not much more to say except perhaps don’t forget to turn off your mobile! Tribes – Royal Court, Nina Raine’s new play revolves around Billy, who is profoundly deaf and his family. “a fascinating dissection of belonging, family and the limitations of communication” Hamlet- The Olivier, Rory Kinnear is directed by Nicholas Hytner. Should be well worth seeing what Kinnear makes of the morose Dane. Yes, Prime Minister – The Gielgud They are all there and yet not quite as we remember them in this up dated production, transferred from the Chichester Festival. Birdsong – The Comedy Theatre Sebastian Faulk’s 1993 World War I best-selling novel is in safe hands here adapted by Rachel Wagstaff and directed by Trevor Nunn The Donmar takes over Trafalgar Studios, beginning with a play about devastation in New Orleans, “Lower Ninth,” continuing with the story of a jazz great, “Novecento” and then Cocteau’s “Les Parents Terribles” “Onassis: The Play” by Martin Sherman, starring Robert Lindsay as the naughty Greek millionaire.

Carrie Sutton cast in The Wizard of Oz

Actress Carrie Sutton has been cast in The Wizard of Oz with a  contract up until early 2012 according to The Scunthorpe Telegraph .

“I’m looking forward to working with Andrew Lloyd Webber for the first time and Michael Crawford who is playing the wizard. The London Palladium feels like my second home. The Wizard of Oz will be my third performance here and I have a contract until early 2012.”

Carrie Sutton is currently in Sister Act and has been working with Sheila Hancock and Whoopi Goldberg at The London Palladium, the exact same theatre where The Wizard of Oz will open in 2011. She has also been in Cabaret, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Imagine This.

Carrie has done a lot of chorus work and understudying lead roles so far in her career but what will be her role in The Wizard of Oz? If Hannah Waddigham is confirmed as the WIcked Witch then would probably leave Carrie the role of Glinda, the Good Witch.

Carrie Sutton is in Sister Act at the London Palladium

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