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:

http://loveneverdiesphantom.co.uk

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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Picture by Jim Linwood in the London Theatre Breaks pool