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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Kids Week in the West End, the annual promotion offering free theatre tickets to children, reached a new high for ticket sales, selling over 16,000 tickets in just one day when it launched yesterday.
Kids Week, which runs between 15 and 29 August, is much more than a ticket promotion. In addition to one free child’s ticket (5-16 year olds) with every full paying adult, there is also a hugely varied collection of free activities and workshops where children can enjoy learning more about theatre and the performing arts. They have the opportunity to learn to dance and even sing with West End casts, or take part in post-show question and answer sessions. (more…)
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
Current Doctor Who assistant Catherine Tate is making her return to the West End stage in David Eldridge’s award-winning “Under the Blue Sky”.
This funny and touching play focuses on three subtly connected love stories that reveal in turn the roller-coaster ride of lust in its prime, the sacrifices of a life in public service and its unrequited passions. It gives us an all too recognisable portrayal of the way in which uncertainties, misunderstanding and the unsaid lead to unexpected results for three couples who seem destined never to say the right thing. (more…)
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
This year’s free outdoor theatre festival, West End Live, has announced its lineup of shows. The annual event, now four years old, takes place from 11:00 to 18:00 on 21st and 22nd June in London’s Leicester Square.
Organised by Westminster City Council, this year’s event will feature performances from Avenue Q, Buddy, Chicago, Dirty Dancing, Grease, Jersey Boys, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Into The Hoods, Mamma Mia!, Never Forget, The Lord Of The Rings, The Sound Of Music, Stomp, We Will Rock You and Wicked.
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Janie Dee, Clive Rowe and Lisa O’Hare will be hoping for a warm, dry summer this year as they join the season at the Open Air theatre, Regent’s Park, which begins on 2 June.
Dee and Rowe will both appear in Edward Dick’s production of Twelfth Night, one of three Shakespearean plays being produced in Artistic Director Timothy Sheader’s first season at the Open Air, the others being Romeo And Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. (more…)
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