Get ready for the ride of your life! PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL is rolling into London’s West End in March 2009 and parking at the Palace Theatre for the ultimate feel-good theatrical experience! Based on the smash-hit movie PRISCILLA is the heart-warming uplifting adventure of three friends who hop aboard a battered old bus searching for love and friendship and end up finding more than they could have ever dreamed of. With a dazzling array of outrageous costumes and a score featuring more than 20 dance-floor classics this wildly fresh and funny new musical is a sensational journey to the heart of fabulous! So hop on board! Life’s an adventure. Dress accordingly.
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Crackling with action and adventure this new multi-million pound musical brings to life the legend of the masked Spanish hero ZORRO featuring music by The Gipsy Kings. This spectacular production including astounding stage magic sword fighting and aerial stunts is brought to the stage by an award winning creative team led by director Christopher Renshaw. With breathtaking choreography by Spain’s acclaimed Rafael Amargo you will be bowled over by some of the most exciting flamenco ever seen in British theatre. Combining passion drama and romance ZORRO promises to be an evening of highly charged swashbuckling entertainment. “Insanely enjoyable musical” “The perfect theatrical night out” “This really is a show for all the family” “The Gipsy Kings’ flamenco inspired music powers the whole show with rhythm and passion” Daily Telegraph “Dazzling choreography” The Guardian “Perfect summer family entertainment” Daily Mail “Magnificently vibrant music of the Gipsy Kings” Daily Express “Furiously percussive and visually ravishing spectacle all haughty head-tossing hand-clapping skirt-flailing and heel-stamping” Sunday Times “Add in plenty of swinging around on ropes some excellent sword fights real flames and a couple of jaw-dropping stage illusions and you have a tequila slammer of a musical. Viva el Zorro!” Sunday Times
The year is 1888. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has just published his first Sherlock Holmes story a street in South London is the first to get electric lighting… In Whitechapel East London five women are brutally murdered by the world’s first recognised serial killer Jack The Ripper. We tread in the footsteps of the infamous Jack The Ripper down the dark narrow gas-lit alleyways immortalised in such films as “From Hell”. We’ll follow the case of the unsolved Whitechapel murders that would lead Scotland Yard to Queen Victoria herself. Led by one of the renowned London Blue Badge Guides we’ll visit four murder sights. Our ‘Ripperologist’ will run through some of the suspects who sparked a Victorian Whodunit that’ll leave you as gripped as its victims. Experience the sights the smells and the sounds of London’s darker side if you dare! Comfortable walking shoes and a strong stomach are strongly recommended.
Cameron Mackintosh presents his triumphant new staging of Lionel Bart’s masterpiece “OLIVER!” at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane which was last seen at the Palladium in 1994. Oliver! is one of the most beloved British musicals vividly bringing to life Dickens’ timeless characters with its ever-popular story of the boy who asked for more. The new production at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane promises to be even more spectacular than ever before starring Rowan Atkinson as Fagin Jodie Prenger winner of the BBC talent show I’d Do Anything as Nancy Harry Laurence or Gwion as Oliver and a cast and orchestra of over one hundred. The sensational score is full of Lionel Bart’s irresistible songs including Food Glorious Food Consider Yourself You’ve Got to Pick-a-Pocket or Two I’d Do Anything Oom Pah Pah As Long As He Needs Me and many more. Rupert Goold (Best Director 2008 Olivier Awards) will be restaging Sam Mendes acclaimed production and along with Tony award winning director and choreographer Matthew Bourne will be using every inch of London’s greatest musical stage with even more sensational sets by Anthony Ward. Be the first to get your tickets so that you won’t have to pick a pocket or two to get in.
At Madame Tussauds you will come face-to-face with some of the world’s most famous faces. Start your day by sneaking past the paparazzi and attend a photo shoot with Kate Moss. Then mingle with Leonardo DiCaprio Brad Angelina and all the other stars in your very own premiere party before taking your challenge in the Big Brother Diary room. Also live out you ultimate Pop Rock fantasy and get up close and personable with British music superstar Amy Winehouse star alongside heart throb Justin Timberlake or sing a duet with gorgeous Kylie. A sizzling line up only available at Madame Tussauds! Move on to our ‘Sport Zone’ where winning is everything. Weigh in with Muhammed Ali before beating Rooney and Beckham at their own game. Then practice your putting skills with Tiger Woods before you enjoy the cheers of a roaring crowd as you step up to the podium as a world champion. Anything is possible at Madame Tussauds!
THE MOST TERRIFYING LIVE THEATRE EXPERIENCE IN THE WORLD Andrew Jarvis and Timothy Watson in THE WOMAN IN BLACK Adapted by Stephen Mallatratt From the novel by Susan Hill Directed by Robin Herford Designed by Michael Holt Lighting by Kevin Sleep Unanimously acclaimed by the critics Stephen Mallatratt’s adaptation of Susan Hill’s best selling novel combines the power and intensity of live theatre with a cinematic quality inspired by the world of film noir. It is a formula that provides audiences with an evening of unremitting drama as they are transported into a terrifying and ghostly world. Now in its 20th year over 4 million people have lived to tell the tale of one of the most exciting gripping and successful theatre events ever staged. ‘A TRULY NERVE-SHREDDING EXPERIENCE’ – Daily Mail ‘DON’T GO UNLESS YOU LIKE BEING SCARED OUT OF YOUR WITS’ – Sunday Mirror ‘THE MOST BRILLIANTLY EFFECTIVE SPINE CHILLER YOU WILL EVER ENCOUNTER… IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THIS SHOW YET YOU ARE MISSING A TREAT’ – Daily Telegraph
“Broadway’s biggest blockbuster” (The New York Times) is now the record-breaking sensation of London’s West End. Based on Gregory Maguire’s best-selling novel that re-imagined the stories and characters created by L. Frank Baum in ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ the spellbinding WICKED transports audiences to a fantasy world of wizards and witches to tell the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz and how one came to be called ‘good’ and the other ‘wicked’. Experience this unforgettable award-winning musical and discover that you’ve not been told the whole story about the land of Oz… Get the Wicked – Us Import Soundtrack height=500′)”>Watch a clip of Wicked
We Will Rock You is set in the future on a place once called Earth. Globalisation is complete. Everyone watches the same movies wears the same clothes and thinks the same thoughts. A safe happy Ga Ga world.The Company Computers generate the music and the kids download it. All musical instruments are banned. But resistance is growing.A hero is needed.Is the one who calls himself Galileo that man and can he help them Break Free…? Legendary band Queen fronted by the dynamic Freddie Mercury before his death in 1991 have been making music together since the 70’s and have now joined forces with writer Ben Elton to bring their unique sound to theatreland… Get the We Will Rock You Original Cast Recording LIVE from the Dominion Theatre Watch the We Will Rock You trailer
TWELFTH NIGHT by William Shakespeare Cast includes Derek Jacobi Director Michael Grandage Shipwrecked and fearing her twin brother dead Viola is swept onto the shores of Illyria. Disguising herself as a boy she takes a post in the Duke’s court and on his behalf attempts to woo his loved one the Lady Olivia. Derek Jacobi plays Malvolio in Shakespeare’s romantic comedy of mistaken identity infatuation and broken hearts.
“Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical extravaganza…” – Daily Telegraph With some of the most lavish sets costumes and special effects ever to have been created for the stage The Phantom of The Opera is a haunting musical which traces the tragic love story of a beautiful opera and a young composer shamed by his physical appearance into a shadowy existence beneath the majestic Paris Opera House. Adapted from Gaston Leroux’s classic novel of mystery and suspense this award winning musical has woven its magical spell over audiences in over 60 cities worldwide. Get the Phantom of the Opera Original London Cast Recording