it takes all of ten seconds to be in its generous embrace...It calls for quicksilver, charismatic acting and singing. It gets it from this versatile cast. It's an evening that, frankly, gets everything right.
Also playing on Broadway and in Toronto, this touching musical celebrating the strength of human compassion is now inspiring audiences in the West End. Created by Canadian husband and wife team Irene Snakoff...
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A resonant slice of history...and a warm, absorbing folk tale that strikes unerringly at the heart with the timeless simplicity of its themes: home, family, love.
Sir Trevor Nunn's hit revival of the classic, Fiddler on the Roof, heads to the West End this year after a sell-out run at the Menier Chocolate Factory. Olivier award-winner Andy Nyman and Judy Kuhn are...
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Masterfully messy and utterly unique
From the writer of Enron and The Effect comes a brand new play about the murder of Alexander Litvinenko and the search for his killers, as begun by the man as he lay dying from a mysterious poison. Adapted...
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One of the most impressive musicals I have ever seen
Biographical musicals are all the rage both on Broadway and in the West End. One of the best is this phenomenal extravaganza based on the life of iconic songstress Tina Turner. With Mamma Mia and The Iron...
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Fabulous, fresh and enormously fun homegrown musical
When this exuberant new musical from The Feeling's Dan Gillespie Sells and writer Tom MacRae premiered at the Sheffield Crucible earlier in 2017, it became an instant success with both audiences and critics....
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Sheer enjoyablility... a 5-STAR experience!
Soon-to-be-married Sophie is desperate to find her father to walk her down the aisle; unfortunately, her mother Donna has no idea who it is! After discovering three possible candidates in her mother's...
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Immaculately staged... roused even a staid matinee audience to hysterics
Now eyeing nearly half a decade in the West End, Mischief Theater's bonkers theatrical farce is one of the capital's most consistent audience favourites. The original production from the company, discover...
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This is quite the most uplifting piece of new British musical theatre I have ever had the privilege to watch
The Queens are back for 2019 with five Olivier award nominations! Henry the VIII's hunt for an heir and his love of beheadings has made him one of the most famous monarchs in Britain's history, with the...
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Easily the standout musical of the decade!
Matilda, Roald Dahl's much-loved classic of an extraordinary child with magical powers, is given the musical treatment by the combined talents of Tim Minchin and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Winner of...
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The most cryingly good night out to have come along for years!
'The greatest time of a Mormon kid's life is his mission,' sings Elder Kevin Price, but things are not as the handsome and pious Elder Price predicted when he's sent to...UGANDA! From Trey Parker and Matt...
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These times call for laughter - and this delivers.
Comedy fans rejoice as Michael Frayn's fantastic farce returns to the West End this autumn for a run at the Garrick Theatre, directed by Jeremy Herrin (Wolf Hall, Labour of Love). A love letter to backstage...
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A work of screaming fun...Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical is so often staged it's tough to make it fresh, but Jamie Lloyd and co rise to the challenge
Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic Evita is heading to the Regents Park Open Air Theatre this year in what is sure to be the production of the summer. Directed by acclaimed practitioner Jamie Lloyd...
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This show is the real deal
Broadway's sweetest treat arrives, bringing its delicious confection of peppy songs, romance, and dramedy to the Adelphi Theatre this spring. Adapted by Jessie Nelson from the beloved 2007 indie film by...
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Over a year into its, it's better than ever
Head into the surrounds of the Grand Chamber of London County Hall for this innovative staging of Agatha Christie's dazzling play that casts you as the jury in the case of the Crown versus Leonard Vole....
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Wicked will entrance every generation in wonder, wit and suspense
The subversive and downright twisty hit musical follows two unlikely friends and how they become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch of the South. Based on Gregory Maguire's best-selling...
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After more than 32 years in the West End, The Phantom of the Opera continues to sound marvellous.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's romantic musical is based on Gaston Leroux's gothic novel of life beneath the stage of the Paris Opera House. A mysterious masked Phantom becomes obsessed with Christine Daae, the...
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A wonderful, wonderful musical. It will touch a deep chord in anybody
This vastly successful re-imagining of Disney's 1994 continues to conquer after nearly two decades at the Lyceum theatre. Conjuring up the African savannah in all its grand, majestic beauty, using elaborate...
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pioneering gay drama still packs a punch...Matthew Needham stars with tremulous assurance as the witty, sharp-tongued drag queen of Harvey Fierstein's 70s drama
The brand new Turbine Theatre celebrates its inaugural season with a revival of Harvey Fierstein's Tony-winning play, Torch Song. Following the story of Arnold Beckoff, a drag queen on a quest for love...
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buoyant and embracive
The Forest of Arden does a roaring trade in confused lovers, exiled aristos and melancholy fools in Shakespeare's witty musical comedy returning to the Globe for the 2019 Summer Season, following a successful...
An entertaining romp through teen awkwardness
Sue Townsend's undiscovered teenage intellectual, Adrian Mole (aged 13 3/4) is back this summer in this critically acclaimed musical adaptation of his adolescent misadventures. Based on the first and second...
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The most enjoyable few hours money can buy
After schooling Broadway with his newest hit Andrew Lloyd Webber returns to the West End with School of Rock. Adapted from the Jack Black movie of the same name, School of Rock is set to feature his bumbling...
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It's not what could go wrong; more a question of what could go right!
Not content with dominating the West End with their mega-hit madcap romp The Play That Goes Wrong, Mischief Theatre bring us a brand new show, The Comedy About A Bank Robbery, dispelling any myths that...
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A glitzy concert of song and dance...a great night out.
Thriller - Live is an uplifting, feelgood show with the incredible choreography and sensational songs of Michael Jackson that everyone knows and loves. High production values, a large company on stage...
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Loving, lively homage is an unashamedly British night out
After quite a few years since we bid farewell to Del Boy, Rodney and the gang from Peckham, the disaster-prone fortune finders are back, but this time in a brand new stage musical! Based on the hit TV...
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The diary-and-ditties combination is always entertaining; the closing cri de coeur is electrifying
Fresh from his successful runs at Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre, comic writer and performer, Adam Kay brings his best-selling first-hand account of life as a junior doctor, This Is Going To Hurt, to...
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slick and stylish
Fire up your fax machines and get tapping at those typewriters! Dolly Parton's delightfully barmy musical adaptation of the hit 1980 revenge caper finally makes its West End debut this January. Starring...
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The longest running show in the West End
In 1952, Agatha Christie's sprawling and intricate new whodunnit, The Mousetrap (based on her radio play, Three Blind Mice), opened in the West End on a very strict condition; no one was to ever give away...
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its core message - that kindness and dignity matter, even to lost souls - feels pretty refreshing right now
After nearly 19 years, the West End welcomes back Golden Globe and Bafta award-winning Clive Owen as he takes on the role of disgraced priest and second rate Mexican tour guide in this major revival of...
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One of the most brilliantly effective spine-chillers you will ever encounter
Celebrating 30 years of frightening audiences in the West End, the spine-chilling adaptation of Susan Hill's gothic novella The Woman in Black, is set as a play within a play. Elderly Arthur Kipps retells...
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John Malkovich brilliantly captures the bluster [and] sexual hubris...of Harvey Weinstein.
John Malkovich makes his much-anticipated stage return this summer in David Mamet's new play, a searing and satirical black comedy that promises to 'rip the pashmina off the suppurating wound that is showbusiness'....
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Challenges all our assumptions on the limits of love and the power of family.
Toby Stephens and Claire Skinner return to the West End this autumn to star in this brand new revival of Peter Nichol's 1967 black comedy. As married couple Bri and Shelia, Stephens and Skinner navigate...
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A new concert version with a whole host of stars!
After almost 35 years at its original home at the Queen's Theatre, the iconic Les Miserables is on the move... but don't fret, Cosette, it's not going very far! In this new semi-staged concert performance,...
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A lesson not to be skipped
From the minds behind bonkers West End and Broadway smash The Play That Goes Wrong and The Comedy About A Bank Robbery comes this brand new show inspired by those halcyon days spent at school. Promising...
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'The drunkards they are wading, The punks and chapmen trading...'
Just as we now flock to festivals and parks at the merest hint of sun, so too did our ancestors, and no occasion in the capital was as prominent as the Bartholomew Fair. Running for two weeks each year...
An affectionate and moving resume of the life of Mary Poppins star David Tomlinson
Perhaps best known for portraying the quintessential stiff-upper-lipped yet loveable English gentleman in motion picture classics like Mary Poppins and Bedknobs and Broomsticks, legendary actor David Tomlinson...
The law says you cannot touch! But I think I see a lotta lawbreakers
Conceived and directed by Channing himself, you're invited to the large-scale, live production of Magic Mike Live! The empowering and exhilarating performance which took Las Vegas by storm, now sees Channing...
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Fame! I'm gonna live forever!
The worldwide smash hit, Fame is returning for another dance-tastic run in London! After embarking on a huge UK tour through 2018/2019 the latest revival of this 80s favourite touches down at the Peacock...
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The electrifying new show from the makers of Riverdance
From the creators of the international sensation, Riverdance comes Heartbeat of Home! Mixing Irish, Latin, Hip-Hop, Afro-Cuban and contemporary styles, Heartbeat of Home is a full-throttle celebration...
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William Finn and James Lapine's Tony winning hit heads to London in its European Premiere!
Fans of Falsettos rejoice! The two-time Tony-winning musical is finally making its European premiere at The Other Palace this August! Written by musical making maestros William Finn and James Lapine, Falsettos...
winning and enthusiastic performances. The audience applause between scenes is politely anticipatory of what might be next. By the end, it is rapturous.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that when one's creative output captivates across the centuries, an improv show will capitalise on it. After becoming one of the biggest draws of the Edinburgh Fringe...
I wish I was big
The movie that launched a thousand wishes for giant floor keyboards, 1988's Big is on its way to tickle the ivories in the West End this autumn! The story of one Josh Baskin, a pre-teen frustrated with...
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Make it rain at The Wolf of Wall Street immersive experience!
The story of stockbroker Jordan Belfort comes into vivid life in this brand new and totally immersive experience! A multi-millionaire by the age of 26 and a federal convict by 36 Belfort's story has taken...
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Let's go dress him like the witch of Brentford
Down on his luck, famed bounder Sir John Falstaff decides to turn his fortunes around by scamming two married women with identical love letters, hoping that at least one of them falls for his ploy and...
A compulsive, involving, emotionally stirring evening - theatre's answer to a page-turner.
After a critically acclaimed run at the Kiln Theatre in North London in February, the Michael Longhurst directed production of The Son is heading to the West End! Amanda Abbington, Laurie Kynaston and...
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'Gentles, perchance you wonder at this show. But wonder on, till 'truth make all things plain.'
When the fairy King and Queen quarrel, no one is safe from their fervour, setting the scene for a witty and vibrant comedy of romance, mischief and magic that enchant audiences of all ages from the first...
New for Autumn 2019!
Stephen Mangan reunites with director Sean Foley for this world premiere stage adaptation of the classic Ealing comedy. Alongside Kara Tointon, Mangan stars as Sidney Stratton, mill worker and inventor...
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This award-winning play deals with one of crimes that can come out of teenage binge drinking - so it's very contemporary in flavor.
The Park Theatre welcomes stage and screen star Tracy-Ann Oberman (East Enders, Friday Night Dinner) to their Finsbury Park stage in a riveting new production of Canadian playwright Evan Placey's groundbreaking...
It fizzes with life, rattles along at a cracking pace and provides an entertaining an evening as I've seen this year.
Famously unfinished at the time of her death, Jane Austen's The Watsons has kept fans guessing for over 200 years. A classic of her style, the heroine Emma Watson is intelligent and headstrong as she is...
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...imaginatively staged, funny...Under the music direction of Connor Fogel, it is also one of the best sounding musicals staged in Charing Cross Theatre.
In the early 1900s, there was nothing more terrifying for an aging woman than penury that might put her in the poorhouse - so much so that one woman, Annie Edison Taylor, came up with an entirely novel...
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Rachel O'Riordan kicks off debut season at the Lyric with a fresh reimagining of A Doll's House!
As part of her first season as the Artistic Director of the Lyric Hammersmith, Rachel O'Riordan directs a brand new imagining of the classic Henrik Ibsen play. Adapted by Tanika Gupta A Doll's House moves...
Fresh, accessible and hilarious
Marcel Lucont returns to London this year with his undisputed Cabaret Fantastique! Having appeared on Comedy Central, Set List and The John Bishop Show, Marcel Lucont's trailblazing cabaret sets up shop...
Hall's virtue is that she puts a complete world on stage, one that embraces a cloistered college, a faith-hungry village and tribal hatred.
African-American playwright Katori Hall's heavy hitting-drama Our Lady Of Kibeho shocked and captivated audiences when it debut stateside at the beginning of this year. Chronicling the alleged holy vision...
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This energy is wild, untamed and mildly spiritual, a perfect echo of the characters that Obie Award-winning playwright Lisa D'Amour has so carefully crafted
In keeping with their maxim of trailblazing theatrical works, London's Arcola Theatre proudly presents the UK premiere of the riveting mother-daughter ghost story Anna Bella Eema. Penned by Pulitzer Prize...
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We look forward to seeing what McArdle will do with a part brimming with comedic potential.
Man and myth collide in The National's stunning new production of the Ibsen classic Peer Gynt. Last seen on the NT stage during the celebrated company's 2017 production of Angels In America, Glaswegian...
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A fascinating glimpse of what feminism looked like in the middlebrow drama of the time.
First premiering on the West End in 1949 and running for 400 performances, Scottish playwright Lesley Storm's intriguing family drama has fascinated audiences in different revivals all over the world ever...
Warmth, wit and wizardry. In a line of 20th century legends including Gielgud and Olivier. Come one, come all and marvel.
From Gandalf to King Lear Ian McKellen's long and illustrious career have left many theatre and film fans a gasp at his talent. After spending his 80th year taking this incredible one-man show on an extensive...
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"The Greatest Show on Earth", one paper declared the other day. C'mon! But seriously folks, there's going to be more where that came from, because - lock up your doubters: I have to report that it really is as good as we've been told
It's the musical that has bowled over Broadway, an all out smash-hit epic that traverses the life of one Alexander Hamilton, one of America's Founding Fathers, who took on the might of the British and...
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With so much to see and do, a visit to ZSL London Zoo is the perfect day out for people of all ages.
Whether you love animals cuddly, scary, creepy, slinky, big or small, old or very young, you are bound to be thrilled by at least one of the 750 species of animal at ZSL London Zoo. Nestled within Regent's...
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A grand polished blockbuster. Visually miraculous. It is a thrill to watch
Are you ready for a good old fashioned fright-fest? Just in time for Halloween (otherwise known as the greatest holiday of the year) Birmingham Rep and No Man's Land director Sean Mathias will scare you...
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A ghoulishly great time!
What's scarier than stepping into the London Dungeon? Knowing that all the horrors within are all based on real historical events! London's grisly past is brought to creeptastically realistic life by London...
The mangled, magnificent history and scale of the city is on full display.
No matter where you are in London, there is one sight that you will always see, towering above the rest of the skyline majestically. We are of course talking about the Shard building at London Bridge,...
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Perfect to get the family outside during the summer!
Founded in 1840 by Lord Capel John of Tewkesbury, Kew Gardens remains one of the capital's most popular and unique attractions. A vast expanse that covers some 300 acres, Kew comprises numerous...
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If you've never seen live stand-up, make a resolution to start here
Join a rotating cast of comedians for their take on the weirdest, wackiest and just plain mad news stories of the week. Featuring a hilarious mixture of satire, jokes, puns, songs and even competitions,...
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An open night mic, with a difference!
A comedy night so brutally famous that even safely established comedians quake in their boots at a mere mention of it, The Comedy Store's King Gong is quite something to behold. Each week, 30 new acts...
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Is the old King dead? As nail in door
After proving himself to his father at the Battle of Shrewsbury, Prince Hal is once again haunting taverns in Eastcheap, though it seems his taste for Sir John Falstaff's particular company has turned...
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Henry V or Harry England takes over the Globe
Once more unto the Shakespeare Globe, dear friends, once more. Shakespeare's Henry V or Harry England is the telling of King Henry V and his attempt at proving himself a worthy king. Presented by the Globe...
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The best way to see London
London is one of the most tourist friendly cities in the world, with every square mile of the capital absolutely packed with iconic buildings, new and old. And there's no better way to see it all than...
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Harriet Lane's first novel is a tightly woven tale of deceit and ambition in literary London
Harriet Lane's 2012 debut thriller is adapted into a new stage drama by Lucinda Coxon, premiering at London's brand-new theatre at Tower Bridge. As part of the Bridge Theatre's inaugural season directed...
The festival's packed comedy, circus and cabaret schedule sees some of the UK's finest live performers channel the spirit of the Edinburgh Fringe and take to the stage between April and September.
When the howling gale force winds of March turn into the tentative unfurling of Springtime's first buds, the giant inflatable purple cow descends from the heavens and makes camp at the South Bank's Jubilee...
Doomsday is near: die all, die merrily
After toppling Richard II, Henry IV is finally King. But the unrest in the country leaves him no time to relax. Once close allies the Percys are preparing to usurp him, with their son, Hotspur leading...
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Our version of Sherlock Holmes will have all the elements that fans want and expect, but with new twists and turns and plenty of surprises.....
Watson! The Game is afoot! The world's most famous sleuth is about to get a brand-new stage play adaptation on Broadway in 2017, then headed back over to the West End, at a venue yet to be confirmed....
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Ralph Fiennes returns to the Shakespeare play after 30 years!
Film and stage royalty Ralph Fiennes returns to the play that made his name playing Claudio in 1988, this time in the lead role of Antony! Shakespeare's historical play depicting Ancient Egypt's first...
The capital at its very best
Get schooled in Shakespeare with The Globe Exhibition, London's ultimate guide to The Bard. Packed full of video, artifacts and practical reconstructions, it takes you back in time to the raucous streets...
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The iconic Eighties movie is reincarnated as a new musical!
London's West End gets a taste of both Seattle and the Big Apple when this new musical adaptation of Nora Ephron's iconic Eighties romance movie arrives next year. With a venue and official dates yet to...
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Rory Kinnear returns to the National in 2018
Anne-Marie Duff and Rory Kinnear lead Shakespeare's murderous tragedy when it returns to the National in 2018, directed by Rufus Norris. Marking Kinnear's return to the NT since his star turn in 2016's...
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There is much at Ripley's to enjoy and I suspect that children, especially, will love it.
For fans of the weird, wonderful and downright bonkers, venture into Ripley's London where over 700 exhibits wait to be discovered. Here you can experience the dark and irregular sides of art, foreign...
The live commentary is superb and everyone who takes this river cruise will learn something new about one of the attractions they pass.
All aboard the Silver Bonito for this history and view-packed circular cruise which launches from just underneath the London Eye! IN 40 minutes, you will be sweeping along the Thames taking in sight ans...
Step back in time!
Step back in history to experience life in the Middle Ages, at the most famous of Britain's fortresses and places of execution, as well as the home of the Crown Jewels. You can choose to take a guided...
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The SEALIFE London Aquarium underwent a 5 million pound refurbishment and transformed into Sea Life London Aquarium in 2009, and still continues to improve
Situated next to the London Eye at County Hall, this mega aquarium is the jewel in the crown of the 28 Sea Life Centres throughout the UK and Europe.You will be taken on a truly fascinating journey from...
The most famous Ferris wheel in the world
Since opening in March 2000 The London Eye (formerly The Millennium Wheel) has become an iconic landmark and a symbol of modern Britain. The London Eye is the UK's most popular paid for visitor attraction,...
Experience the glittering world of fame for a day, and more!
Get up close and personal with your favourite faces from the worlds of film, music, sport, history and more at the world famous Madame Tussauds, one of London's premiere tourist attractions! Founded...
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With 150 actors and the promise of fancy wearable technology - not to mention four dedicated bars - the show, from Transatlantic immersive horror specialists Big Dreamer Productions, sounds like a pretty fancy affair... but only if you're extremely brave
Calling all video gamers and immersive theatre fans! The two worlds are colliding during the hotly anticipated West End debut of Variant 31, a fully-interactive 'survival' experience that'll keep the adrenaline...
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What was once a stuffy and frustrating member of the Historic Royal Palaces to visit is now accessible, lively, intriguing and very, very modern.
Kensington Palace is synonymous with the generations of stylish royal women who have called it their home: where Queen Victoria was born and raised; Queens Mary, Anne and Caroline held court; and the royal...
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So this is Dickens, with magic. It's a raunchless Game of Thrones with heart. Crucially, it's authentic Potter but, most importantly, it's new. It's not the movie of the book. It's the real deal, live in front of you, so much better than any film could b
Brace yourselves London, JK Rowling has blessed us with another foray into the Potterverse, announcing that new play 'Harry Potter And The Cursed Child' will apparate into The Palace Theatre sometime next...
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An official royal residence for over 900 years
The oldest inhabited castle in the world, Windsor Castle is an official royal residence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. A home to the British Royal family since the reign of Henry I, the castle, which...
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Caryl Churchill has remade the landscape of contemporary drama - and earned herself a place among the greats
A favourite haunt of literary icon Caryl Churchill, the Royal Court Theatre presents a quartet of new plays by the celebrated playwright this autumn. Directed by frequent Churchill collaborator James...
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