Theatre Breaks London

Are you considering taking a trip to London and visiting a West End show? Then why not book a theatre break and combine your theatre ticket with your hotel London booking in one package that will give you the best theatre tickets available along with accommodation in one of the city’s fine hotels, and all at an affordable price.

Whatever the time of year, there are always many fine shows on in London. The most popular ones are the big musicals but you will also find many great plays and other events at both the main and fringe theatres in and outside the West End. To whet your appetite, here are the top five of the most popular musicals currently being staged in London.

The best selling show of the moment is Ben Elton’s futuristic We Will Rock You, which is being staged at the Dominion theatre and has been seen by over five million people. Featuring 32 songs that were classics of the rock band Queen, the story concerns the quest for freedom from a Globalised Earth.

The “Lion King” is adapted from the Disney movie of the same name. It is a visual spectacle that stirs the imagination of all who see it. With great music and wonderful special effects, this epic adventure story continues to attract sell-out audiences.

Billy Elliot at Victoria Palace is one of those heart warming stories that move just about everyone who sees it to tears. Again it is based on a film of the same name, but with the music of the legendary Elton John in a new and stunning stage production.

Anthony Lloyd Weber’s Phantom of the Opera, now being staged at Her Majesty’s Theatre, is still going strong despite it being 25 years since it was first performed. The show, with its wonderful score and spectacular sets, has won countless awards and is loved by all who see it.

Number five of our top five musicals is Thriller which is on at the Lyric Theatre and which is a tribute to the life of the great star Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five.

If musicals are not your thing, then there are some excellent plays including Nick Payne’s Constellations at the Royal Court about a love affair between a cosmologist and a bee keeper set in a multi-universe; Alan Bennett’s The Madness of George III at the Apollo Theatre; Michael Frayn’s Noises Off at the Old Vic where all that can possibly go wrong really does; and at the Harold Pinter Theatre an adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’ Birdsong, an intensely powerful production based on the book about love amidst the horrors of the First World War.

With so many fine shows and hotels London must be the ideal place to enjoy a theatre break.

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