Well it’s Saturday night and West End Live is half way through. There were some great shows on today in Leicester Square all to promote the West End and provide some free entertainment for the London crowd at the same time. Highlights sp far have been a good three song set from a big cast from We Will Rock You , always a high energy show, the lovely duet from The King And I and this performance from Jodie Prenger as Nancy from Oliver! who sang as if she thought she needed to win I’d do Anything all over again! Click here to view the embedded video. If you keep an eye on the Theatre Breaks youtube stream you’ll catch a glimpse of Patina Miller and sisters from Sister Act and also Jerry Springer in Chicago!

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Sometimes, especially if you’ve a busy schedule taking a whole weekend away from work is difficult. So you take the laptop with you and hope for good hotel broadband… Book a 5* Hotel and get a free upgrade Friday, Saturday and Sunday overnight stays you can book the 5* Andaz Hotel by Hyatt and receive a free upgrade to a King size room. The Andaz is a mix of Victorian opulence and state-of-the-art technology. The Andaz was the old Great Eastern building near Liverpool St station and it’s been very stylishly updated. Andaz by Hyat hotel deals Your upgraded King room is 29-sq.-metre. It features a plush king bed, oversized work desk and bath with ecologically friendly shower, fast-fill tub and hot towel rail, air conditioning, and a gorgeous modern design. Enjoy complimentary amenities such as healthy mini-bar, local phone calls, wired and wireless Internet access, iPod dock and the luxury of yukata robes. You might think this sort of luxury would be horribly expensive and normally you’d be right! To stay one Friday night in June at full price would cost you £270! But book it as a hotel deal as part of a theatre break and prices start from just £92 per person including your show ticket (one night stay plus tickets for Woman in Black - many other great shows and musicals also available ) I often see this hotel as I walk out from Liverpool St Station and it looks so inviting. It would be a great place to stay for a weekend theatre break and what with the desk and the great connectivity one of you might even get some work done! Personally, if I stayed Saturday night I’d be off down to the nearby Columbia Rd Flower Market next morning. You can often find me there on summer Sunday mornings browsing through all the gorgeous shabby chic garden accessories, drinking in the atmosphere (and the great coffee!) and even buying the occasional plant. If I can’t stagger down to the flower market there’s always the very trendy, recently totally refurbished Spitalfields Market just across the road from Liverpool St Station. It’s lovely down there on a Sunday morning with a real buzz, lots of unique craft and fashion, some ‘antique’ or vintage stalls and some interesting shops. There are some nice places to lunch there too. Of course you might never make it out of the luxury of that wonderful king sized room… and that’s good too! ** Book your 5* upgraded hotel and theatre deal **

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This is a good time of year to grab value for money theatre breaks so it’s a great time to book if you fancy treating yourself to a bit of affordable luxury. Calendar Girls with afternoon tea at Fortnum & Masons, tickets for the show and hotel. Prices from £131 per person.

Calendar Girls is seriously funny and totally star packed. I expect we all know the hilarious story of those brave WI ladies and the blow they struck for middle aged women everywhere. What a great chance to see some of the best British acting talent all in one show! The cast includes: Lynda Bellingham, (love her, she’ll always be the Oxo Mum to me!) Patricia Hodge,(remember Lives and Loves of a She Devil?) not to mention Sian Phillips, Gaynor Faye, Brigit Forsyth, Julia Hills and of course, Elaine C Smith. You can read more artoicles about the show on the Calendar Girls category. And if you’re not sure what Afternoon Tea at Fortum & Masons will be like take a look at this post Afternoon Tea

Show and Stay have called this deal “Considerably bigger buns” which is a quote from the show. I think we can leave you to work out the context but if you’re not sure there’s a clue in that cast picture! The low down: The £131 price is based on:

Calendar Girls tickets, Afternoon tea at Fortum & Masons 1 night at the 3* Travelodge Kings Cross Royal Scott

Of course, as usual with Show and Stay, you can add your train tickets when you book and save up to 40% on those as well. The ** Calendar Girls Theatre Break offer ** is available for stays up to and including 18 September 2009.

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Fridays are a good choice for Theatre Breaks with Dinner and Hotel. Here’s why:

You can easily travel to London on a Friday afternoon Once you get to your hotel all you have to do is book in Go to you room to relax and freshen up Next stroll down to the hotel restaurant. Then you have your delicious pre-theatre dinner in the restaurant of a classy 4* London hotel. You get to your chosen show in nice time Blood pressure remains within normal range as you’ve had none of the stress or hassle of wondering when and how you are going to eat.

Stress Free Theatre Breaks. Show and Stay’s latest Friday Dinner, Theatre and Hotel Offer lets you have a totally stress-free break and even save money. What they’ve done is put together an inclusive package. You’ve got the choice of 27 top shows and 4 great *4 hotels, all with good restaurants. Just as an example we all know that Priscilla Queen of the Dessert is the latest hot ticket. Prices for Priscilla for a Friday in May.

Stay at the 4* Holiday Inn Bloomsbury (handy for the theatre) 3 Course Dinner in the Junction restaurant Cost per person only £148

The list of participating show also includes:

Spring Awakening Blood Brothers Billy Elliot Hairspray Oliver Jersey Boys Sister Act Dirty Dancing Wicked The Lion King We Will Rock You

All you have to do is select your favourite musical and a Friday date then look for the “Hotel with Dinner” packages at the top of the results. Not only that but with the Show and Stay deal you can book your rail fare at the same time and save up to 40% on that too. This is really the best way to get into London for a stress free theatre break. You can bring your car but don’t forget you’ll need to pay the congestion charge if you bring it into central London and also hotel parking rates are not cheap (allow £17 - £20 a day for hotel parking). Limited Offer This is a limited offer. There are only a limited number of these Friday deals available so you’ll need to be quick to grab the best shows and be sure of getting your dates. Last date to book May 31st 2009 Last Stay date June 26th 2009 Act now to book your Dinner, Theatre and Hotel Stay Participating Hotels and Restaurants

Holiday Inn London Kensington Forum’s Consortia Cafe/Bar. Choice of 2 courses from set menu. Holiday Inn Bloomsbury’s Junction Restaurant. Choice of 3 courses from set menu. Crowne Plaza London St James’ Brasserie Restaurant. Choice of 2 courses. Crowne Plaza London City’ Spicers Restaurant. Choice of 2 courses.

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London Theatre Breaks Bargains London Theatre Breaks just got a lot more affordable with offers that include a Free Hotel for a long list of top west end musicals. These are for for Monday to Friday performances of Billy Elliot, Blood Brothers, Buddy, Chicago, Sound of Music, and We Will Rock You throughout January, February and March 2009 and also for Monday to Thursday performances of Carousel, Grease Hairspray Joseph Wicked and Zorro Theatre Breaks Special Offer

Free Hotel Theatre Breaks

This Theatre Breaks Special Offer includes top seats in the stalls or dress circle of one of London’s famous old theatres and a free night in a three star central London hotel. You can even upgrade to a four star hotel for only £10 extra per person. To take advantage of this fantastic offer and have something really special to look forward to, all you have to do is book a theatre break with free hotel now over the internet for two people seeing a show before 26 March 2009. Here’s the list of shows again: Monday to Thursday offer:

Wicked theatre breaks Zorro theatre breaks Carousel theatre breaks with Lesley Garret Grease theatre breaks Hairspray theatre breaks with Michael Ball Joseph theatre breaks

Monday to Friday offer:

We Will Rock You theatre breaks Billy Elliot theatre breaks Blood Brothers theatre breaks Buddy theatre breaks (before Feb 7th)

Chicago theatre breaks Sound of Music theatre breaks

** Check Availability for these shows with the Free Hotel Offer ** Theatre Breaks Offer with discount Rail The Free Hotel offer gets even better when combined with up to 40% off return rail tickets when booked in advance with theatre breaks. The form below will allow you to check out the offer and dates for your favourite show, with free hotel and inclusive rail tickets.

a Free Hotel Offer with London Theatre Breaks

We Will Rock You New Year Record Breaker ** Book We Will Rock You Theatre Breaks **

We Will Rock You has already turned 2009 into a record breaking New Year. It achieved the highest number of paid admissions in one week for any West End show last year. More than 20,000 tickets were bought in the six days following the 29th of December. Brian May to Appear in We Will Rock You! Brian May, one of the co-creators of We Will Rock You will be visiting the show on Saturday the 10th of January. On his site brianmay.com May says: ‘I usually try to keep it casual, because really it’s all about me bonding with the cast and band and crew, and sharing a little bit of their load … but I always get stick from people saying “You didn’t tell us you were going to be there!” So this time, I’ll say it quietly but clearly … I WILL be there Saturday 10th, and I will be making a small appearance (or is it “apparition”?) in the matinee and evening shows. It’s not an advertised part of the show - it’s just a fun bonus, which happens about once a year … but it’s always a blast. It will be doubly exciting this time, since the last time I tried it, the lift got stuck, and I ended up in a very dark smoky cage under the stage for the whole of the solo in Bohemian Rhapsody. So we will be trying not to repeat that effect !!!’ ‘This Saturday is WWRY Party day … we will be celebrating between shows, and afterwards, entering our 8th year of Rocking London in 2009, with The Greatest Show In Town !!! See ya there … let’s rock into the New Year.’ Wish I had tickets for tomorrow’s show!! We had a real blast when we went to see We Will Rock You last year. It’s definitely on my list to re-visit. Ideally I’d like to see Rachel Tucker’s occasional Scaramouche but seeing Brian May in the production would be good too! We Will Rock You Special Offer It’s worth mentioning that there are some very special offers available at the moment for We Will Rock You theatre breaks, with a free hotel included in the £60 per person ticket price for weekday performances between now and 26 March 2009 ** Free Hotel Offer **

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