Do you like to see a good old fashioned play on the London stage with a proper plot, serious actors not TV stars and a playscript that makes you think, fear, jump in surprise and maybe even laugh? Theatre breaks in London don’t have be just for musicals, there are a number of very good plays on in the West End at any time of year, but the autumn season is particularly good for theatre breaks to see plays. The main difference to booking musicals theatre breaks is that the plays do tend to be on for much shorter runs. So unless you want to see Mousetrap again, and why wouldn’t you, then you might need to hear about a good play that’s on now, and book it with a hotel break for maybe next month or sometime within a medium timespan when you know the play will still be running. Otherwise you just keep on missing the best ones because they close after about twelve weeks or something like that. For example, just arrived in London is a play called Deathtrap which is a big production with four great actors and a fantastic set, a proven playscript because it’s been on before in Broadway for a very long run as it happens, and in London once before in the 1980s. But if you want to book theatre breaks to see Deathtrap then you would need to have a date in mind that is before 22nd of January, 2011. That may seem a long way away, but once you start thinking about Christmas and New Year theatre breaks , the time has been and gone! Simon Russel Beale is in Deathtrap Deathtrap is one of the bigger productions but there are some others coming up for short runs as well. The Arthur Miller play – “All My Sons” finished on 2nd October 2010 Season’s Greeting by Alan Ayckbourn starring Catherine Tate opens on December 8th 2010 Top tip for 2011 drama theatre breaks will be Blithe Spirit, a Noel Coward comedy starring Ruthie Henshall and others. But if you want to see a Noel Coward before next year then Design For Living is on at the Old Vic until November 27th 2010. Yes Prime Minister is a comedy play based on the TV series but brought up to date for Gielgud Theatre which opened on 16th September 2010 booking through til 15th January 2011. This would be a good bet for theatre breaks in London too. And if you prefer Oscar Wilde, then “An Ideal Husband” is at the Vaudeville Theatre from 4th November 2010 to 19th February 2011
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Theatre Breaks to see Plays
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September 18 2010, 11:55am | Comments »
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New Season Theatre Breaks In London
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The first of a new season of plays and musicals for theatre breaks in London opened last night at the Noel Coward theatre in London’s St Martin’s Lane. The play is called “Deathtrap” and it’s a revival of a comedy thriller that was hugely successful on Broadway in the 1970s and 1980s. Later in the autumn there will quite a few new plays being staged in and around London’s West End and there are some remarkable events on the musicals scene as well. For example, you may have heard that Whoopi Goldberg was sadly forced to abandon Sister Act recently due ultimately to a bereavement. Well she’s back for five nights later in October, so if you’ve always fancied seeing Whoopi live on the West End Stage then you could organise theatre breaks in London around those dates. Hang on, I’ll go get them for you … “Goldberg, who left the musical after learning that her mother had fallen ill in the US, will star in five shows between October 22 and October 25 at the London Palladium”. After those dates, the theatre will be dark in preparation for The Wizard of Oz. The Noel Coward Theatre in London
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September 9 2010, 10:04am | Comments »
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The Vortex at the apollo theatre
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apollo theatre Originally uploaded by Andyrob The Vortex by Noel Coward returns to London with Felicity Kendal
February 23 2008, 1:54am | Comments »
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