Weekend Breaks in London are an economical alternative to expensive trips overseas and save wasting time on travel and waiting in airports. Or you can look at it another way and add London Weekend breaks to the calendar as a bonus treat, something to look forward to in the months between other trips. The big attraction is the West End with its shopping, nightlife and theatre but there are other attractions all over London for planning great weekends packed with exciting things to do.
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Here are some suggestions for popular musicals and other shows for weekend breaks in London
Dirty Dancing - a London theatre breaks favourite. May 2, 2008
Posted by Linda in : Dirty Dancing, theatre breaks, weekend breaks , add a commentDirty Dancing is one of the best selling musicals for London theatre breaks. People travelling from all over the UK for hotel and theatre breaks in London just love it, but in particular there’s a big fan base in Yorkshire :-).
Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford and Huddersfield etc all provide small parties of enthusiastic fans coming down the East Coast rail line to Kings Cross to spend a night out at the Aldwych Theatre with the fabulous Dirty Dancing show. Who’d have guessed it? I thought Billy Elliot might be the number one choice but I’d have been wrong. Maybe it’s that we Northerners know good value when we see it and like to have a bit of fun on our nights out and Dirty Dancing definitely delivers on both scores. Prices for one night breaks start from as low as £122:50 per person including the hotel!
Just have a look at this video clip:
I so love the way that section in the car looks! How super cool is that?
(Full disclosure - I’m not from Yorkshire, I’m from even further North!)
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Weekend Breaks with Basil December 5, 2007
Posted by admin in : weekend breaks , add a commentI’ve always fancied the idea of weekend breaks in my favourite TV hotels. You know, like spending a weekend in the set of a Poirrot, or even at Fawlty Towers! I never thought I’d get the chance but it is now possible!
I got to meet Basil, Sybil and Manuel (all played by professional actors) and to stay in a hotel that just for one evening was being Fawlty Towers. Having said that the hotel was actually far more comfortable than that might suggest and the food was a terrific gourmet treat (No, really!).
The main thing though was the entertainment - it was hysterical! This was definitely helped by the other guest who entered into the spirit of the thing, playing along when Basil mistook them for AA Inspectors or was unbelievably rude to them and started calling them riff raff.
There were a couple who seemed to be German and I’m still not sure if they were part of the act or not but it gave Basil chance to trot out all the classic “don’t mention the war” gags.
Oh and we got to meet Manuel’s Siberian Hamster, though thankfully not at the dinner table. Manuel also serenaded us at our table with classic seventies songs. Not a bad seenger really 
The highlight was Basil and Manuel’s Flamenco master class. I’m not sure I ever laughed so much even at the original!
And of course there was Sybil who was simply dead pan and magnificent.
We had two nights at the hotel with dinner, bed and breakfast all included in our package. Luckily Basil and his companions were only looking after us on the second night
It was a really funny and relaxing weekend break and a great alternative to a traditional theatre break.
Murder Mystery Weekends December 5, 2007
Posted by admin in : weekend breaks , 2commentsWeekend Breaks with a twist
My office manager decided that rather than do yet another team building exercise, you know where the office hard men get to lord it over the wimps (that would be her and me!), we’d try a Murder Mystery Weekend Break at a rather nice hotel in Edinburgh. At first there was a bit of resistance, especially from a couple of the blokes. I think they look forward to splattering the boss in paint, or mud or whatever fresh hell the team builders come up with this year. Still, she is the boss, so the day dawned early (6 a.m.!) and after freezing on the station we all found ourselves curled up on a comfy train going north. This was a very civilised start to what up until now had been my annual ritual humiliation. I’m not very out-doorsy!
Right from the start there was plenty of action. As soon as we arrived at the hotel we were allocated roles and costumes. Our theme was the Roaring 20s and my Flapper costume was an absolute dream! There was a wig and everything! The biggest surprise was seeing how handsome some of the blokes looked in their costumes. Hard to believe that Jimmy from Accounts, a rather spotty youth (!) had somehow transformed into a dashing young hero! I think that’s one change of image that might stick, he certainly enjoyed all the female attention he got.
A team of professional actors guided us through the day. At first we assumed that they’d be the both the victims and the suspects and we’d have to work out who did it. So it came as a great shock when Lavinia (my best mate Sue) keeled over into her soup. Splat! Straight in - she always did love a bit of Am Dram! And there, in her back, a gleaming and rather convincing dagger! EEEK!!! I thought Mrs W was going to faint on the spot.
Well, that changed everything. Suddenly we didn’t know who to trust anymore. It became obvious that at the same time as I’d been getting my 20s cossie and a little card with my character’s details on it other people had been given quite different roles. It helped as well that there were people we didn’t know there too so we couldn’t be sure if they were actors or not. We were seated on tables of 8 or so guests, not all from our office. This definitely made life more interesting, what with the blokes all looking so handsome in their suits. Actually, a couple of them admitted how nice it was to see the women all dressed up rather than covered in mud
It was like being in a real live episode of Poirrot and ‘those leetle grey cells’ were working overtime! The plot had enough twists and red herrings to challenge my favourite TV sleuth while at the same time providing lots of fun.
Talk about team building though! Over our scrumptious three course dinner we tried to work out what exactly was going on. We were the sleuths now and together we had to work to establish the identity of the murderer. Just like Poirrot we had to look for clues, talk to witnesses, never knowing who might keel over next. It was sooo cool! I’m not going to say anymore about the plot really. I’d hate to spoil it for other people, plus which they make you sign a note in your own blood swearing never to reveal the murderer’s true identity before you can go home. OK, I made the last bit up but you get the idea
I had a chat with one of the organisers over the full English (yummy!) next morning and they do lots of these weekends. Each one has a specific theme, like a Masked Ball or a Medieval Supper, your team gets to dress up, become characters and let your imagination carry you away. Some people don’t get as into it as much as me and that’s fine they can just sit back, relax and watch the show.
It’s not just that hotel either. These things go on all over the country. We are definitely going again next year. I think the murder mystery weekend was just about the coolest corporate training we ever did! Thing is, I enjoyed it so much I’m trying to persuade my partner to go on one with me just for a laugh. I think a Murder Mystery Weekend Break could be quite romantic and I’d quite like to see him in a dinner suit, or even doublet and hose
Book a trip to a Murder Mystery Weekend Break, with tickets to murder mystery and hotel accommodation included in the price.
Murder Mystery Breaks are currently provided at Cambridge | Harrogate | Loughborough | Matlock Bath
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