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August Special Offer - Crazy London Hotel Deals July 26, 2008

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Free London Hotel Deals

The summer sale at Show and Stay continues with the craziest London hotel deals for August. They are actually giving away one night’s stay in a posh London hotel for absolutely nothing! I don’t know how they can do it, its just mad. The only snag is that you have to sit through an entire performance at one of the West End’s top musicals. Better choose wisely then!

The Deal

It’s your chance to spend a free night in a three star London hotel after a great night out, just by buying theatre tickets for a weekday (yes, that includes Friday nights) in August 2008 out of a range of eleven of the best West End musicals or two plays (see below). In fact the offer extends right up until Friday 5th of September so this could also be very interesting to those who live just close enough to London to get home after a night out, but would relish the opportunity to stay over and do something in London the next day. You could turn an enjoyable evening at the theatre into an unforgettable city break for as little as £42.50 per person. That price would be for two people seeing The 39 Steps and then sharing a double room at the Jury’s Inn Islington.

The Hotels

You can stay in a 3* hotel from amongst the prestigious list available at Show and Stay. Some of these are closer to Theatreland whilst others are in the popular South Kensington area - it’s up to you. Or you could upgrade to a luxurious Four Star Hotel for as little as ten pounds. What?!? Ten pounds is just ridiculous, I mean you probably couldn’t get a dingy bed and breakfast in drizzly Morecombe for that price! We’re talking about prestigious international style Hotels in central London, where the jet set business community stay over and celebrities hang out.

The shows

free hotel with london theatre breaks in August
These are the popular shows included in the free london hotel offer, together with the total inclusive show and hotel deal price per person (including a £5 supplement for the first three shows listed)

Click on any of the shows above for more information or here to transfer to the special page on the booking site. All you have to do to get the free London hotel deals is to keep within the 13 qualifying shows, choose a weekday before September 7th 2008 and then pick one of the first hotels that comes up, with the golden “offer hotel” badge.\ then start looking forward to your best ever summer theatre break in London. Have a good one.

July Special Offer - free theatre tickets with midweek hotels July 3, 2008

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July Offer with Free Tickets

Free Theatre Tickets Offer for July 2008

London Theatre Breaks’ main supplier Show and Stay have just improved their July offer to include eight popular shows so you can get free theatre tickets with a range of midweek hotels. By mid week we mean that you can see the show on a Monday night, Tuesday night, Wednesday Thursday or even on a Friday. This represents a genuine saving of up to £110 on the usual show and hotel package. Have a look now:

** Show and Stay July Offer **

Seven Hit Musicals and One Play

The list of shows included in this special July offer starts with Blood Brothers the long running musical with a great storyline by Willie Russell. Then there’s sensational Chicago, summer love in Grease, Monty Python’s Spamalot with Sanjeev as the new Arthur from the Kumars, the perrenial favourite thing Sound of Music, Ben Elton’s fabulous futuristic We will Rock You with all the anthems by Queen, a serious play which is just a little bit scary Woman in Black and the eighties throwback Never Forget with songs by Take That.

Offer Details

The special July offer is short but simple. You pick one of the eight shows listed above, and choose a weekday in July. The only restricted dates are 14th - 16th July so for parents and schoolteachers, the period between the end of summer term and the beginning of August is ideal for a quick getaway to London. By booking your theatre tickets in advance through a package like this you get top priced tickets in the stalls or dress circle, unlike some last minute deals where you end up way at the back or up in the gods.

Hotels

Hotels offered are all four star or five star such as the Crowne Plaza London St James, Millenium Baileys in Gloucester Road or the Intercontinental London Park Lane.

Crowne Plaza St James London

Rail

Adding rail vouchers to your planning is optional but if you are coming a fair old way down from Leeds, Carlisle, Doncaster, or even Birmingham Glasgow or Belfast then the savings of up to 40% on normal return rail tickets are substantial.

How to book your free tickets

To visit the July Offer page and check availability for the eight shows and more hotels you need the following link:

** Show and Stay July Offer **

You might pick up a bargain from as little as £70.50 per person including your hotel and free theatre tickets.

Enjoy your July theatre break in London!

West End LIVE 2008 - Theatre stars in Leicester Square June 11, 2008

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West End LIVE 2008 is a free outdoor event taking place in Leicester Square this coming Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd June. From 11am on Saturday and 12noon Sunday, the best of what the West End has to offer is showcased live in front of an audience of anybody who is in the area or can make the time to drop by.

For the running order on both Saturday and Sunday please see our new post: West End Live 2008 Running Order

The spectacle includes performances from many of the top West End shows, alongside other great musical acts and some interactive displays and exhibits from London’s Museums and attractions.

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For further details you could try visiting www.westendlive.co.uk but when I went the spectacular scrolling banner display at the top froze my browser for minutes before I could regain control so you might want to read the page at Show and Stay’s Theatre News instead.

Shows performing on the main stage:
The 39 Steps
Avenue Q
Brief Encounter
Buddy
Chicago
Dickens Unplugged
Dirty Dancing
Divas
Grease
High School Musical
Into The Hoods
Jersey Boys
Joseph
The Lord of the Rings
Mamma Mia!
Never Forget
The Sound of Music
Stomp
We Will Rock You
Wicked

Chicago- Now Booking To February 2009 January 21, 2008

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Chicago at the Cambridge Theatre is now booking right through till Feb 2009! The new booking period covering 28 July 2008 – 28 February 2009 will go on sale on Monday 28 January.

Chicago celebrated its tenth anniversary with a glamourous Charity Gala Performance on 5 December 2007. A true West End smash hit, Chicago transferred to the Cambridge Theatre in 2006.

Cast Changes

Bonnie Langford and Brenda Edwards will be playing their roles as ‘Roxie Hart’ and ‘Mama Morton’ for an extra 4 weeks until 24 February. Duncan James has extended his starring run as ‘Billy Flynn’ by two weeks until 10 February. Amra-Faye Wright and Paul Rider will continue to play the roles of ‘Velma Kelly’ and ‘Amos Hart’ until 24 February.

News about who is replacing the cast is not available as yet - watch this space!

Theatre Breaks in London - Chicago November 26, 2007

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Musicals make great theatre breaks in London and December marks the 10th Birthday of one of the best of them.

Facts and Figures

Chicago is the longest running Broadway musical on the West End. In London it has played to an audience of over 4.5 million people and more than 4,000 performances. The musical transferred from the Adelphi Theatre to the Cambridge Theatre in April last year. Based on a play by Maurine Dallas Watkins with a book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse. The musicis by John Kander and the lyrics by Fred Ebb. The West End production is staged by the original Broadway creative team. The show is booking until 27 July 2008.

After it opened, almost 10 years ago, the show won the 1998 Laurence Olivier Award for ‘Outstanding Musical Production’ and the 1998 Critics Circle Drama Award for ‘Best Musical’.

Cast Changes

One of the ways they keep the musical fresh is by bringing in interesting new cast members. This time a few people are revisiting familiar roles.

Frances Ruffelle plays the female lead, Roxy. Frances is a familiar face on the London musical stage. She was in Starlight Express and went on to star as Eponine. Though then unknown outside of the West End, she and Colm Wilkinson were invited took the show to its Broadway launch. She won multiple awards (including the Tony) for her role. We’ll quickly gloss over her 1994 Eurovision offering! She’s played Roxy before and it will be interesting to see how she tackles it this time.

Terence Maynard makes a welcome return as Billy Flynn. It’s a far cry from his role in EastEnders!

Sue Kelvin also returns as Mama Morton, the prison matron, the part taken by Queen Latifa in the film version. She’s played this role on stage before and is unlikely to suffer the sort of nerves that dogged Kelly Osbourne. On the other hand she’s unlikely to fit into Kelly’s glam costumes either! Kelly suffered from terrible stage fright and recently admitted that she was so scared on the first night she was almost sick on stage. She certainly looked trim and gorgeous in the publicity shots but some people have suggested these might have been airbrushed (shock horror!). Still I’ve long suspected that appearing nightly in a musical might be the ultimate weight loss regime so who knows!


How to get there

The Cambridge Theatre is on Earlham Street, London, WC2 9HU It is in the area near Covent Garden now known as Seven Dials. The best route is to walk from Tottenham Court Rd, if you have to use the tube, or Charing Cross station if you can get a train. Alternatively try to make sure you get a hotel within easy walking distance of the Covent Garden area. Actually that’s good advice anyway as the area is great :-) There are lots of shops to browse, cafes and restaurants to eat in, it’s one of my favourite areas of London and deserves a section of theatre breaks in London all to itself!