The multi-award winning Book of Mormon looks set to come to the West End in 2013 – click on the cover to the right to get the soundtrack on Amazon (or listen to clips) but go elsewhere of you’re easily offended … actually, you might be offended even if you are not easily offended!
Personally I think that Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez have produced a masterpiece and only regret that I will have to survive on just the soundtrack for another year!
Update: Full details very soon!
The award winning West End show, Priscilla Queen of the Desert will be bidding farewell to London when the show closes at the end of December.
The musical has been wowing audiences with its humour, extravagant costumes and brilliant disco classics at the Palace theatre since March 2009. The show celebrated its milestone 1,000th London performance last weekend.
Priscilla Queen of the Desert is the stage adaptation of the successful 1994 Australian comedy film ‘The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert’ starring Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce and Terence Stamp. The story follows two drag queens and a transsexual as they make a road trip across the Australian outback.
A number of stars will return to the show in its final months, most notably is the return of Home And Away legend, Ray Meagher, who will be reprising his role as Bob the mechanic. Original lead, Oliver Thornton plays Adam (Felicia), Bernadette is played by Don Gallagher and Aussie soap star, Richard Grieve will continue in his role as Tick (Mitzi).
The final few months of the show will be directed by Simon Phillips and produced by Allan Scott. Stephen Murphy will continue to oversee Musical Supervision, Arrangements and Orchestration.
It is yet to be announced what will replace Priscilla Queen Of The Desert at the Palace theatre London.
Tickets for the remaining shows or Priscilla are available from SeatChoice.com.
The UKTW Ticket Shop is having a great sale of West End tickets during September.
Operated by Encore Tickets, the UKTW Ticket shop provides safe, cheap tickets to shows such as Dreamboats and Petticoats (save over 60% this week, only 200 seats available!). £10 tickets are available for The 39 Steps and The Woman in Black and there are plenty of tickets to choose from for udner £30 – in fact for under £30 you can have dinner and a show! Check out the West End ticket deals in this amazing September offer.
You can phone the UKTW Ticket Shop on 0207 492 9957 or click the banner to go to the website!
Need to stop over in London? Check out the “Stay for a Fiver” offers we have for thirteen fabulous shows in the West End including; Blood Brothers, Billy Elliot, Dreamboats and Petticoats, Jersey Boys, Legally Blonde, Mamma Mia!, Million Dollar Quartet, Priscilla, Stomp, Thriller Live, We Will Rock You, Wicked and Wizard of Oz. All with a choice of 3* hotel accommodation and cheap upgrades to 4*/5* and available for performances up to 18th September!
Encore is a member of STAR (The Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers) so you can buy safe in the knowledge that you are protected.
Coming to the Theatre Royal Haymarket to follow on from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and The Tempest (with Ralph Fiennes) we have Sir Trevor Nunn’s The Lion in Winter which will star Joanna Lumley as Eleanor of Aquitaine and Robert Lindsay as Henry II.
Dirty Dancing is to close at the Aldwych Theatre on 9th July so there’s precious few chances to see it before it goes! This hugely popular show has been running since October 2006. Dirty Dancing is also now on a major UK tour, compare theatre tickets on SeatChoice, dates include;
A number of other shows are closing in the West End over the next 28 days … use SeatChoice to check out discount theatre tickets for the following
| 30th June 2011 | A Midsummer Night’s Dream London Coliseum |
| 2nd July 2011 | A Delicate Balance Almeida Theatre |
| 3rd July 2011 | Peter Grimes Royal Opera House |
| 3rd July 2011 | Spymonkey’s Love In Southbank Centre |
| 4th July 2011 | NT Connections Festival National Theatre |
| 7th July 2011 | Frisky and Mannish Southbank Centre |
| 8th July 2011 | Two Boys London Coliseum |
| 9th July 2011 | Belongings Trafalgar Studios (previously the Whitehall) |
| 9th July 2011 | Dirty Dancing Aldwych Theatre |
| 9th July 2011 | Graffiti Classics Southbank Centre |
| 9th July 2011 | Hamlet Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre |
| 9th July 2011 | Mr Happiness/The Water Engine The Old Vic Tunnels |
| 9th July 2011 | Simon Boccanegra London Coliseum |
| 10th July 2011 | Circus Space National Theatre |
| 14th July 2011 | London Literature Festival Southbank Centre |
| 16th July 2011 | Cendrillon (Cinderella) Royal Opera House |
| 16th July 2011 | Chicken Soup with Barley Royal Court – Jerwood Theatre |
| 16th July 2011 | Derren Brown Shaftesbury Theatre |
| 16th July 2011 | Ghost Stories Duke of York’s Theatre |
| 16th July 2011 | Madam Butterfly Royal Opera House |
| 16th July 2011 | The Theatre Brothel Almeida Theatre |
| 17th July 2011 | E4 Udderbelly Southbank Centre |
| 17th July 2011 | Free Run Southbank Centre |
| 17th July 2011 | Romeo and Juliet London Coliseum |
| 17th July 2011 | Tosca Royal Opera House |
| 23rd July 2011 | Being Shakespeare Trafalgar Studios (previously the Whitehall) |
| 23rd July 2011 | Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Trafalgar Studios (previously the Whitehall) |
| 23rd July 2011 | Country Music Trafalgar Studios (previously the Whitehall) |
| 23rd July 2011 | Pericles Re-imagined for everyone aged six and over Open Air Theatre |
| 23rd July 2011 | The Beggar’s Opera Open Air Theatre |
| 24th July 2011 | Circa Barbican Centre |
| 24th July 2011 | Lullaby The Pit, Barbican Centre |
WINNER 2011 OLIVIER AWARD FOR BEST NEW MUSICAL
The West End and Broadway sensation and winner of Best New Musical in this year’s prestigious Olivier Awards Legally Blonde The Musical hits the road for its first ever UK tour. The tour premiers at The Liverpool Empirefrom 8-16 July before continuing around the UK and visits The Bristol Hippodrome from 19 July – 6 August 2011 …
Legally Blonde The Musical won Best New Musical in the Whatsonstage.com Awards 2011 and was nominated for 5 Olivier Awards, going on to win Best New Musical, Best New Actress for Sheridan Smith and Best Supporting Role in a Musical for co-star Jill Halfpenny. Now our fabulous heroine Elle Woods is headed for Bristol and set to take the city by storm before wowing the rest of the UK!
Tickets now on sale ….
Now that’s strange … the top slot in the SeatChoice hot ticket list is usually owned by a London musical (Dirty Dancing for much of the time) or at least a big show (War Horse does well) but currently the top slot is being taken by THE WIGGLES at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo … excellent!
Danielle Hope is Dorothy and Dangerous Dave is Toto (one performance only!) in the final of the BBC’s “Over the Rainbow” talent hunt …
SeatChoice is reporting ticket sales streaking ahead of other similar launches which bodes well for the show (opening 2011).
And now the dates are moving even closer with previews now from 7th feb 2011 and an opening date of 1st March!
Tickets are now on sale for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s forthcoming The Wizard of Oz. Tickets for performances from 24th April 2011 can now be bought from most major suppliers (use the SeatChoice link above to check them all) and hotel and meal deal packages are also already available. Initial interest seems strong …
Meanwhile, Sister Act has moved its closure date from 1st Jan to 30th oct but is also looking for a West End transfer, tour and possible Broadway transfer. Busy times …
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