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The lively West End area draws a mix of shoppers and office workers, especially to the indie fashion boutiques, funky homeware stores and traditional pubs along Stafford and William streets. Dining options range from upscale hotel restaurants to casual pizzerias and burger bars. In grand Charlotte Square, the restored Georgian House shows period furniture. West is Haymarket station, a hub for trains and trams.

Brigit Forsyth: Still Open All Hours actress dies aged 83

Brigit Forsyth: Still Open All Hours actress dies aged 83
Dec 1,2023 1:41 pm

... In a statement, Pemberton noted that she " had a varied and notable career in stage, screen and radio" including roles in theatres " from the West End to the National Theatres of England & Scotland"...

Manchester police probe Hamilton theatregoers' fight

Manchester police probe Hamilton theatregoers' fight
Nov 26,2023 9:21 am

... The Cameron Mackintosh and Jeffrey Seller production has been playing on London s West End since 2017 and continues to play to sell-out houses at the Victoria Palace Theatre...

Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma turn Liverpool warehouse into a battlefield for Macbeth

Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma turn Liverpool warehouse into a battlefield for Macbeth
Nov 17,2023 10:11 pm

... In their mock war zone, it feels a far cry from the West End...

Ian McKellen to play Falstaff in Shakespeare adaptation Player Kings

Ian McKellen to play Falstaff in Shakespeare adaptation Player Kings
Nov 14,2023 10:01 pm

... The production will open in March, playing at the New Wimbledon Theatre and Manchester Opera House, before transferring to the West End for a 12-week run at the Noël Coward Theatre from April to June...

Disabled arts scheme: Buying tickets 'shouldn't be a performance'

Disabled arts scheme: Buying tickets 'shouldn't be a performance'
Nov 6,2023 5:21 pm

... He told Front Row that he had recently tried to book a ticket for a West End show...

Ronnie Corbett's widow, musical star Anne Hart, dies aged 90

Ronnie Corbett's widow, musical star Anne Hart, dies aged 90
Nov 6,2023 12:51 pm

...Anne Hart, the former West End musical star who was married to comedian Ronnie Corbett for 50 years, has died at the age of 90...

Brixton village: How the 'Oxford Street of South London' evolved

Brixton village: How the 'Oxford Street of South London' evolved
Oct 29,2023 6:10 am

... " There was everything going on down there; there were enough theatres to rival the West End, David Bowie lived across the road, the famous Jamaican singer Alton Elllis owned the best record shop that played reggae music and the community feel was so strong...

Bill Kenwright: Sir Ian McKellen leads tributes to impresario

Bill Kenwright: Sir Ian McKellen leads tributes to impresario
Oct 24,2023 3:31 pm

... " Whether the West End lights will be turned off in his memory, certainly our business will be dimmer now he has gone...

"Les Miserables" and Hamilton's, among the West End shows up to 2021

Oct 20,2023 8:31 am

Les Miserables was performed in the Stephen Sondheim Theatre in London

Hamilton, Les Miserables , Mary Poppins and The Phantom of The Opera returns to the West End of London has announced that by 2021, the producer.

Sir Cameron Mackintosh said: "drastic measures," including layoffs, were needed to open if the shows are, "as early as practical" in the next year.

"This decision is heartbreaking for me, because I Am sure that it is for my employees," He Said in a statement.

It is not known how many jobs are At Risk at this stage.

Sir Cameron said the government had to offer so far to "concrete, practical support" of The Theatre industry, or say, if the social distance would be lifted.

That, He Said , made it "impossible for us to properly plan, what is the new future".

musicals are concerned?

"The commercial Theater continues to provide billions of pounds of revenue to the economy," Sir Cameron.

"It is time to recognise this and the government is taking measures to ensure that this invaluable Resource . is helped to survive. "

all four of His musicals have been forced under many West End shows, to close, to the beginning of the coronavirus lockdown.

Three months on, it remains unclear when and how London's theatre land operations safe and profitable.

Sir Cameron's statement follows the news that Nimax theatre, to begin, some of his staff dismissed. Around 130 jobs are believed to be in danger,

are losing their jobs as a result of the Corona-Virus-pandemic.

jobs are in danger, the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff,

the study, More Than 400,000 jobs could be lost in the industry.

"Without additional state support, we want to mean a cultural disaster," chief executive Caroline Norbury.

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