| Ten top shows to see in London's West End or | | | | angel". Although she initially becomes entranced by |
| Broadway | | | | him, she loves another: Raoul. She is faced with a |
| Lion King - Discover life through the eyes of a | | | | stark choice: stay with the Phantom forever, or |
| Lion. One of Disney's most successful films is | | | | he will kill Raoul. |
| brought to life on the stage. When the young lion | | | | Willy Russell's classic musical Blood Brothers is set |
| Prince Simba is born in a glorious celebration on | | | | in Liverpool and is about twins separated at birth |
| pride rock, his evil uncle Scar is pushed back to | | | | but whose paths cross in later life. The captivating |
| second in line to the throne. Scar plots to kill both | | | | story of twin brothers Mickey and Eddie, who are |
| Simba and his father, King Mufasa, and proclaim | | | | separated at birth and grow up on opposite sides |
| himself king. Simba survives but is led to believe | | | | of the tracks. Now commonly regarded as one of |
| that his father died because of him and he | | | | the all time great British musicals, Blood Brothers |
| decides to flee the kingdom. Will he ever return to | | | | has touched the hearts and minds of a generation |
| save the kingdom? | | | | of theatregoers in dealing with two of the most |
| Chicago is the story of Roxie, a 1920's chorus girl | | | | pressing social issues of our time - inequality and |
| who has murdered her lover but manages to get | | | | unemployment. |
| acquitted with the help of a sleazy lawyer. Roxie | | | | Billy Elliot is the tale of a motherless boy whose |
| dreams of starring in a Vaudeville show but she | | | | father wants him to take up boxing. Instead, the |
| only achieves celebrity status when she rides on | | | | boy discovers a love for ballet that leads him |
| the wave of publicity surrounding her acquittal. | | | | from secret lessons to a place at the Royal Ballet |
| She teams up with another murderess to form | | | | School. Set in the North East, Billy Elliot is a funny, |
| an unusual nightclub act, which they hope will keep | | | | heart-warming and feel-good celebration of one |
| them in the public eye. | | | | young boy's dream. |
| Eva Peron used her beauty and charisma to rise | | | | Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap is the world's |
| meteorically from the slums of Argentina to the | | | | longest-running play of any kind, being in the West |
| presidential mansion as First Lady. She won | | | | End for over 50 years. The Mousetrap is the |
| international acclaim and adoration from her own | | | | longest consistently running play in the history of |
| people as a champion of the poor whilst glamour, | | | | British theatre. The reputation of this murder |
| power and greed made her one of the 21st | | | | mystery masterpiece goes from strength to |
| century's most major political celebrities. | | | | strength as new generations of theatregoers |
| With it's multi award winning production team and | | | | flock to try to figure out who is guilty. |
| hot new orchestrations EVITA tells Eva | | | | Set in the 1940's, Guys and Dolls tells the story |
| Peron's passionate and tragic story | | | | of a group of small-time gamblers and the ladies in |
| through Andrew LLoyd Webber's dazzling score | | | | their lives. Nathan Detroit bets his pal Sky |
| and Tim Rice's famous lyrics. | | | | Masterson that he can't make the next lady he |
| Adapted from Victor Hugo's novel, Les | | | | sees fall in love with him, and when the next lady |
| Misérables is the epic tale of a man's | | | | happens to be the prim and proper neighbourhood |
| life-journey through 18th century France and his | | | | missionary Sarah Brown, the stage is set for an |
| struggle to live through the injustice and revolution | | | | evening of high spirited entertainment. |
| of the time. It is full of passion and courage and | | | | Mamma Mia - Through the story-telling magic of |
| has been acclaimed the world over. | | | | the songs of ABBA, we meet Donna, a feisty |
| The Phantom of the Opera is set in the Paris | | | | forty-something single mum, who recalls distant |
| Opera House during the 19th century, where the | | | | memories of carefree days and careless nights |
| facially disfigured Phantom haunts and terrorizes | | | | whilst her daughter Sophie dreams of tradition, |
| occupants. Based on a classic French thriller about | | | | romance and a big white wedding. Mamma Mia! |
| a terrifying and legendary figure who emerges | | | | transports audiences to a tiny mythical Greek |
| from the depths of The Paris Opera House and | | | | island as we share two unforgettable days in the |
| manifests the mythic opera ghost in terrifying | | | | lives of our heroines surrounded by crystal blue |
| reality. The mysterious masked Phantom falls in | | | | seas and beneath a beating Grecian sun. |
| love with the young and beautiful soprano | | | | Buy a London theatre ticket or Broadway theater |
| Christine and whisks her away to his subterranean | | | | ticket today. |
| lair below the theatre to teach her to sing "like an | | | | |