| London's West End is greatly thought of for | | | | Chamberlain's Office. However, the Theatres Act |
| professional stage shows. Together with New | | | | 1968 ultimately abolished censorship of the stage. |
| York's Broadway, Westend entertainment is often | | | | Many Westend theatres are of late Victorian or |
| thought to deliver many of the very best | | | | Edwardian construction and most are privately |
| productions in the world. Viewing Shows in West | | | | owned. The majority of them have great |
| End is incredibly popular entertainment particularly | | | | character and the largest and best maintained |
| with tourists. Countless theatre shows and | | | | include grand neo-classical, Romanesque or |
| specifically hit musicals are performed in the great | | | | Victorian façades and magnificent detailed |
| venues of London's West End. A huge number of | | | | interior design and decoration. Then again, leg |
| people attend a West End theatre show every | | | | room is usually cramped and audience amenities |
| year. Westend Theatre Breaks are also really | | | | like bars and public conveniences are often much |
| popular in the United kingdom. Theatre Breaks are | | | | smaller than in modern theatres. The protected |
| frequently booked as a weekend luxury to | | | | status of the structures and their confined urban |
| celebrate a special occasion. A Westend show is | | | | locations, together with economic constraints, |
| the main entertainment but booked along with | | | | make it very hard to make considerable |
| accommodation and often reservations in a top | | | | improvements to the furnishings, fixtures and |
| restaurant. Be sure to book your West End Show | | | | fittings. |
| Tickets as soon as possible as popular shows sell | | | | Many of the long running musicals performed in |
| out very fast. | | | | the West End have profitably played to audiences |
| The main theatre district of London consists of | | | | for many years. A few of the most popular |
| approximately forty theatres and was rebranded | | | | theatre shows include We Will Rock You which is |
| by Westminster Council and the Society of | | | | set in a futuristic world where rock music is |
| London Theatre as ‘Theatreland'. It is located | | | | banned, Les Miserables which is a global award |
| in the middle of the Westend of Central London | | | | winning musical about an epic tale of passion and |
| and is historically defined by The Strand to the | | | | destruction, Chicago is about a girl who has |
| South, Oxford Street to the North, Regent | | | | murdered her lover but is acquitted, The Lion King |
| Street to the West and Kingsway to the East. | | | | which is an adaptation of the Disney film, The |
| Prominent theatre streets include Drury Lane, | | | | Phantom of the Opera which tells the tale of the |
| Shaftesbury Avenue plus The Strand. Most of the | | | | phantom that terrorises the Paris Opera, Billy Elliot |
| shows are musicals, classic plays and comedy | | | | which is the touching account of a schoolboy who |
| performances. | | | | loves ballet, Dirty Dancing which is the stage |
| London's Westend theatre region became | | | | version of the classic movie, Sister Act is a new |
| established with the opening of many small | | | | adaptation of a hit movie, Mamma Mia is about a |
| theatres about 1806. The development of the | | | | mother and daughter and three potential dads, |
| Westend entertainment district gained pace with | | | | and Stomp which is a fast paced mixture of |
| the Theatres Act 1843 which relaxed the | | | | music, tap dance and percussion. The list is |
| conditions for the performance of plays. In the | | | | endless as there really are so many Westend |
| following decades, lots of new venues were | | | | theatre productions to choose from. There really |
| opened. That trend continued until the 1st world | | | | is something that could appeal to everyone. A |
| war. For the duration of the 1950s and 1960s, lots | | | | West end Theatre show is a truly fantastic night |
| of plays were created in theatre clubs in order to | | | | out to remember. |
| escape the censorship then exercised by the Lord | | | | |