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Theatre Breaks

Theatre breaks are short holidays in London which combine best seat theatre tickets with a central hotel stay, usually three or fours star. It's a great way to see one of the big shows because you don't have to worry about traveling home afterwards, and everything is all paid for in one go - with discount rail fares from anywhere in the UK, and extras such as the London Eye flight or river trip on the Thames.

The Theatre Breaks Wiki here is used to maintain up to date information about the shows available for London theatre breaks, the Hotels and anything else that can help to build the best time in London's West End theatreland.

For the theatre breaks blog here on City Escapes see theatre breaks blog.

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London Theatre Breaks

The current Musicals for theatre breaks in London

Let's start to accumulate some useful facts tips and information about London theatre breaks, starting with the most popular musicals.

All the Fun of the Fair	Avenue Q	Billy Elliot	Blood Brothers
Chicago	Dirty Dancing	Dreamboats And Petticoats	The Fantasticks
Grease	The Jersey Boys	Love Never Dies
Legally Blonde	Les Miserables	Lion King	Mamma Mia
Oliver	Phantom of the Opera	Priscilla Queen of the Desert	The Rise and Fall of Little Voice
Sister Act	Stomp	Sweet Charity	Thriller Live
We Will Rock You	Wicked	The Wizard of Oz

Forthcoming West End Musicals

Love Story A new musical version for the stage produced by Michael Ball

Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story may be returning to the Duchess Theatre

Hair Confirmed Broadway cast comes to London

Quadrophenia The Who's classic rock opera

Moonshadow - with Cat Stevens hits

Bat Out Of Hell speculation about a West End musical based on Meatloaf's trilogy

The Wizard of Oz - The search for Dorothy has already started - Over the Rainbow

Viva Forever Spice Girls

Lend Me A Tennor - no idea what this is!

Bridget Jones The Musical with Sheridan Smith from Legally Blonde

Shrek The Musical Replaces Oliver! at the New London Theatre January 2011

List of West End theatres

If no show is currently running, the play listed is the next show planned (dates marked with an *).
If the next show planned is not announced, the applicable columns are left blank.

Theatre	Current show	Capacity	Opening date	Closing date
Adelphi Theatre	Love Never Dies	1500	2010-03-09March 9 2010	Open-ended
Aldwych Theatre	Dirty Dancing	1200	2006-09-28September 28 2006	Open-ended
Ambassadors Theatre	Stomp	330	2007-10-04October 4 2007	Open-ended
Apollo	All My Sons	796	2010-05-27 May 27th, 2010	2010-09-11 September 11th, 2010
Apollo Victoria Theatre	Wicked	2292	2006-09-27September 27 2006	Open-ended
Arts Theatre	Nunsense/Naked Boys Singing	350	2010-01-10January 10 2010	2010-11-05 September 5 2010
Cambridge Theatre	Chicago	1231	2006-04-27April 27 2006	Open-ended
Coliseum Theatre	Repertory theatre	2358
Comedy Theatre	Birdsong	796	September 28th 2010	January 15th 2011
Criterion Theatre	The 39 Steps	588	2006-09-20September 20 2006	Open-ended
Dominion Theatre	We Will Rock You	2163	2002-05-14May 14 2002	Open-ended
Duchess Theatre	The Fantasticks	479	2010-05-24May 24 2010*	2010-11-05September 5 2010
Duke of York's Theatre	Bedroom Farce	640	2010-03-24March 24 2010	2010-07-10July 10 2010
Fortune Theatre	The Woman in Black	432	1989-06-07June 7 1989	Open-ended
Garrick Theatre	All the Fun of the Fair	656	2010-04-20April 20 2010	2010-09-05September 5 2010
Gielgud Theatre	Hair	937	2010-04-14April 14 2010	2010-09-04September 4th 2010
Her Majesty's Theatre	The Phantom of the Opera	1216	1986-10-09October 9 1986	Open-ended
London Palladium	Sister Act	2286	2009-05-07 June 2 2009	Open-ended
Lyceum Theatre	The Lion King	2100	1999-09-24September 24 1999	Open-ended
Lyric Theatre	Thriller Live	967	2009-02-01February 1 2009	Open-ended
New London Theatre	War Horse	1100	2009-04-03April 3rd 2009	Open-ended
Noël Coward Theatre	ENRON	872	2010-01-26January 26 2010	2010-08-14August 14 2010
Novello Theatre	Grumpy Old Women	1050	2010-04-14April 14 2010	2010-06-05 June 5 2010
Palace Theatre	Priscilla Queen of The Desert	1400	2009-03-10March 10 2009	Open-ended
Piccadilly Theatre	Grease	1232	2007-07-24July 24 2007	Open-ended
Phoenix Theatre	Blood Brothers	1012	1991-11-21November 21 1991	Open-ended
Playhouse Theatre	Dreamboats and Petticoats	786	2010-01-07January 7 2010	2010-11-27November 27 2010
Prince Edward Theatre	Jersey Boys	1618	2008-03-18March 18 2008	Open-ended
Prince of Wales Theatre	Mamma Mia!	1160	2004-06-09June 9 2004	Open-ended
Queen's Theatre	Les Misérables	989	2004-04-03April 3 2004	Open-ended
Royal Opera House	Repertory opera and ballet	2262
Savoy Theatre	Legally Blonde	1150	2010-01-12January 12 2010	Open-ended
Shaftesbury Theatre	Burn The Floor	1400	2010-07-19July 19 2010*	2010-09-04September 4 2010
St Martin's Theatre	The Mousetrap	550	1974-03-25March 25 1974	Open-ended
Theatre Royal, Haymarket	Sweet Charity	888	2010-05-04May 4 2010	Open-ended
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane	Oliver!	2196	2009-01-14January 14 2009	Open-ended
Trafalgar Studios	The Caretaker	380	2010-01-18January 18 2010	2010-04-17 April 17 2010
Vaudeville Theatre	The Prisoner of Second Avenue	690	2010-06-30June 30th 2010	2010-09-11September 11 2010
Victoria Palace Theatre	Billy Elliot	1550	2005-05-11May 11 2005	Open-ended
Wyndhams Theatre	Avenue Q	759	2010-03-19March 19 2010	Open-ended