Hair Tickets and Dinner at Kitchen Italia
We have a new theatre and dinner package combining an Upper Circle ticket for Hair the musical and a two course meal at Kitchen Italia.
The ticket is normally £39.50 on it’s own but we have combined this with a pre-theatre dinner at kitchen Italia for just £42.50. The restaurant is booked for 6pm and the show starts at 7.30pm.
Offering a refreshing, new approach to the more conventional Italian restaurant, Kitchen Italia is an all day, sleek, contemporary cantina that dishes up delicious pasta at great value for money.
Specialising in the hundreds of varieties of pasta native to specific Italian regions, each paired with the perfect sauce from light and zingy to rich and robust. The menu takes you on a journey across Italy plus showcases some dishes that prove their influence in world cooking such as Spaghetti with meatballs and Macaroni Cheese. Other dishes include Tagliolini with black truffles, Mafaldine with spicy sausage and Polenta and wild boar ragu.
Bench style seating, fresh herbs and award-winning olive oils on the tables, the restaurant offers a vibrant and buzzy ambience with friendly, knowledgeable staff.
A celebration of life, love and freedom, and a passionate cry for hope and change, HAIR features some of the greatest songs ever written for the stage, including ‘Let The Sun Shine In’, ‘I Got Life’, ‘Hair’ and ‘Aquarius’. For the first time in West End history, an entire original Broadway cast transfers to the London stage! Don’t miss this Tony Award winning company who wowed audiences and critics alike in New York.
See Hair the musical for booking.
Hair Tickets and free Dinner at Kettners
We have a new theatre and dinner package available for Hair the musical which effectively gets you a free dinner at Kettners. The package is for a top price ticket which is normally £65 on it’s own and a two course meal at Kettners all for £65.
The restaurant is booked for 6pm and the show starts at 7.30pm.
Kettners serves fresh, contemporary brasserie food and the different rooms and menus are versatile enough to suit all occasions and tastes from a casual lunch to pre-theatre meal or a special occasion.
For the first time in West End history, an entire original Broadway cast transfers to the London stage to star in Hair the musical!
Don’t miss this Tony Award winning company currently wowing audiences and critics alike in New York. A celebration of life, love and freedom, and a passionate cry for hope and change, HAIR features some of the greatest songs ever written for the stage, including ‘Let The Sun Shine In’, ‘I Got Life’, ‘Hair’ and ‘Aquarius’.
See our Hair the musical page for bookings.
London Theatre Tickets
We have launched another new website to compliment our other new site theatreboxoffice.org
The new site is a more traditional “find theatre tickets by show” type of site but in the same style as Theatre Box Office. What we have done on the new website is made all of the information about a show and the theatre it is playing at available on one page.
The new website is London Theatre Tickets (londontheatretickets.org.uk).
May Theatre Sale
The first part of our “MAY SPECTACULAR” sale is officially open as of today!
This first wave of offers is based around our great dinner & show, hotel & show and for Mamma Mia and 39 Steps our NEW Dinner, Show and Q&A session with the cast.
A full list of the featured new offers can be found below.
2 Dinner, Show & Q&A sessions
- Mamma Mia and Planet Hollywood, Q&A with the cast after the show – £57.99
- The 39 Steps and Spaghetti House Haymarket, Q&A with the cast after the show – £37.99
10 Dinner & Show packages
- Chicago and The Langley – £19.50
- The Fantasticks and Thai Square – £42.50
- Grumpy Old Women and Thai Square – £25.00
- Holding The Man and Spaghetti House – £49.50
- Oliver and Maxwells – £32.50
- Priscilla Queen of the Desert and Kitchen Italia – £24.99
- Bedroom Farce and Spaghetti House – £27.50
- Sweet Charity and Galileo’s – £25.00
- Wicked and Bbar – £60.00
- Dreamboats and Petticoats and Spaghetti House – £23.50
Friday Night 4* Theatre Break offer on 9 Top Shows – All £79
Wicked, Chicago, The 39 Steps, Bedroom Farce, Blood Brothers, Grease, Dreamboats & Petticoats, Stomp and Woman in Black.
See our May Spectacular page for more details.
The Fantasticks and Dinner at Thai Square
We now have pre-theatre and post-theatre ticket and dinner packages for The Fantasticks and Thai Square.
The Fantasticks tells an allegorical story, loosely based on the play The Romancers (Les Romanesques) by Edmond Rostand, concerning two neighboring fathers who put up a wall between their houses to ensure that their children fall in love, because they know children always do what their parents forbid.
Thai Square location in the heart of London on The Strand, close to Covent Garden and Charing Cross Station, makes it ideal for theatre-goers and Thai food lovers.
The packages are available for Monday to Saturday performances at 7.45pm and the restaurant will be booked for 6pm or 10.30pm.
The ticket price is normally £49.50 but you can get the whole package for just £42.50.
See the theatre and dinner page to book.
Holding The Man and Dinner at Spaghetti House
We now have pre-theatre and post-theatre ticket and dinner packages available for Holding The Man and Spaghetti House.
Holding The Man is playing at the Trafalgar Studios and is based on the much loved award winning book by Tim Conigrave.
Adapted for the stage by acclaimed playwright Tommy Murphy, Holding the Man is a hilariously funny, tender and moving play following the remarkable true life love story of Tim Conigrave and John Caleo. It is a celebration that speaks across generations, sexual preference and culture.
Spaghetti House is located on St. Martin’s Lane. A passion for good food and authentic Italian flavours were the main ingredients which inspired the Lavarini family to open the first Spaghetti House restaurant in 1955 in Goodge Street.
Since those early days Spaghetti House has now grown into a 10 strong group of restaurants, all located at iconic locations in the West End of London.
The package is available for Monday to Saturday performances at 7.30pm and the restaurant will be booked for 6pm or 10.30pm.
The ticket is normally £44 but the package price including the meal is just £49.50.
See the theatre and dinner page to book.
Theatre Box Office
We have launched a new website aimed at making it easier to find theatre tickets by the theatre name instead of the name of the show. In the case of a lot of the big shows people know which theatre they are playing at and look for that theatre’s box office, e.g the Aldwych Theatre Box Office for Dirty Dancing tickets or Lyceum Theatre Box Office for The Lion King.
On the new website all of London’s theatres are listed down the side. Select the theatre of your choice and you will have all of the information for that theatre including a map, directions and which shows are currently booking.
Take a look and let us know what you think.
Ramsay’s Best Restaurant
An exiting new series for channel 4
‘Ramsay’s Best Restaurant’ is an exciting new series dedicated to celebrating the finest restaurants in the UK. Restaurants nominated by the public will be tested to the highest level by Michelin starred chef Gordon Ramsay and the series will culminate in one culinary hero being crowned ‘Ramsay’s Best Restaurant’.
Gordon’s journey will see him travel the length and the breadth of Britain in search of brilliant restaurants that deliver gastronomic perfection and wonderful customer service. He’ll meet restaurant owners who refuse to be daunted by the threat from ubiquitous chains and who are determined to survive the recession on their own terms and with their exceptionally high standards intact. He’ll seek out culinary heroes working in the kitchens and front of house at independent restaurants across the UK whose brilliance deserves to be recognised.
Each of the eight heats will focus on a different type of cuisine including Italian, French, Indian and British categories and this year there’s a new category – Fine Dining. Will one of the big boys of the restaurant world come out on top? Or will a small local restaurant take down the Goliaths of the kitchen? The chef’s culinary abilities will be tested as Gordon sets the kitchen brigades some of the toughest challenges they’ve faced in their careers. The pressure will truly be on as the competitors could face anything in their heat, in the super tough semi-finals and in the head-to-head cook-off that is the series final. Only one brilliant contender can win the title of “Ramsay’s Best Restaurant.” Who will it be?
The series will follow the highs and lows of the passionate chefs, restaurateurs and of Gordon himself as he tries to find his worthy champion.
Restaurants can only take part in the competition if they’ve been nominated. We’re looking for restaurants of the highest calibre so if you know a fantastic restaurant that is worthy of the title then please visit www.bestnominate.com and nominate them now.
Laurence Olivier Awards Results
Winners for this year’s 34th annual Laurence Olivier Awards, the UK’s most prestigious stage awards, were announced on Sunday at a ceremony hosted by Anthony Head at the Grosvenor House, Park Lane.
The full list of nominations is below, with the winners in bold.
BEST ACTRESS
Gillian Anderson for A DOLL’S HOUSE at the Donmar
Lorraine Burroughs for THE MOUNTAINTOP at Trafalgar Studios 1
Imelda Staunton for ENTERTAINING MR SLOANE at Trafalgar Studios 1
Juliet Stevenson for DUET FOR ONE at the Almeida and Vaudeville
Rachel Weisz for A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE at the Donmar
BEST ACTOR
James Earl Jones for CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF at the Novello
Jude Law for HAMLET, Donmar at Wyndham’s
James McAvoy for THREE DAYS OF RAIN at the Apollo
Mark Rylance for JERUSALEM at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court and now at the Apollo
Ken Stott for A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE at the Duke of York’s
Samuel West for ENRON at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court and now at the Noel Coward
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Hayley Atwell for A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE at the Duke of York’s
Michelle Dockery for BURNT BY THE SUN at the Lyttelton
Alexandra Gilbreath for TWELFTH NIGHT at the Duke of York’s
Keira Knightley for THE MISANTHROPE at the Comedy
Rachael Stirling for THE PRIORY at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court
Ruth Wilson for A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE at the Donmar
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Mackenzie Crook for JERUSALEM at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court and now at the Apollo
Rory Kinnear for BURNT BY THE SUN at the Lyttelton
Tim Pigott-Smith for ENRON at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court and now at the Noel Coward
Eddie Redmayne for RED at the Donmar
BEST NEW PLAY
ENRON by Lucy Prebble at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court and now at the Noel Coward
JERUSALEM by Jez Butterworth at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court and now at the Apollo
THE MOUNTAINTOP by Katori Hall at Trafalgar Studios 1
RED by John Logan by at the Donmar Warehouse
BEST NEW COMEDY
CALENDAR GIRLS by Tim Firth at the Noël Coward
ENGLAND PEOPLE VERY NICE by Richard Bean at the Olivier
PARLOUR SONG by Jez Butterworth at the Almeida
THE PRIORY by Michael Wynne at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court
BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL
Irving Berlin’s ANNIE GET YOUR GUN music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, book by Herbert and Dorothy Fields at the Young Vic
HELLO DOLLY! book by Michael Stewart, music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, based on the play ‘The Matchmaker’ by Thornton Wilder at the Open Air
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Hugh Wheeler, suggested by a film by Ingmar Bergman, originally produced and directed on Broadway by Harold Prince at the Garrick
Lionel Bart’s OLIVER! based on the original production by Sam Mendes at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
BEST NEW MUSICAL
DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS book by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran at the Savoy
PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT – THE MUSICAL book by Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott, based on the Latent Image/Specific Films motion picture distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. at the Palace
SPRING AWAKENING music by Duncan Sheik, book and lyrics by Steven Sater, based on the play by Frank Wedekind at the Novello
SISTER ACT music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Glenn Slater, book by Cheri Steinkellner and Bill Steinkellner at The London Palladium
BEST ENTERTAINMENT
ARTURO BRACHETTI: CHANGE written and directed by Sean Foley, original concept by Serge Denoncourt, based on the repertoire of Arturo Brachetti at the Garrick
DERREN BROWN: ENIGMA written by Derren Brown and Andy Nyman at the Adelphi
MORECAMBE by Tim Whitnall at the Duchess
BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL OR ENTERTAINMENT
Melanie C for BLOOD BROTHERS at the Phoenix
Patina Miller for SISTER ACT at the London Palladium
Samantha Spiro for HELLO DOLLY! at the Open Air
Hannah Waddingham for A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at the Garrick
Charlotte Wakefield for SPRING AWAKENING at the Novello
BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL OR ENTERTAINMENT
Rowan Atkinson for OLIVER! at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Aneurin Barnard for SPRING AWAKENING at the Novello
Bob Golding for MORECAMBE at the Duchess
Alexander Hanson for A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at the Garrick
Tony Sheldon for PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT – THE MUSICAL at the Palace
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL OR ENTERTAINMENT
Sheila Hancock for SISTER ACT at the London Palladium
Maureen Lipman for A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at the Garrick
Kelly Price for A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at the Garrick
Iwan Rheon for SPRING AWAKENING at the Novello
BEST DIRECTOR
Rupert Goold for ENRON at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court and now at the Noel Coward
Michael Grandage for HAMLET, Donmar at Wyndham’s
Lindsay Posner for A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE at the Duke of York’s
Ian Rickson for JERUSALEM at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court and now at the Apollo
Bijan Sheibani for OUR CLASS at the Cottesloe
BEST REVIVAL
ARCADIA directed by David Leveaux at the Duke of York’s
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF directed by Debbie Allen at the Novello
THE MISANTHROPE directed by Thea Sharrock at the Comedy
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE directed by Rob Ashford at the Donmar Warehouse
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE directed by Lindsay Posner at the Duke of York’s
THREE DAYS OF RAIN directed by Jamie Lloyd at the Apollo
BEST THEATRE CHOREOGRAPHER
Matthew Bourne for OLIVER! at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Bill T Jones for SPRING AWAKENING at the Novello
Anthony Van Laast for SISTER ACT at the London Palladium
Stephen Mear for HELLY DOLLY! at the Open Air
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
BURNT BY THE SUN designed by Mark Henderson at the Lyttelton
ENRON designed by Mark Henderson the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court and now at the Noel Coward
SPRING AWAKENING designed by Kevin Adams at the Novello
THREE DAYS OF RAIN designed by Jon Clark at the Apollo
BEST SET DESIGN
ENGLAND PEOPLE VERY NICE designed by Mark Thompson with animation by Pete Bishop
ENRON designed by Anthony Ward at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court and now at the Noel Coward
JERUSALEM designed by Ultz at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court and now at the Apollo
RED designed by Christopher Oram at the Donmar Warehouse
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
HELLO DOLLY! designed by Peter McKintosh at the Open Air
MADAME DE SADE designed by Christopher Oram, Donmar at Wyndham’s
THE MISANTHROPE designed by Amy Roberts at the Comedy
PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT- THE MUSICAL designed by Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner at the Palace
BEST SOUND DESIGN
EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR designed by Christopher Shutt at the Olivier
JERUSALEM designed by Ian Dickinson for Autograph at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court and now at the Apollo
MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN designed by Andrew Bruce and Nick Lidster for Autograph at the Olivier
SPRING AWAKENING designed by Brian Ronan at the Novell
THE AUDIENCE AWARD FOR MOST POPULAR SHOW
BILLY ELLIOT music by Elton John, books and lyrics by Lee Hall at the Victoria Palace
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA music and book by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart, book and additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe at Her Majesty’s
WAR HORSE based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Nick Stafford at the New London
WE WILL ROCK YOU based on the songs of Queen, by Ben Elton in collaboration with Brian May and Roger Taylor at the Dominion
WICKED music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, book by Winnie Holzman at the Apollo Victoria
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN AN AFFILIATE THEATRE
Soho Theatre/ Tiata Fahodzi for IYA ILE (THE FIRST WIFE)
The Tricycle Theatre for THE GREAT GAME
The Royal Court for COCK at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs
BEST NEW OPERA PRODUCTION
The Royal Opera’s DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER at the Royal Opera House
The Royal Opera’s LULU at the Royal Opera House
English National Opera’s PETER GRIMES at the London Coliseum
The Royal Opera’s TRISTAN UND ISOLDE at the Royal Opera House
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN OPERA
Anja Kampe for her performance in Royal Opera’s DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER at the Royal Opera House
Stuart Skelton for his performance in English National Opera’s PETER GRIMES at the London Coliseum
Nina Steme for her performance in the Royal Opera’s TRISTAN UND ISOLDE at the Royal Opera House
Michael Volle for his performances in the Royal Opera’s LULU and TRISTAN UND ISOLDE at the Royal Opera House
BEST NEW DANCE PRODUCTION
Russell Maliphant’s AFTERLIGHT at Sadler’s Wells
Birmingham Royal Ballet’s E=MC² at Sadler’s Wells
Goldberg: The Brandstrup Rojo Project, ROH2 at the Royal Opera House
Rambert Dance Company’s A LINHA CURVA at Sadler’s Wells
Fabulous Beast Dance’s THE RITE OF SPRING at the London Coliseum
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DANCE
Colin Dunne for his performance in OUT OF TIME at The Pit
Michael Hulls for his lighting designs for Russell Maliphant’s TWO:FOUR:TEN at the London Coliseum; and for Russell Maliphant’s AFTERLIGHT and for Ex Machina & Sylvie Guillem’s EONNAGATA at Sadler’s Wells
Rambert Dance Company for an outstanding year of new work
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Michael Codron
SOLT SPECIAL AWARD
Dame Maggie Smith
Sweet Charity
Tamzin Outhwaite is interviewed by Louis Wise for the Times Online in the run-up to the transfer of Sweet Charity from the Menier Chocolate Factory in Southwark to the Haymarket Theatre Royal in the West End.
Ms Outhwaite’s success in Southwark points to great things for the transfer to the West End.
Outhwaite’s turn as Charity Hope Valentine in the revived 1960s musical Sweet Charity has been another hit for her and for the Menier Chocolate Factory, in Southwark.
For more information and to check ticket availability for Sweet Charity, opening at The Haymarket Theatre Royal on 22nd April 2010, go to Sweet Chartiy Theatre Tickets.
To read the full interview go to The Times Onlilne.
