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Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park
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If stuffy auditoriums arent your thing, the Open Air Theatre in the heart of Regents Park offers a chance to enjoy quality theatre under a star-lit sky. Many of the productions are adaptations of Shak...
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Open Air Theatre
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| Open Air Theatre, Regents Park, Inner Circle Regents Park |
This is the 78th season for The Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, and seeing a play here is really an essential part of spending summer in London. The season kicks off with Arthur Miller's classic witch...
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Hampton Heated Open Air Pool
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One of only three heated outdoor pools in the capital, Hampton Heated Open Air Pool is open 365 days of the year. Its situated to the western edge of the adjoining picturesque Bushy Park; the expansiv...
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The Deck at the National Theatre
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The Deck is a modern roof-top venue with stunning views over the Thames, available for hire at the National Theatre, part of the Southbank Centre which runs a vibrant arts and entertainment programme....
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June Outdoor Events 2008
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Wimbledon is the most watched tennis event in the Grand Slam calendar, with a TV audience of untold millions and over half a million spectators attending the All England Club to catch the acti...
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May 2009
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Head down to Trafalgar Square on the Sunday of the first May bank holiday to experience the colourful, culinary and exotic sounding delights of the Sikh New Year Festival. Commemorating 300 years o...
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May 2010
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Yinka Shonibare has been chosen as the next artist to fill the empty Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square for his proposal to put a replica of Nelson's ship, HMS Victory, in a giant glass bottle on pu...
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Sea Life at Chessington World of Adventures & Zoo
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| Leatherhead Road, Chessington, Surrey |
Watch sharks swimming overhead and tickle the tummy of a sting ray at the aquatic Sea Life centre at Chessington World of Adventures & Zoo. Opened 15th March 2008, the Sea Life Centre houses over 20 m...
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Theatre Royal Drury Lane
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| Catherine Street |
Londons oldest theatre is also its most spectacular, with a palatial auditorium that is among the most impressive in the world. The first theatre on this site was built in 1662 on the orders of Charle...
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Arts Theatre
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| 6-7 Great Newport Street |
The Arts Theatre was built in 1927 as a members club, which allowed it to circumvent the censorship laws and perform unusual and avant garde fare. One of the smallest West End theatres, it has retain...
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The Open Top Double Decker Bus Tour
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The Big Bus Tour is the best way to see, experience and discover the historic city of London. Your Big Bus Tour gives you unlimited use of the three Big Bus open-top routes for 24 hours, taking you t...
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The Little Angel Theatre
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| 14 Dagmar Passage, Cross Street, Islington |
This innovative childrens theatre provides a showcase for the art of puppetry. Founded by master puppeteer John Wilkes in the early 1960s, this small, unusual theatre continues to produce critically a...
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The Artists Theatre School
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| Ealing Studios |
The Artists Theatre School provides Saturday drama workshops at Ealing Studios run by working actors for students in age groups from 5 years to adult. Fees are between £60 and £140 for a term and clas...
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Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret
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| 9a St Thomas Street |
Hidden away in the roof space of the old St Thomas Baroque church, this restored 1821 womens operating theatre is the oldest operating theatre in England. The 19th century Old Operating Theatre is loc...
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Tower 42 - formerly NatWest Tower (Regus)
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| Tower 42, 25 Old Broad Street |
The first skyscraper in the City of London and, at 600ft, its still the tallest in central London, though the fifth tallest in the city as a whole. Tower 42 was originally built for National Westminst...
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The Kitchen at Parsons Green
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| 275 New Kings Road |
The Kitchen at Parsons Green is a new kind of food store, opened in July 2008 by Michelin-star chef Thierry Laborde and Natalie Richmond. Whats different about The Kitchen? Its Michelin starred cookin...
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Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's
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| 53 Brook Street, Mayfair |
Take Londons most temperamental and talented chef, add the citys most elegant location and finish it off with some fantastic food and sublime service. Gordon Ramsays marriage with Claridges has proved...
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Prince of Wales Theatre
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Theatres have stood on this spot since 1884, perfectly placed to draw the attention of the great crowds moving between Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square. The original theatre on this site, called...
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Victoria Palace Theatre
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| Victoria Street |
The exterior of the Victoria Palace is among the most impressive of any theatre in London. Before the advent of air travel, the giant arch, dome and pillared façade of this gleaming white theatre woul...
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Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
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| New Globe Walk, Bankside, Southwark |
This replica of the Shakespeares 16th century theatre, reconstructed just 200 yards from its original site, is the brainchild of American actor and director Sam Wanamaker. Built in wood and thatch, us...
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Dominion Theatre
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| 268 Tottenham Court Road |
Huge, but now slightly shabby, theatre which plays host to big, rocking musicals. The Dominion has a huge stage and hundreds of seats - on a packed night here noise levels are like those at a rock con...
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Adelphi Theatre
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| The Strand, London |
The Adelphi Theatre is a London institution - an historic venue with a long history of staging upscale musicals. Now a West End stalwart, it was once among the great innovators of Londons popular the...
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Babylon at the Roof Gardens
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| 99 Kensington High Street |
Richard Bransons rooftop restaurant-come-nightclub at Kensington Roof Gardens is a favourite with the glam girls of Kensington, who can be seen at all hours sipping cocktails in the Spanish garden, or...
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Prince Edward Theatre
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| Old Compton Street |
The Prince Edward Theatre was designed by Edward Stone and opened in 1930 with a performance of the musical ‘Rio Rita'. Just a few years later, the space was converted into a dance and cabaret hall, a...
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Sunday (UP) Market at the Old Truman Brewery
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For all you fashion and flavour-istas out there, heres another stop-off on your list. This market is a treasure trove of jewellery, vintage clothes, handbags, accessories, lamps, art and photography,...
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Aldwych Theatre
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With the Waldorf Hotel sandwiched inbetween them, the Aldwych and Strand theatres were originally built to work as a pair. The Aldwych is probably most noted for being the home of the Royal Shakespea...
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Piccadilly Theatre
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| 4 Denman Street |
Set on a quiet side-street a short step away from the bustle of Piccadilly Circus, a simple and untheatrical exterior conceals a grandiose Art Deco theatre, with a huge auditorium in shocking pink. Go...
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Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley
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| The Berkeley, Wilton Place, Knightsbridge |
Expensive but brilliant. Superchef Marcus Wareing engages in daily feats of culinary magic in the opulent splendour of the Berkeley Hotel. Changing its name from Petrus and moving out from under the G...
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Cambridge Theatre
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The Cambridge Theatre is a 1930s design classic in the Art Deco style, with smooth, sparsely decorated curves and two stunning gold murals. Its simplicity is belied by a long history of bizarre and sp...
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1880 at the Bentley
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| 27-33 Harrington Gardens |
The grandiose interior of this spacious basement dining room has been described as Versace on acid, but dont let the glitter daunt you. Known for its grazing menus of up to 10 trim courses and quintes...
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Shaftesbury Theatre
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| 210 Shaftesbury Avenue |
A large and appealingly shabby Edwardian theatre which has produced almost a century of successful popular theatre and musicals. The most notorious of these was probably Hair, infamous both for onstag...
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New London Theatre
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Although this site has been an entertainment venue since at least the mid-19th century, the New London Theatre only opened its doors in 1973, making it one of the West Ends newest theatres. The buildi...
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Theatre Peckham
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In the heart of Borough, behind Southwark Town Hall, the Peckham Theatre offers theatre workshops especially aimed at children and young people in the borough. Their youth arts programme extends to w...
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Wild at Heart at Liberty
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| Regent Street |
Wild at Heart put the fresh back into fresh flowers. Each bloom is of a very high quality and is always meticulously selected. Their fresh approach to flowers (be them gifts, arrangements or installa...
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Vaudeville Theatre
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Originally designed by CJ Phipps and first opened on 16th April 1870 with the comedy For Love or Money, the current Vaudeville Theatre is the third to have been built on this site - although each new...
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The Waterway
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| 54 Formosa Street |
Scandinavian-inspired gastropub on the bank of a beautiful canal in Maida Vale, very popular with locals for drinks but also serving excellent food. The Scandy style goes beyond clean, crisp design an...
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Old Vic Theatre
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With the exception of The Globe, the Old Vic has had a greater influence on the history of drama than any theatre standing today. From John Gielgud and Laurence Olivier, to Kevin Spacey and Judi Dench...
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Garrick Theatre
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Named after the great 18th century actor-manager David Garrick, whose portrait hangs in the foyer bar, The Garrick is a fantastic piece of late-Victorian kitsch. It was originally financed by WS Gilbe...
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Wyndham's Theatre
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This is a gorgeous Edwardian Theatre, and the first theatre to show many famous productions, including Godspell and Yazmin Rezas incredibly popular three-hander Art. Known for staging critically accla...
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Royal Court Theatre
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| Sloane Square |
Dedicated to putting on new work and discovering new voices, the Royal Court Theatre was seen as the most important theatre in Europe by no less an authority than The New York Times. In 1956 it staged...
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Comedy Theatre
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| 6 Panton Street |
The Comedy Theatres 1881 interior is one of the oldest in London and one of the most charming, in spite of the damage wrought by an ill-considered restoration in 1954. The Renaissance-style auditorium...
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