Stuck for gift ideas? Well look no further than Show and Stay! Whether you want to treat a loved one or just fancy treating yourself, we have THE Christmas gift package to suit any stocking.
Step one: choose a show
From the shining colours of Joseph’s coat to the wild plains of Africa in the Lion King, we have all the TOP West End shows for you to choose from. Dads, mums, daughters and sons - we have something for everyone.
Step two: choose your hotel and pre-theatre dinner.
We have a delightful range of two star to five star hotels in London and a mouthwatering selection of pre-theatre restaurants to sample.
Step Three: Adding an attraction.
Whether you want to see iconic London attractions or get in the festive spirit we have something for you. As Christmas is nearly upon us we have a great selection of festive attractions to add on to your package, including ice skating at the Tower of London and festive fun at Winter Wonderland Hyde Park.
Christmas in London is simply magical and chock-a-block with festive attractions, from Spitalfields Winter Festival to Trafalgar Square Tree Lighting - check out our Christmas events in London page for more information on these activities.
In response to BBC’s Any Dream Will Do and ITV’s Grease Is the Word, Channel four has created Musicool. A group of talented unsigned singers have been chosen from all over the UK to be trained up to star in a musical which will be aired on T4. It’s not quite as big as Any Dream Will Do and Grease Is the Word but nevertheless it is still gaining a huge following as it is shown on the popular programme T4 and on a sunday afternoon. It has a range of bold personalities which each bring something to the show and has a Big Brother style living arrangement. The 11-part series has already had a head start on BBC and ITV and secured many fans of the show - check out the finalist profiles for details on the lucky finalists and their myspace page.
Here is a couple of episodes of Musicool in which they go to see the fantastic Avenue Q and have a go at acting with puppets.
For a fantastically funny night out I highly recommend going to see Avenue Q at the Noel Coward theatre. It was like watching an ‘adult’ version of Sesame Street, with crudely funny puppets and laugh out loud songs such as “The Internet is for porn”. It’s a show that you really have to experience for yourself to see the hilarity of the plot and musical numbers, and also see these actors doing an amazing job of making the audience believe these puppets are real.
To emphasize the amusing ‘Sesame Street’ connections further the show featured two plasma screens which would come down at regular intervals and feature child like learning sketches. For example one character wanted to know what his purpose was in life and the Sketch ran through a series of amusing jobs whilst merging the puppets face onto the pictures and the audience would hear children chant “manicurist”. All in all it was a superb night out and well worth going to see, here is a taster I found on YouTube for you to enjoy!
