London has much to offer in cultural entertainment, particularly for travelers (reise Storbritannia). If it's musicals that raise your interest, lots of the theatres can be found in London's famous West End. Within 'Theatreland ', which is defined by The Strand to the south, Oxford Street to the north, Regent Street to the west, and Kingsway to the east, you'll find around 40 theatres which offer a wide selection of shows. Notable streets include Drury Lane, Shaftsbury Avenue and The Strand.
Most theatres will change their shows after they have run their course, but if a show is popular enough, a show can continue on for a long time and musicals have a tendency to run for longer than standard drama: Mamma Mia! has been running at the Prince of Wales theatre since 1999, Chicago has been running since 1997 (previously at Adelphi, now at Garrick Theatre), Disney's The Lion King at Lyceum Theatre since 1999, and Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre since 1986, to give you only the most popular ones.
If conventional drama is more to your liking, you may naturally find lots to choose from in London. Lots of the venues that show drama may also be located in the already mentioned 'Theatreland ', though you might also have to go further away. If you're an enthusiast of William Shakespeare, you will usually find at least one - often more - of his plays showing at one of the theatres, though you'll also have a lot to choose between by more contemporary shows also.
If you love Shakespeare, though, you may want to find tickets for a show at Shakespeare's Globe - a modern reconstruction of The Globe, the theatre on the south side of the Thames where plenty of Shakespeare's plays were first staged. The modern reconstruction that opened in 1997 is located close to where the original theatre once was, and gives the fans a feeling of what going to the theatre would be like in Elizabethan times, though you're less likely to run into the common street rabble at The Globe nowadays. Bear in mind this is an outside theatre, so put on warm clothes if you're going out on a cold London evening.
If opera or ballet is what you're into, the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden is where you need to be going. The existing building is the third on this location, the other two theatres being demolished by fire. Previously known as the Theatre Royal, it started out as a playhouse, but later on made the switch to an opera and ballet locale; this was were plenty of George Frideric Handel's operas first opened - a lot of them written especially for this venue. The Royal Opera House stages a number of operas and ballets every season, so if you're a fan of one or both, you are certain to find something to interest you here.
As for buying tickets to these shows, you'll find quite a few ticket agents by doing an online search. Or, you can phone the box office at the theatre directly. If you are in London already, you could purchase your tickets for musicals and dramas from the ticket booth in the free standing clock tower building in Leicester Square. For ballet and opera, you can buy tickets right from the website, or you can phone the box office.
Most theatres will change their shows after they have run their course, but if a show is popular enough, a show can continue on for a long time and musicals have a tendency to run for longer than standard drama: Mamma Mia! has been running at the Prince of Wales theatre since 1999, Chicago has been running since 1997 (previously at Adelphi, now at Garrick Theatre), Disney's The Lion King at Lyceum Theatre since 1999, and Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre since 1986, to give you only the most popular ones.
If conventional drama is more to your liking, you may naturally find lots to choose from in London. Lots of the venues that show drama may also be located in the already mentioned 'Theatreland ', though you might also have to go further away. If you're an enthusiast of William Shakespeare, you will usually find at least one - often more - of his plays showing at one of the theatres, though you'll also have a lot to choose between by more contemporary shows also.
If you love Shakespeare, though, you may want to find tickets for a show at Shakespeare's Globe - a modern reconstruction of The Globe, the theatre on the south side of the Thames where plenty of Shakespeare's plays were first staged. The modern reconstruction that opened in 1997 is located close to where the original theatre once was, and gives the fans a feeling of what going to the theatre would be like in Elizabethan times, though you're less likely to run into the common street rabble at The Globe nowadays. Bear in mind this is an outside theatre, so put on warm clothes if you're going out on a cold London evening.
If opera or ballet is what you're into, the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden is where you need to be going. The existing building is the third on this location, the other two theatres being demolished by fire. Previously known as the Theatre Royal, it started out as a playhouse, but later on made the switch to an opera and ballet locale; this was were plenty of George Frideric Handel's operas first opened - a lot of them written especially for this venue. The Royal Opera House stages a number of operas and ballets every season, so if you're a fan of one or both, you are certain to find something to interest you here.
As for buying tickets to these shows, you'll find quite a few ticket agents by doing an online search. Or, you can phone the box office at the theatre directly. If you are in London already, you could purchase your tickets for musicals and dramas from the ticket booth in the free standing clock tower building in Leicester Square. For ballet and opera, you can buy tickets right from the website, or you can phone the box office.
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Siri Ram works at FirstChoice, a Norwegian travel acency devoted to help travelers around the globe. London is one of their most well liked destinations. More information at Reise and Reise London.
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