I took my son to see Amanda Holden in Thoroughly Modern Millie at the Shaftesbury in February. Unfortunately, she was ill and the understudy stepped into her shoes - literally! The performance was good and the atmosphere was exciting for an 'out of towner' used to more rural pleasures! We booked ... Read review
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Advantages: An Old Fashioned Theatre with atmosphere Disadvantages: Poor leg room in the Circle
...Thoroughly Modern Millie at the Shaftesbury in February. Unfortunately, she was ill and the understudy stepped into her shoes - literally! The performance was good and the atmosphere was exciting for an 'out of towner' used to more rural pleasures! We booked Circle seats through www.Lastminute.com - 20 pounds each - not bad, I thought - and collected our tickets from the Box Office one hour before the performance. With great anticipation we went ... ...same and don't suffer as we did. Overall, we still enjoyed the show and would go the the Shaftesbury again. There was a good atmosphere, pleasant staff, bars on each floor, toilet facilities, and plenty of brocade and glitter. It is easy to get to via the Tube or taxi. ... more
I took my son to see Amanda Holden in Thoroughly Modern Millie at the Shaftesbury in February. Unfortunately, she was ill and the understudy stepped into her shoes - literally! The performance was good and the atmosphere was exciting for an 'out of towner' used to more rural pleasures! We booked Circle seats through www.Lastminute.com - 20 pounds each - not bad, I thought - and collected our tickets from the Box Office one hour before the performance. With great anticipation we went upstairs to our seats. The Royal Circle, where we were sitting, are the 'posh' seats and usually cost up to 40 - 45 pounds each. I'm glad that I did not pay that much for them. Most of the audience were put into one side of the circle even though there were spare seats towards the back across the aisle. The little leg room there was did spoil the comfort of enjoying the show. I am only 5 feet 2 and I was scunched-up. My son, who is a lot taller than me, and other taller men, in particular, were in agnony and spent most of the first half trying to get comfortable - an impossible task! At the interval, we and a few other members of the audience moved across the aisle for a more comfortable second half. So if you do go book seats in the stalls - the price is the same and don't suffer as we did. Overall, we still enjoyed the show and would go the the Shaftesbury again. There was a good atmosphere, pleasant staff, bars on each floor, toilet facilities, and plenty of brocade and glitter. It is easy to get to via the Tube or taxi.
Advantages: Quite funny, light hearted, entertaining, everyone seemed to enjoy it Disadvantages: The seats (room), may offend those it pokes fun at, if easily offended, transport links
quite welcome.
Here's some basic information about the show itself:-
Director - Mike Nichols
Based on the book by - Eric Idle
Musical Score - Eric Idle, John Du Prez
Duration - Approximately 2 hours 20 minuts, including an interval of about 20 minutes (the programme claims its 15 minutes but it over run on Saturday and probably does most days. The 8pm performance I went to ended at about 10:20pm)
Theatre Name & Address (for the London West End version):- Palace Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 8AY.
Ticket Order & Transport Information:- For details, see - http://montypythonsspamalot.com/spamalotticketslondon.php
I would like to point out that the location of the theatre makes it quite awkward to find a tube station thats particularly close to it and when we took a bus to Shaftsebury avenue, the stop was quite ...
Advantages: Fine performances Disadvantages: Theatre no longer exists
The only Globe Theatre in London is Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. There was a Globe Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue, but it has recently been renamed the Gielgud Theatre to honour Sir John Gielgud, who directed and played in "The Importance of Being Earnest" here in 1939. The Theatre was built in 1906, and opened as the Hicks Theatre, changing its name to the Globe Theatre in 1909.
The Gielgud Theatre is currently playing "The Graduate" starring Kathleen Turner. At the end of July 2000, Jerry Hall will take over as Mrs Robinson. The closest Underground station is Piccadilly Circus. ...
Advantages: happy musical, good night out Disadvantages: pricey but worth it!
Well here is a fact for you. The Mack likes the theatre. In fact she loves it. As she hadn?t attended a show since the summer, as a treat to herself she thought she?d book to see one of the new musicals in town, ?Thoroughly Modern Millie?.
* Booking *
As I?m fortunate (or unfortunate, depends how you look at it!) to work in London, I went along to the box office at the Shaftesburytheatre to book my tickets.
We were 3 rows from the front, as recommended by the lady in the theatre, as right at the front was a little ?too? close, according to her. The stage is raised and we?d be craning our necks.
At £40 per ticket, this wasn?t cheap, but heck, it was December, and this was our treat!
Tickets do come cheaper ? Grand Circle are £27.50 and £20 and Stalls and Royal Circle are £40 and £35. Group bookings and concessions ...
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