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WELCOME TO LONDON’S WEST END – AN EXPERIENCE LIKE NO OTHER No visit to London is complete without seeing a West End Show. Simplyitickets gives you, the travel trade, a simple way to add the best shows to any FIT, group or package program. We negotiate special rates for all our Trade partners and are able to offer flexible booking conditions and solutions. Our friendly, knowledgeable team members will keep you up to date with information on pricing, schedules and ticket availability. You can book through our 7 days a week call centre, and our B2B booking portal. This booklet showcases Simplyitickets's Essential West End, a group of shows that are simply the best that London’s West End has to offer. These distinctive, world-class performances are sure to enthrall your clients and will be a highlight of their trip. Our aim is to give you all of the tools and information you need to help sell tickets for these shows to your customers before

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& JULIET Shaftesbury Theatre 210 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8DP

Romeo & Juliet final scene. Juliet picks up the dagger and... gets a life. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION & JULIET is the irreverent and fun- H Great for Groups and FITs loving new West End musical that H Accessibility options – wheelchair spaces etc asks: what if Juliet’s famous ending was really just her beginning? What if she decided to choose her own fate? This PERFORMANCE TIMES is Juliet’s story now. So don’t tell her Monday – Saturday evenings at 7.30pm, Thursday & Saturday matinees at 2.30pm. how it ends… Running time: 2hrs 30mins including one interval Soaring with pop anthems including …Baby One More Time, Everybody (Backstreet’s Back), Love Me Like You Do and Can’t Feel My Face, & JULIET is a riotous blast of fun and glorious music that proves when it comes to love, there’s always life after Romeo…

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& JULIET Shaftesbury Theatre 210 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8DP

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The New York Times calls it “the best musical of this century.” The Washington Post says, “It is the kind of evening that restores your faith in musicals.” And Entertainment ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Weekly says, “Grade A: the funniest musical of all time.” Jon Stewart of “The H Parental advisory; Contains explicit Daily Show” calls it “a crowning achievement. So good it makes me angry.” It’s language THE BOOK OF MORMON, the nine-time Tony Award® winning Best Musical H Premium seats & options available from the creators of “South Park” which follows the story of two bright eyed but H Pre-show / interval entertaining hapless Mormon missionaries despatched to warn torn Africa: a place they soon options available discover is ‘nothing like The Lion King’. H Also on Broadway, North American Tour and in Australia H Accessibility options – wheelchair PERFORMANCE TIMES spaces etc Monday – Saturday evenings at 7.30pm, Wednesday & Saturday matinees at 2.30pm. Additional Friday matinees 2.30pm during peak periods. Ask for details. Running time: 2hrs 30mins including one interval FACTS TO WOW YOUR CLIENTS WITH H The music for THE BOOK OF MORMON was co-written by Bobby Lopez who composed the music for The Tony Award winning ‘Avenue Q’ and the Oscar winning Disney movie ‘Frozen’ H Matt Stone and Trey Parker who created THE BOOK OF MORMON continue to write and perform every episode of the hit TV show ‘South Park’ which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2017. H THE BOOK OF MORMON is the most sold out show in Broadway and West End history having played on average to over 100% capacity in both cities since the productions opened.

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Winner of 4 Olivier Awards, including Best New Musical, COME FROM ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AWAY has taken the West End by H Discover the remarkable true story of a small town that welcomed the world. storm. Playing to nightly standing H Recommended for ages 10+. ovations at London’s Phoenix Theatre, H Also on Broadway, US Tour, Toronto and Melbourne (July 2019). COME FROM AWAY also continues H Premium tickets and options available. sold-out, record-breaking engagements H Wheelchair spaces available – subject to availability. on Broadway, across the USA and in Canada. This joyous new musical shares the FACTS TO WOW YOUR CLIENTS WITH incredible real-life story of the 7,000 H ‘Irresistable and inspiring. This musical gets everything right’ H H H H H – The Times air passengers from all over the world H ‘This miraculous masterpiece is totally, soul-feedlingly wonderful’ H H H H H – Time Out who were grounded in Canada during H COME FROM AWAY tells over 16,000 stories over the course of 5 days in a 100 the wake of 9/11, and the small minute musical using 12 actors. Newfoundland community that invited these ‘come from aways’ into their lives. As uneasiness turned into trust and PERFORMANCE TIMES music soared into the night, gratitude Monday to Saturday at 7:30pm, Wednesday and Saturday matinees at 2:30pm grew into friendships and their stories Running time: 100 minutes with no interval became a celebration of hope, humanity and unity. THE NEW MUSICAL BASED ON A REMARKABLE TRUE STORY

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The Times || Mail on Sunday || Time Out || Daily Express || THE Mirror || sunday express || the stage COME FROM AWAY Phoenix Theatre Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0JP

Telephone +44 (0)20 7492 9999 AT PHOENIX TICKETS ON SALE AT PLAYING THE 8 Email [email protected] THEATRE COMEFROMAWAY.CO.UK ESSENTIAL WEST END HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD Palace Theatre Shaftesbury Avenue, London W1D 5AY

Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD is a new play by Jack Thorne. It ADDITIONAL INFORMATION is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story H Now playing in London, New York, to be presented on stage. Melbourne and coming soon to San The critically acclaimed production is most awarded West End play in the history Francisco, Hamburg and Toronto. of the Olivier Awards, winning a record-breaking nine awards including Best New Play and Best Director in 2017. FACTS TO WOW YOUR CLIENTS WITH It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is H A Guinness World Record-breaking an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three nine Olivier Awards including Best school-age children. New Play. While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest H The most awarded new play in son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As theatre history past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places. PERFORMANCE TIMES HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD is one play presented in two Part One: Thursday at 7.30pm, Parts, which are intended to be seen in order on the same day (matinee and Wednesday and Saturday at 2.00pm, evening) or on two consecutive evenings. Sunday at 1.00pm Running Time: 2 hours and 40 minutes including one interval Part Two: Wednesdays to Saturday at 7.30pm, Sunday at 6.30pm Running Time: 2 hours and 35 minutes including one interval

“Conjures the impossible! Magical doesn’t even begin to describe it.” – Entertainment Weekly

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“Conjures the impossible! Magical doesn’t even begin to describe it.” – Entertainment Weekly

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LES MISÉRABLES Queen’s Theatre Shaftesbury Avenue, London W1D 6BA ADDITIONAL INFORMATION H Suitable for all groups and FITs. Cameron Mackintosh’s legendary H Min age 8+. production of Boublil and Schönberg’s H Student groups welcome. LES MISÉRABLES is a global stage H Premium seats & options available. sensation. H Pre-show / interval entertaining options available. Set against the backdrop of 19th- H Education packs available to download. century France, LES MISÉRABLES H Also on UK and Ireland Tour, North American Tour, Japan and Mexico. tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption – a timeless FACTS TO WOW YOUR CLIENTS WITH testament to the survival of the human H LES MISÉRABLES has been seen by more than 70 million people in51 countries and spirit. in 22 languages around the globe, and is still breaking box-office records everywhere. Ex-convict Jean Valjean is hunted for H Each show has: 36 Cast, 11 Musicians, 16 x Wardrobe, 13 x Stage crew, 6 x Stage decades by the ruthless policeman Management, 6 x Lighting, 5 x Wigs, 3 x Sound, 2 x Chaperones, 1 x Company Javert after he breaks parole. When Manager, 1 x Musical Director, 1 x Resident Director = 101 personal to make the Valjean agrees to care for factory show run each performance. worker Fantine’s young daughter, H Each performance entails some 392 complete costumes consisting of over 5000 Cosette, their lives change forever. items of clothing and 85 wigs (including understudies).

PERFORMANCE TIMES Monday to Saturday evenings 7.30pm, Wednesday & Saturday matinees at 2.30pm. Running time: 2hrs 50minutes including one interval

DISNEY’S THE LION KING Lyceum Theatre 21 Wellington Street, London WC2E 7RQ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Disney’s THE LION KING remains London’s number one musical – and is an unforgettable theatrical experience for visitors from around the world. H Suitable for all groups and FITs H Brilliantly reimagined by acclaimed director Julie Taymor, Disney’s beloved film Minimum group size 10+ has been transformed into a spectacular theatrical experience that explodes with H Recommended age is 6+, minimum age is 3+ glorious colours, stunning effects and enchanting music. At its heart is the powerful and moving story of Simba - the epic adventure of his journey from wide-eyed cub to his destined role as King of the Pridelands. FACTS TO WOW YOUR CLIENTS WITH H Disney’s THE LION KING has PERFORMANCE TIMES been translated into eight languages and has played on every continent Tuesday – Saturday evenings at 7.30pm, Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday matinees at except Antartica since it opened on 2.30pm. Broadway in 1997. Running time: 2hrs 30mins including one interval H Over 100 million people have experienced the show worldwide. Over 15 million of those people have experience the production in London’s Lyceum Theatre H It takes 50 performers onstage plus 100 people backstage to make each performance of THE LION KING possible.

‘There is simply nothing else like it’ – The New York Times

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‘There is simply nothing else like it’ – The New York Times

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‘The feel-good factor of a Greek island holiday’ – The Guardian

MAMMA MIA! Novello Theatre Aldwych, London WC2B 4LD

Join us at MAMMA MIA! and enjoy the ultimate feel-good factor at the world’s ADDITIONAL INFORMATION sunniest and most exhilarating smash- H Suitable for all groups and FITs hit musical! H Min age: 5+ Set on a Greek island paradise, a story H Premium seats & options available of love, friendship and identity is cleverly H Pre-show / interval entertaining options available told through the timeless songs of ABBA. Sophie’s quest to discover the father FACTS TO WOW YOUR CLIENTS WITH she’s never known brings her mother face to face with three men from her H There have been 50 productions of MAMMA MIA! in 16 different languages distant romantic past on the eve of a H 23 ABBA songs are performed in the production wedding they’ll never forget! H There are approximately 33,000 rhinestones hand-sewn on to the Super Trouper Since premiering in London 20 years costumes ago, this irresistibly funny comedy has thrilled over 65 million people all around PERFORMANCE TIMES the world. There’s never been a better time to see this unforgettable musical in Monday – Saturday evenings at 7.45pm, Thursday & Saturday matinees at 3pm. the West End, where it all began. Running time: 2hrs 35mins including one interval Whatever age you are, you can‘t help but have the time of your life at MAMMA MIA!

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MAMMA MIA! Novello Theatre Aldwych, London WC2B 4LD

Telephone +44 (0)20 7492 9999 16 Email [email protected] ESSENTIAL WEST END THE MARY POPPINS Prince Edward Theatre SUPERCALIFRAGILISTIC Old Compton Street, London W1D 4HS ORIGINAL Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s multi award-winning musical MARY POPPINS returns to its original West End home at the Prince Edward Theatre from 23 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION October 2019. H Suitable for all groups and FITs. The magical story of the world’s favourite Nanny is triumphantly and spectacularly H Min age 5+. brought to the stage with dazzling choreography, incredible effects and H Premium seats & options available. unforgettable songs. Starring Zizi Strallen, returning to play the title role following H Pre-show / interval entertaining great acclaim on the recent sell-out international tour, and Charlie Stemp as Bert, options available. who recently gave an award-winning performance as Arthur Kipps in Cameron H Education packs available to Mackintosh’s production of Half A Sixpence, Joseph Millson as Mr Banks and download (date TBC) Petula Clark as the Bird Woman. The stage production of MARY POPPINS H Also playing in Hamburg until 18th is brilliantly adapted from the wonderful stories by PL Travers and the original August 2019 film. It is co-created by Cameron Mackintosh and has a book by Oscar-winning screenwriter and Downton Abbey creator, Julian Fellowes. With a timeless score FACTS TO WOW YOUR CLIENTS WITH by Richard M Sherman and Robert B Sherman including the classic songs; Jolly Holiday, Step in Time, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and Feed the Birds with H MARY POPPINS has been new songs and additional music and lyrics, including Practically Perfect, by the translated into 9 languages: Swedish, Olivier award-winning British team of George Stiles and Anthony Drewe. Finnish, Danish, Dutch, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Mexican Spanish and Icelandic. PERFORMANCE TIMES H MARY POPPINS has won more than 30 major international awards Monday, Thursday to Saturday at 7.30pm, Wednesday at 7.00pm, Thursday, Saturday including 2 Olivier Awards, 1 Tony and Sunday at 2.30pm Award and 2 Drama Desk Awards. Running Time: TBC H Cameron Mackintosh first tried to acquire the stage rights to MARY POPPINS over 25 years ago. He finally met P.L. Travers in 1993 when she decided that he could be trusted with her creation. H P.L. Travers lived to the remarkable ‘ONE OF THE MOST age of 96, and continued writing until the end of her life. Her novels have sold tens of millions of copies around AMAZING THEATRICAL the world and have been translated into 24 languages. EXPERIENCES YOU WILL EVER WITNESS’ THE IRISH TIMES

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MP_Essential-West-End_210x148_AW.indd 1 29/05/2019 11:41 ESSENTIAL WEST END: USA AND CANADA THE MARY POPPINS Prince Edward Theatre SUPERCALIFRAGILISTIC Old Compton Street, London W1D 4HS ORIGINAL Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s multi award-winning musical MARY POPPINS returns to its original West End home at the Prince Edward Theatre from 23 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION October 2019. H Suitable for all groups and FITs. The magical story of the world’s favourite Nanny is triumphantly and spectacularly H Min age 5+. brought to the stage with dazzling choreography, incredible effects and H Premium seats & options available. unforgettable songs. Starring Zizi Strallen, returning to play the title role following H Pre-show / interval entertaining great acclaim on the recent sell-out international tour, and Charlie Stemp as Bert, options available. who recently gave an award-winning performance as Arthur Kipps in Cameron H Education packs available to Mackintosh’s production of Half A Sixpence, Joseph Millson as Mr Banks and download (date TBC) Petula Clark as the Bird Woman. The stage production of MARY POPPINS H Also playing in Hamburg until 18th is brilliantly adapted from the wonderful stories by PL Travers and the original August 2019 film. It is co-created by Cameron Mackintosh and has a book by Oscar-winning screenwriter and Downton Abbey creator, Julian Fellowes. With a timeless score FACTS TO WOW YOUR CLIENTS WITH by Richard M Sherman and Robert B Sherman including the classic songs; Jolly Holiday, Step in Time, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and Feed the Birds with H MARY POPPINS has been new songs and additional music and lyrics, including Practically Perfect, by the translated into 9 languages: Swedish, Olivier award-winning British team of George Stiles and Anthony Drewe. Finnish, Danish, Dutch, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Mexican Spanish and Icelandic. PERFORMANCE TIMES H MARY POPPINS has won more than 30 major international awards Monday, Thursday to Saturday at 7.30pm, Wednesday at 7.00pm, Thursday, Saturday including 2 Olivier Awards, 1 Tony and Sunday at 2.30pm Award and 2 Drama Desk Awards. Running Time: TBC H Cameron Mackintosh first tried to acquire the stage rights to MARY POPPINS over 25 years ago. He finally met P.L. Travers in 1993 when she decided that he could be trusted with her creation. H P.L. Travers lived to the remarkable ‘ONE OF THE MOST age of 96, and continued writing until the end of her life. Her novels have sold tens of millions of copies around AMAZING THEATRICAL the world and have been translated into 24 languages. EXPERIENCES YOU WILL EVER WITNESS’ THE IRISH TIMES

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MATILDA THE MUSICAL Cambridge Theatre Earlham Street, London WC2H 9HU ADDITIONAL INFORMATION H Suitable for all groups and FITs MATILDA THE MUSICAL is the multi-award winning musical from the Royal H Min age: 6+ Shakespeare Company, inspired by the beloved book by the incomparable H Student groups welcome / Roald Dahl. workshops available With book by Dennis Kelly and original songs by Tim Minchin, MATILDA THE H Premium seats & options available MUSICAL is the story of an extraordinary little girl who, armed with a vivid H Pre-show / interval entertaining imagination and a sharp mind, dares to take a stand and change her own destiny. options available Winner of over 95 international awards, including 23 for Best Musical, MATILDA H Also on tour in the UK & Ireland until 17 August 2019 THE MUSICAL is now in its eighth year in London, where it continues to delight audiences of all ages. FACTS TO WOW YOUR CLIENTS WITH

PERFORMANCE TIMES H At 4ft 4in tall, Matilda Wormwood is the smallest leading lady in the West Tuesday to Friday at 7.00pm, Saturday at 7.30pm, Wednesday 2.00pm, Saturday 2.30pm End. and Sunday 3.00pm H The sound effect of the crying baby Running Time: 2 hours, 40 minutes including one interval in the song ‘Miracle’ is a recording of Sound Designer Simon Baker’s youngest son. H Miss Honey and Matilda enjoy a cup of real hot tea on stage complete with milk and a biscuit at each performance during the song: ‘My House’. THE MUSICAL

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THE MOUSETRAP St Martin’s Theatre West Street, London WC2H 9NZ

THE MOUSETRAP has become the longest running show of any kind in the world by keeping audiences on the edge of their seat in this masterful whodunit ADDITIONAL INFORMATION by the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie. H Suitable for all groups/FITs A snowstorm closes in on a guest house, trapping a group of strangers inside with H Student groups welcome a murderer… Who is it and why have they come to Monkswell Manor? H Premium seats available Experience the mystery and suspense of one of Agatha Christie’s greatest plays, at H Min age 7+ the glorious St Martin’s Theatre and remember – keep the secret!

FACTS TO WOW YOUR CLIENTS WITH PERFORMANCE TIMES H THE MOUSETRAP in the longest Monday – Saturday evenings at 7.30pm, Tuesday & Thursday matinee at 3pm, Saturday running show of any kind in the matinee at 4pm world. Running time: 2hrs 20 mins with one interval H The Queen attended the 50th anniversary performance in 2002. H There have been over 27,750 performances in the West end. H More than 450 actors have been in the show in London. H In 1959 the cast of THE MOUSETRAP, armed with various props, give a special performance at Wormwood Scrubs Prison. During the performance two prisoners escaped. H The original cast include Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sim. H In 1974 THE MOUSETRAP moved Theatres to its current home without missing a performance.

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THE MOUSETRAP St Martin’s Theatre West Street, London WC2H 9NZ

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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Her Majesty’s Theatre Haymarket, London SW1Y 4QL ADDITIONAL INFORMATION H Suitable for all groups and FITs. Seen by over 100 million people H Min age 8+. worldwide, THE PHANTOM OF H Student groups welcome. THE OPERA is one of the highest H Premium seats & options available. grossing musicals of all time. H Pre-show / interval entertaining options available. Now in its 32nd record-breaking H Education packs available to download. year, this multi-award winning musical H Also on Broadway, North American Tour, Budapest, Brazil and Denmark. continues to captivate audiences at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London’s West End, after more than 13,000 FACTS TO WOW YOUR CLIENTS WITH performances. H THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA has been seen in 36 countries and 167 cities Andrew Lloyd Webber’s mesmerising around the world. score along with jaw-dropping H The original London production celebrated its 30th Anniversary on October 9th scenery and breathtaking special 2016 and has played over 13,000 performances at Her Majesty’s Theatre. effects, magically combine to bring this H It is one of the highest grossing musicals of all time. tragic love story to life each night.

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PERFORMANCE TIMES Monday – Saturday evenings 7.30pm, Thursday & Saturday matinees at 2.30pm. Running time: 2hrs 30 minutes including one interval THE BRILLIANT ORIGINAL AT HER MAJESTY’S THEATRE, LONDON Telephone +44 (0)20 7492 9999 24 Email [email protected] TM © 1986 RUG Ltd. © 1986 RUG TM TM © 1986 RUG Ltd. © 1986 RUG TM

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THE PRINCE OF EGYPT Dominion Theatre Tottenham Court Road, W1T 7AQ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION H Situated just a short walk from the Experience the epic emotion and soaring music of THE PRINCE OF EGYPT, British Museum, the Grade II listed the extraordinary new musical from three-time Academy Award®-winner Dominion Theatre sits majestically Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Pippin, Godspell). at the junction of Tottenham Journey through the wonders of Ancient Egypt as two young men, raised Court Road, Charing Cross Road, Oxford Street and New Oxford together as brothers in a kingdom of privilege, find themselves suddenly divided Street where it has been a London by a secret past. One must rule as Pharaoh, the other must rise up and free landmark since 1929. his true people; both face a destiny that will change history forever. H Suitable for all groups and FITs Based on the acclaimed DreamWorks Animation film, and featuring the Academy H Min age: 7+ Award®-winning, chart-topping song When You Believe, THE PRINCE OF H Premium seats available EGYPT is an exhilarating, powerful and joyous celebration of belief and the human spirit. FACTS TO WOW YOUR CLIENTS WITH PERFORMANCE TIMES H DreamWorks’ THE PRINCE OF EGYPT movie recently celebrated Monday to Saturday at 7.30pm, Thursday & Saturday at 2.30pm its 20th Anniversary. Extra Tuesday matinees at 2.30pm on selected dates. Please contact us for details. H THE PRINCE OF EGYPT features 10 new songs written by Stephen Schwartz, together with 5 of his acclaimed songs from the DreamWorks Animation film, including Deliver Us, All I Ever Wanted, Through Heaven’s Eyes and the Academy Award®- winning When You Believe, recorded by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey.

‘In probably the best news of the decade, THE PRINCE OF EGYPT is being made into a musical and it’s coming to the West End in 2020’ – Heart Radio, May 2019

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‘In probably the best news of the decade, THE PRINCE OF EGYPT is being made into a musical and it’s coming to the West End in 2020’ – Heart Radio, May 2019

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TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL Aldwych Theatre 49 Aldwych, London WC2B 4DF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION H Suitable for all groups and FITs From humble beginnings in Nutbush, Tennessee, to her H Recommended age: 14+ transformation into the global Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Tina H Premium seats & options available Turner didn’t just break the rules, she rewrote them. This H Pre-show/interval entertaining options available new stage musical reveals the untold story of a woman who H Accessibility options dared to defy the bounds of her age, gender and race. One of the world’s best-selling artists of all time, Tina Turner has won 12 Grammy Awards and her live shows have been FACTS TO WOW YOUR CLIENTS WITH seen by millions, with more concert tickets sold than any H TINA’s costumes have 260,000 Swarovski crystals to make other solo performer in music history. the star shine Featuring her much loved songs, TINA – THE TINA H The musical covers three decades of Tina Turner’s brilliant TURNER MUSICAL is written by Olivier Award-winning life and career playwright Katori Hall and directed by the internationally H The show features over 20 of Tina Turner’s best known hits acclaimed Phyllida Lloyd. Presented in association with Tina Turner. PERFORMANCE TIMES Monday to Saturday evenings at 7.30pm, Thursday & Saturday matinees at 2.30pm Running time: 2hrs 45minutes including one interval

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WAITRESS Adelphi Theatre Strand, London WC2R 0NS

“Treat yourself to a slice of five-star musical pie” (The Times) at London’s brand- new smash hit musical comedy WAITRESS. Meet Jenna, a waitress and expert ADDITIONAL INFORMATION pie-maker who is dreaming of some happiness in her life. When a hot new doctor H Suitable for groups and FITs arrives in town, life gets complicated. With the support of her workmates Becky H Min age: 10+ and Dawn, Jenna overcomes the challenges she faces and finds that laughter, love H Premium seats available and friendship can provide the perfect recipe for happiness. Brought to life by a ground breaking, female-led creative team, this “warm, witty, wise and hilarious” (Express) hit features “one of the best scores in years” FACTS TO WOW YOUR CLIENTS WITH (The Stage) by 7-time Grammy® nominee Sara Bareilles (Love Song, Brave), a H Now in its 4th year on Broadway, book by acclaimed screenwriter Jessie Nelson (I Am Sam) and direction by Tony Waitress has been to over 50 U.S. Award® winner Diane Paulus (Pippin, Finding Neverland). cities and after opening in London is now worldwide. Receiving standing ovations night after night, WAITRESS is “the real deal” H A ground-breaking female-led (Independent) musical comedy “made from the finest ingredients” (Time Out). creative team including music by 7-time Grammy® nominee Sara Bareilles (Love Song, Brave)

PERFORMANCE TIMES Monday to Saturday at 7.30pm, Wednesday and Saturday at 2.30pm Running Time: 2 hours and 30 minutes including one internal

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WAITRESS Adelphi Theatre Strand, London WC2R 0NS

PERFORMANCE TIMES Monday to Saturday at 7.30pm, Wednesday and Saturday at 2.30pm Running Time: 2 hours and 30 minutes including one internal

HHHHH ‘Treat yourself to a 5 star musical’ – The Times

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‘Be spellbound by this London theatre smash hit’ – Britain Magazine

WICKED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION H Suitable for all groups Apollo Victoria Theatre H Min age 7+ 17 Wilton Road, London SW1V 1LG H Premium seats & options available WICKED, the West End and Broadway musical sensation, H Wheelchair spaces available – subject to availability is already the 9th longest running musical in London theatre H Official education workshops available history. Winner of over 100 major awards, including three H Free Education resources avaiiable Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards and ten theatregoer-voted H Also on Broadway and North American Tour WhatsOnStage Awards (winning ‘Best West End Show’ on three separate occasions), the classic musical has now been FACTS TO WOW YOUR CLIENTS WITH seen by almost 10 million people in London alone. H WICKED has now been seen by 60 million people around “A huge, bright, colourful production that’s full of wonder the world. and joy” (Official London Theatre), WICKED imagines an H The original production has already been performed in ingenious backstory and future possibilities to the lives of over 130 cities in 16 countries around the world (United L. Frank Baum’s beloved characters from ‘The Wonderful States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Japan, Germany, Wizard of Oz’ and reveals the decisions and events that The Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, shape the destinies of two unlikely University friends on their South Korea, The Philippines, Mexico, Brazil, China and journey to becoming Glinda The Good and the Wicked Switzerland) and has also been translated from its original Witch of the West. English into six other languages: Japanese, German, Dutch, Spanish, Korean and Portuguese.

PERFORMANCE TIMES Monday - Saturday evenings 7:30pm, Wednesday & Saturday matinees at 2:30pm Running time: 2hrs 40mins including one interval

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‘Be spellbound by this London theatre smash hit’ – Britain Magazine

PERFORMANCE TIMES Monday - Saturday evenings 7:30pm, Wednesday & Saturday matinees at 2:30pm Running time: 2hrs 40mins including one interval

Telephone +44 (0)20 7492 9999 32 Email [email protected] ESSENTIAL WEST END: USA AND CANADA

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