Press Release: London Theatres launch special Summer Sale

London Theatres launch special Summer Sale

£5 Hotel deals when booking selected London shows
Dine For Free promotion
Special offers on London Attractions

London, July 2011: A new Summer Sale has been launched in London’s West End Theatre district to promote a wealth of musicals and plays in the Capital (www.westendtheatre.com/londonsummer).

Westendtheatre.com has partnered with some of London’s biggest shows and a range of Central London hotels and restaurants to offer visitors to the city an unprecedented Summer promotion, including:

£5 HOTEL DEALS
We’ve partnered with 15 fabulous West End shows, allowing visitors to stay in a 3 star Central London Hotel plus continental breakfast for just £5* when buying top price theatre tickets. Plus guests can upgrade to a 4 star hotel from only £20 per person, or a 5 star hotel from only £27.50 per person.

Tickets start from only £55 and include a fantastic range of shows including Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s new production of The Wizard of Oz and the final chance to see his production of Love Never Dies, and the acclaimed London productions of Billy Elliot, Mamma Mia!, Million Dollar Quartet and Priscilla Queen of the Desert.

DINE FOR FREE* PROMOTION
We’ve also partnered with a number of great London restaurants to provide a special “Dine for Free” promotion, allowing visitors to enjoy a free two course meal when booking tickets to a range of hit shows. Musicals included in the promotion include Cameron Mackintosh’s brand new production Betty Blue Eyes, plus Wicked, Chicago, Legally Blonde and We Will Rock You.

SAVE ON LONDON ATTRACTIONS
To complete the promotion, Westendtheatre.com has put together a number of great combo packages for some of London’s top attractions, including a London Eye, River Cruise & London Aquarium package, and a London Dungeon and the Tower of London combo.

Editor of Westendtheatre.com, Paul Raven, said: “Our London Summer Offers promotion is the most ambitious we have ever put together, offering unbeatable value to UK and overseas visitors to London.”

The West End is one of the greatest concentrations of entertainment venues, historic landmarks, restaurants and shops in the world. The area features over 40 major theatres, 30 museums and galleries and over 2,500 restaurants & bars.

To book the promotion visit www.westendtheatre.com/londonsummer

*Terms and conditions apply, please see the website for details.

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Notes for editors:

About Westendtheatre.com:

Westendtheatre.com is one of the fastest growing theatre sites on the web, offering news, reviews, information and special offers on West End shows, with discounts of up to 50%. The site also offers a range of Hotel & Theatre deals, Dinner & Theatre packages, and London attractions.

Ticketing and Hotel Breaks on the site are powered by Encore Tickets and Capital Breaks, one of the UK’s largest theatre ticket wholesalers, providing significant allocations of tickets to sold-out West End shows.

Meal Deals – Enjoy a free restaurant dinner

Enjoy our latest Meal Deals in our Dine for Free promotion, offering thousands of free meals in West End restaurants when booking tickets to a show.

As well as free dining, many of the packages in the promotion also include money off the theatre ticket – making this a great-value way of dining out and enjoying the best of the West End.

Shows featured in the promotion include major musicals Blood Brothers, Wicked, Chicago, We Will Rock You and The Lion King.

Restaurants in the promotion include some of the tastiest places to eat in the city, including Christopher’s, Thai Square, The Spaghetti House and The Langley.

All the restaurants are guaranteed to be close to their corresponding theatre, and a table reservation is automatically made on booking to ensure that the evening goes perfectly to plan. Many of the packages include a choice of either pre or post theatre dining, allowing customers to choose whether to eat before or after the show.

Meal Deal £24.50 Meal Deal £26.50 Hilarious Hitchcock. Stars Melanie C. Ticket (worth £24.50) + dinner at Planet Hollywood Ticket (worth £39.50) + dinner at The Spaghetti House BOOK NOW BOOK NOW Meal Deal £27.50 Meal Deal £28.50 Michael Jackson tribute. Stars Ruthie Henshall. Ticket (worth £43.50) + dinner at The Spaghetti House) Ticket (worth £45.75) + dinner at The Langley BOOK NOW BOOK NOW Meal Deal £30 Meal Deal £37.50 Grease is the word! The ghostly thriller. Ticket (worth £30) + dinner at Planet Hollywood Ticket (worth £42.50) + dinner at Christophers BOOK NOW BOOK NOW Meal Deal £39.50 Meal Deal £40 High-octane dance show. Disney’s classic show. Ticket (worth £47.50) + dinner at The Spgahetti House Ticket (worth £35.50) + dinner at Thai Square BOOK NOW BOOK NOW Meal Deal £45 Meal Deal £53 The Queen rock musical. Have the time of your life. Ticket (worth £55) + dinner at the Eagle Diner Ticket (worth £62.50) + dinner at Thai Square BOOK NOW BOOK NOW Meal Deal £60 Meal Deal £60 The joyous new musical. The spectacular musical. Ticket (worth £63.25) + dinner at Acots Ticket (worth £60) + dinner at BBar Victoria BOOK NOW BOOK NOW

Breakfast at Tiffany's starring Anna Friel – Discount Tickets

Feeling spontaneous this Christmas? Then enjoy a very special festive offer from westendtheatre.com. Save £21 on tickets to see the acclaimed new production of Breakfast at Tiffany’s at the Haymarket Theatre Royal. The offer is valid 23rd to the 26th December matinees and 31st December matinee.

Anna Friel (TV’s Pushing Daisies, Lulu Almeida Theatre, Closer Broadway) stars as Holly Golightly with Joseph Cross (Milk, Flags of Our Fathers, Running With Scissors) as William ‘Fred’ Parsons in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Samuel Adamson’s new stage adaptation of Truman Capote’s classic novella. Sean Mathias directs the second production in his Theatre Royal Haymarket Season.

About the play: New York City, 1943. William ‘Fred’ Parsons, a young writer from Louisiana, meets Miss Holly Golightly, a charming, vivacious and utterly elusive good-time girl. Everyone falls in love with Holly, including William – but he is poor, and Holly needs rich. Will she marry Rusty, playboy millionaire? Or Jose, the future president of Brazil? As war rages in Europe, Holly begins to fall in love with William – and then her past catches up with her…..

Save £21 on tickets to see the acclaimed new production of Breakfast at Tiffany’s at the Haymarket Theatre Royal.

Les Miserables – I Dreamed A Dream – Save £19.50

Save £19.50 on tickets to see Les Miserables at the Queen’s Theatre in London

Valid for Monday to Thursday Evening performances and Wednesday matinees (excludes School Holidays)

Featuring the smash-hit song “I Dreamed A Dream”, immortalised by Susan Boyle in Britain’s Got Talent, LES MISERABLES is the the world’s most popular musical.

Seen by over 55 million people worldwide, in 40 countries and in 21 languages, from the moment it opened in London in 1985 it has captured the imagination, enthusiasm and hearts of theatregoers everywhere.

Set in 19th century France, the dramatic score includes the songs ‘On My Own’, ‘One Day More’ and ‘Do You Hear The People Sing?’.

The Cameron Mackintosh/Royal Shakespeare Company production of “LES MISERABLES” by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, is based on the novel by Victor Hugo, has lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, with original text by Alain Boublil and additional material by James Fenton. “LES MISERABLES” is adapted and directed by Trevor Nunn and John Caird.

Save £19.50 on tickets to see Les Miserables at the Queen’s Theatre in London

Valid for Monday to Thursday Evening performances and Wednesday matinees (excludes School Holidays)