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Entertainment
Entertainment in the bigger cities in Great Britain and Ireland has something for everyone! Theatres, night clubs, restaurants are so plentiful. It is totally impossible to feature everything so please, don't hesitate to contact us for the latest news in the world of entertainment
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- Musicals
- Beefeater - Medieval Banquet
- London - River Cruises
- London Eye
- English National Opera & English National Ballet
THE MOST POPULAR MUSICALS IN LONDON
- • Avenue Q
- • Billy Elliott - the musical
- • Bloodbrothers
- • Buddy Holly Story
- • Cabaret
- • Chicago
- • Dirty Dancing
- • Gone with the Wind (opens April 2008)
- • Grease
- • Hairspray
- • Jersey Boys
- • Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
- • Les Miserables
- • Lion King
- • Lord of the rings
- • Mamma Mia
- • Marguerite
- • Phantom of the Opera
- • Rent
- • Sound of Music
- • Spamalot
- • Stomp
- • We will rock you
- • Wicked
- • Zorro
- • Sadler's Wells & Peacock Theatre
- • Hampton Court Palace Festival
AVENUE Q
Noel Coward Theatre
Mon-Thu 20.00 ¦ Fri 17.30 & 20.30 ¦ Sat 17.00 & 20.30
London's hottest musical is a guaranteed laugh-out-loud night out! LIFE MAY SUCK ON AVENUE Q, but for a bright-eyed college graduate called Princeton, this is his new neighbourhood. A tiny bank balance and a variety of weird and wonderful friends and neighbours lead Princeton on a hilarious journey of self-discovery.
Performed by an unholy comedic alliance of humans and puppets(!), AVENUE Q was the winner of the 2004 TONY AWARD® for BEST NEW MUSICAL, BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL and BEST ORIGINAL SCORE!.
In June 2006, AVENUE Q THE MUSICAL travelled across the Atlantic to the UK and opened in London's West End, re-opening the Noël Coward Theatre (formerly the Albery Theatre). Alan Brodie from The Noël Coward Foundation said, "We are delighted that AVENUE Q is the first production in the newly re-named Noël Coward Theatre. It is witty, irreverent, musical and above all entertaining, all elements that Noël Coward himself would have heartily approved. I'm sure Noël would have loved this show."
BILLY ELLIOTT
Victoria Palace Theatre
Mon-Sat 19.30 ¦ Thur & Sat 14.30
A new musical inspired by the smash hit British film and music by Elton John. Set in the North East, Billy Elliott is a funny heart-warming and feel-good celebration of one young boy's dream to be a ballet dancer.
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BLOODBROTHERS
Phoenix Theatre
Mon-Sat 19.45 ¦ Thur 15.00, Sat 16.00
Willy Russell's long-running modern tale of two Liverpudlian twin-brothers separated at birth because their mother cannot afford to keep them both whose paths cross in later years. The pressure of superstition, class and economics trap them both and ensure their fate. Now in it's 20th year!
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BUDDY HOLLY STORY
Duchess Theatre
Mon-Sat 19.30 ¦ Wd & Sat 15.00
Buddy is a musical celebration of the legendary singer/songwriter Buddy Holly, who shot to stardom in 1957, only to die in a plane crash two years later alongside 17-year-old Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson - the ‘Big Bopper’.
Starting as a Country & Western singer in Lubbock, Texas, Buddy and his two friends formed the ‘The Crickets’ and with the support of a local radio DJ, Hipockets Duncan, they started to carve out a career in music.
On February 3rd 1959, after a concert at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, Buddy breaks his promise to his pregnant wife not to fly as he and the other two head-liners board a small plane and fly off into the night for Moorhead only to crash an hour later into a ploughed field. There were no survivors. This was a tragedy that shocked the world. In Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper, this tragic accident snatched away three of the most dynamic talents the world had known, and as the legend says: “It was the day the music died…”
CABARET
Lyric Theatre
Mon-Sat 19.45 ¦ Wed & Sat 15.00
“Wilkommen, bienvenue, welcome, in cabaret, au cabaret, to cabaret!” Cabaret finally returns to the London stage in a major new West End production. Kander and Ebb‚s remarkable musical turns the pre-war Berlin of 1931 into a dark and sexually charged haven of decadence, its extraordinary and morally ambiguous inhabitants determined to keep up appearances as the real world - the world outside the comfortable sanctuary of the cabaret - prepares for the nightmarish chaos of war.
Its stage and screen awards include 8 Oscars, 7 BAFTA's and 13 Tony Awards. Join the legendary Sally Bowles live at the Kit Kat Klub, a shimmering masterpiece of a show guaranteed night after night! It´s divine decadence darling!
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Cambridge Theatre
Mon-Sat 20.00 ¦ Fri 16.30 & 20.00 ¦ Sat 15.00 & 20.00
This is the story of Roxie Hart, a night-club dancer who dreams of headlining in Vaudeville but she only achieves
celebrity status when she murders her lover, and with the help of Chicago's shrewdest lawyer, rides on the wave of publicity surrounding her acquittal. Slick, sassy, sexy and wickedly funny.
Chicago is the must-see musical in West End and features the sexiest choreography you'll find in the West End!
DIRTY DANCING
Aldwych Theatre
Mon-Thu 19.30 ¦ Fri & Sat 15.00
"“That was the summer of 1963, when everybody called me Baby and it didn't occur to me to mind. That was before President Kennedy got shot, before the Beatles came, when I couldn't wait to join the Peace Corps and I thought I'd never find a guy as great as my dad. That was the summer we went to Kellerman's”
A timeless story of first love, full of heart-pounding music, pure dance energy and breathtaking emotion. Experience the excitement and romance of the blockbuster film - live on stage. Featuring the hit songs from the best selling movie soundtrack of all time including; “Time of my life”, “Hungry Eyes”, “Hey Baby”, “Do you love me”. First dance. First love. You'll have the time of your life!
Gone with the Wind (from 5th April)
New London Theatre
Mon 19.00 ¦Tue - Sat 19.30¦ Wed - Sat 14.30
Gone with the wind - one of the greatest love stories of all time has now been adapted for the stage and will open at the New London Theatre in April 2008.
This landmark new production is directed by the legendary Trevor Nunn who reunites with designer John Napier, his collaborator on worldwide smash hits including Cats and Les Miserables.
Set in 1860's Atlanta Gone with the wind folows the captivating and passionate story of Scarlett O'Hara and her turbulent relationship with the unpredictable, yet irresistible, Rhett Butler. Against the backdrop of Civil War Scarlett embarks on an incredible journey of romantic ecstasy and tragic grief spanning 10 years. As the epic tales draws to a close Scarlett discovers that the world she has know has changed forever - gone with the wind.
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Piccadilly Theatre
Mon-Thu 19.30 ¦ Fri 17.00 & 20.30 ¦ Sat 15.00 & 19.30
GREASE, the No.1 Greatest Musical and perfect feel-good family show, returns to the West End and bringing with it all the unforgettable hit songs from the movie including You're The One That I Want, Grease Is The Word, Summer Nights, Hopelessly Devoted To You, Sandy, Greased Lightnin’ and many, many more!
DON’T MISS GREASE … IT’S ELECTRIFYIN’
GREASE is the word! Since breaking out on Broadway in 1972 Grease’s place has been firmly established in the cultural hall of fame, having seduced the hearts of millions with its back-to-back sizzling tunes and winning the viewers’ vote to become the Number One Greatest Musical, of Channel 4’s “100 Greatest Musicals”.
Grease has proved that a musical love story, bursting with denim, cheerleaders, slick hairstyles and raging teenage hormones is timeless. This production of Grease originally opened in the West End in 1993 (co-produced with Robert Stigwood) where it enjoyed a fantastic run of 6 years. Grease is the perfect outing for all the family – this slice of 50s Americana is guaranteed to have even granny hand-jiving in the aisle.
As leader of the T-Birds, the rebel ‘Danny Zuko’ oozes sex appeal and can have any ‘chick’ he desires. High School is only an excuse to flirt with the ‘bombshells’, get up to mayhem and smoke cigarettes. Along comes ‘Sandy Dumbrowski’ – a true beauty but a real square – and the chase is on!
HAIRSPRAY
Piccadilly Theatre
Mon-Thu 19.30 ¦ Fri 17.00 & 20.30 ¦ Sat 15.00 & 19.30
Hairspray is based on the 1988 John Waters movie Hairspray. The songs include 1960s-style dance music and "downtown" rhythm and blues.
In 1962 ( the '50s are out and change is in the air ) Baltimore, Maryland, plump teenager Tracy Turnblad's ( a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart ) dream is to dance on The Corny Collins Show, a local TV dance program based on the real-life Buddy Deane Show. When Tracy wins a role on the show, she becomes a celebrity overnight. She then launches a campaign to racially integrate the show. Hairspray is a social commentary on the injustices of parts of American society in the 1960's.
Just when being a supersize has become a mortal sin, Tracy Turnblad rolls into the West End. She’s a ball of fun, chubby and cheerful but oh, so light on her sturdy stumps and determined to be, er, huge on the Corny Collins television show as a dancing queen.
Hairspray is set in the segregated Sixties in Baltimore, when being fat was a fault (Tracy’s generously portioned laundress mother, a warm and wonderful Michael Ball in glamorous drag, reminds her:‘They don’t put people like us on television, except to be laughed at’) but being black was a crime. That means both Ten-ton Tracy and skinny, black Inez are turned away from auditions for the title Miss Hairspray 1962.
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Prince Edward Theatre
Mon-Sat 19.30 ¦ Tue & Sat 14.30
Jersey Boys is a new musical based on the life story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito, and Nick Massi. The musical chronicles the lives of a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks who went on to become one of the biggest pop music sensations of their time. Jersey Boys features their hit songs, including "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Rag Doll," "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You," and "Oh What a Night."
So there's this kid, Frankie Castelluccio, and he sings like an angel. An angel. He's living in the suburbs in New Jersey, destined to be a barber, until he meets Tommy DeVito, a savvy hustler with a guitar and a vision. Tommy's the guy who can get Frankie (and himself) out of Jersey. Nick Massi, another guy with a musical gift, joins up with them, but trios are out, quartets are in. Where's the fourth man for the group? Little Joey Fishes (that's Pesci—yeah, that Joe Pesci) finds him, a prodigy named Bob Gaudio; Frankie's wife Mary tells him to spell his stage name with an "i" at the end instead of a "y" (that would be: Valli); and the neon sign of the Four Seasons Lounge gives them their new name. Gaudio writes songs—can he come up with the smasheroo hit that will give Frankie and the boys their own distinctive sound and turn them into superstars?
You bet he can. After loads of false starts, he pens a thing that goes She - e - e-e-e-e-ry baby (Sherry baby) She - e - rry, can you come out tonight - And the rest, as they say, is history.
This musical is new hit musical. We're talking positive vibes exploding around the room like hyperactive—radioactive!—jumping beans; a room full of people on stage and in the audience so jazzed and so in synch with the unabashed delight of the thing that they can hardly contain themselves, so that when Frankie and Tommy and Bob and Nick finally break through with "Sherry," the audience cheers.
This unforgettable story is JERSEY BOYS - the smash hit Broadway musical sensation, which opens in the West End in February 2008.
Featuring all their classic hits:
"SHERRY" "BIG GIRLS DON´T CRY" "CAN´T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU" "BYE, BYE, BABY (BABY, GOODBYE)" "WORKING MY WAY BACK TO YOU" "DECEMBER 1963 (OH, WHAT A NIGHT)" "WALK LIKE A MAN" and more.
JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT
Adelphi Theatre
Mon, Wed-Sat 19.30 ¦ Tue 19.00 ¦ Wed & Sat 15.00
The story of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat:
In the summer of 1967, Andrew Lloyd Webber was asked by Alan Doggett, head of the Music Department at Colet court, St Paul's Junior School who taught his younger brother, Julian, to write a 'pop cantata' for the school choir to sing at their Easter end of term concert.
Andrew immediately approached his friend Tim Rice to ask if he would write lyrics for the project. After toying with ideas about spies, 007's and the like, Tim suggested the story of Joseph. Although Joseph has been performed by both professional and amateur companies all over the world and by thousands of schools, this is the first professional production to incorporate the children's choir as an integral part of the production. This colourful retelling of the biblical story about dreamboat Joseph, his uncanny abilities and his designer coat sings out to young and old alike with a score which is wall to wall hits - including Close Every Door and Any Dream Will Do.
For a limited season only, and with a young company led by a new star, JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT is sure to be the hot ticket in West End
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Queens Theatre
Mon-Sat 19.30 ¦ Wed & Sat 14.30
World's most popular musical celebrate the 20th anniversary year and has been seen by more than 52 million people worldwide in 38 countries and in 21 languages. The loves and struggles of revolutionary France are thrillingly depicted in this hugely successful musicalisation of Victor Hugo's inspiring novel. Celebrating the courage of the human spirit and still playing to standing ovation across the world. Boubil and Schonberg's masterpiece is now in its 20th year, and is as moving and blazingly theatrical as ever after 9.000 performances in London.
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Lyceum Theatre
Tue-Sat 19.30 ¦ Wed & Sat 14.00 ¦ Sun 15.00
The award-winning musical, The Lion King is now in its sixth outstanding year at the Lyceum Theatre. The Lion King has now been seen by an amazing 25 million people across four continents. Staged with tremendous imagination and inventiveness, the animals are portrayed by a combination of costumed actors and puppetry, to intoxicate effect! Hit show stopping songs are weaved into traditional African musical score.
Born into the perpetual "Circle of Life", Simba is the lion cub son of Mustafa, the Lion King of Prideland. But a dangerous encounter with Scar, Mustafa's jealous brother, threatens Simba's very existence on his precarious road to adulthood. Lion King facts: There are 25 kinds of animals, birds fish and insects represented in the show; It took 37,000 hours to build the puppets and masks.
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Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Mon 19.00 ¦ Tue - Sat 19.30 ¦ Thu & Sat 14.00
Based on "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy of books by J.R.R. Tolkien. Unleach your imagination! With a thrilling score, a spectacular design and an ensemble of over 70 actors, singers and musicians The Lord of the Ring is the most ambitious theatrical production ever staged.
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MAMMA MIA
Prince of Wales Theatre>
Mon-Thu 19.30 ¦ Fri 17.00 & 20.30 ¦ Sat 15.00 & 19.30
Through the story telling magic of the songs of ABBA, we meet Donna, feisty forty-something single mum who recalls distant memories of carefree days and carefree nights, whilst her daughter, Sophie, dreams of traditional, romance and a big white wedding.
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Marguerite ( world premier 7 May 2008 )
Theatre Royal Haymarket
Mon-Thu 19.30 ¦ Fri 17.00 & 20.30 ¦ Sat 15.00 & 19.30
Marguerite, a love story set in Paris during the Second World War, Marguerite draws inspiration from one of the greatest of romantic novels, La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas. Marguerite is the beautiful and notorious mistress of a high ranking German officer. Armand is a young musician half her age who falls obsessively in love with her. Armand’s obsessive love for Marguerite puts them both at risk. Their dangerous love story is played out against the background of Occupied Paris.
Marguerite will be the World Premiere of a collaboration between Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg (Les Misérables, Miss Saigon and Martin Guerre) and the Oscar award-winning musical legend Michel Legrand and lyricist Herbert Kretzmer (Les Misérables).
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PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Her Majesty's Theatre
Mon-Sat 19.30 ¦ Tue & Sat 14.30
Andrew Lloyd-Webber created one of his best-loved scores for this hugely successful romantic musical tale of a disfigured composer who haunts the Paris Opera House and falls in love with a beautiful young soprano. Tragic, touching and lavishly staged. Now on it's 18th year!
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SOUND OF MUSIC
Palladium Theatre
Mon-Sat 19.30 ¦ Tue 19.00 ¦ Wed & Sat 14.30
A new production by Andrew Lloyd Webber of the world famous the Sound of Music. The Sound of Music is a magical, heart - warming story of a spirited young nun - Maria is a failure as a nun. The Mother Superior sends her off in answer to a letter from a retired naval captain for a governess for his seven children as his wife died years back and goes away alot.
The Children have drove all the over governesses away by playing tricks on them, to get their father's
attention. However with "fraulein" (young lady) Maria they take to her kindness, and she brings music and love back into the hearts of the children and the Captain. Although he is engaged to the Baroness, is falling madly in love with Maria, and she in him. It is only when the Baroness tells Maria that the Captain loves her she panics and returns to the Abby, where the Rev. Mother tells her she has to look for her life. She returns to the home of the Captain and Children by which time Georg Von Trapp decides he can't marry the Baroness if he's in love with Maria, and calls off his engagement and tells Maria.
The happy ending comes when Maria and Georg marry, but have to leave Austria as he has to take a position in the Navy round the time the Nazis were in Power, The Sound of Music is based on a true story surrounding The Von Trapp.
The score for THE SOUND OF MUSIC touches the hearts of all ages and brims over with some of the most memorable songs ever performed on the musical stage including My Favourite Things, Do-Re-Mi, Edelweiss, Climb Ev’ry Mountain, Sixteen Going on Seventeen, The Lonely Goatherd and of course the glorious title song The Sound of Music.
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Palace Theatre
Mon-Sat 20.00 ¦ Sat 15.00
Monty Python's SPAMALOT is a new musical "lovingly" ripped off from the classic film comedy - Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The musical is retelling the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the round Table, and featuring a number of gratuitously scantily clad showgirls, not to mention the cows, killer rabbits and French people.
Monty Python's SPAMALOT has been hailed as: "A no-holds-barred smash", "Funnier than the Black Death", "Holy Gales of Laughter".
STOMP
Ambassadors Theatre
Tue-Sat 20.00 ¦ Tue, Sat 15.00
Stomp, step and dance as you have never seen it before!
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WE WILL ROCK YOU!
Dominion Theatre
Mon-Sat 19.30 ¦ Sat 14.30
The time is the future, in a place that was once called Earth. Globalisation is complete. Everywhere the kids watch the same movies, wear the same fashions and think the same thoughts. It's a safe, happy Ga Ga World. Unless you're a rebel. Unless you want to Rock. " Is this the real life? Is it just Fantasy".
Over 30 Queen songs to get you Rocking in the aisles.!
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Apollo Victoria Theatre
Mon-Sat 19.30 ¦ Wed & Sat 14.30
Wicked, the spellbinding and spectacular hit musical, is the untold story of the legendary witches from L. Frank Baum's classic, "The wonderful Wizard of Oz". When Dorothy famously triumphed over the Wicked Witch, we only heard one side of the story. We will now have the explanation, how a misunderstood green girl named Elphaba became "wicked" but her unlikely friend Glinda, became "good".
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Theatre, to be confirmed
Mon-Sat 19.30 ¦ Sat 14.30
Zorro, the musical to Premiere in United Kingdom with a six week tour beginning March 4, 2008, prior to opening on London's West End.
A talented team has been assembled to develop the Zorro show, which features original music by the Gipsy Kings. The internationally acclaimed group has created exciting new music and rhythms for the show. Acclaimed international author Isabel Allende (Zorro, House of the Spirits, Daughter of Fortune, Portraits in Sepia, and more) has joined the creative team as a producer.
Chris Renshaw has taken the reins as director. His show, Taboo, written with Boy George, was a phenomenal success in London. The Queen musical, We Will Rock You, directed by Renshaw, broke box office records.
The book and lyrics are written by Stephen Clark, who has extensive credits and awards for Stripped, Takeaway and Making Waves. He won an Olivier Award for Martin Guerre and wrote the book and lyrics for the Far Pavilions.
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More Entertainment
English National Ballet at the London Coliseum
English National Opera at the London Coliseum
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BEEFEATER - MEDIEVAL BANQUET
Set in one of the most picturesque areas of London - St. Katherine's Dock - The Beefeater is located in the historic vaults of splendid Ivory House. Alongside the River Thames this beautiful yacht harbour provides a superb setting for a spectacular Medieval Banquet.
Guest are welcomed by Jesters and Knights from the Court of Henry Vlll with a glass of traditional golden cider and invited to their places for an evening of Medieval revelry. The five course Banquet commences served by Henry's Wenches and accompanied by unlimited beer and wine. Guests are regally entertained by Henry and his Jester, Magicians, Strongmen, Fighting Knights, Minstrels and singers.
The Beefeater is a fantastic evening of dining and entertainment for guests of all ages and nationalities. Within easy walking distance of Tower Hill Underground Station.
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CRUISES
Take a sightseeing cruise, a relaxing Sunday lunch cruise or an evening dinner cruise during your stay in London.
Sightseeing cruises, a 50 minutes Thames Cruise from the Embankment Pies, with commentary through headsets in eight different languages. Pre-book your ticket to avoid long queues.
Enjoying London can be hectic, so why not take this opportunity of a one hour, lunch cruise to take in the sights of London while enjoying a refreshing three course menu.
Relax, enjoy your Sunday and experience the spectacular sights along the Thames with this gentle, two hours, lunchtime cruise. A delightful three course menu complements the journey.
Imagine gliding smoothly through the heart of London in a floating glass palace and enjoying a very fine international cuisine, while immersing yourself with some of the most spectacular sights in the capital. Enjoy a welcome cocktail, four-course a la carte menu, entertainment and after dinner dancing. A truly magical and romantic experience.
Party Cruises
Suitable for all occasions, the vessel can offer you a fun, flexible and enjoyable party experience on the river Thames. Available throughout the year and capable of holding up to 180 passengers, the party cruise is the perfect venue for any type of event.
We can tailor-make your experience and are happy to help you with your arrangements. A selection of catering options are available, ranging from a traditional buffet to themed food.
Tower of London Cruises (groups only):
Single or return Thames cruise to Tower Pier and the entry to the ever popular Tower of London.
Bankside London Cruises (groups only):
Single or return cruise to bankside Pier where the group can visit the wonderful Shakespeare's Globe before crossing the river on the new Millennium Bridge to St. Paul's Cathedral.
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BA London Eye
Sweeping the London skyline at 135m ( 450ft) the British Airways London Eye will be the world's highest observation wheel and London's fourth tallest structure with only Canary Wharf, Nat West Tower and the British Telecom Tower standing taller. It will be over 35 meter taller than Big Ben, nearly 30mtr taller than St. Paul's Cathedral, almost three time as high as Tower Bridge and nearly a third against the size of the Statue of Liberty.
Pre-booking is essential particular during the summer months !
The unique structure will give passengers totally new perspectives of some of the Capital's most famous landmarks and provide a birds-eye view usually only accessible by helicopter or aircraft. 32 fully enclosed, high tech capsules, each accommodating up to 25 people, will offer unencumbered views across an approximate 25 miles radius of London. The BA London Eye will operate on a continuous rotation and it will take 30 minutes to complete one full 360 rotation.
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