While staying in London it is a seeing a show in one of the great West End Theatre’s is a must do. The theatre here has given great influence to theatre’s all over the world. The shows performed here on a nightly basis are considered to be the some of the best in the world. Millions of people see the high quality productions each year. Over the past few years specifically the attendance records have been broken with major musicals like Billy Elliot, Mary Poppins, Wicked, We Will Rock You and The Producers on the scene. The productions have also attracted many major movie stars from America to perform such as Kevin Spacey and Val Kilmer. The history of the theatre district is a long one starting with the construction of the first playhouse in 1576, The Theatre. Then came along another called The Curtain . They both had performances by the William Shakespeare Company. There were some changes for a few years with openings, closings and rebuilding which lead to a restoration in 1660 and the licensing of two companies, the King’s Company and the Duke’s Company were allow to perform. This is when the first West End theatre was built called Theatre Royal in Bridges Street. Now that same site holds the Theatre Royal. All sorts of conditions were placed on who could perform what for a long time and but the creative stayed creative and were finding loop holes they could build into their performances that made most things possible. The late 1700s and early 1800s proved to be growth period for the districts as new theatres were going up every couple of years. Places like the Criterion Theatre , the Savoy Theatre and the Comedy Theatre went up with the boom until the slow down around World War I. Mixed in with many of these theatres is a great London hotel to find and rest ones head after a late night of decadence and excitement. Catch a great tour of the theatures in London and see if you may be able to meet some of the performers before they go on stage.
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