December 6th 2011
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This January the awe-inspiring acrobats of Cirque du Soleil present Totem which returns to the Royal Albert Hall for four weeks, from Friday 6th January to Sunday 5th February 2012, following a record breaking run at the South Kensington venue in 2011.
A global phenomenon, seen by 100 million people in ...
December 6th 2011
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There is nothing more uplifting and humbling than experiencing the sounds of traditional Christmas hymns in their purest form. This Christmas book tickets to the Midnight Mass at stunning St Paul 's Cathedral. The ceremony, which occurs every year on Christmas Eve at 11.30pm, carries its audiences into Christmas Day ...
December 6th 2011
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London's New Year's Day Parade celebrates its 26 th year in 2012. On January 1 st , 10,000 performers from 20 countries will entertain more than half a million revellers with music, dancing and acrobatics.
Starting at the Ritz Hotel and finishing three hours later at Parliament Square, the two mile ...
November 30th 2011
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LondonTown.com has announced details of a number of discounted rooms in the proximity of the famous St Katharine Docks Market.
The market is open on December 16 th , with gift, craft and food stalls set by the water in Marble Quay Courtyard, just outside the picturesque Dickens Inn. Mulled wine, ...
November 30th 2011
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Children's classic The Snowman is coming to London's West End this winter. The Peacock Theatre in Holborn will host the stage adaptation of Raymond Brigg's story for its twelfth consecutive year.
The adventures of James and his snowman play out between November 30 th and January 8 th , with individual ...
November 30th 2011
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The annual Ham House Christmas Fair returns this year over three consecutive December weekends. To help visitors and tourists make it along to this special event on the Thames, cheap London hotel specialist LondonTown.com has slashed prices on a number of local hotels (when you book through the site).
The event itself ...
November 30th 2011
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Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall will be opening this year's Taste of Christmas on Friday 2nd December 2011, launching the fabulous three-day foodie event at the ExCel centre in East London.
Only 2,000 special ticket holders will get to see these two culinary giants but there are plenty of other ticket ...
November 30th 2011
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Choreographer Peter Wright's production of The Nutcracker, performed by the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House since 1984, may well be the longest running – returning for its 27th year on Saturday 3rd December 2011 and running until Wednesday 18th January 2012 – but it is also the most ...
November 23rd 2011
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This Christmas The Rat Pack are coming to London's Royal Drury Lane Theatre! Live from Las Vegas comes this extraordinary show of glitz and glamour, showcasing the talents of Stephen Triffitt, Mark Adams and George Long as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. With no better way of ...
November 23rd 2011
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Welsh rock band, the Stereophonics, are finishing 2011 with a bang by hosting a 3-night sensation at the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire. From Monday 19 – Wednesday 21 December 2011, the band will be showcasing some exciting new material, partaking in some festive fun and generally raising the roof at ...
November 16th 2011
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Following the success of Hayao Miyazaki's Oscar-nominated 2004 animated film, Howl's Moving Castle makes its world premiere on the London stage this winter, from 28th November 2011 to 7th January 2012, through Mike Sizemore's adaptation of Diana Wynne Jones's 1986 fantasy novel.
Visitors wanting to see this exciting new stage adaptation, which includes ...
November 16th 2011
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The most successful touring show in entertainment history is set to fill out the Hammersmith Apollo for five performances this winter, from 16th to 18th December 2011, when Michael Flatley's Lord Of The Dance arrives in London.
For visitors travelling from outside London to see the world-renowned Irish dance extravaganza which has been ...
November 10th 2011
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It's a tradition that dates back to the post-war period, and it's return this year is as anticipated as ever. It was in 1947 that Oslo first presented the people of Britain with a magnificent Norwegian Christmas Tree, by way of thanking them for support and friendship during World War ...
November 10th 2011
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Tickets for the Stereophonics latest gigs at Shepherds Bush Empire on 19th, 20th and 21st December 2011 are in high demand as the Welsh rockers revealed that they are working on a new album.
Stereophonics fans who want to stay in London for the band's sold out ‘3 Night Stand' gigs ...
November 2nd 2011
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Following his hugely successful curatorship of the 2009 Meltdown festival Ornette Colman (“jazz's greatest surviving revolutionary” – The Guardian ) returns to the Royal Festival Hall, London , on Sunday 20th November for the 2011 London Jazz Festival.
The Festival is a massive undertaking, with more than 250 shows performed in over 50 ...
November 2nd 2011
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Serbian Novak Djokovic, winner of three out of four Grand Slam titles this year including the Wimbledon Championships, is a strong contender to take the 2011 Barclays ATP World Tour crown from defending champion Roger Federer when the tennis contest returns to the O2 Arena from 20th to 27th November.
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October 26th 2011
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Half a million people are expected to take to the streets of London for the 2011 Lord Mayor's Show on Saturday 12th November. The show marks the beginning of a new mayoral year and welcomes the 684th Lord Mayor of London with a colourful parade which passes through the traditional ...
September 26th 2011
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The BFI Film Festival is set to mark its 55 th anniversary with a clutch of high-profile premieres, gala films and star-studded ceremonies at the BFI Southbank as well as selected cinemas around London.
Alongside the high-profile events, there will also be plenty of programme time given over to screenings of ...
September 7th 2011
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London's egalitarian version of the famous Oxbridge boat race is taking place on September 17 th . Billed as ‘London's River Marathon', The Great River Race is very much in the spirit of the famous run, attracting over 300 crews from across the world, including participants in fancy dress, charity ...
August 3rd 2011
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This month sees CamdenTown present its sixth annual Fringe festival. To mark the event LondonTown.com, the experts when it comes to hotels in London, are offering a number of deals on hotels in the area.
The Camden Fringe takes place during the whole month of August – shadowing its veteran big sister festival ...
