On Boxing Day this year, the famous variety theatre London's Palladium will celebrate its landmark 100th birthday. The theatre was designed by Frank Matcham, and opened its doors to London's West End on Boxing Day of 1910. The Palladium soon became known as the “Ace Variety Theatre of the … [Read more...]
Westenders: A Brief History of the Phantom of the Opera
September 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Editor's Note: The following is a new regular column dedicated to the London West End and the London Theatre. Welcome Jamie! In 1986 Andrew Lloyd Webber took the novel Le Fantome de l'Opera by Gaston Leroux and created a phenomenal musical. The Phantom of the Opera is in a class of its own and … [Read more...]























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