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While the West End supplies a steady stream of crowd pleasing shows, the London Fringe offers a plethora of affordable and accessible choices across the city.

What musical shows are opening - or might be opening - in London's West End during the 2010 theatre year?

During these credit crunched times, a night at the theatre may seem like an extravagant luxury, but money saving options are plentiful for locals.

This year Shakespeares' Globe Theatre will open for its first Christmas Season. Footsbarn's Christmas Cracker promises a true festive celebration for all the family.

One of the three great London theatres protected under the Preservation Act, reserved for buildings of great architectural or historic importance.

Adelaide Neilson rose from a life of poverty to become one of the most successful stage actresses in the Victorian era.

Based on T. S. Eliot's book of poems titled Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, CATS opened for the first time on London's West End in 1981.

English sisters followed in their father Edward's footsteps onto the theatrical stages of England.

With summer holidays fast approaching it's time to plan interesting days out. Apply now for free back-stage tours of two of London's most iconic and historic theatres.

Mr HM Tennent's death in 1941 propelled Binkie to huge influence in Briish theatre.

English pantomime is like Vaudeville with its theatricality and light satirical songs. In the UK it is a traditional Xmas treat for the whole family.

Freddie Mercury lives on through the remarkable success of We Will Rock You, the Queen musical closing in on its first decade in London's Dominion Theatre.

Brief biography and tragic plays of Elizabethan writer Christopher Marlowe, famous for the poem "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love."

Traces early English opera with significant roles played by Henry Purcell and George Frideric Handel.

Brief history of the endearing song "Home, Sweet Home" by songwriter John Howard Payne and composer Sir Henry Bishop.

From Sadler's Wells Theatre in Islington to the Royal Albert Hall in Kensington, ghosts have been seen and heard, but the most haunted is the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

London offers so many different attractions it's hard to decide what to do. Travelers should consider adding some of the following options to their must-do list.

The ghostly gaggle haunting the building includes the Man in Gray, Charles Macklin, Dan Leno, King Charles II and, possibly, Joe Grimaldi.

Robert Walpole was powerful enough to excite many satirists, but also to punish them. Here's how one politician changed the course of theatre history in the UK.

A guide to the musical works of lyricist Alan Boublil and composer Claude-Michel Schoenberg .

The Annual Olivier Awards pay tribute to some of the leading names in British theatre

News about We Will Rock You, Gone With The Wind closing, Kim Cattrall at the Stratford Festival and the Flower City Theatre Festival preview.

London's theatres have a long history, from the original Globe Theatre in the 16th-century to the more than fifty theatres in the West End today.

"He's behind you, oh no he isn't, oh yes he is!" Familiar shouts heard during a family outing to a pantomime, which for many is part of the Christmas festivities.

A luxury London hotel in a good location means business visitors and vacation travelers both still have lots of 5-star choices in places like Mayfair or the West End.

"I give unto my wife my second best bed with the furniture." Behind this great man, Anne Hathaway remains a very mysterious woman.

Neil Armishaw floats across the dim-lit stage of a basement burlesque club in an '80s glam leopard robe and 6-inch plastic pole-dancing heels.