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West End Live in Leicester Square, London

West End Live is a free event which takes place one weekend in late June each year in the middle of London's Leicester Square.
It includes short performances from West End shows, as well as other entertainment connected with this part of London.

In 2009 this event is on Saturday 20 (11am-6pm) and Sunday 21 June 2008 (12-6pm). The expected schedule of performances is as follows:

Saturday 20th June 2009 Sunday 21st June 2009
11.05 Hairspray
11.15 Been So Long
11.30 Wicked
11.40 Dirty Dancing
11.55 The King and I
12.05 Oliver!
12.15 Sister Act
12.25 We Will Rock You
12.45 Priscilla Queen of the Desert
12.50 Chicago
13.10 Jersey Boys
13.30 Thriller Live
13.50 Forbidden Broadway
14.05 The Sylvia Young Theatre School
14.25 The South Bank Centre presents ‘Tom Tom Crew’
14.45 The Little Big Club Live in Concert
15.10 So Jest End
15.25 Avenue Q
15.45 Zanna Don't
16.05 The London Gay Men’s Chorus
16.30 Too Close to the Sun
16.50 Faithless Bitches
17.05 The KB Fusionnaires
17.45 La Cage Aux Folles
17.55 Stomp		 12.00 Stomp
12.15 Little Big Club
12.35 West End Kids
12.55 Jersey Boys
13.15 Thriller Live
13.35 Noise Ensemble
13.55 Zanna Don’t
14.10 Honk!
14.20 SOLT – Competition
14.25 The Royal Albert Hall presents ‘The Red Stripe Band’
15.05 Chinatown Arts Space Presents ‘TheBathroomGirl’
15.25 Bar Rumba presents ‘Salsateca’
15.40 Players Theatre presents ‘Victorian Music Hall’
15.55 National Youth Music Theatre
16.10 Lord Mayor of Westminster’s West End LIVE presentations
16.20 Octave8 presents ‘Yots.K’
16.50 Dover Street Restaurant and Jazz Bar presents ‘The Blues Engineers’
17.25 Ain’t Nothin But Blues Bar present the ‘West Western Bluesonics'

The photos below were taken at West End Live 2008. Musicals are shown in alphabetical order.


Presenters of West End Live (Christopher Biggins is in the middle)

The stage in Leicester Square

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AVENUE Q

Avenue Q is a comic musical set in a downtown street in New York. Most of the main characters are puppets. There is a lot of adult humour, so it is not suitable for young children.

For more information about Avenue Q and how to book tickets, see: Life/Entertainment/Theatre/Avenue-Q

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BRIEF ENCOUNTER

Brief Encounter is a stage version of the famous 1940's British film about two married people who fall in love. The background music features songs by Noël Coward, as well as Rachmaninoff's piano concerto number 2.

This show is no longer being performed in the West End.

For more information about Brief Encounter, see: Britain/Films/Brief-Encounter

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BUDDY

Buddy is the story of the American rock'n'roll singer Buddy Holly.

This show is no longer being performed in the West End.

For more information about Buddy, see: Life/Entertainment/Theatre/Buddy

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CHICAGO

Award-winning musical set in Chicago in the 1920's.

For more information about Chicago and how to book tickets, see: Life/Entertainment/Theatre/Chicago

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DIRTY DANCING

Music, dance and romance in the US in the summer of 1963.

To book seats for this show, click here.

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DIVAS

Dances performed to the music of Edith Piaf, Marlene Dietrich and Judy Garland.

This show is no longer being performed in the West End.

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GREASE

Musical set in a US high school in the 1950's, based on a very successful 1970's film.

To book seats for this show, click here.

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HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL

High School Musical, based on the popular Disney film, is on at the Hammersmith Apollo from 28 June - 31 August 2008.

This show is no longer being performed in the West End.

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INTO THE HOODS

Into the Hoods is based on energetic street dance performances.

This show is no longer being performed in the West End.

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JERSEY BOYS

Jersey Boys is the story of the US group The Four Seasons.

For more information about Jersey Boys and how to book tickets, see: Life/Entertainment/Theatre/Jersey-Boys

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JOSEPH

Joseph is a musical by Andrew Lloyd-Webber and Tim Rice based on a Biblical story.

This show is no longer being performed in the West End.

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LORD OF THE RINGS

The Lord of the Rings is a musical based on the books by J.R.R.Tolkien.

For more information about this show (which closed in London in July 2008), see: Life/Entertainment/Theatre/Lord-Of-The-Rings

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MAMMA MIA!

The story of Mamma Mia! is set on a Greek island. It incorporates many of the Swedish pop group Abba's most popular songs.

For more information about Mamma Mia and how to book tickets, see: Life/Entertainment/Theatre/Mamma-Mia

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NEVER FORGET

Musical based on the songs of the British pop group Take That

For more information about Never Forget (which closed in November 2008), see: Life/Entertainment/Theatre/Never-Forget

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SOUND OF MUSIC

A new nanny arrives to look after a family. This musical, set in Austria in the 1930's, is based on the popular film of the same name (the film starred Julie Andrews as Maria).

For more information about The Sound of Music (which closed in February 2009), see: Life/Entertainment/Theatre/Sound-Of-Music

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STOMP

There are no words in Stomp - just percussion and dance. The climax to the show is a very lively dance using rubbish bins as instruments.

For more information about Stomp and to book tickets, see: Life/Entertainment/Theatre/Stomp

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WE WILL ROCK YOU

We Will Rock You is a musical written by Ben Elton, featuring the songs of the rock group Queen.

For more information about We Will Rock You and to book tickets, see: Life/Entertainment/Theatre/We-Will-Rock-You

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WICKED

The musical Wicked tells the story of the witches from the story "The Wizard of Oz", explaining how one became a good witch and the other a wicked witch.

For more information about Wicked and how to book tickets, see: Life/Entertainment/Theatre/Wicked


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FURTHER INFORMATION

For further information about West End Live, see: http://www.westendlive.co.uk

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LINKS

West End theatre: Life/Entertainment/Theatre

Photos from other festivals: Ideas/Album
Monthly guide to events in the UK: Ideas/Events

Home page: Home

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