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London in May had been a wash, but the West End is pumping with some great new shows and some old classics.

The Lord of the Rings musical, which was created in Toronto, became the world's most spectacular, ambitious and expensive theater show to date, taking over four years to make and cost a total of £ 14.3 million. To create the different kingdoms Middle Earth, a 40-ton rotating elevators stage and falls in 17 different sections, and 50 actors, 19 musicians, 60 stagehands working backstage to ensure the 256 costume changes happen as well Silk Elfin. The show has successfully condensed epic world of Tolkien in three hours of singing, dancing, flying and combat extravagance and if you likes music and fans of Middle Earth itself.

Billy Elliot opened in the West End of London at Victoria Palace Theater in March 2005 to enormous critical success, and since aa won numerous awards including best musical at the ceremony Olivier, the Evening Standard Award and Critics Circle. With music by Elton John, Billy Elliot tells the story of a young boy living in a city of traditional mining in the North of England, which, unlike other boys, discovers he has a talent for ballet instead of boxing. The show has gained fantastic reviews from the popular press, Haled as being "beautiful and inspiring", "funny" and "so exciting, the audience did not want it to end."

Dirty Dancing, a film classic of the 1980s opened a show in Australia in 2004. Since then it has achieved record sales of tickets West End. Just in case you lived in the African outback for the last twenty years and are not familiar with the plot, the story is based on a film most watched of all time, detailing the love story of a girl of passage into womanhood both physically and emotionally through a relationship with a dance teacher during the summer holidays with family. Filled with scenes of classical dance and one of the best soundtracks Sales of all time, the Dirty Dancing show is sure to fill you full of nostalgia for childhood.

Those who live outside the capital can take London theater break, and there are many companies that offer packages that include wagon theater hotel accommodation near a theater of your choice and tickets for the performance of your choice.

So, Middle – Earth in the summer of love, London's West End is well worth a visit for lovers of theater – Remember book early as these shows sell out fast!

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