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		<title>Duchess Theatre</title>
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				<category><![CDATA[The Fantasticks]]></category>
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Picture Source: Duchess Theatre by Ewan Munro
Current Show: The Fantasticks (from 24th May 2010)
The Fantasticks Show Information (coming soon)
Buy The Fantasticks Tickets
Contact Information
Box Office: 0844 579 1973
Address: Catherine Street, London, United Kingdom, WC2B 5LA
Getting To The Duchess Theatre
Click here to see a location map of the theatre.
Bus Routes: 1, 4, 6, 11, 13, 15, 23, 26, 59, 68, 76, 77A, 91, 139, 168, 171, 172, 176, 188, 243 &#038; 341
Nearest Tube Station: Covent Garden (approximatley 250 metres away)
Nearest Train Station: Charing Cross (approximatley 625 metres away)
Parking:
NCP&#8217;s on Drury Lane.  ...]]></description>
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		<title>Christopher Timothy Cast In All The Fun Of The Fair</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christopher Timothy has now been cast alongside David Essex in the musical, All The Fun Of The Fair which opens at the Garrick Theatre from the 20th April 2010.
Timothy is probably most well known from his screen work most notably All Creatures Great And Small and has continued to pursue this line of work in the daytime soap, Doctors.  He is not however shy of stage work having appeared in many West End shows including Journey’s End, See How They Run and Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead.
All The Fun ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Fantasticks Casting News</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Casting news for the upcoming london musical The Fantastics has been announced.   The cast includes London stage regulars Clive Rowe, David Burt, Hadley Fraser, Edward Petherbridge and Paul Hunter who will be joined by Lorna Want, Luke Brady and Carl Au.
The musical which opens at the Duchess Theatre this summer is a show which has set the world record as the longest running musical for its nearly 50 year run in New York tells the story of two fathers who cunningly use reverse psycology and a dividing wall to ...]]></description>
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		<title>What Do You Think Of The Dorothy Search Judges?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month we revealed who the Over The Rainbow judges were going to be (that&#8217;s the new BBC One Search for a Dorothy musical casting show starting soon).  To recap these judges are Andrew Lloyd Webber (of course), John Partridge (Christian from Eastenders), Charlotte Church and Sheila Hancock.
My personal views on this are mixed in that I can see why they have chosen the judges they have chosen but I don&#8217;t nesscarily agree with all of them.  Have your say by voting in our fun poll below &#8211; what ...]]></description>
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		<title>Watch The Laurance Olivier Awards 2010 LIVE!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday 21st March 2010 from 18:30 at the Park Lane’s Grosvenor House Hotel the Laurance Olivier Awards 2010 will be held but for the first time ever their will be a twist &#8211; theatregoers around the world will be able to watch the entire event (awards and performances) LIVE through a dedicated player on the Official London Theatre Guide website at http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk.
Until 2003 London&#8217;s most prestigious theatre awards ceremony had been televised and shown on BBC2 after the event.  Since then however the most coveted London theatre awards ...]]></description>
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		<title>Robin Cousins Ice Dances His Way Into Grease</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Grease]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dancing On Ice Head Judge and Olympic gold medal-winning ice-dancer, Robin Cousins is dancing his way into Grease at the Piccadilly Theatre to play Teen Angel from the 29th March 2010.
Cousins is no stranger to the stage having previously appeared in such shows as Cats, The Rocky Horror Show and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella.  Although he is perhaps more well known for his medal winning exploits, collecting the gold medal at the World Free Skating Championships, the European Championships and the Winter Olympics.
Grease tells the story of a high ...]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Musicals – 23rd February 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another week has passed and that can only mean it&#8217;s once again time for the top 10 musicals according to sales from theatre tickets at ticket agent and holiday company Lastminute.com.
Remember these are essentially the best sellers from one ticket agent and are not to be considered the top 10 across all ticket booking systems.
With this in mind here are the top 10 musicals:

Dirty Dancing &#8211; Book Tickets
Wicked &#8211; Book Tickets
Avenue Q &#8211; Book Tickets
Oliver! &#8211; Book Tickets
Sister Act The Musical &#8211; Book Tickets
The Lion King &#8211; Book Tickets
Grease &#8211; ...]]></description>
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		<title>Jersey Boys Celebrates 2nd Birthday By Introducing 2 New Cast Members</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jersey Boys]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The hit musical that is Jersey Boys will celebrate it&#8217;s 2nd Birthday by welcoming 2 new cast members to it&#8217;s ranks.  From the 18th March 2010 John Boydon and Eugene McCoy will replace Glenn Carter and Philip Bullcock as Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi.
The pair will join exisiting members of the four seasons Ryan Molloy and Stephen Ashfield who will continue in their roles as Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio.
Both actors have appeared previously in long running West End jukebox musicals so should fit right in with the cast ...]]></description>
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		<title>Wicked Launches The Wicked Young Writers’ Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse</dc:creator>
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The highly successful musical, Wicked has teamed up with bestselling author and former Children’s Laureate Michael Morpurgo to launch the Wicked Young Writers&#8217; Award which has been setup to recognise excellence in writing, encourage creativity and help develop writing talent in young people nationwide.  The award will be open to entries from young people ages between 5 and 25.
Michael will be joined on the judging panel by the author of Wicked: The Life &#038; Times Of The Wicked Witch of the West which tells the re-imagined stories and characters ...]]></description>
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		<title>Best Available Hairspray Tickets From £37.50</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cheap Theatre Tickets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hairspray]]></category>

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Until the 1st April 2010 and excluding Saturday performances Ticketmaster are offering best available Hairspray tickets from just £37.50 (£42.50 on Fridays &#38; Sundays).  This represents a disount of over £20, these tickets normally cost £62.50.
Please note a processing fee of up to £4.70 will apply per ticket.
Hairspray is the ultimate feel good musical, it centres around one Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with an equally big personality and hair as she sets out to dance her way into TV&#8217;s most popular dance show.  But can this extraordinary ...]]></description>
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