My college bound daughter and I will be in London this summer and wondering if anyone has any experience with a London theater tour. Could be self-guided, but I don't even know where to start. Would like to get some history, incl. stories about the plays, playwrights, and the buildings, and maybe end with a great show.
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New York, NY
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The best theatre "tour" I could recommend is the one we did on our own by going to a different play every night of our visit as one of my girlfriends and I did on a 5 day visit at the end of November a few years ago. You can enjoy the theatrical experience as well as enjoy being inside classic theatres as you learn about them while watching performances.
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Royaume-Uni nul points, pas plus
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They have tours of the London Palladium and the Theatre Royal Druy Lane, both of which you can read about on this link
https://www.reallyusefultheatres.co.uk/our-group/post/take-a-tour-of-the-london-palladium
Plus there’s Shakespeare’s Globe http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/whats-on-2018/guided-tours-and-exhibition
Posted by
Seattle
106 posts
It's been a few years now since I took the tour of Shakespeare's Globe, but I remember thoroughly enjoying it. There is a Theatre Collection at the V&A. I also seem to recall - although I may be wrong about this - that there is a sort of mini-museum/collection, about the history of the Savoy Theater in the theater lobby area.
If you can/want to go to Stratford-upon-Avon for the day, the RSC has tours, and of course the plays. It would be a very long day, as t's about 2 1/2 hours one way. https://www.rsc.org.uk/
Tons of great shows to see. I'm not going until the end of October, and I currently have 5 shows already booked! I've got some specific things to see - which is why I did that, but you can find many ticket deals.
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USA
281 posts
LondonWalks.com has one tour called A Soho Saunter and another one called Secret Soho.
An this looks like it could be good, but I'm not finding any reviews for it:
Good luck :)
-Alison