STORY "London" - Chapter Seven

Going Out

Theatres and music

London’s West End has some of the best theatres in the world, so tickets can be expensive. Go in the afternoon; it is often cheaper.

There is something for everybody from a play by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Barbican Theatre, to Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap (this play began in 1952 and thousands of visitors see it every year).

There are lots of cinemas to visit. The most expensive are in the West End, but you can sometimes get cheap tickets on Mondays.

You can hear wonderful music and singing from all over the world at the Royal Opera House in Convent Garden, the Royal Albert Hall in Kensington Gore, the London Coliseum in St.Martin’s Lane, and the Barbican Centre, Silk Street.

For ballet, go to the Sadler’s Wells Theater in Rosebery Avenue, or to the Royal Opera House.

To get cheap tickets, buy them an hour or two before it begins.

Do you like to listen to jazz musicians? You can hear some of the best at Ronnie Scott’s Club in Firth Street, or at the Bull’s Head, Barnes at Barnes Bridge, or at 100 Club at 100, Oxford Street.

Sport

Sonic of the most famous English football clubs are in London. You can see Arsenal play at Arsenal Stadium, Avenell Road, N5. Chelsea play at Stamford Bridge, Fulham Road, SW6, and Tottenham Hotspur play at White Hart Lane, High Road, N17.

To watch the very English game of cricket, go to Lord’s Cricket Ground in St.John’s Wood, NWS. This is the ‘home of cricket’ for most English people.

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