Our Guided Tours
ACT ONE: HEART OF THEATRELAND
Meet at the TKTS booth in Leicester Square and in a heartbeat we’ll be stepping out onto London’s famous Charing Cross road, taking in this area’s beautiful theatres and exploring the quirky paths and hidden passages that inspired Harry Potter’s Diagon Alley. Passing the parish church of the Royal Family you might even glimpse a Duke or Duchess on their way from the Palace! From there we’ll explore the theatres along London’s famous Strand before stopping for a photo opportunity at London’s most haunted stage door (check your pics for paranormal activity!). Taking in 13 historic theatres*, including London’s famous Theatre Royal Drury Lane, we’ll criss-cross Covent Garden – home of Eliza Doolittle, ending our tour back on Charing Cross Road, just yards from TKTS.
Your Heart Of Theatreland tour will last approximately 1 hour 30 minutes
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ACT TWO: SECRET COVENT GARDEN
Meeting in London’s bustling Leicester Square, we’ll quickly escape the crowds as we uncover the charming London that visitors all too easily miss from an open-top bus. Walk in the footsteps of Oscar Wilde and tiptoe along the back streets or Theatreland to discover a church for Actors, restaurants where you can hang out with stars of the London stage and even a pub with a secret tunnel used by Royal lovers to escape the hoi polloi. We reveal how Ivor Novello and Winston Churchill allegedly made more than just sweet music, and how some of Theatre’s greatest names create more drama off-stage than on it! See the theatre* where a production of Hair literally brought the house down and step back in time to the London of Eliza Doolittle, where flower sellers and high society collide.
Your Secret Covent Garden tour will last approximately 1 hour 30 minutes
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ACT THREE: THEATRELAND BY TORCHLIGHT
Take a spellbinding journey deep into the maze of alleys and spooky streets of Theatreland by night. Feel your blood run cold as you follow in the murderous footsteps of Sweeney Todd, unearth the blood-curdling origins Count Dracula and perhaps glimpse the vengeful ghosts and blithe spirits of London’s most haunted theatres*. This tour takes in sixteen of London’s most beautiful – and supernaturally chilling – theatres.
Your Theatreland By Torchlight Tour will last approximately 2 hours. We always return you to Leicester Square and tubes will still be running when the tour concludes.
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ACT FOUR: SHAKESPEARE’S LONDON
Meet at the TKTS booth in Leicester Square and in a heartbeat we’ll be stepping out onto London’s famous Charing Cross road, taking in this area’s beautiful theatres and exploring the quirky paths and hidden passages that inspired Harry Potter’s Diagon Alley. Passing the parish church of the Royal Family you might even glimpse a Duke or Duchess on their way from the Palace! From there we’ll explore the theatres along London’s famous Strand before stopping for a photo opportunity at London’s most haunted stage door (check your pics for paranormal activity!). Taking in 13 historic theatres*, including London’s famous Theatre Royal Drury Lane, we’ll criss-cross Covent Garden – home of Eliza Doolittle, ending our tour back on Charing Cross Road, just yards from TKTS.
Your Heart Of Theatreland tour will last approximately 1 hour 30 minutes
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Although our tours don’t go inside venues, we will explain how to get backstage access to some of the theatres we visit.
Our tours meet outside the TKTS booth in Leicester Square. When your tour concludes we’ll end in the same location and we’re always happy to answer questions and help you find your way back to your hotel, home or theatre.
Tours go ahead even when the sun refuses to shine, so dress for British weather and wear comfy shoes!