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The Mechanic 3 kitaani wakati wowote 2025

noreply@blogger.com (lukwangule) — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 22:54:00 +0000

.Jason Statham katika ubora wake

SEHEMU ya tatu katika mfululizo maarufu wa filamu za kusisimua, The Mechanic, ikimshirikisha Jason Statham kama Arthur Bishop – muuaji mahiri anayejulikana kwa kufanya kila mauaji yaonekane kama ajaliinaingia kitaani wakati wowote mwaka huu.

Utengenezaji wa filamu hiyo umesababishwa na mafanikio ya The Mechanic (2011) na Mechanic: Resurrection (2016), mwendelezo huu unaahidi tukio jipya la kusisimua lililojaa vitendo vya kustaajabisha, hadithi yenye akili, na kurudi kwa nyota mkuu wa filamu za kusisimua wa Hollywood, Jason Statham.

Katika The Mechanic 3, Arthur Bishop alidhani amepata amani baada ya kujifanya amekufa na kujificha. Lakini maisha yake ya zamani yanamrudisha kwenye ulimwengu wa uhalifu wakati shirika la siri la kimataifa linapotishia maisha ya wale anaowapenda. Safari hii, Bishop anakabiliana si tu na malengo hatari bali pia na mtu kutoka zamani zake – mshirika wa zamani aliyemsaliti. Kwa msaada wa mshirika asiyetarajiwa Bishop lazima akabiliane na misheni isiyowezekana huku akifumbua njama kubwa iliyo nyuma ya yote.

Kundi likoje?

Jason Statham: Anarudia nafasi yake kama Arthur Bishop, Statham analeta ustadi wake wa utulivu, usahihi, na ujuzi wa hali ya juu wa mapigano.

Waigizaji Wasaidizi: Ingawa bado hawajathibitishwa, mashabiki wanadhani nyota kama Gal Gadot au Ben Foster (kutoka sehemu ya 1) wanaweza kuungana, na kuongeza sura mpya kwenye orodha ya waigizaji.

Mkurugenzi: Dennis Gansel (Mechanic: Ufufuo) au jina jipya kama David Ayer (The Beekeeper) wanaweza kuongoza filamu, kuhakikisha hali ya kisasa na ya kusisimua yenye hatari kubwa.

Watayarishaji: Lionsgate na Millennium Films, nguvu zilizo nyuma ya mafanikio ya mfululizo huu, wamerudi na uwekezaji mkubwa.

Mambo Makuu Yanayotarajiwa

Vitendo Vilivyoboreshwa: Kuanzia mapigano ya risasi yanayosisimua hadi mapigano ya mikono yaliyopangwa kwa ustadi, The Mechanic 3 inalenga kuvuka mipaka ya aina ya filamu za kusisimua.

Hadithi Iliyo Kina: Sehemu hii inaweza kuchunguza asili ya Bishop – jinsi alivyoingia katika ulimwengu wa mauaji na kanuni anazoishi nazo.

Mandhari ya Kimataifa: Kulingana na utamaduni wa mfululizo huu, tarajia maeneo mazuri kote Ulaya, Asia, na Amerika Kusini kama sehemu ya misheni yenye hatari kubwa.

Tarehe ya Kutolewa

Ingawa Lionsgate haijatangaza tarehe rasmi, The Mechanic 3 inatarajiwa kuingia kwenye majumba ya sinema mwishoni mwa mwaka 2025, ikinufaika na msimu wa filamu za kusisimua wa mwisho wa mwaka. Baada ya Mechanic: Resurrection kupata mapato ya dola milioni 125 duniani kote, sehemu ya 3 iko tayari kwa mafanikio kutoka kwa mashabiki waaminifu wa Statham na mvuto endelevu wa mfululizo huu.

Matarajio yetu Watazamaji

Mashabiki wa Jason Statham na sinema za kusisimua wanatarajia The Mechanic 3 iwe zaidi ya ngumi na milio ya risasi, wakitarajia ukuaji wa wahusika na mabadiliko ya ghafla katika hadithi. Ikiunganisha uhalisia wa sehemu ya 1 na ukuu wa sehemu ya 2, inaweza kuwa kilele kamili cha safari ya Arthur Bishop – au mwanzo wa enzi mpya kwa mfululizo huu.

Tujitayarishe kumuona Arthur Bishop akirudi, akiwa mkali na hatari zaidi kuliko hapo awali, katika The Mechanic 3 (2025).

noreply@blogger.com (Flora) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:35:00 +0000

The Only Black Man on the Titanic

noreply@blogger.com (lukwangule) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:08:00 +0000

There was a Haitian man on the ship!
His uncle was President of Haiti!
Joseph Phillippe Lemercier Laroche was the only black man, a Haitian man, to perish in the Titanic; that's after he saved his wife and kids. Laroche was born in Cap Haitian, Haiti , on May 26, 1889.
In the blockbuster film Titanic, Leonardo DiCaprio's role could have easily been played by a Black man and it would have been historically accurate. In fact, the life story of Haitian native Joseph Phillippe Lemercier Laroche is far more intriguing than the movie's lead character, but no one knew of his existence until recently.
The silence about the stranger-than-fiction life story of the Titanic's only Black passenger astonishes noted Titanic historian Judith Geller, author of Titanic: Women and Children First, who said, "It is strange that nowhere in the copious 1912 press descriptions of the ship and the interviews with the survivors was the presence of a Black family among the passengers ever mentioned."
The story of this interracial family was not known until 2000, three years after the movie's release, when the Chicago Museum of Science & Industry and the Titanic Historical Society revealed the information as part of a Titanic exhibit.
Joseph Laroche was born into a powerful family. His uncle, Dessalines M. Cincinnatus Leconte, was the president of Haiti . When Joseph Phillippe Lemercier was fifteen, he left Haiti to study engineering in Beauvais , France . Several years later, he met Juliette Lafargue, the 22-year-old daughter of a local wine seller. The two eventually married.
Despite having an engineering degree, Joseph's skin color left him unable to find employment in France . The Laroches decided to return to Haiti and booked second-class reservations on the Titanic. After the ship struck an iceberg, Joseph loaded his wife and children onto a lifeboat and he went down with the ship. His body was never recovered.
Shortly before Christmas of that year, Juliette Laroche gave birth to their son, Joseph Laroche Jr.
Juliette never remarried.

In the US...The Economic Stimulus Plan and the Arts.

noreply@blogger.com (btchakir) — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:09:00 +0000

A very small percentage of Obama's $825 Billion Economic Stimulus Plan is supposed to be spent on the arts, primarily through the administration of the NEA and the NEH. Already there has been protest from the political right against such expenditures - primarily coming from places like the American Heritage Foundation and the Cato Institute.

The argument is that this is really "pork" money and does not stimulate the economy. Yet it has been pointed out by the NEA that the very small amount of money ($50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts) when compared to the overall $825 Billion is actually placed more efficiently into the economy and establishes over 6,000 jobs. While the arts organizations that are financed by NEA grants may have only 2 or 10 or 25 employees, there are hundreds of organizations and they add up to the same kind of impact as a large corporation like an airline or a bank.

The inclusion of the arts in Federal economic stimulus action has happened before during FDR's era. For instance, these programs as cited by the Institute for Policy Studies:

The Federal Art Project, along with several other WPA-backed programs, created well over 5,000 jobs for American artists. These artists created over 2,500 murals, over 17,700 sculptures, 108,000 paintings, and 240,000 prints. The project's legacy still lives on, since it supported artists like Jackson Pollock, Arshile Gorky, and many other abstract expressionists whose work helped shift the most dynamic center of the art world to shift from its traditional location in Europe to where it now resides, in the largest cities of the United States.

The Federal Writers' Project created over 6,600 jobs for writers, editors, researchers, and many others who exemplified a given level of literary expertise. Established on July 27, 1935 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Federal Writers' Project (FWP) operated under journalist and theatrical producer Henry Alsberg, and later John D. Newsome, compiling local histories, oral histories, ethnographies, children's books and other works. These writers created over 1,200 books and pamphlets, and they produced some of the first U.S. guides for states, major cities, and roadways. In addition, the FWP was responsible for recording folklore, oral histories, and, most notably, the 2,300 plus first-person accounts of slavery that now exist as a collection in the Library of Congress. As with the Federal Art Project, the FWP's contributions to American literature were both significant and long-lasting, giving authors like Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, John Steinbeck, Sterling Brown, and many others the opportunity to continue their work in a time of difficult economic circumstances.

These programs not only created jobs, put money into the economy, and improved education and lives in general, they also put the USA into a cultural leadership position in the world which still exists.

If you agree with me on the importance of the minimal funding of arts programming in the stimulus package, then let your Congressional representatives know it. Such funding is too easy to cut.

Under The LobsterScope

Here's some sad news: Amato Opera is closing after this season...

noreply@blogger.com (btchakir) — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:08:00 +0000

Now in its 61st season (gee, only a year younger than me), one of my favorite small New York theatrical attractions is now going to close when the season ends. The Amato Opera, off-Broadway's teeny opera house with the big voice, will shut down this year.

Here's a video slide show from the NY Times.

Under The LobsterScope

thelondoncomic: Paul McCaffrey is named London's hot new stand-up of the year

noreply@blogger.com (Flora) — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:50:00 +0000

by Alexa Baracaia. Monday, 01 December 2008

SIX weeks ago he packed up his life in Brighton and left for London, to pursue his dream of becoming a comedy star.

Today, Paul McCaffrey is celebrating after being named thelondonpaper's hot new stand-up of the year.

The 34-year-old beat off tough competition from four fellow shortlisted acts in the sell-out live final of our inaugural thelondoncomic competition at Soho Theatre last night.

Now he is set to perform a major solo gig alongside top funnyman Russell Kane at the Dean Street venue on 27 February.

He said: "This is absolutely amazing. I only moved to London six weeks ago, thinking it was now or never to push the comedy career, and within days I'd seen the competition in thelondonpaper. I can't believe I've won it. This is nothing like the six people in a pub stuff I've done in the past."

McCaffrey, who lives in Walthamstow and works for a charity telephone fundraising firm, added: "I'd like to jack my job in and pursue comedy full-time. We'll just have to see where this all leads now."

Judges including Soho Theatre comedy producer Steve Lock, comedian Nick Mohammed and Bafta-nominated producer Gary Reich - who has worked with Sacha Baron Cohen and the Mighty Boosh boys - picked their two favourites from the five finalists: McCaffrey and French comic Marcel Lucont, 29.

But, in the end, the decision was down to the audience - and they overwhelmingly voted McCaffrey thelondoncomic winner.

Judge xxx said: "Overall the competition was xxxxxxx but Paul was xxxxxxx"

Last night's gig was hosted by controversial US comic Scott Capurro, who raved: "The standard of all the finalists was ricidulously high."

Courtesy: BBC.co.uk

West End pays tribute to Pinter

noreply@blogger.com (Flora) — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:04:00 +0000

Actors starring in Harold Pinter's No Man's Land in London's West End have paid tribute on stage to the playwright, who died on Christmas Eve.

First West End role for graduate

noreply@blogger.com (Flora) — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:34:00 +0000

Evelyn Hoskins attended Preston Primary, Preston school and Yeovil College before studying acting at the Arts Institute at Bournemouth.

Ms Hoskins will make her debut at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre on 23 January 2009.

The production received eight Tony Awards during its Broadway run.

Spring Awakening is set against a backdrop of religious and parental repression in 19th Century Germany.

Nail-biting wait

Based on the Frank Wedekind play of 1891, it tells the story of young friends on a voyage of personal discovery and sexual awakening.

Following almost a year of castings, Evelyn was selected for the part after attending a week-long workshop at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre with the director, Michael Mayer, and other prospective cast members.

"We had to learn songs from the production and rehearse scenes together. It was unbelievably tough and very intense, but one of the most incredible experiences I've ever had in my life," she said.

"They took the video of us all back to the United States for the creative team over there to look at and to make the final decision."

After an additional nail-biting week, Evelyn received the news that she had won the part.

"I have never been so nervous in my life," she said. "When I finally heard the news that I had got the part I was in shock."

Courtesy: BBC.co.uk

Serikali na barabara za Tanzania

noreply@blogger.com (lukwangule) — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:37:00 +0000

Barabara Kuu

Mtandao wa Barabara Kuu upo katika mfumo wa Kanda Kuu za usafirishaji. Utaratibu huu una lengo la kuhakikisha kwamba, barabara zote za kila kanda zinapitika na kutoa mtiririko wa usafiri wenye uhakika kati ya kanda moja na nyingine na kuiwezesha Tanzania kutumia kwa ukamilifu faida ya Kijiografia iliyonayo katika kuziunganisha nchi kadhaa tunazopakana nazo na bandari za Dar es Salaam, Tanga, Mwanza, Mbambabay, Kigoma, Bukoba na Mtwara. Katika kipindi cha miaka mitatu iliyopita mtandao wa Barabara Kuu umeimarika na kuwa na jumla ya kilometa 10,601. Kati ya hizo, kilometa 5,002 ni za lami na kilometa 5,599 ni za changarawe ikilinganishwa na mwaka 2005 ambapo tulikuwa na Barabara Kuu zenye urefu wa kilometa 9,934.4, na kati ya hizo, kilometa 3,913.8 zilikuwa za lami na kilometa 6,020.6 za changarawe.

Aidha miradi 12 kati ya 17 iliyoanzishwa na serikali ya awamu ya tatu imekamilika na iliyobaki 5 ipo katika hatua mbalimbali za utekelezaji. Miradi iliyokamilika ni pamoja na Singida – Shelui, Nzega – Ilula na Tinde - Isaka, Nangurukuru – Mbwemkuru, Mbwemkuru – Mingoyo, Mkuranga – Kibiti, Pugu – Kisarawe, Geita – Buzirayombo, Buzirayombo – Kyamiorwa , Singida – Manyoni (sehemu ya Singida – Isuna), Dodoma – Morogoro, Tarakea – Rongai – Kamwanga na Barabara ya Sam Nujoma (Dar es Salaam).

Miradi 5 ambayo ujenzi wake unaendelea ni Daraja la Umoja, Dodoma – Manyoni, Tarakea – Kamwanga, Kagoma – Biharamulo – Lusahunga, na Marangu - Rombo Mkuu – Tarakea.

Aidha Serikali ya Awamu Nne imeanzisha miradi ya Daraja la Ruvu (Umekamilika), Mbeya – Chunya – Makongolosi sehemu ya Mbeya – Lwanjiro (km 36), Masasi – Mangaka (km 54), Arusha – Namanga (km 105), barabara ya Kilwa (awamu ya kwanza km 5 imekamilika na awamu ya pili km 5.6 inaendelea), Nelson Mandela DSM (km 15.6), Manyoni – Isuna (km 54), Kigoma – Kidahwe (km 36), Bagamoyo – Msata (km 64), Mwandiga – Manyovu (km 58), Ndundu – Somanga (km 60) na Chalinze – Segera – Tanga (km 242). Aidha miradi ambayo mchakato wa kuwapata Makandarasi wa kutekeleza ujenzi unaendelea ni Itigi – Tabora (sehemu ya Tabora - Nyahua (km 80), Sumbawanga – Mpanda, sehemu ya Sumbawanga – Chala (km 60), Singida – Babati – Minjingu (km 223), Tanga - Horohoro (km 65), Songea – Namtumbo (km 70), Tunduma – Sumbawanga (km 231) na Songea – Mbinga (km 100).

Barabara za Mikoa

Mwezi Disemba, 2005, Tanzania ilikuwa na mtandao wa Barabara za Mikoa wenye urefu wa jumla ya kilometa 18,957.4. Kati ya hizo, kilometa 330.4 zilikuwa za lami na kilometa 18,627 za changarawe. Hadi kufikia Disemba, 2008 mtandao wa Barabara za Mikoa ulikuwa na urefu wa jumla ya kilometa 19,246. Kati ya hizo, kilometa 635 ni za lami na kilometa 18,611 ni za changarawe. Vilevile, madaraja 45 yalijengwa na jumla ya madaraja 1,878 yalifanyiwa matengenezo.

Highlights of 2009: West End Theatre

noreply@blogger.com (Flora) — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:41:00 +0000

By Alice Jones
Friday, 2 January 2009

The hoary old complaint that there aren't enough straight plays in the West End should be put firmly to bed in 2009. At Wyndham's, the Donmar continues its heavyweight season with Madame de Sade. Risky, perhaps, but the casting – Judi Dench, Frances Barber and Rosamund Pike – is solid gold. It will be followed, in June, by Jude Law's Hamlet. Other upcoming classics include A View from the Bridge, with Ken Stott and Hayley Atwell, and Waiting for Godot with Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, while James McAvoy stars in Three Days of Rain at the Apollo in February.

Elsewhere, Nicholas Hytner directs Helen Mirren and Dominic Cooper in Phaedra at the National in June. And at the Old Vic, Kevin Spacey has programmed a meaty season, starting with Richard Dreyfuss in Complicit, a new political drama. It's followed by Sam Mendes, as his transatlantic company, including Simon Russell Beale, Rebecca Hall and Ethan Hawke, tackle The Cherry Orchard and The Winter's Tale.

As for newer talents, I'm excited by the Royal Court slate, which has new plays from Polly Stenham (That Face) and Marius von Mayenburg (Ugly One). It's also thrilling to see that experimental experts Complicite, Improbable and Paines Plough are all back soon with, respectively, a Japanese collaboration (Shun-kin, Barbican), a Pan-inspired romp (Panic, Barbican) and a City Boy drama (Roaring Trade, Soho Theatre).

Outside London, the RSC launches its exciting three-year Russian partnership. Lenny Henry's debut in the Northern Broadsides' touring Othello will be worth a look and Leicester's new Curve hits its stride with The Pillowman and Tim Supple's As You Like It, a follow-up to his spell-binding A Midsummer Night's Dream. And musicals are far from dead. Sister Act, Priscilla Queen of the Desert (starring Jason Donovan) and the Broadway hit Spring Awakening are all coming up. But first up is Cameron Mackintosh's Oliver!. Who could possibly ask for more?

Courtesy: Independent.co.uk

Wicked The Musical - Highlights

noreply@blogger.com (Flora) — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:12:00 +0000

Vimbwanga Time hewani leo Channel Ten

noreply@blogger.com (lukwangule) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:56:00 +0000

Kikundi kipya cha magizo ya vichekesho cha Vimbwanga Time leo kitaanza rasmi kurusha vichekesho vyake kupita kituo cha Televisheni cha Channel Ten cha jijini Dar es Salaam.
Mratibu wa kikundi hicho Dennis Rupia amesema kipindi chao kitajulikana kwa jina la Vimbwanga Time na kitakuwa kikirushwa kila Jumamosi saa 2:00 hadi saa 3:00 usiku na kurudiwa Jumapili saa 10: 00 hadi 11:00 jioni katika kituo hicho hicho.
“Vimbwanga ni kikundi kipya ambacho kinaundwa na wasanii chipukizi katika fani ya vichekesho hapa Tanzania, tunafanya komedi zenye mwelekeo unaoendana na maisha ya kawaida na ya kila siku katika jamii,” alisema Denis.
Amesema kikundi hicho kinaundwa na wasanii saba, lakini pia kinatumia wasanii wengine ambao huwa kinawaalika kulingana na mahitaji. Amewataja wasanii hao na majina ya kisanii kwenye mabano kuwa ni pamoja na Grace Simba (Fet), Yona Chibaruwa (Profesa Kudeche), Jumanne Mgalike (Tumbo), Miraji Mnako (Dkt. Panjuan), Salum Digale (Yatman), Kudura Luselo (Kidy) na yeye Denis (Dedalunde).
Denis amesema kuwa kundi hilo liko chini ya kampuni ya ESMEN Media Pro. Limited ya jijini Dar es Salaam ambapo mtayarishaji wake ni Edwin Ndeketela na muongozaji wa programu ni Hassan Bumbuli.
“Tumejipanga vizuri kutoa burudani na elimu kwa jamii ya Watanzania, tunao watalaamu katika idara muhimu, hivyo watanzania watarajie kuona mambo mazuri na waandae vyema mbavu zao,” amesema.
Amesema kundi hilo limeingia mkataba wa mwaka mmoja na kituo cha Channel Ten kurusha kipindi hicho ambacho kitakuwa cha saa moja.
Lukwangule

noreply@blogger.com (Flora) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:23:00 +0000

Somebody whom I don't know personally, remarked, "It's too bad that Mr Mason is so arrogant and full of himself 'cause he is really funny, but the 'you should feel honored to be in my presence' attitude probably turns people off him quite unnecessarily. Yes, too bad..." I don't think he is that bad as Mr Stranger has depicted him. Check out this video of Jackie Mason:

2008 Winners' Workshop

noreply@blogger.com (Flora) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:10:00 +0000

I was just randomly checking through BBC.co.uk to know something more about West End Theatreland and what could be so much exciting that all the winners of 2008 Musical Theatre Bursary Winners are already in two day workshop with best industry professionals. The BBC.co.uk informs, "The Jerwood Space was the place to be when the 2008 Musical Theatre Bursary winners met for a two day workshop with industry professionals. Here you can see a snapshot of what went on during the day or you can look at the photo gallery."

For more information, please check out 2008 Winners' Workshop

noreply@blogger.com (Flora) — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:31:00 +0000

With the help of Theatre247, OfficialLondonTheatre.co.uk have collected together video reports from some of the recent hottest theatre shows in London right now. To view one of these short videos and find out more about a featured production click on the screen above. (Courtesy: OfficialLondonTheatre.co.uk)

London West End Theatre – 2007 Review of the Year

noreply@blogger.com (Flora) — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:04:00 +0000

The words ‘credit crunch’ and ‘financial crisis’ are only too common as the media enters its annual period of reflection and looks back and review the year. While the recent knock to the consumer’s confidence has had an impact on London theatre with a number of early closures, in review 2008 is more notable for its successes than its failures in the West End.

The year kicked off on a surreal note with with Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber wandering into Channel 4’s Hollyoaks to find a new Maria for The Sound of Music. The bizarre life-reflecting-art-reflecting-life scenario resulted in Summer Strallen stepping into Connie Fisher’s postulant shoes at the London Palladium.

Happily, ALW turned his back on acting and returned to judging the BBC’s talent search for his next project, joining Cameron Mackintosh to cast Oliver! at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. This series, I’d Do Anything, sought to cast two roles, with Gwion Jones, Harry Stott and Laurence Jeffcoate chosen to alternate as Oliver, and Jodie Prenger being voted the public’s Nancy. The Blackpool lass is attracting fans from across the country to see her perform with many choosing to book Oliver theatre and hotel packages.

2008 has been a rollercoaster for West End theatre, a feeling only emphasised by constant media reminders of the shaky economic climate. The public’s unwillingness to risk their money on new shows was blamed for the dismal failures of the musicals Gone With the Wind and Imagine This, and for a spate of early closures this autumn, with Riflemind, Eurobeat, Girl with a Pearl Earring and Never Forget all closing their doors well before their contracts were up. However, it wasn’t all doom and gloom for new shows, as 2008’s runaway musical successes Jersey Boys

and Zorro will testify.

By the end of the year, these tragedies have been outweighed by some breathtaking triumphs, and 2008 is the year the West End has shown Broadway how its done. Wicked’s Kerry Ellis caused a sensation when she transferred to the New York production in June, while her London replacement Alexia Khadime sent UK audiences into a frenzy. Wicked theatre breaks

continue to sell like hotcakes as demand for the show grows outside of London.

By far the biggest success story of 2008 was for Mamma Mia!,

which has not only branched out beyond London, but beyond its genre. While ecstatic kids rushed to regional theatres to see Disney’s High School Musical on the stage, the grown ups were stampeding the cinema as Mamma Mia! the Movie became the biggest blockbuster of the summer. With a stellar cast including Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan, Mamma Mia! has beaten 1998’s Titanic to become the highest grossing film ever to be released in the UK. The Stockholm premiere saw the four members of Abba together in public for the first time in over twenty years and the frantic hype worldwide has driven even more fans into what is already an international stage sensation.

So, ever-optimistic, and providing welcome escapism in these dark economic times, the West End’s 2009 looks to be another triumphant year.

THEATRELAND – Discover Entertainment at the West End!

noreply@blogger.com (Flora) — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 07:31:00 +0000

Theatrical tradition in Britain was introduced by Romans. During the medieval period, Mystery plays and Miracle plays were the two popular forms and both are solely focused on Biblical stories and legends on saints. This medieval theatrical tradition was stretched from 10th century to 16th century reaching the height of popularity in the 15th century. After 16th century the medieval theatrical tradition was marred by the rise of professional theatres.

During the reign of Elizabeth I, British theatres had seen a great revolution with revelation of playwrights like Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, and John Webster. Since then British theatres have changed a lot. British Theatrical Tradition has not been overshadowed under the growing influence of movie and television shows. This has been evident from the growing popularity of big late Victorian or Edwardian architecturally made theatre buildings and crowded evening roads at London's main theatre district (located in the heart of the West End of the city centre.)Theatre lovers from all over the world are largely influenced by some of these largest and best maintained theatres.

Most of the theatres in West End run show for several weeks, although show running mostly depends on the popularity of the show and ticket selling. As per the tradition it has been found that musicals tend to have longer runs than dramas. Les Miserables is the longest ever running musicals in the West End history till date. “It overtook Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats, which closed in 2002 after running for 8,949 performances and 21 years, as the longest running West End musical of all time on 8 October 2006. Other long-runners include Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, still running after 21 years, and Willy Russell's Blood Brothers, currently in its 20th year. However the non-musical Agatha Christie play The Mousetrap is the longest running show in the world, and has been showing since 1952 (Courtesy: WikiPedia.org).” All the theatres in West Land are privately owned and they are considered as highly commercial theatres.

Theatre tourism policy has been a boom for West End London’s economic growth. Tourists from various parts of the world largely visit West End London just to have a feel of entertainment in theatres. Both theatre entertainment industry and tourism sector in West End London has created several opportunities for both locals as well as tourists to make the most out of West End London. For tourists although the name would suggest that the West End includes absolutely all of west London, it is actually a quite specific district lying to the west of The City. In its true definition, the area is quite small stretching from Tottenham Court Road in the east to Park Lane in the west.

Notes for Readers:

Of the 40 commercial theatres in London’s West End, 30 are in Westminster and the remainder are in Camden. Overall the theatres contribute £1.5billion a year to London’s economy and more than half of all overseas visitors cite the prospect of going to the theatre as one of the deciding factors in coming to London.

Westminster City Council launched the Theatreland Initiative in 2005 to strengthen the identity of the theatre district.

The Theatreland district incorporates Shaftesbury Avenue, St Martin’s Lane/St Martin’s Cross, Charing Cross Road, Covent Garden and the Strand in Westminster as well as Seven Dials in the London Borough of Camden. (Courtesy: WestMinster.Gov.UK)