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ANOTHER WIN FOR ENCORE TICKETS!
On top of the UK Coach Award this year, Encore was awarded with the Coach Tourism Award for Best Ticket Supplier. "We believe we have won these award again thanks to the efforts of our great groups sales team headed by UK sales manager Richard Woolliss, and because of the innovative schemes for coach operators we have introduced, such as our indemnity scheme to buy back unused tickets and our offer to refund parking costs for any coach operator booking one of our dinner and show packages", said Managing Director John Wales.
To learn more about the amazing perks for Coach Operators, call our groups team for everything you need to know: 020 7492 1525.
Encore Groups Team show off: Richard Woolliss, Lucy Bailey, Gemma Mortimer, Andreas Papandreas and John Wales.
THE WIZARD OF OZ ON SALE!
Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical, The Wizard of Oz set for the Palladium Theatre in March 2011, is now on sale. Call us today for complete information!
ENCORE TICKETS WINS AGAIN!
Encore Tickets has won the UK Coach Award for Best Service Provider 2010 for the 2nd year in a row. With our promise of risk free tickets and free coach parking, we strive to make sure you give you the best value when you book with us.
Managing Director John Wales and UK Sales Manager Richard Woolliss receiving the award
DAVID ESSEX VISITS ENCORE TICKETS!
On March 11th, David Essex made a trip to Encore Tickets to meet staff and promote his new musical All The Fun Of The Fair coming to the Garrick Theatre at the end of April. David was a hit that day signing posters and cd's for clients and fans!
"All The Fun Of The Fair is a really different kind of musical that will definitely take you on a rollercoaster of a ride" says UK Sales Manager Richard Woolliss. We have amazing group rates and special offers available - contact sales@encoretickets.co.uk for more information about booking your own adventure at the fair!
UK Sales Manager Richard Woolliss poses with David Essex
CIRQUE DE SOLEIL NATIONAL TOUR ON SALE!
After immense success with the sell out production of Varekai, Encore Tickets now brings you Saltimbanco, Cirque's longest running major touring show.
Selling exclusively for groups and individuals, this timeless opus hits the UK Arenas for the first time with a series of exclusive shows in Sheffield, Liverpool, Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, and London!
Contact your group account handler today or for more information please email: groups@encoretickets.co.uk
FREE HOTEL PROMOTION LAUNCHED WINTER/SPRING 2010
Free Hotel Promotion Launched for Winter/Spring 2010. On Jan 1st 2010 Encore Tickets and the Daily Mail launched what has to be the Theatreland’s best offer of the year, and its only January! Customers simply book a couple of tickets for a top West End show and Capital Breaks will give you an overnight hotel room completely free.
There's no catch – customers who book two top price tickets for one of the 13 leading shows taking part in the offer before the end of March and Encore will give night's stay in a three star London hotel including continental breakfast.
And to make the offer even better customers can upgrade to a 4 star hotel for just £20, or a luxury 5 star hotel for £50, as well saving up to 40% on train travel to London.
Tickets including the free hotel night start at £45 per person, and the shows on offer include hits such as Grease, We Will Rock You, Wicked, Chicago, Dirty Dancing, Hairspray, Billy Elliot and Sister Act plus newcomers such as Dreamboat and Petticoats.
Love Never Dies
(Andrew Lloyd Webber’s sequel to The Phantom of the Opera)
In anticipation of the opening of Love Never Dies. Encore Tickets have released thousands of tickets for general sale. "Love Never Dies is the biggest show opening of 2010 and we have secured a large allocation of tickets for our key customers to ensure they have access to as many tickets as possible" said Managing Director John Wales.
For more information on selling tickets for Love Never Dies contact sales@encoretickets.co.uk
ENCORE TICKETS HIT RECORD SALES
Following another record year in 2008/9 with sales of over £50 million, Encore Tickets began the new financial year in style with best ever monthly sales of £5.2 million for October.
Encore Tickets celebrated the successes of the last 12 months with over 500 key travel industry figures at their annual World Travel Market party in the new Planet Hollywood.
"2009 has been a record year for us so far and to enjoy a record month just before World Travel Market is a great boost". Said Encore Tickets Managing Director, John Wales.
Another record breaking year for Encore Tickets. Following a record 2009 where sales exceeded 1.5 million tickets Encore Tickets is forecasting growth of 20% for their 10th anniversary year . "We have started the year strongly and have secured increased ticket allocations for a number of top West End shows. With more inventory and a raft of top new shows including Love Never Dies, The Wizard of Oz and Ghost all going on sale in 2010 we are looking forward to another bumper year" said Marketing Director Chris Ryan
ENCORE TICKETS DRIVES OFF WITH THE 'BEST SERVICE PROVIDER' AT THE NEW COACH INDUSTRY AWARDS
Encore Tickets has built on a record breaking start to 2009 by winning 'Best Service Provider' at the newly launched Coach Industry Awards.
Presented during the new VisitBritain backed Best of Britain Show, the Coach Industry Awards celebrated excellence in all areas of the industry.
"We offer a unique professional service to coach operators and have helped to increase their profits by enabling them to bring more groups into London. We are delighted to have been recognised in this way". Said Encore Tickets Managing Director John Wales.
JERRY SPRINGER PAYS A VISIT TO CHICAGO’s NO1 TICKET AGENT
Legendary American TV reality show host Jerry Springer is about to take the British stage with a leading part in the smash hit musical Chicago.
He will be joining the cast of the show in the role of the smooth talking lawyer Billy Flynn in June. Earlier this month he took some time to visit Encore Tickets, the top selling ticket agent for the show. Pictured here with some of the Encore Sales Team Jerry spent time talking to staff about his role in the show and was also interviewed for Encore’s own podcast and their in-house trade publication In Advance.
Encore posts record sales in March 2009
March 2009 proved to be a record sales month for Encore Tickets with sales in excess of £4.5 million. The great news for both Encore Tickets and the theatre industry in general is that the average ticket sale price was down by only three pence which means that despite the current economic outlook people are still willing to spend money on a great nights entertainment. With new shows such as Love Never Dies (the sequel to The Phantom of the Opera), Sister Act and Legally Blonde on the horizon the outlook is good for Encore Tickets, our clients and theatre-land in general.
Industry Awards for Encore in June
Encore Tickets has been voted the Ticket Supplier of the Year at the 2008 Coach Tourism Awards on 5th June followed by ‘Best Ticket Agent’ at the 2008 Group Travel Awards on 20th June
At the Coach Tourism awards the company’s continuing contribution to the coach touring industry was recognized with the top award for the second year running. On being presented the award Richard Woolliss, Encore’s UK Sales Manager at the ceremony “We are very proud to have been voted the UK Coach Trades No.1 provider of ticket for the second year running. The coach market is highly important to London’s theatreland which is why we invest significant time and resources in nationwide sales visits, exhibitions, and exciting publication distribution. In the last year it has been our priority to build strong individual relationships with coach operators”
Two weeks later Encore was again delighted to have been voted ‘Best Ticket Agent’ 2008 by the readers of Group Travel Organiser. This recognizes Encore Tickets offers unique variety of options for the Groups market ranging from great availability on top West End shows to great value full and half-day packages. Their best selling package in 2008 has been the Seniors Grand Day Out, which combines a trip to Kensington Palace, a two-course Fish and Chip Lunch and a Top Price Ticket to one of eight great shows - from just £37.50.
In addition to a wide range of products Encore Tickets also offer customers an extremely popular incentive scheme. Not for profit GTO’s earn one point for every ten pounds they spend with Encore Tickets. Under the Encore Tickets ‘Loyal Circle’ scheme these points can then be redeemed against a variety of rewards including theatre tickets, short breaks and even flight to New York.
Lesley Garrett in Carousel – November 2008
The UK’s favourite soprano, Lesley Garrett, who made her musical theatre debut in 2006 playing the Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music, will return to the West End stage later this year in another Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, Carousel. The show opens for a short UK tour in September and then opens at the Savoy in late November 2008.
Carousel is the poignant story of smooth-talking carnival barker ‘Billy Bigelow’ and his romance with innocent mill worker ‘Julie Jordan’. Of all their shows, this was Roger and Hammerstein’s personal favourite. Joining Leslie Garrett is Jeremiah James, from the internationally renowned recording group, TEATRO, as Billy Bigelow and Alexandra Silber, most recently at the Savoy Theatre in London in the award-winning production of Fiddler On The Roof, as Julie Jordan.
Eurobeat moves into Novello in September
Eurovision spoof musical Eurobeat will transfer to the Novello Theatre from 4th September 2008 after a 17 venue regional tour.
Eurobeat assigns audience members to one of ten competing countries and invites them to vote for their favourite contestants via text message. The show, written by Craig Christie and Andrew Patterson, premiered at last summer’s Edinburgh Fringe, where it won Best Musical Production in the inaugural Musical Theatre Awards.
Gone With the Wind to open at the New London in April 2008
Tickets are now on sale for Trevor Nunn's production of Margaret Mitchell's classic novel, Gone with the Wind. In a new musical adaptation of the classic love story with book and lyrics by Margaret Martin adapted by Trevor Nunn and Music by Margaret Martin, .Gone with the Wind will have its first performance at the New London Theatre on Saturday 5 April 2008, with press night on Tuesday 22 April and is initially booking until 27 September 2008. Set in 1860's Atlanta, Georgia, Gone with the Wind follows the story of the seventeen-year-old Scarlett O'Hara, the eldest of three daughters living a life of luxury on their father's plantation until the onset of the Civil War threatens their idyllic existence. Scarlett's incredible journey through both the war and the peace is mirrored in her turbulent relationship with Rhett Butler, whose actions always defy prediction. Their story spans ten years and mingles romantic ecstasy with tragic grief, as the life these people once knew disappears, for better or worse: gone with the wind. Gone with the Wind, published in 1936, is one of the best selling novels of the 20th century and won Margaret Mitchell the Pulitzer Prize. Three year's later in 1939, the film adaptation made box office history as the highest grossing film of all time and is still regarded as one of the greatest American classics.
Phantom celebrates 21 Years
The West End staging of The Phantom of the Opera, celebrates it's 21st Birthday on 9th October at Her Majesty's Theatre. Andrew Lloyd-Webber's phenomenal hit first continues to play to full houses nightly in London, New York and around the world. The Phantom of the Opera has been performed in more than 20 countries, including the USA, Japan, Canada, Austria, Germany, Sweden, Australia, Denmark, Hungary, Spain and Singapore. As Broadway's longest-running musical, the show has been honoured with over 50 major theatre awards, including seven prestigious New York Tony Awards, among them the Tony for Best Musical, seven Drama Desk Awards and three Olivier Awards. The Phantom of the Opera has grossed more than S$5 billion, making it Lord Lloyd Webber's and the world's most successful musical. Recently the film of The Phantom of the Opera thrilled cinema-goers around the world and a newly opened Las Vegas spectacular continues to enthrall audiences.
Julian Clary & Amy Nuttall join London's Cabaret
Julian Clary and Amy Nuttall have joined the cast of the West End revival of Cabaret which recently celebrated it's 1st Birthday. Clary replaces James Dreyfus in the role of the Emcee. He was last seen in the West End when he starred in Taboo as Leigh Bowery in 2002. Known for his comedy writing and performing, Clary first gained recognition through his stand-up routines and quickly became a household name in British comedy. After appearing on Channel Four's Friday Night Live in the late 1980s, he co-wrote and starred in his own top comedy series—Terry and Julian, Sticky Moments, & Sticky Moments on Tour—as well as two series and a Christmas special called All Rise for Julian Clary. His stage work includes starring in various pantomimes such as Dick Whittington in Northampton and Cinderella in Bristol. Amy Nuttall (Best known as Chloe in Emmerdale) replaces Kim Medcalf as Sally Bowles. Her stage credits also include Boeing-Boeing, My Fair Lady and the recent West End production of Guys and Dolls.
Chicago Celebrates a decade of Decadence in the West End
Chicago celebrates it's 10th Birthday in the West End with a special charity gala performance at the Cambridge Theatre on Wednesday 5 December. Proceeds of the evening will be in aid of Breast Cancer Haven and the Breast Health Institute. The cast for the evening will include original London cast members Ute Lemper, Ruthie Henshall and Henry Goodman, along with Brenda Edwards, Jennifer Ellison, Duncan James, Kelly Osbourne, Gaby Roslin, Frances Ruffelle, Claire Sweeney, Denise Van Outen and many more. The London production of has played to an audience of over 4.5 million people at more than 4,000 performances. The smash hit West End musical transferred from the Adelphi Theatre to the Cambridge Theatre in April last year. Chicago opened at the Adelphi Theatre on 18 November 1997 to rave reviews and immediately became a sell-out hit, winning the 1998 Laurence Olivier Award for 'Outstanding Musical Production' as well as the 1998 Critics Circle Drama Award for 'Best Musical'. In addition to London, Chicago is currently playing in New York, and on tour in America and the UK, with forthcoming productions planned in Korea, Japan and Denmark.
Grease opens in the West End after TV search for the stars
Following the huge success of “How do you Solve a Problem like Maria” in casting the role of Maria in The Sound of Music, Simon Cowell is mounting a new reality television show called “You're the One That I Want” which will cast the roles of Sandy and Danny in the West End revival of Grease which should open in the Summer at an as yet unconfirmed London Theatre.
Some Like It Hot Musical Hits West End in Autumn
The stage adaptation of Billy Wilder's 1959 Hollywood film classic Some Like It Hot will return to London later this year. Though exact dates and a venue have yet to be announced, the major new production, directed by Broadway's Jerry Zaks, is confirmed to open in the West End in autumn 2007.
Elaine Paige to lead cast of The Drowsy Chaperone
Multi award-winning actress and recording artist Elaine Paige will return to the West End to take the title role in the Broadway smash hit musical, The Drowsy Chaperone. Directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, with music by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison and book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar, the five-time Tony Award winning musical will preview at the Novello Theatre from 14 May, with press night on 5 June and opening night on 6 June.
Fame reopens at the Shaftesbury Theatre on 8th May
Theatergoers can once again don their legwarmers and leap on top of taxis as Fame re-opens at the Shaftesbury. A year after closing at the Aldwych Theatre to make way for Dirty Dancing, Eighties screen classic, it opens on 8 May 2007 (previews from 4 May) for a limited summer season at the Shaftesbury Theatre, its fifth West End home.
Phantom 2?
Andrew Lloyd Webber has revealed he again considering writing a sequel to his hugely popular musical The Phantom of the Opera. Lloyd Webber mentioned the potential sequel when he appeared as a guest on his The Sound of Music co-producer David Ian's reality TV show to find the star of a Broadway production of Grease, You're the one that I Want. This is not the first time this has been mentioned as opera diva Kiri Te Kanawa performed a number from the Phantom 2 at Lloyd Webbers 50th Birthday some years ago but that was the last that was then heard of the idea.
The Lord of the Rings opens May 2007
After its premiere in Toronto, this new stage version of Tolkien's trilogy opens on 9 May 2007 in a new £10 million production at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
The Phantom of The Opera celebrates 20th years
The show has collected over 50 awards including the 'Most Popular Musical Audience Award', voted by the public, in the 2002 Laurence Olivier Awards and is now the longest running show on Broadway; the 7,486th performance took place on 9 January 2006.
The Sound of Music opens with record advance
"The Tills Are Alive" as the first six months of the show are nearly sold out. Connie Fisher won the role of Maria and hearts of the public through the reality TV Show 'How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?'
Les Misérables becomes London's longest running musical
On 8 October 2006, Les Misérables celebrates its 21st birthday and becomes the world's longest running musical. The record had previously been held by Cats.
Dirty Dancing the fastest Selling show in West End History
The show has taken a record £11million in advance ticket sales, more than 240,000 tickets have been snapped up so far at London's Aldwych Theatre.
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