Articles tagged ‘Leicester Square’
St Patrick’s Day London 2008
By Chris | March 13th, 2008 |
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London’s St Patrick’s Day celebrations take place this Sunday 16 March with a range of events taking place at central London locations including Trafalgar Square, Leicester Square and Covent Garden.
A main part of the day is the St Patrick’s Day Parade featuring marching bands, floats, costume characters, stilt walkers and street theatre, along with members [...]
Chinese New Year in London
By Chris | February 5th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
2008 is the Year of the Rat in the Chinese calendar and this Sunday 10 February London’s Chinese community will be celebrating their New Year with a parade and festival in central London.
The events are organized by the London Chinatown Chinese Association and begin with a two hour parade that features hundreds on dragon and [...]
Leicester Square renovation
By Chris | January 10th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Westminster Council have announced plans for an £18.5million regeneration of Leicester Square with the central part of the redesign a 200-metre white granite “ribbon” seat to allow people to sit and relax. The aim is to make the square less tacky than it is at the moment and a place that will draw visitors rather [...]
January Film Premieres in London
By Chris | January 3rd, 2008 | 1 Comment »
January is a fairly slow time for new movie openings in London although there are two major premieres happening early next week, both in Leicester Square.
9 January - Charlie Wilson’s War This looks an interesting film, its supposedly based upon a true story about a little known Texas Congressman who gets involved with funding the [...]
October Film Premieres in London
By Chris | September 27th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
There are three major film premieres lined up for London in October, all taking place at cinemas in Leicester Square.
3 October - Stardust
A fantasy film by director Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake, producer Snatch) based on the book of the same name by Neil Gaiman. It features a well known cast including Robert de Niro, Clare [...]
September film premieres in London
By Chris | August 29th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
There are quite a few film premieres taking place in London this September, no real blockbusters but some interesting films none the less. All the premieres will be taking place at cinemas in the Leicester Square area, here’s what’s on the schedule.
3 September - Run, Fat Boy, Run The story of clueless guy who leaves [...]
West End Live
By Chris | June 19th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
West End Live is a free event organised by Westminster City Council happening this weekend, 23-24 June, in Leicester Square that showcases the best of West End theatre and some of the best tourist attractions in London.
Leicester Square will be transformed with a giant outdoor stage where some of the major productions on in the [...]
London film premieres in June
By Chris | June 7th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
There are three big film premieres scheduled to take place in London this month, all of them at cinemas in Leicester Square.
11 June Shrek the Third The second follow up to the original Shrek with the same famous names providing the animation voices, including Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Julie Andrews, John Cleese, Antonio [...]
Finding a use for your old photos
By Chris | April 17th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
There’s an exhibition opening this week at the Photographers Gallery in the Covent Garden area by German photographer Joachim Schmid, although the photos he’s exhibiting weren’t actually taken by him.
For the past 25 years Schmid has collected pictures thrown away by their owners from all around the world and has emphasized photos that are produced [...]
Chanting up a storm in London
By Chris | March 29th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Here’s a video proving you don’t need all that ecstasy to dance to music, you just have to be into it like this crowd of Hari Krishnas in Leicester Square. If you spend any time at all in the West End you’ll see or hear Hari Krishnas, there’s a centre/restaurant of their’s just off of [...]
