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LNYDP 2018 – IT’S SHOWTIME!<br />
GRAB YOUR TICKETS NOW<br />
It’s Showtime – Roll Up, Roll Up and<br />
get your tickets for the greatest show<br />
on Earth.<br />
Visitors can marvel at one of the<br />
greatest street spectaculars – and blow<br />
away the cobwebs on New Year’s Day.<br />
The turn of year tradition – broadcast<br />
live around the World – brings three and<br />
a half hours of pomp, circumstance,<br />
music and excitement to the streets of<br />
the West End of London.<br />
More than 500,000 people will be<br />
gathering to enjoy performances from<br />
8,000 musicians, dancers, acrobats from<br />
numerous nations.<br />
All the Queen’s Horses, vintage<br />
vehicles, stunt drivers, iconic balloons<br />
and entries from more than 20 London<br />
boroughs will join American marching<br />
bands and cheerleaders.<br />
Every year, London boroughs from<br />
across the capital go head to head,<br />
entering a unique performance or float<br />
into LNYDP, with the aim of winning<br />
thousands of pounds for their chosen<br />
charity.<br />
The parade is free of charge – but you<br />
can secure grandstand seats for<br />
London’s New Year’s Day Parade 2018<br />
and festival concerts from Ticketmaster.<br />
The sixteen grandstands along the<br />
iconic 2.2mile route are certain to sell<br />
out soon so don’t miss your moment<br />
and reserve your seats now.<br />
Start your New Year in style in the<br />
exclusive LNYDP VIP section positioned<br />
in the heart of Whitehall, which includes<br />
unlimited access to a host of high-end<br />
food outlets for the ultimate New Year’s<br />
Day Parade experience.<br />
The parade starts at 12 noon near<br />
Green Park Station, runs along<br />
Piccadilly to Piccadilly Circus, turns<br />
right down Regent Street, St. James’s,<br />
Pall Mall, Trafalgar Square and Whitehall<br />
to Parliament Square.<br />
Spectators are advised to secure their<br />
space early – as around 500,000 are<br />
expected along the route.<br />
Further details at LNYDP.com<br />
SLAVA’S SNOW SHOW RETURNS TO<br />
SOUTHBANK CENTRE<br />
The multi-award winning international<br />
sensation Slava’s Snowshow returns to<br />
London’s Southbank Centre for an<br />
unprecedented fifth season of festive<br />
magic from 18 December – 4 January.<br />
The Snowshow is produced by Matthew<br />
Gale and Mark Goucher.<br />
A combination of theatrical clowning<br />
and stunning visual spectacle, the show is<br />
performed by a world-renowned company<br />
of clowns led by Slava Polunin, Artistic<br />
Director of the St Petersburg Circus.<br />
Slava’s Snowshow is the internationally<br />
acclaimed winner of the Time Out, Olivier<br />
and Drama Desk awards for unique<br />
theatrical experience. Now in its 25th year<br />
since its inception, it had its UK premiere<br />
at the Edinburgh Festival in 1994, and has<br />
since toured all over the country,<br />
delighting audiences of all ages and<br />
winning an Olivier Award for Best<br />
Entertainment during its run at the Old Vic<br />
in 1998. The show’s popularity overseas<br />
has seen it performed in 80 cities around<br />
the globe including New York, Los<br />
Angeles, Paris, Rome, Hong Kong, Rio de<br />
Janeiro and Moscow.<br />
The show’s triumphant return to the<br />
Royal Festival Hall after four highly<br />
successful winter seasons will mark the<br />
culmination of the latest stage in an<br />
extraordinary journey.<br />
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