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UK LGBT EVENTS - Grand Hotel
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Grand Hotel

Come, spend a night or two in the worlds most opulent, extravagant hotel. Perhaps you will find your fortune there, perhaps you will find true love, perhaps all of your dreams will come trueperhaps... The Grand Hotel is bustling with eccentric and sometimes dubious guests: amongst them a fading prima ballerina being forced to dance again; a fatally ill Jewish bookkeeper who wants to spend his final days living in luxury; a young, handsome, but destitute Baron; a cynical doctor suffering from World War I wounds; an honest businessman going bad as he faces financial ruin and a typist dreaming of Hollywood stardom. Over the course of a weekend, their extraordinary stories interweave with each other and the hotels hardworking staff. Premireing on Broadway in 1989, Grand Hotel ran forover 1,000 performances and was nominated for 12 Tony Awards, winning 5.

Tickets : £ 22 / 18 Tickets

Address : Southwark Playhouse
77-85 Newington Causeway
London
SE1 6BD

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