“It is business as usual!” That is the message from the tkts ticket booth in Leicester Square as the historic London thoroughfare is transformed into a building site for major refurbishment work.
Customers looking for the world-famous half-price ticket outlet are currently confronted with black wooden hoardings around the perimeter of the park, hiding the transformation work that has already begun. The work will continue throughout the coming year, but is scheduled to be completed well before the Olympics in 2012.
Paul James, Commercial Manager for The Society of London Theatre (SOLT), commented: “Customers can be assured, tkts is still in the same location and we are still selling lots of tickets, in fact the Christmas period was particularly busy. So people are finding us despite the unfamiliar hoardings around the Square. We are working with Westminster City Council to try and improve signage because we are a bit hidden now, particularly from the North side of the Square. If in doubt, check out our map and head for the South end of the Square.”
Westminster City Council’s redevelopment project is intended to rejuvenate the busy Central London square to provide a pleasant public space for both Londoners and visitors to the capital. The work includes the provision of new contemporary granite paving for the Square, gardens and side streets, new functional and decorative lighting, a unique white granite ribbon seating design, and contemporary planting and new bronze railings and gates for the gardens.
tkts in Leicester Square is the original half-price ticket booth and is the only official, industry-run ticket outlet in central London. tkts sells discount and full-price tickets for both the day of performance and advance performances. The Society of London Theatre also operates a tkts kiosk in Brent Cross Shopping Centre.