Britain on the Cheap

Yes, summer 2012 means Olympics in London, but for loyal royalists, it’s all about the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee weekend June 2-4, 2012, marking Elizabeth II’s 60 years on the throne. VisitLondon has a new contest to win a five-night trip to help the sovereign celebrate. The winner will spend a night under the stars at [...]

Oliver!, in its second record-breaking year, is offering holiday deals at Theatre Royal Drury Lane Dec. 17 through Jan. 8. Balcony tickets are now £20.99/$33.80, down from £25.75/$41. Stalls and Dress Circle are now £39.99/$64.60, down from £49.50/$78.

Hurry! Snap up a free Frommer’s mobile app guide to London from iTunes for a limited time. The app, usually $4.99, has regularly updated content with the latest reviews, prices and maps.

SACO serviced apartment company is offering savings up to £66/$103 per night for October half-term in Manchester, plus free tickets to Dr Who Live. From Oct. 23-31, a studio apartment, sleeping two, costs from £75/$119 per night, saving £55/$87; a two-bedroom apartment, sleeping four, costs £145/$227 per night, saving £66/$103. If you book by Oct. [...]

Superbreak is offering some fall ticket/overnight packages for O2 Arena events in London, from the outrageous Ozzy Osborne to a 25th birthday bash for Les Miserables. Ozzfest, Sept. 18, £105/$163pp – Ozzy will be accompanied on the main stage by Korn, Murderdolls and Skindred and others. Ozzfest will take over the entire O2 complex, with [...]

It’s no Ponzi scheme—Visit London can save you $6 off a ticket to “Enron” at Noel Coward Theatre, London. One of the most infamous scandals in financial history mixes classical tragedy with savage comedy. The tickets, good through Aug. 14. are now $70/£45.75, down from $76/£50.50.

Psy is a new circus show by The 7 Fingers, inspired by the surreal underworld of the human psyche. Save $22 on the show, at the Peacock Theatre, London: the cost is now $38/£24.50, down from $60/£36 for a top price ticket. Through May 15.

Debbie Reynolds celebrates 50 years of show business in an award-winning one-woman show at the Apollo Theatre through May 9. Save on an upper circle seat at $38/£25, down from $58/£37.50. Top price is $60/ £39.50, down from $75/£49.50.

Reader Jennifer Dorn shares her theater tip:  “The highly regarded Donmar Warehouse in Covent Garden makes a number of seats available for each performance beginning at 10 a.m. on the day. Recently my husband and I were in Row A of the mezzanine at ‘full price’ seats while a woman next to us had paid a fraction [...]

Cornwall’s Minack Theatre and Visitor Centre in Porthcurno, Penzance, will launch its new season April 2-5 and 10-12 with Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast.” The remarkable Minack has a rough stage and seating carved out of rock, with a gorgeous view of the sea as its backdrop. The theater won an Enjoy England Award in [...]