INDUSTRY CONTACTS - London city guide

USEFUL INDUSTRY CONTACTS

British Film Commission
70 Baker St, London W1M 1DJ
Tel 224 5000

British Film Institute
21 Stephen St, London W1P 1PL
Tel 255 1444

British Videogram Association
22 Poland St, London W1V 3DD
Tel 437 5722

Cinematograph Exhibitors' Association
22 Golden Square, London W1R 3PA
Tel 734 9551

Department of Trade & Industry
Ashdown House, 123 Victoria St,
London SW1E 6RB Tel 215 5000

ITV Network Centre
200 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8HF Tel 843 8000
PACT (Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television)
Gordon House, Greencoat Place,
London SW1P 1PH Tel 233 6000

Society of Film Distributors
22 Golden Square, London W1R 3PA
Tel 437 4383

Writers Guild of Great Britain 430 Edgware Rd, London W2 1EH
Tel 723 8074

Knightsbridge
Definately the place for shopaholics and those with expensive tastes. The famous department store Harrods is located here and well worth a cruise around for those essential gifts that you need to take home with you.

Music
If you are looking to extend your music collection head for Oxford Street where you will find HMV and Virgin Megastore, which have a vast range of CDs, records, tapes, as well as video games and videos. For a more usually taste in music, Soho has a number of speciality record shops. Definately worth a look as records are rapidly becoming a dying breed!

Theatre
London's shows cater for all tastes and ages. Long-time favourites such as The Mouse Trap (now in its 42nd year), Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Miss Saigon, Les Miserables and Starlight Express. More recent additions are Oliver and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard, renowned for its fantastic sets and brilliant music.
For the more serious theatre-goers, there is the RSC at the Barbican and the Royal National Theatre on the South Bank. For many fringe shows throughout London comprehensive listings are provided by the weekly magazine Time Out.
For half-price tickets SWET ticket booth in Leicester Square (no telephone calls and you will have to queue) is open from 14.30-18.30 Monday-Saturday and from noon on matinee days.

Time Out magazine
Offers invaluable listings of what is screening in the capital. Releases dominate the West End, particularly the Leicester Square area, but there is also a thriving repertory programme at the National Film Theatre in the South Bank complex by the river, which also houses the Museum of the Moving Image (Tel 928 3232).

USEFUL INDUSTRY CONTACTS

British Film Commission 70 Baker St, London W1M 1DJ Tel 224 5000

British Film Institute 21 Stephen St, London W1P 1PL Tel 255 1444

British Videogram Association 22 Poland St, London W1V 3DD Tel 437 5722

Cinematograph Exhibitors' Association 22 Golden Square, London W1R 3PA Tel 734 9551

Department of Trade & Industry Ashdown House, 123 Victoria St, London SW1E 6RB Tel 215 5000

ITV Network Centre 200 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8HF Tel 843 8000 PACT (Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television) Gordon House, Greencoat Place, London SW1P 1PH Tel 233 6000

Society of Film Distributors 22 Golden Square, London W1R 3PA Tel 437 4383

Writers Guild of Great Britain 430 Edgware Rd, London W2 1EH Tel 723 8074

Knightsbridge Definately the place for shopaholics and those with expensive tastes. The famous department store Harrods is located here and well worth a cruise around for those essential gifts that you need to take home with you.