Chauffeur Hire for Theatre, in the West End and Further Afield

Most West End evenings open with dinner somewhere within walking distance, then a curtain going up around half past seven. Two and a half to three hours after that, interval included, several hundred people spill out onto a narrow street all at once. Opera and ballet run longer, and often build in a proper interval meant for eating. A matinee squeezes the whole thing into a single busy afternoon instead.

Pedestrianised, one-way or restricted after dark: that covers Shaftesbury Avenue, the streets round Covent Garden and a good deal of Soho. So the practical arrangement is a set-down at an agreed corner a short walk from the door, with collection from the very same spot. Throughout, your chauffeur waits nearby instead of being summoned from a car park, which is the difference between waiting two minutes and waiting twenty-five.

On a weekday evening, allow more time than instinct suggests. The West End grinds from late afternoon onwards, and turning up twenty minutes ahead of curtain is a far more civilised business than turning up on it. Say where you are eating and the evening gets built as one booking rather than two. Tickets and seating you arrange yourself; Luxury Chauffeurs is independent and concerns itself with the journey either side.

Two of you are well served by an S-Class or an E-Class, quiet enough on the way home to talk about what you have just watched. Opening night, or a birthday, and a Rolls-Royce Ghost turns the arrival into part of the evening. Family groups and theatre parties do better in a V-Class, which also answers the problem of everyone emerging from a different door at the same moment.