Help - just seen there is a huge Brexit March in London when we have musical tickets

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So we have tickets for Hamilton on Oct 11th and for Wicked on Oct 12th. Both near Victoria station and I was planning to book the travel lodge at Vauxhall. I've now seen there is a second referendum March in London on Oct 12th. Should I cancel the tickets or is it do-able. DD2 (15) isn't a fan of crowds.

Victoria should be far enough I would think. Hamilton is excellent don't cancel for some Brexit maarxh. Premier Inn in Victoria is reasonable if you can't get into travel lodge

Thanks. Has anyone been in central London during one of these marches? Our tickets for Wicked are for the Saturday matinee performance, I'm not sure what the timing for the March would be but I imagine afternoon?

The crowds will prob not be near Victoria station - closer to Parliament Square, Whitehall, Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly, Park Lane etc if it follows ‘usual’ march routes. Victoria will prob be busier than usual though with people travelling in and out of London for the march. Vauxhall to Victoria is not far on the tube. Give yourself more time than usual for the journey.

If you're okay with a 20-minute walk, Vauxhall to Victoria isn't very far on foot if crowded tubes are a worry for your daughter.

you'll be fine. I went on the last march and whilst the march itself was busy surrounding areas were fine. You only have to walk 5 mins from Victoria to both theatres so even if it is a bit busier it will be totally doable. Victoria is well away from the march route.

It is also worth saying thatthe whole thing was incredibly good natured and there wasn't a hint of trouble so even if you did somehow end up in the crowds I don't think it would at all intimidating.

I was in London during the last one and have been there during a big climate march. Not a problem at all. You’d be mad to cancel Hamilton tickets because of it. Away from the main route you won’t even know it’s happening. If anything places will be a bit quieter than usual. I like to go walking in central London and seem to have a habit of stumbling across big demonstrations accidentally.

It’s like a big Waitrose queue so no shoving and pushing

Yes, I concur, nothing to fear and everything to look forward to. Hamilton is so so so good.

As long as you aren’t driving or hoping to catch a cab you will be fine. I was on the second referendum march earlier this year and this one will follow the same route, they are all standard. It will end at Parliament Square (about a mile from the theatres) so you will be near the route of the march but not on it.

All of the area around Victoria will be busier than a normal `Saturday with people going to and from the march route so allow an extra 20 minutes or so but you probably won’t need it. There are marches all the time in London and police are very good at keeping everyone moving along. Don’t forget that the whole transport system is designed to carry 2 million commuters every single weekday so a few hundred thousand on a weekend march is easily absorbed.

Also, the theatres you're going to are literally right outside the station. You stand with your back to Victoria and Wicked is across the road to your left, and Hamilton is across the road in front of you. You really won't have to journey through crowds to get to them either.

Thanks all, that's reassuring.

I work in London and am often in on the weekend. I don't really notice any difference when there is a march on. Unless you are in Westminster you are not likely to be affected.

Just a word of warning - one way to get from Vauxhall to the theatres is to get a train to Waterloo, cross the river by Waterloo Bridge or Westminster Bridge and then walk down past Westminster Abbey and Victoria St. It’s normally a lovely walk with great views and lots to see. Don’t do it that weekend as it would take you right through Parliament Square.

A much quicker journey would be the three minute tube ride from Vauxhall to Victoria station,then the 3 minute walk to the theatres or if you want to walk, walk over Vauxhall Bridge, it’s not as scenic a walk but will not be crowded at all and will only take about 25 minutes.