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I remember traveling by myself to London’s Westend for the first time. I found myself standing in Charing Cross’s arrival hall scratching my head in bemusement. I was heading to the Victoria Apollo to see Wicked The Musical. Not on a broomstick, but by walking and taking the tube.

In order to get to my destination I needed to find Embankment tube station. Maybe it was my excitement at the thought of seeing green witches and flying monkeys distracting my mind, but I could not for love nor money find the exit for Embankment station. There was a rather large directions board with an arrow pointing to, what appeared to be a toilet door/store cupboard sandwiched between a pub/cafe and the train platforms. I couldn’t fathom how the exit could possibly be there. Thus, I ended up walking out of the main entrance and stumbling around in a daze, until I rang my brother on my mobile to discover the exit to Embankment was, in fact, back in the station. On closer inspection the door that I thought was a toilet or store cupboard was actually an exit to a set of stairs and escalators, which lead to a whole new street! At the bottom of which was, low and behold – Embankment station!This brought me to think J.K Rowling may have been on to something with Diagon Alley from the Harry Potter books. If you recall, Diagon Alley was a place where young witches and wizards went to buy their supplies before attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It could only be accessed by going into The Leaky Cauldron pub (which was apparently located between a bookshop and record shop on Charing Cross Road!)It seemed my magical journey to OZ had already begun! That’s all very fine and well in the world of make believe, but if you are planning to get to your 7:30pm curtain up in time, you’re going to need a more realistic plan than using a magic wand.London is full of tiny doorways and back streets that seemingly hide some of the most wonderful surprises including some of the best Westend theatres! It can make finding your destination a little tricky, especially if you’re a tourist. Which brings me on to Google Street View! Ah, could Mr. Google be our ‘Fiyero’, our knight in shin… Ok, enough of the whimsy…As you may have heard on the news, as of March this year Google’s Street View now covers over 99% of the United Kingdom’s roads, both rural and urban. Just as a brief reminder, Google’s Street View does what it says on the tin. If you type into Google Maps your destination, you are given the option of seeing an actual photographic view of the street! But what, you may inquire, does this have to do with finding my theatre? Quite a bit actually!For example, say you are planning a trip to see Jersey Boys at the Prince Edward theatre (after which, you WILL be singing ‘Big Boys Don’t Cry’ in a high pitch voice). If you’ve walked up from one of the tube stations, you’ll likely be on the main road which is ‘Charing Cross Road’. If like me, you either hate carrying a map because it “makes you look like a tourist” or your sense of direction is so dire, that you always think directly ahead must be North and behind South, then a map isn’t going to be the greatest help. Without a landmark, you’re likely end up going off down several side streets before you find the theatre. That’s where Google Street View comes into good use!Before your trip punch in the theatre’s postcode and have a good look around the surrounding streets. Back track your expected route. You’ll be able to identify landmarks, enabling you to take the correct turn off. For example, say you found yourself here:

Without looking at Google Street View before hand, it could have been potentially easy to go up the wrong street. If you can plot your landmarks before hand, it will make your life a lot easier!So voila! Hopefully with the help of Google Street View, you’ll end up here

and not here. Although both have men with high pitched voices, so it might not be such a bad mistake.

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