Musicals and theatre in London

Theatre reviews, news and more – the best shows in London and the West End.

Review: Much Ado About Nothing
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Review: Much Ado About Nothing

5 out of 5 stars
Jamie Lloyd’s Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell-starring to on Shakspeare’s great romcom is ridiculous, joyous and hilarious – a stage...
Covent Garden
The top London comedy shows to see in February
Comedy

The top London comedy shows to see in February

From Jordan Brookes’s batshit standup show-cum-Titanic musical to new work from Harry Hill and Mark Thomas, it’s another eclectic month on the stage
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Otherland
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Otherland

3 out of 5 stars
Our bodies are strange, alien things. In her new play of two strikingly different halves, Chris Bush explores womanhood and the shifting identities of our...
Islington
Backstroke
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Backstroke

How do you take two national treasures and make them really quite awful and annoying? Well, like this. Celia Imrie is Beth, the strong-willed, callous,...
Seven Dials
Richard II
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Richard II

3 out of 5 stars
The first new Bridge Theatre production in over two years is a bit like excitedly running off to meet an old friend you haven’t seen in ages and then...
Tower Bridge

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London musicals
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London musicals

There are a hell of a lot of musicals running in London at any given time…
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The best London theatres

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Old Vic

One of London's most storied theatres, the Old Vic – which opened its doors in 1818 – was the first home of the National Theatre, under the...
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Young Vic

The Young Vic more than lives up to its name, with its slick modern exterior, buzzing bar, and a forward-looking line-up that makes it feel metaphorically as...
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Royal Court Theatre

London's premiere new writing theatre, the Royal Court made its name in the 1950s when it was synonymous with kitchen sink dramas and the Angry Young Men, and...
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Lyric Hammersmith

A beacon of culture in Hammersmith, the Lyric's distinctive look is largely down to a fusion of the building's 1970s structure, the theatre's Victorian...
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