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The 10 best new London theatre openings in April 2025
From Ewan MacGregor to The Great Gatsby, it’s a joyously eclectic month on the London stage
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Theatre reviews, news and more – the best shows in London and the West End.
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The top London comedy shows to see in April
From a reprise for Adam Riches and John Kearns’s batshit tribute to Michael Ball and Alfie Boe to the return of a slew of Gen X US comedy...
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How to Get Cheap & Last-Minute Theatre Tickets in London
London theatre has a reputation for being expensive. And there’s no getting away from the fact that it can be. However, the exorbitant top prices...
Dance
The best dance and ballet shows in April 2025
It is April and this month things are looking exciting and varied in London’s dance scene
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Ranked: London’s 11 most beautiful theatres
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Apex Predator
The Lost Boys meet Motherland in playwright John Donnelly’s giddily original stage return. It is a drama about postpartum depression and also vampirism...
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Playhouse Creatures
This April de Angelis period drama feels like a great idea that could have been done better. To be honest, it could probably be done better by De Angelis...
Richmond
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The Women of Llanrumney
Azuka Oforka’s uneven but engrossing play ruthlessly pushes the surface incongruity of the fact that it’s set in an 18th-century Jamaican...
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Yet another huge West End theatre ticket sale is coming to London
The Spring Spectacular 2025 is offering discounts on some huge name shows
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The 10 best new London theatre openings in April 2025
From Ewan McGregor to ‘The Great Gatsby’, there’s something for everyone on the London stage this month
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The Royal Court Theatre has announced its huge new 2025 season
In a gloriously eclectic season for the Sloane Square theatre, a play about a cow with no words in it rubs up against a surefire hit from Nick Payne
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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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National Theatre
Arguably the greatest theatre in the world, the Royal National Theatre is also one of London's most recognisable landmarks and perhaps this country's foremost...
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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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Shakespeare's Globe
Built in 1599 and destroyed by fire in 1613, the original Globe Theatre was at the heart of London’s seedy South London entertainment district in William...
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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...