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Review: ‘Born with Teeth’ starring Ncuti Gatwa at Wyndham’s Theatre
If you think a drama about Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare having a sexy, dangerous time sounds a bit slash fiction-y then you would have the...
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The 10 best new London theatre openings in September 2025
After its usual sleepy summer, London theatre is back with a bang for a gloriously busy September
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The ‘Paddington the Musical’ cast has been confirmed
A relatively innocuous casting update strongly suggests what the plot might be and which famous actor might do Paddington’s voice
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‘It’s high stakes, high adrenaline’ – Punchdrunk head into space with video game influenced new show
Punchdrunk founder Felix Barrett talks the company’s unexpected new show ‘Lander 23’
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The top London comedy shows to see in September
The best of the Edinburgh Fringe is heading our way – plus th Greenwich Comedy Festival and Dave Chappelle
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Romans: A Novel
Alice Birch’s Romans: A Novel is a tiny bit like a British feminist version of The Lehman Trilogy, if the three Lehman brothers were replaced by the...
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Dracula
If you’ve ever felt Lucy Westenra got a terrible deal (#justiceforlucy and all that), the Lyric Hammersmith’s new spin on Dracula is here to...
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Reunion
Family, eh? Can’t live with ‘em, can’t live without ‘em. Relatives reuniting at a big event, where tensions bubble up and burst over,...
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Sheridan Smith returns to London’s West End this Christmas with ‘Woman in Mind’
The Alan Ayckbourn revival is her first stage outing since the flop ‘Opening Night’
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A play by the late Chadwick Boseman and a very unusual ‘Tempest’ feature in the Globe’s 2026 winter season
Boseman’s little known 2005 drama ‘Deep Azure’ gets its UK premiere alongside an intriguing spin on ‘The Tempest’ by Tim Crouch
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Denise Gough and Billy Crudup will star in new West End drama ‘High Noon’
The two screen stars will tackle a stage adaptation of the classic 1952 Western written by top screenwriter Eric Roth
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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...