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Massively acclaimed, award-winning Broadway smash ‘Stereophonic’ will transfer to London’s West End in May
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The 10 best new London theatre openings in January 2025
From a the weird and wonderful MimeLondon to the laugh out loud ‘Titanique’, it’s anything but a slow start to the year
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The best new London theatre openings in January
Although January is traditionally one of the slower months of the year for new London theatre openings, a combination of delayed December shows and the...
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The six London theatre shows that I’m looking forward to the most in 2025
Time Out theatre ed Andrzej Łukowski picks the six London theatre shows he’s most looking forward to seeing in 2025
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The 12 best London theatre shows of 2024
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Titanique
While the RMS Titanic proved to be all too sinkable, this titanically camp musical spoof of the James Cameron film should sail on for quite some time.
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The Invention of Love
There is much to admire about the three-hour The Invention of Love, and I’m glad I got a chance to see it in Blanche McIntrye’s sturdy Hampstead...
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The Tempest
Superstar director Jamie Lloyd has had an incredible run of somewhat improbable celebrity-led West End smashes, from Martin Freeman in Richard III to Nicole...
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Stage and screen legend Imelda Staunton returns to the West End this year in classic play ‘Mrs Warren’s Profession’
The national treasure will star opposite her daughter Bessie Carter in the George Bernard Shaw classic
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Massively acclaimed, award-winning Broadway smash ‘Stereophonic’ will transfer to London’s West End in May
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The 10 best new London theatre openings in January 2025
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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...