Musicals and theatre in London

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Paranormal Activity
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Paranormal Activity

4 out of 5 stars
The parameters for judging a stage adaption of the horror film franchise Paranormal Activity are clearly quite different to, say, a production of King...
Paddington the Musical
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Paddington the Musical

4 out of 5 stars
It’s difficult to pinpoint why the moment Paddington walks on stage at the start of his new musical is quite so moving…
All My Sons
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All My Sons

5 out of 5 stars
Expectations were always high for Ivo van Hove’s revival of Arthur Miller’s 1947 breakthrough All My Sons, because Van Hove made his own UK...

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Wicked

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Les Miserables

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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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