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Paranormal Activity
The parameters for judging a stage adaption of the horror film franchise Paranormal Activity are clearly quite different to, say, a production of King...
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Paddington the Musical
It’s difficult to pinpoint why the moment Paddington walks on stage at the start of his new musical is quite so moving…
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All My Sons
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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Gillian Anderson will star in an intimate West End production of ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’
She’ll play the acid-tongued Martha opposite Billy Crudup’s George in the Edward Albee classic at @sohoplace in September
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The big Christmas show at London’s National Theatre will be a brand new adaptation of ‘The Jungle Book’
‘Hamlet’ star Hiran Abeysekera will play Mowgli in an all-new take on Rudyard Kipling’s classic story
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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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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...