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Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley share school photos ahead of This Morning return
They will return to the flagship show in September.
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Three rushed to hospital after bus crashes with rickshaw in central London
An N19 bus to Clapham Junction collided with a rickshaw in the West End at around 1am
Please take your seats, the carnage is about to begin: what will Quentin Tarantino’s West End debut look like?
The director has announced he’s turning to theatre, and mounting a play in London soon. The matinee coach parties may need to brace themselvesIf the last few days have taught us anything at all, then it is this: if you want Quentin Tarantino to open up about anything, invite him on to a podcast ca...
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Every Brilliant Thing review – Lenny Henry gets audience on board for list of life’s joys
@sohoplace theatre, LondonHenry is the first of a group of star performers taking Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe’s hit show about depression into the West EndSince its premiere in 2013, Duncan Macmillan’s one-person play about depression has gradually become a cult hit. It’s been performed...
Moment prolific thieves are caught as Met Police vow West End crime crackdown
Extra 80 officers join team focusing on hotspots around Oxford Circus and Regent Street
Cameron Mackintosh in tribute to ‘wry, generous and utterly original’ Tom Lehrer
The West End impresario said US song satirist Lehrer, who has died aged 97, ‘was a very special kind of genius’.
Richard Greenberg obituary
Playwright once dubbed ‘the American Noël Coward’, who skilfully poked beneath the surface of his middle-class characters’ livesThe American playwright Richard Greenberg, who has died aged 67 of cancer, was an accomplished and prolific chronicler of the lives of young, upwardly mobile profess...
Burlesque: The Musical review – Christina Aguilera movie gets a gloriously ‘dirrty’ makeover
Savoy theatre, LondonThis adrenalised adaptation of the 2010 film is stuffed with superb voices and sensational movesWhat a tremendous breath of fresh air. Amid the indefatigable rise of movies cynically re-spun for the stage, this musical adaptation of the 2010 film featuring Cher and Christina Agu...
In Pictures: Hellraiser Ozzy Osbourne toned down his act to reach wider audience
Guided by wife and manager Sharon, the Black Sabbath frontman cleaned up his act to become a reality TV stalwart.
Samantha Womack felt ’emotional’ reading Dear England script ahead of tour
The former EastEnders star will be taking on the role of team psychologist Pippa Grange in the tour of James Graham’s award-winning play.
Frank Barrie obituary
Witty and elegant actor whose roles ranged from Shakespeare to Dot Cotton’s gentleman friend in EastEndersThere is a dying breed of classically trained, romantic, heroic actors who should not be consigned to oblivion in theatrical memory, and Frank Barrie, who has died aged 88, is a notable exampl...
The Guide #200: Get Out, Breaking Bad and the pop culture that defined the 21st century so far
In this week’s newsletter: To celebrate our 200th edition, we look back at the films, shows, albums and more that mattered most over the last 25 yearsThe Guide is 200 issues old today – maybe not the biggest milestone, but one worth marking. So this week we’re doing just that, ending our recen...
Minnie Driver signs up for lead role as Every Brilliant Thing comes to West End
The actor will follow stars including Lenny Henry and Sue Perkins, leading the hit show in which a performer enlists the audience’s help to tell ‘funny, sad and unique’ storyMinnie Driver has joined the list of stars performing Every Brilliant Thing – a play told by one actor with the help o...
‘I would go-go dance in a shower then work on sonnets!’ Ncuti Gatwa’s sexy new Shakespearean drama
After surviving the whirlwind of Doctor Who, the actor returns to the stage in ‘horny Elizabethan drama’ Born With Teeth. He and co-star Edward Bluemel discuss bust lips, hot pants and queering the Bard’s story ‘I think of it as a very sexy, dangerous game of Elizabethan cat and mouse.” Nc...
Cheers to The Weir! What makes Conor McPherson’s mysterious pub drama so mesmerising?
As Brendan Gleeson prepares for his role in a revival of the 1997 hit, the stars of earlier productions toast its deceptively moving and profound barfly banterAppearances are deceptive. On the face of it, The Weir is not an exceptional play. Set in a rural pub somewhere in north-west Ireland, it is ...
Ncuti Gatwa says he left Doctor Who as ‘I am getting old and my body was tired’
The 32-year-old played the time-travelling alien for two series on the popular BBC show.
Evita review – Rachel Zegler is phenomenal but Jamie Lloyd’s rock show drowns out the story
London PalladiumZegler excels as Eva Perón and the crowds outside are used to capture the hypnotic appeal of populism but the narrative takes a backseat in his staging of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s musicalDirector Jamie Lloyd has outraged some theatregoers, who evidently feel short-change...
Susan Sarandon ‘terrified but excited’ to make UK theatrical debut in September
The Oscar winner will appear alongside Oscar nominee Andrea Riseborough when they play the same character at different ages in Tracy Letts’ play Mary Page MarloweSusan Sarandon is to make her UK theatre debut alongside Andrea Riseborough, when the pair portray the same woman at different ages, in ...
Brian Cox to tour in one man show
The award-winning Succession actor said the show will focus on his life and career.
Met chief apologises to broadcaster Selina Scott over police response after violent mugging
The former news anchor, 74, said she felt ‘humiliated and angry’ after the incident