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Neighbourhood crime plunges in London as Sadiq Khan slams 'dystopian hellhole' narrative
‘Neighbourhood crime’ falls 14% with 35,000 fewer offences in a year
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Wild scenes in London's West End as thousands of Spain fans celebrate World Cup victory
Thousands of fans can be seen waving flags and chanting while car horns blared in the background after the 1-0 win over Argentina
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Grosvenor Square to reopen to public after £25m makeover
The new-look square boasts more than 150,000 new plants and 44 new trees as well as a new cafe kiosk
Dame Julia Donaldson hopes Gruffalo stage show introduces children to theatre
The show is marking its 25th anniversary this year.
Moment police raid Romford warehouse to seize £500k haul 'stolen from West End retailers' as man arrested
Officers recovered £500,000 of suspected stolen goods from a warehouse in Romford
Edinburgh faces second day of disruption after Princes Street fire
The building at the site of the old Debenhams department store suffered ‘significant damage’.
Catherine Tate sparks concern after cutting West End run short for 'personal reasons'
The Doctor Who star, 56, has been playing Mary Todd Lincoln at the Trafalgar Theatre since April
Will a rollout of live facial recognition in Soho bust crime or destroy trust?
Chris Stokel-Walker asks whether the tech’s success in Croydon can be repeated in the heaving West End
Jesus Christ Superstar review – Sam Ryder raises the roof in rock opera turned up to 11
London PalladiumThe Eurovision star leads a glittery production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s blockbuster but this booming show lacks context and clarityThis amped-up version of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s rock opera is presented by the same triumvirate who near enough blew the cr...
Duke of York’s theatre to be renamed after Tom Stoppard
New name recognises the playwright’s huge impact on British theatre with producer Sonia Friedman saying he would be ‘tickled pink’The Duke of York’s theatre in the West End is to become the Tom Stoppard theatre in honour of the playwright who died in November.The theatre is currently present...
The best theatre to stream this month: all rise for Rosamund Pike’s Inter Alia
The star delivers a breathtaking performance in Suzie Miller’s play about a judge under pressure, while Paddington gets everyone singing and Peter Shaffer’s Black Comedy is backRosamund Pike rightly won an Olivier award for her restless turn in Prima Facie playwright Suzie Miller’s blistering ...
Dame Penelope Keith obituary
Hugely popular actor hailed for playing Margo in the BBC’s popular comedy series The Good Life and her many distinguished stage rolesBetween 1975 and 1981, the actor Penelope Keith, who has died aged 86, secured a position of unassailable popularity in two of the biggest television sitcoms since t...
‘A privilege – and pretty terrifying’: James Norton to play Hamlet in the West End
The Happy Valley actor is lined up as the lead in German director Thomas Ostermeier’s first Shakespearean play in EnglishJames Norton is to take on his first major Shakespearean stage role and play Hamlet in the West End next year.The King & Conqueror star said it was a “privilege” and “...
The Truth review – Florian Zeller’s knotty comedy of deceit is a real delight
Apollo theatre, LondonStephen Mangan, Sarah Hadland, Ardal O’Hanlon and Janie Dee are seat-shakingly funny in this study of adulteryAlice and Michel must conceal their affair from possibly suspicious spouses Paul and Laurence, sometimes under detective level interrogation. Florian Zeller’s The T...
Sinatra: The Musical review – life of a legend brims with hits but never gets under his skin
Aldwych theatre, LondonFrank swings into the West End with a swaggering turn from Joel Harper-Jackson and plenty of style yet the script is flatOl’ Blue Eyes is back: first staged in Birmingham three years ago and workshopped since, this Frank Sinatra bio-musical has now hit the West End with big ...
London’s Shaftesbury theatre to be renamed after Judi Dench
James Bond actor, who is only the second non-royal woman to be celebrated in this way, called the honour ‘truly overwhelming’Dame Judi Dench is to have a West End theatre renamed after her, becoming only the second non-royal woman to be honoured in such a way.The Shaftesbury theatre will be know...
‘What an adventure Broadway will be!’ Paddington musical packs suitcase for New York
Hugely successful London show to open in the US, with performances beginning in MarchMarmalade bagels at the ready: London’s Paddington Bear musical is to open on Broadway next spring. The phenomenally successful show, which won seven prizes at the Olivier awards, will begin performances on 30 Mar...
The Traitors West End show will ‘do what TV series cannot’
The Traitors – Acts of Betrayal will feature a cycle of five brand new plays, which have been written by John Finnemore.
Rosamund Pike keeps cool after phone alarm interrupts performance
Disruption during performance of Inter Alia comes weeks after Pike berated audience member for texting during playRosamund Pike kept her cool after a phone alarm in the front row interrupted a performance of Inter Alia on Saturday afternoon.The actor berated an audience member earlier this month for...