Local News
Puma to open huge new West End flagship on Oxford Street this Autumn
Puma’s move follows announcements from Ikea and Mango about major launches this year
Local messages
The most controversial Just Stop Oil actions as climate group ceases protests
The group is know for tactics such as targeting major infrastructure, sporting events, West End productions and heritage sites.
Robert Icke’s modern-day Oedipus triumphs at Critics’ Circle theatre awards
Other winners include Francesca Amewudah-Rivers for Romeo & Juliet, Danny Sapani as King Lear and Giant playwright Mark RosenblattA modern-day version of Oedipus, which turned Sophocles’ tragic leader into a politician awaiting election results, has won three prizes at the Critics’ Circle th...
Get Weekly Updates
Get the headlines in your inbox every week.
Environmental campaign group Just Stop Oil announces end to direct action
The group has drawn attention, criticism and jail terms for protests ranging from defacing artworks and heritage to invading motorways.
Hero Met Police officers pounce on West End phone snatcher
Male on suspicion of robbery and possession of stolen property, say Scotland Yard
Quarter of Covent Garden sold to Norway's wealth fund for £570 million
Deal gives Scandinavian sovereign wealth fund even bigger West End presence after investments in Regent Street and Savile Row
Ikea to open its first West End store on Oxford Street on May 1
The store's opening follows a complex and delayed three-year renovation to improve the listed building’s environmental performance
Clueless review – all back to the 90s for a musical of the movie? As if!
Trafalgar theatre, LondonAmy Heckerling adapts her own iconic screenplay for a lumbering production in need of more belters from composer KT TunstallWhat do you get if you cross a high-school movie with Jane Austen’s comedy of manners? Clueless, of course. The 1995 film was inspired by the plot of...
Oscar winner Adrien Brody continues award success as he scores first Olivier nod
The Hollywood actor and two-time Oscar winner has landed his first Olivier nomination for his debut West End performance in The Fear of 13.
‘Just to see Tom Hiddleston would be enough!’ My eye-popping night with the fans who mob stage doors
With London’s West End chockful of Hollywood A-listers, crowds are thronging stage doors. But do some fans go too far? We uncover a shadowy story of joyful adulation, gobby putdowns – and endless TikToksOn a cold evening in London, two German tourists survey the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Lina, 1...
Fiddler on the Roof up for 13 Olivier awards and Romola Garai nominated twice in same category
Garai is recognised for The Years and Giant, Oscar-winner Adrien Brody is nominated for his West End debut, while Imelda Staunton gets 14th nod for Hello, Dolly!• Olivier awards 2025 – complete list of nominationsRomola Garai has been nominated twice in the same category at this year’s Olivier...
Olivier awards 2025: complete list of nominations
From Adrien Brody up for best actor for The Fear of 13 to Hello, Dolly! up for best musical revival, see who else is in the running at this year’s awards• Fiddler on the Roof up for 13 Olivier awards – newsBest new musicalThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button, music and lyrics by Darren Clark, b...
‘I said there was no reason to make it a musical!’ Mel Brooks on The Producers’ West End transfer
Veteran director, who originally opposed adapting 1967 film for the stage, is ‘very proud’ as Menier Chocolate Factory production will move to London’s Garrick theatreThe Menier Chocolate Factory has announced that its acclaimed production of The Producers is to transfer to the West End this a...
The best theatre to stream this month: The Lion King, Churchill in Moscow, The Other Place and more
An anniversary show for the pride of Disney, a secret meeting of wartime leaders and a very modern Antigone are among this month’s highlightsTalk about the circle of life: past stars of the leonine juggernaut’s stage and screen versions reunite in this 30th anniversary concert in Los Angeles. Si...
Latest screen role ‘one of the greatest’ in American theatre, says Jessica Lange
Lange spoke to the press alongside co-star Ed Harris ahead of the UK premiere of Long Day’s Journey Into Night at the Glasgow Film Festival.
London Theatre Week: London's best restaurants for a pre-and post-theatre meal
Here’s where to find food worthy of a standing ovation, picked by Ben McCormack and Josh Barrie
Much Ado About Ken: Barbie style star is still making menswear shimmer
Almost two years on from film’s debut, Ryan Gosling character’s himbo look has reached the West End in LondonBenedick in a bedazzled belt and matching sparkly shoes, Claudio clad in a gold lamé cropped co-ord. Much Ado About Nothing may be more than 400 years old but Jamie Lloyd’s current spi...
Sir Lenny Henry receives Freedom of the City of London
The comedian and actor joins previous recipients including Dame Judi Dench and Damian Lewis.
Unicorn review – Nicola Walker and Stephen Mangan’s throuple comedy doesn’t catch fire
Garrick theatre, LondonThere are a few zingy lines but this threesome play co-starring Erin Doherty is lots of talk and no action – and peculiarly devoid of passionThrouple might be the current term for three-way romance but it is by no means a new phenomenon. Neither is the idea of a couple sauci...
Pair of Barry Humphries’ Dame Edna Everage glasses auctioned for £37,800
His personal collection totalled £4,627,224 at auction, according to Christie’s auction house.