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Million Dollar Quartet review – jumping jukebox show reignites rock’n’roll classics
The Arts at Marble Arch, LondonElvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis’s 1956 get-together is respun with an unsubtle script but some vigorous performancesWith the Arts theatre currently closed for major works, it has established a larger base next to Marble Arch. This tempor...
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Spellbinding: Wicked’s 20th birthday in London celebrated with Royal Mint coins
Colour versions of the coins draw on the colour palette from the hit musical, which opened at London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre in 2006.
Wicked’s 20th birthday in London celebrated with Royal Mint coins
The launch of the 50p coin celebrates two decades since the show opened at its London home of the Apollo Victoria Theatre
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Fragment of the Standard from 1889 discovered beneath floorboards of Buckingham Palace
Blank Littlewoods Football Pool betting slips from 1957 and an empty Silk Cut cigarette packet were also unearthed
Royal staff social club ticket and betting slips found during Palace restoration
Everyday items were unearthed in the floorboards of Buckingham Palace, along with a rundown of instructions for hosting a grand royal reception.
Man to Man review – Tilda Swinton’s perfect pacing makes this multi-character monologue compelling
Royal Court theatre, LondonStarting in Germany in the 1930s, there is a stinging topicality to Manfred Karge’s play addressing the renaissance of Nazi ideologyEarly autumn London theatre has already featured two Oscar winners: Cate Blanchett in Electra / Persona and Mark Rylance in Tartuffe (Remix...
'River Palace' above Charing Cross station is Grade II listed amid furious planning battle
Proposed plans would see the building at 1 Embankment Place transformed into a 35,000 square metre office site
Plans to host a 1,200-seat theatre for three years in a London park face fierce opposition
Ealing Council is backing the plans for the theatre despite public objections to latest ‘takeover’ of a green space in the capital
Sacha Baron Cohen lined up for Quentin Tarantino’s West End playwriting debut
The Ali G and Borat creator is reported to be taking the lead in The Popinjay Cavalier, a swashbuckling comedy Tarantino is developing for early 2027He will soon be seen resuming his old Staines rudeboy persona in the film Ali G: Who Iz I?, but Sacha Baron Cohen may also be eyeing a new departure ...
Nick Mohammed takes Claudia Winkleman’s role in stage version of The Traitors
Finalist in 2025’s inaugural celebrity iteration will be the host of several variants, which will see different characters banished, murdered and victoriousIn another twist for the intrigue-cloaked world of The Traitors, Nick Mohammed is to star in the new West End play based on the ridiculously g...
‘We all have an expiry date’: Kimberly Akimbo, the achingly funny musical about a teen with a 64-year-old body
The uplifting, award-winning show about a girl ageing four times too fast electrified New York. As it hits the UK, co-creator Jeanine Tesori talks about being inspired by the Aids crisis and all her friends who died youngJeanine Tesori is thinking about her mother back home in the US. “She’s 95,...
Curbs on vertical drinking in Soho pubs to go ahead as Khan criticises council’s ‘breathtaking arrogance’
Exclusive: London mayor accuses council of ‘ignoring’ responses to a consultationSadiq Khan has criticised the “breathtaking arrogance” of Westminster council, which has kept restrictions on vertical drinking in Soho and an effective ban on new bars and pubs in the area.The mayor of London h...
Teri Hatcher joins West End cast of The Devil Wears Prada: The Musical
The former Desperate Housewives star will make her debut as the feared editor of Runway magazine on October 20
Judge accuses CPS of ‘wasting public money’ as 2015 robbery case thrown out
Algerian national Khaled Gestalli, now 33, was accused of robbing Basheer Al Sawafi of a Rolex watch in an incident in Argyll Street on April 19 2015.
Police release more CCTV and appeal for witnesses following Covent Garden rape
The attack occurred at around 5.20am of the morning on Saturday August 22 in Macklin Street, central London
Beetlejuice the musical announces early West End closure despite wowing critics
The production based on Tim Burton’s cult 1988 film opened to rave reviews in London in May
Giles Terera to star as Ebenezer Scrooge in West End’s A Christmas Carol
The actor and singer will appear at the Old Vic later this year in the stage adaptation of the Charles Dickens’ classic.
Tilda Swinton’s blast from the past, Kevin Bridges at large and a deepfake ballet: theatre, comedy and dance to see this autumn
Swinton takes a dead man’s identity, Glasgow’s heir to Billy Connolly heads on tour and Gillian Anderson, Keira Knightley and Natalia Osipova all hit the stage• See all of our unmissable autumn arts recommendations here Continue reading......
Covent Garden rape: Manhunt launched after woman attacked by stranger in heart of London's West End
The man dragged the woman ahead in her 20s into a doorway before raping her in horrific early morning attack
Soap star Matt Lapinskas and wife expecting first child
The 37-year-old actor played Anthony Moon in EastEnders from 2011 to 2012.