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Karen Carney: Sharing dancefloor with Strictly finalists was biggest honour
Carney and professional dancer Carlos Gu were crowned the winners of the 23rd series of the BBC dance competition programme on Saturday night.
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Queen praises Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman during final Strictly live show
The pair announced in October that they would be leaving the BBC dancing competition after over a decade fronting the main show together.
Karen Carney and Carlos Gu win Strictly Come Dancing in emotional final
The evening also marked the final time presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman co-hosted the live weekend show together.
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Man, 55, shot dead in northwest London as police hunt killer
Detectives appeal for witnesses after victim dies at scene
West End defies retail slump as Christmas shoppers flock to Oxford Street
The capital's West End recorded a 9 per cent rise in shoppers during the week leading up to Black Friday compared with last year
Former Lioness, podcaster and West End star to face off in Strictly final
The trio will perform three times each during the grand final of the BBC One dancing competition.
Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly to host their final live Strictly show
Their final appearance as a presenting pair on Strictly will be in the pre-recorded Christmas special.
Driver who hit pedestrians at random in West End Christmas Day 'carnage' found guilty of murder
Anthony Gilheaney drove a random strangers during the West End Christmas Day ‘carnage’
Driver who killed man and hurt others in Christmas Day rampage guilty of murder
Anthony Gilheaney, 31, launched a series of violent attacks against five people in the early hours of December 25 2024.
Oh, Mary! review – US history lewdly revised as American Pie-grade comedy
Trafalgar theatre, London Arriving from Broadway with much fanfare, Cole Escola’s play about Mary Todd Lincoln is loaded with obvious jokes and squanders the talents of its cast Oh, my! Mary Todd Lincoln is a drunken wannabe cabaret star! Her husband Abraham, the 16th US president, is a closet hom...
Dame Maureen Lipman to tour UK after 20 years to star in new play Allegra
The 79-year-old actress will appear in the play’s world premiere in Brighton next year.
The best theatre, comedy and dance of 2025
A meet-cute between Humanity and Earth, a mod ballet and Nick Mohammed’s career-best standup set – our critics pick the best stage shows of the year10. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold FryStaging a bestselling book that has already been adapted into a film starring bona fide national treasures ...
The Nutcracker review – cheeky, wild and warm-hearted spin on Christmas classic
St Martin’s theatre, London Little Bulb’s ingenious show for children features sword fights, crooning mice and some cheesy gagsThink of this joyful show as a cheeky nod to The Nutcracker rather than anything genuinely resembling the original. Yes, Little Bulb’s Olivier-nominated festive show ...
Paranormal Activity review – this fright night leaves you spellbound and spooked
Ambassadors theatre, LondonWith expert direction and eye-catching stagecraft, the tension is ramped up in a play inspired by the film franchiseDarkness holds us long enough for the dread to seep into our bones. By treating horror as an art form rather than a cheap set of jump scares, this thrilling ...
Christmas Carol Goes Wrong review – a Dickensian disaster to savour
Apollo theatre, LondonMischief Theatre return to the am-dram battlefield, turning the Victorian tale into a blizzard of bruised egos and expertly timed farceIn the interval, I hear a newcomer to Mischief Theatre’s enduring “goes wrong” concept ask if these comic symphonies of am-dram mishaps e...
Tributes paid to Scottish comedy ‘giant’ Stanley Baxter after his death aged 99
He died on Thursday in a north London care home for entertainment figures.
Horror hit Paranormal Activity spawns a West End play – and even its director yelped with fear
Inspired by the scary film franchise, playwright Levi Holloway and Punchdrunk maestro Felix Barrett are bringing the ‘bizarrely joyous’ world of terror to the stageMalevolent spirits be damned – theatres can be haunted simply by the memory of bad plays and perhaps unscary horror in particular....
Strictly Come Dancing co-host Claudia Winkleman says finale will be ’emotional’
Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly announced last month they will be leaving the BBC dancing competition at the end of the year.
Met Police launch Christmas blitz on e-bike phone snatchers in London’s West End using facial recognition
Standard invited out on patrol with unit ‘taking the fight’ to criminals as Sir Mark Rowley turns to high-tech cameras to combat scourge
Why a play about a fatal punch has gripped younger audiences and will tour schools
James Graham’s play Punch touches on gang culture, restorative justice and masculinity in crisis, and for the playwright the true story was a privilege to tellWhen thousands of schoolchildren came to see James Graham’s play Punch in the West End, the playwright, actors and producers were struck ...