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Frankie Bridge hits out at ‘double standards’ for women after parenting comments
She said she was called ‘the worst wife and mother’ for going on holiday with her friend and fellow singer Fleur East.
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Soho's population is shrinking fast as short-term holiday lets 'hollow out' London's West End
Fewer than 2,000 people are now estimated to be living in the capital's vibrant West End
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.
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‘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.
Lily Allen says she went to treatment centre to be ‘strongest self’ for children
She said that when she was in the centre, the Los Angeles fires broke out, and she did not know as she had no phone or TV.
The Vivienne: RuPaul’s Drag Race star was found dead in bathroom at their home, inquest hears
James Lee Williams, who performed as the drag queen, was found dead at their home in Cheshire on Sunday January 5
National Theatre’s shift from repertory plays risks ‘eroding culture’, says David Hare
Playwright calls for return to theatre’s founding vision and to stop ‘angling for West End’ The National Theatre risks “eroding the culture” by shifting away from its founding principles and putting on “semi-commercial” plays “angling for the West End”, the playwright David Hare ha...
Elektra review – Brie Larson makes a fearless West End debut in punk tragedy
Duke of York’s theatre, LondonThe Captain Marvel star is a magnetic frontwoman in Daniel Fish’s radical rewiring of the ancient play‘There’s nothing more dangerous to a warrior than emotion,” Jude Law’s Kree commander tells Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel in the film that secured her Holl...
Sitcom stars lead tributes to ‘wonderful’ Man About The House actor Brian Murphy
The actor was also known for George And Mildred.
Elizabeth Debicki to ‘shatter’ Ewan McGregor’s life in new play
She will portray a woman who arrives suddenly at the party of McGregor’s character.