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A new season of love: hit musical Rent returns to the West End with Gaten Matarazzo – in pictures
Jonathan Larson’s much-loved show about New York artists has been revived for its 30th anniversary with a cast including the Stranger Things star Continue reading......
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Hay Fever review – Richard E Grant and Christine Baranski host Coward’s country house shenanigans
Wyndham’s theatre, London Grant brings shock-haired vigour as a vain novelist forced to welcome his boho children’s surprise guests in comedy of clipped social embarrassmentHay Fever, now one of Noël Coward’s best-known and most-performed works, hasn’t always been a...
William: Dance and make memories to celebrate life of Bowelbabe campaigner
The Prince of Wales appeared in a video message at the inaugural Rebel Ball on what would have been Dame Deborah James’ 45th birthday.
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Jodie Comer ‘incredibly honoured’ to win prize celebrating theatre achievements
The actress is best known for her award-winning role in thriller series Killing Eve.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? review – Gillian Anderson fights tooth and nail in marital meltdown
@sohoplace, LondonThere is no shortage of sparring between Anderson and Billy Crudup in Edward Albee’s classic, though its comedy has an air of George and MildredThose who want to moan about the toxic reliance on celebrity casting and screen stars in the West End can stop right there: Billy Crudup...
BTP's facial recognition trial in London cost £320K, scanned 500K faces - and led to no arrests
The trial cost more than £320,000 and took up almost 100 hours of police officers’ time between February and July this year
‘They’ll never bring us dowwwwwwwn!’ Wicked’s stars pick their favourite songs from the smash hit
The musical powerhouse has spawned huge hits, but which do its troupers love to belt out – even for the 1,700th time? From Broadway legend Idina Menzel to composer Stephen Schwartz, they reveal allIdina Menzel originated the role of Elphaba, the witch of the west who turns out not to be so wicked ...
Rachel Zegler to return to West End next year for first concert residency
The 25-year-old will perform at the Soho Place theatre in London from January 5 to January 17.
Sadie Sink wins best West End debut performer at 2026 Stage Debut Awards
She picked up the coveted prize for her performance in Romeo And Juliet opposite Noah Jupe at the Harold Pinter Theatre.
London's phone reception hell: Why the capital is lagging behind other major world cities
Exclusive: The capital is now just 70th in the performance rankings of 149 world cities
Stranger Things’ Gaten Matarazzo surprises London crowds with Rent singalong
Matarazzo, 24, best known for starring in the Netflix sci-fi series as Dustin Henderson, made his West End debut on Saturday starring as Mark Cohen.
Wicked stars celebrate show’s ‘sheer escapism’ on 20th anniversary in London
The musical will mark two decades playing at the Apollo Victoria Theatre on September 27.
'World's most famous jazz club' to finally open in Covent Garden this week following licensing approval
Blue Note London, an offshoot of the legendary New York jazz club, will open for the first time on Thursday with a performance from Grammy Award-winning pianist Robert Glasper
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The Last Ship: Sting's musical is as solemn and ponderous as a tanker
The star’s passion project about declining shipbuilding communities in Tyneside runs aground at Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Sting says he does not ‘feel any competition’ from AI
The singer said artificial intelligence ‘does not have the lived experience of a human artist’.
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...
Unheard Phantom Of The Opera music released to mark 40 years of West End musical
The new album will feature unreleased sections and rare material from Lord Lloyd-Webber’s personal archive as well as a remix of the original record.
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
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