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David Tennant forced off stage as theatregoer sparks chaos during West End Macbeth performance

The incident took place at the Harold Pinter Theatre on Tuesday after an audience member was unable to immediately return to his seat following a toilet break

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Sarah Jessica Parker joins Booker Prize 2025 judging panel

The Hollywood actress owns her own literary imprint.

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The Christmas Thing review – Krampus comes to town as cult comedy is retuned for yuletide

Seven Dials Playhouse, LondonTom Clarkson and Owen Visser’s anarchic evening has some bright ideas but may be more fun for those taking part than onlookers‘A festive TV show live onstage,” promise multimedia double act Mr Thing, and they’re qualified to deliver it: anarchic floorshows, perfo...

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Maddie Moate’s Very Curious Christmas review – CBeebies star’s scientific wonderland

Apollo theatre, LondonThere’s plenty of festive, fact-filled fun at this kids’ show hosted by the cheery TV presenterMaddie Moate’s USP is maximum enthusiasm. She never stops smiling, as any parent who has seen her CBeebies show Maddie’s Do You Know? will attest. On TV (and YouTube) she bree...

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Marks & Spencer's Oxford Street store demolition plan - timeline of four-year saga

The flagship M&S store has become a test case in the debate over whether to demolish or retrofit old buildings

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M&S Oxford Street refurbishment gets approval as boss blasts three-year delay

Housing Secretary Angela Rayner ruled on Thursday that the plans can go ahead, ending a three-year planning battle over the building.

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Ewan McGregor returns to the West End in new play My Master Builder

Lila Raicek’s play, which McGregor describes as ‘a very modern take on today’s sexual politics’, will be the actor’s first London show in 17 yearsEwan McGregor will return to the London stage for the first time in 17 years to star in a new play about sexual politics.My Master Builder by Am...

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A very British omnishambles: how The Play That Goes Wrong conquered the world

This farce about a gaffe-laden am-dram whodunnit was born above a pub. How did it become one of Britain’s greatest ever exports, the toast of more than 50 countries? Our writer travels to Europe to solve the mysteryA bunch of twerps are floundering in the spotlight, striving to bluff their way thr...

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West End is 'busy and vibrant' in run up to Christmas says major landlord

Shaftesbury Capital said rents are up 9% since the summer amid strong demand

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Fan of the Traitors? A live experience is coming to London

Are you a traitor or a faithful? Now, you can find out thanks to the launch of a new playable experience in London

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Two Met Police officers charged with West End sexual assault

PCs Jerome Beasley and Luke Robinson due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday

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Bohemian Rhapsody star Lucy Boynton switches on Bond Street Christmas lights

The festive lights, a tradition for over 60 years, have been illuminated with a Chanel No. 5 installation.

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Cynthia Erivo says feeling the ‘odd one out’ drew her to Elphaba role in Wicked

Wicked will be released in the UK on November 22

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Timothy West obituary

Popular actor known for his many varied roles and appearing with his wife, Prunella Scales, in C4’s Great Canal Journeys Although Timothy West, who has died aged 90, never played the greatest stage roles at the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, he took on many of them – Falstaf...

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West End wars: Who will win the new battle for the soul of Soho?

Soho business leader John James calls out what he describes as Westminster’s “obvious bias” against operators

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LOVEtheatre week offers theatre-goers no fees on bookings made between November 8 - 17 for all performances until January 31

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'F*** off!': BBC presenter Nicky Campbell targeted by phone thief on Oxford Street

One Hackney resident has even had their phone snatched and then thrown back since it was the wrong brand

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Angus Steakhouse boss plans to target under-30s with new look for the pilloried brand

Comments follow ironic Internet campaign bombarding Angus Steakhouse with five star reviews

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button review – warm and winsome musical tugs at the heartstrings

Ambassadors theatre, LondonRelocating the F Scott Fitzgerald story to a Cornish fishing village, this is a vivacious yet touching showF Scott Fitzgerald’s tale of a man who ages in reverse suggests that time is what you make of it. And the five years it has taken Jethro Compton and Darren Clark’...

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‘Every minute at Vogue felt like an emergency’: Devil Wears Prada author Lauren Weisberger on igniting a scandal

Her novel about being Anna Wintour’s assistant caused such a storm, she wished she’d never written it. As the story becomes a musical with songs by Elton John, the author reveals why the imperious editor hasn’t spoken to her sinceWhen Lauren Weisberger was 22 years old, she got the job that sh...