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‘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,...
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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
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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.
Sold-out stage adaptation of hit film Pride transfers to the West End
Pride is heading to the Bridge Theatre for a new London run from October 2026, following its success at the National Theatre
Could Meghan join cast of a West End show as she 'pursues return to acting'?
The Duchess of Sussex has reportedly been offered a ‘top secret’ role in a UK production
Banned driver who stole Maserati and killed pensioner in crash jailed
John Bell, 74, died when he was pinned against a wall following the crash involving a car driven by Fraser Garden, 55, in Broughty Ferry.
Sadie Sink and Tom Fletcher lead nominations for Stage Debut Awards
The Stranger Things star is among eight nominees for best West End debut performer.
Faces of Oxford Street shoppers to be scanned in hunt for wanted crime suspects
Sadiq Khan indicates newly pedestrianised Oxford Street will be included in a roll-out of live facial recognition cameras
Elaine Paige opens up about 'dreadful' sleeping pill addiction
Musical theatre star said she ‘lived’ on pills after her hectic theatre schedule left her ‘wired’
The Greatest Showman musical to come alive on the West End stage in 2027
Disney production ran in Bristol earlier this year and its stars Oliver Tompsett and Samantha Barks will resume their roles at Theatre Royal Drury LaneThe Greatest Showman, the 2017 Hugh Jackman film with a chart-topping soundtrack, is to be staged in the West End next spring. After a sellout eight-...
The Greatest Showman to open in West End in 2027
Directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, the adaptation will star Oliver Tompsett and Samantha Barks.
Harry Potter actor Tom Felton ‘nearly cried’ as Warwick Davis saw Broadway show
The 38-year-old rose to fame in the early 2000s as villain Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter film franchise.
West End and TV star Sheila Mathews dies aged 99
Mathews made her stage debut at the age of three and had a career that spanned more than 90 years.