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Olivier awards 2026: full list of nominations

Into the Woods and Paddington: The Musical are this year’s most-nominated shows with 11 nods each. See who else is in the running at this year’s awards

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Olivier Awards 2026: Full list of nominations as Paddington and Into the Woods dominate

Nick Mohammed will host the Olivier Awards at The Royal Albert Hall in April

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The Firework-Maker’s Daughter review – Philip Pullman’s fairytale is explosive fun

This spellbinding adaptation uses a bulging dramatic toolbox of clever effects and manages to be both epic and intimate

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RSC goes for Hamlet hat-trick with production of Fat Ham

James Ijames’s Pulitzer-winning play will be part of new season alongside adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The BFG

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Rapunzel review – needs a trim and a tidy up

This ‘rock’n’roll’ panto is far from Grimm, but not in a good way

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It’s the best show of the year – but Christmas performances shouldn’t be the only theatre at school

You’ll never find an audience or a cast more invested than at a seasonal show, where kids find their feet in front of you. But performing arts provision for the youngest is in peril

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The Taming of the Shrew review – full of foolishness, low on laughs

Bold, absurdist ideas jostle for attention in Jude Christian’s bemusing new production, turning Shakespeare’s tricky tale into a child’s silly game

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Manon Lescaut review – Puccini’s desert tragedy gets a surreal rainbow revamp

Jude Christian’s staging for English Touring Opera is colourful and imaginative but lacks critical chemistry and coherence

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The best children's shows to book this Christmas: from The Snow Queen to Bluey

Here are the best festive shows for kids that London has to offer in 2023

Evening Standard

The Snow Queen review – flurry of fun needs more sense of adventure

Working best as an origin story, this new adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale is poignant but lacks danger

The Guardian - UK

The Week on Stage: From Titus Andronicus to 2:22 A Ghost Story

A guide to the week’s theatre

The Independent UK

Titus Andronicus at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse review: a bloodless take on Shakespeare’s revenge horror

Each of the play’s 14 deaths are represented by a candle being put out – call it snuff theatre

Evening Standard

Titus Andronicus review – a patriarchy hellbent on self-destruction

Heirs and spares fight under a sleazeball Roman emperor and candles take a hammering in a brilliantly provocative show with an all-female ensemble

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The best London theatre shows to book in 2023 from Groundhog Day to Cheryl in 2:22

The pick of productions coming to London this year

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The best theatre to see in 2023, from A Little Life to The Pillowman

‘A Little Life’ comes to the stage, Sheridan Smith and Lily Allen return to the West End, and ‘The Merchant of Venice’ is transported to 1930s Cable Street – we bring you our guide to 2023’s most exciting theatre

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Candles take the brunt in gore-free production of Titus Andronicus

Shakespeare’s most violent play to be staged with actors’ candles being pummelled in scenes with bloodshed

Evening Standard

London’s best pantomimes 2022 to book now, from McKellen’s Mother Goose to Robin Hood at Greenwich

It’s not behind you yet

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Violet review – Coult’s debut opera opens Aldeburgh with assurance

Alice Birch’s elliptical story of a wife finding freedom as society disintegrates is opaque but Tom Coult’s confident and varied score gives the work power

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From Men to We Own This City: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Whether you fancy the latest Brit horror film or another trip to Baltimore with David Simon, our critics have got you covered

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Hamlet review – an emotional rollercoaster for young audiences

Jude Christian’s funny and suspenseful adaptation for children draws them into the heart of Shakespeare’s story

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