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‘We needed this’: UK audiences thirsty for black British love stories, says playwright

As Benedict Lombe’s play Shifters transfers to West End, she is only third black British woman to have play staged there

The Guardian - UK

Stacey Dooley to make stage debut in 2:22 A Ghost Story in the West End

James Buckley will also return to reprise the role of Ben

Evening Standard

Sheridan Smith's best stage roles, as her new musical Opening Night makes its debut in the West End

Over the past 25 years, the darling of British theatre has proved there’s little she can’t do. On the eve of her latest big London show we take a look at her best roles yet

Evening Standard

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The voice behind Final Fantasy 14's G'raha Tia was so dedicated to the role, his tongue swelled up on the West End: 'I had to record this in the day doing eight shows a night'

Job-switching takes its toll.

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Eleanor Fazan obituary

Theatre director who took Beyond the Fringe to the West End and worked on hit productions throughout the 1960s and 70s

The Guardian - UK

Sheridan Smith reveals she has been diagnosed with ADHD

The West End star spoke of the pressure of perpetually ‘overanalysing’ the smallest details

Evening Standard

Tom Holland is latest superstar name in bumper year for London theatre

West End even more packed than usual with big-name talent, but insiders say star casting is not only route to successful productions

The Guardian - UK

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Hawarden Castle: Inside the new West End residence at William Gladstone's one-of-a-kind home

Kate Lough is one of the first guests to stay in The West End at Hawarden Castle, the latest project from the creative Gladstone family

Evening Standard

Stranger Things: The First Shadow review – Netflix explodes into the West End with thrills galore

Humungous projections, a big musical score, an onslaught of foam, dry ice and flares: this big-budget stage play from the ‘Stranger Things’ universe spares no bombastic effect to bring new audiences flocking to the West End

The Independent UK

Hotel Amano: stay in the heart of the action with this bougie new pad in London’s Covent Garden

Pre-theatre sophistication with an encore of late-night decadence awaits around the corner from the West End, finds Roisin O’Connor

The Independent UK

OPINION - Joseph Fiennes on West End transfer: “It’s my World Cup Final”: The Evening Standard Theatre Podcast

This week we headed to Wembley to catch up with Joseph Fiennes as he prepares to play England football manager Gareth Southgate in the West End.

Evening Standard

Leonard Tucker obituary

Pioneering lighting designer with Laurence Olivier and Peter Hall at the National Theatre, and later in the West End

The Guardian - UK

Penelope Wilton and Luke Evans to star in Queen Mother comedy in the West End

Michael Grandage will direct Wilton as the Queen Mother, with Evans playing her most loyal servant, in new play Backstairs Billy this autumn

The Guardian - UK

‘I want it to feel quite feral’: Rebecca Frecknall on staging Romeo and Juliet

From Cabaret to Streetcar, the West End’s hottest director Rebecca Frecknall has a reputation for finding leads who put bums on seats. ‘I just go on my gut,’ she says

The Guardian - UK

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Multi-award-winning musical Come From Away stops in Cardiff on UK tour

The smash hit show's new tour comes following over 1000 performances on the West End

Evening Standard

Tina Turner’s final message to London fans weeks before her passing aged 83

Exclusive: Just last month, she celebrated the fifth anniversary of her stage show in the West End

Evening Standard

Row about musicals dominating West End ‘fuelled by snobbery’, says Berlusconi director

A row about the dominance of musicals over plays in the West End is fuelled by snobbery, according to the director of a new hit show.

The Guardian - UK

Enter stage right: the new wave of musicals taking on the West End adaptations

With everything from Bake Off to Pretty Woman putting bums on seats in Theatreland, launching an original homegrown production is harder than ever. But might salvation be at hand in the unlikely shape of Silvio Berlusconi?

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Daily Mirror

Cheryl fans left gutted by announcement as singer replaced in West End show

Fans were left devastated on Sunday, as Cheryl was mysteriously absent from her scheduled performance in 2:22 A Ghost Story on the West End after taking over the role from Laura Whitmore earlier this year

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