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David Tennant and Cush Jumbo's acclaimed Macbeth heads to the West End

Max Webster’s haunting, sell-out production returns this autumn

Evening Standard

From Six to Operation Mincemeat – how cool indie musicals are sweeping the West End

Bold new musicals with their roots in fringe theatre are popping up across the West End. Stars, writers and producers on why this is a ‘moment’ to celebrate

Evening Standard

OPINION - Is it morally wrong to go and see the Michael Jackson musical? I think so

I still love Philip Larkin, have no qualms over David Bowie and enjoy the music of Kanye West. I don’t like cancel culture and understand the need to separate the art from the artist. So why do I feel so uncomfortable at the thought of the biggest opening in the…

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‘Black men are conditioned not to articulate our emotions’: Ryan Calais Cameron on his hit play bringing new audiences to the West End

As the writer and actor’s smash play For Black Boys... starts a fourth run, he discusses money, creativity and being the world’s worst electrician

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Nye; The Lonely Londoners; Hadestown – review

Larkiness overtakes Tim Price’s hallucinatory new play about the founder of the NHS; Roy Williams’s adaptation of Sam Selvon’s great Windrush novel pulses with brio; and Anaïs Mitchell’s underworld musical squeezes into the West End

The Guardian - UK

London's theatreland applauds Chancellor for tax relief plan

Some of the West End’s leading lights have welcomed the Chancellor’s decision to keep high rates of Theatre Tax Relief.

Evening Standard

The best London musicals to book right now from Hadestown to The Devil Wears Prada

As Lion King turns 25, here are the best musicals playing in Theatreland right now

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OPINION - If you think London doesn't need 'Black Out' theatre nights you've not been paying attention

Last summer, on a trip to the West End to watch Hamilton with my mum, as we were tucking into some outrageously overpriced ice-cream, she glanced around and muttered: “You know, I love the theatre, but it’s such a shame there are so few other black people here.”

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Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, the award-winning creators of Six, announce new musical Why Am I So Single?

Seven years after the Edinburgh premiere of their hit show, the writers are bringing a second, “big fancy musical” to the West End

Evening Standard

How to get cheap theatre tickets in the West End: we reveal the secrets to bagging those seats

From knowing the best websites to sneaking in as a filler (sssshhhh), we’ve got all the tricks

Evening Standard

Spiderman star Tom Holland makes West End return in new production of Romeo & Juliet

The Hollywood star is returning to the West End where his career began

Evening Standard

Going going gone! From Frozen to Backstairs Billy, the shows now closing in the West End

Frozen shocked theatreland this month by announcing its September 2024 closure. These are the other shows not to miss before it's too late

Evening Standard

Move over Abba: new ‘riskier’ wave of British musicals to challenge West End’s established order

Theatreland is taking a gamble on a wave of quirky little shows to challenge the big but tired box office beasts

The Guardian - UK

Investor spend on central London offices plunges amid high interest rates and "evolving" workspace use

Provisional data estimates purchases of City and West End offices totalled £6.9 billion in 2023

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The best theatre to see in London in 2024: from Sarah Jessica Parker in Plaza Suite to The Devil Wears Prada

There's a feast of theatrical delights heading this way over the next 12 months

The Independent UK

The best theatre to see in 2024: from Sarah Jessica Parker’s West End debut to Sarah Snook’s one-woman show

A-listers are treading the boards in force and your favourite films are being transformed for the stage. Jessie Thompson brings you our ultimate guide to what to see at the theatre in 2024

Evening Standard

Rents for top quality West End and City offices forecast to rise in 2024

Rents for the capital's greenest and most high end offices have climbed over the last five years, by more than a quarter for some space in the West End, and further growth is predicted in 2024 according to a new forecast.

Evening Standard

London Underground ridership surges as capital gears up for Christmas

Christmas at Kew, Battersea Park's fireworks and the West End's Black Friday sales have all led to spikes in Tube travel

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The Standard Theatre Podcast: Hattie Morahan on starring in Ghosts, reviews of The Homecoming & Infinite Life

Plus we discuss two exciting revivals heading to the West End next year

Evening Standard

Man jailed for life for stabbing two police officers in the West End

A man has been jailed for life for stabbing two police officers in the West End.

Evening Standard

Stranger Things star Patrick Vaill praises London's 'daring' theatre audiences

The actor was speaking ahead of the West End premiere of the stage show

The Guardian - UK

Dominic West, don’t be snooty about hit West End shows, they keep serious theatre alive

In dismissing such plays as the preserve of inattentive tourists, he ignores the fragile ecology of the industry

Evening Standard

Winter Survival Appeal: Kate Winslet and Dame Judi Dench urge Londoners to 'give what you can'

Oscar-winning stars of Hollywood and the West End, Kate Winslet and Dame Judi Dench, have backed our Winter Survival Appeal in partnership with Comic Relief, calling on Londoners to “come together” and donate generously to “help those in desperate need” this Christmas.

The Guardian - UK

Landsec shifts focus from City of London to West End as tenants seek ‘vibrancy’

Owner of Bluewater and Trinity Leeds also says brands are looking for ‘fewer, bigger, better’ stores

Evening Standard

West End Christmas spending to hit £1.64 billion as tourists return

Foreign tourists will lead the festive spending charge says New West End Company

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