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With fresh songs and a spectacular set, Disney’s Hercules musical goes the distance

“Whose daring deeds are great theatre? Hercules!” So sing the Muses, as they close act one of Disney’s Hercules, which opened at London’s Theatre Royal, Drury Lane last week.

The Conversation

Alan Strachan obituary

Director in the West End and regional theatre for five decades who often worked with the playwright Alan Ayckbourn

The Guardian - UK

Stormzy to star in first project from new Merky Films venture

Brit Award-winning rapper and entrepreneur says film ‘Big Man’, directed by Oscar winner Aneil Karia, is about ‘the joy, spirit and fearless energy of youth’

The Independent UK

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The Gold’s Charlotte Spencer: ‘I worry that acting is becoming only accessible for the rich’

INTERVIEW: The actor is fast becoming a familiar face on British television, from ‘Glue’ to ‘Line of Duty’. As she returns as Nicki Jennings in BBC’s heist drama, she talks to Gabriel Tate about rejection, rethinking accessibility in the arts and ‘why she’s not expecting to be famous’

The Independent UK

Tina Turner musical to close in London’s West End after seven years

The show made its West End debut in April 2018.

Evening Standard

John Gale obituary

Theatre producer of the longest running comedy of all time, No Sex Please, We’re British, who was also a great talent spotter

The Guardian - UK

The real story behind Ncuti Gatwa’s ‘dark, sexy’ Shakespeare play: Were The Bard and Marlowe lovers or rivals?

As Born With Teeth brings a ‘ferociously sexy’ take on literature’s greatest mystery to the West End, we separate the tantalising facts from wild fiction

Evening Standard

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From Amsterdam to the West End: the avant-garde hit factory behind The Years and Oedipus

A pair of electrifying London shows bagged four prizes at the Olivier awards. Both were developed by Dutch company ITA, which has an eye for British talent

The Guardian - UK

Olivier awards 2025: Giant, Benjamin Button and Fiddler on the Roof triumph

John Lithgow, Imelda Staunton, Romola Garai and Layton Williams are among the winners at the annual stage awards

The Guardian - UK

Taio Lawson to shepherd London’s Bush theatre as new artistic director

Lynette Linton’s successor at the new writing venue in west London promises to build on its bold legacy

The Guardian - UK

Billy Elliot writer’s new play swaps West End for church hall in County Durham

Adaptation of Brecht’s Mother Courage will train people from the north-east to take on their first ever acting roles

The Guardian - UK

Radiohead take on Shakespeare with Hamlet Hail To The Thief

A new live experience fusing theatre, music and movement is coming this spring, in which a new version of Hamlet will be set to Thom Yorke’s reworking of Radiohead’s famous album

Evening Standard

Julian Holloway obituary

Stage and screen actor who appeared in eight of the saucy Carry On films of the 1960s and 70s

The Guardian - UK

Cate Blanchett: ‘I think you can smell when something is cynical’

The actor is teaming up with old friend Thomas Ostermeier for a bold new take on Chekhov. The pair discuss censorship, risk-taking, the far right, and ask: are celeb-led plays ruining the West End?

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Digested week: Labour politicians’ loose talk part of longstanding tradition

Awkward WhatsApp revelations, binned bitcoin, musical heart, Godfather nostalgia and the happy over-50s

The Guardian - UK

Claire van Kampen obituary

Composer, playwright and theatre director who often worked with her husband, the actor Mark Rylance

The Guardian - UK

Dame Joan Plowright obituary

Stage and screen star who was part of a radical generation of actors responsible for establishing the National Theatre

Evening Standard

Health campaigners raise awareness after David Tennant's Macbeth cancellations

It comes after the West End production was forced to cancel several shows last month due to ‘company illness’

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The National Lottery's Big Night of Musicals 2025: release date, host, acts, tickets and everything we know

Jason Manford and his jazz hands are back for a fourth year with The National Lottery's Big Night of Musicals 2025.

Salon

Golden Globes robbed Jonathan Bailey

The triple threat has been treating us to his performances in "Bridgerton," "Fellow Travelers" and now "Wicked"

Evening Standard

A night at the gala for The Devil Wears Prada: fashion, power and unapologetic glamour

This dazzling reinvention of the beloved 2006 just reminds us how London continues to hold its crown as the creative capital of the world

Newcastle Herald

Ben Elton finds the funny side of 'authentic stupidity' in AI age

He takes aim at billionaires, politicians and resurgent fascism.

Newcastle Herald

Funny man Ben Elton is mad ... and he's coming to Newcastle

His new live show is called Authentic Stupidity.

The Guardian - UK

Ian Davidson obituary

Comedy writer and performer who collaborated with Barry Humphries for more than half a century

Evening Standard

John Cleese seemingly quits Twitter as he calls out Elon Musk

He joins growing list of celebrities such as Stephen Fry, Whoopi Goldberg, Elton John, leaving the platform

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