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The Latest Breaking News from West End

Slave Play writer criticises star casting but Kit Harington to feature in West End run

Exclusive: Jeremy O Harris says Game of Thrones star will not ‘make it the Jon Snow Experience’

The Guardian - UK

Matt Smith Leads Emotional Audience Participation In London Play

Experience emotional audience participation in the London West End adaptation of 'An Enemy of the People' with Matt Smith and a talented cast.

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Matt Smith on theatre trigger warning debate: ‘Isn’t art meant to be dangerous?’

The Doctor Who actor is currently starring in West End play An Enemy Of The People

Evening Standard

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Long Day’s Journey Into Night: a grand masterpiece and an ordinary family drama

Eugene O’Neill’s mighty drama, returning to the West End with Brian Cox and Patricia Clarkson, has drawn generations of stage greats and casts its spell with a story we can all recognise

The Guardian - UK

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

Tom Holland leaps from Spider-Man to Shakespeare’s Romeo in West End

Jamie Lloyd will direct the star in ‘a pulsating new vision of the immortal tale of wordsmiths, rhymers, lovers and fighters’

The Guardian - UK

Back To The Future creator Bob Gale on why film still resonates with audiences 39 years on

The musical inspired by the 1985 blockbuster has celebrated its 1,000th West End performance

Evening Standard

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Call the Midwife: Why each major star left and where they are now

From Emerald Fennell to Miranda Hart — what happened to these famous faces post Call the Midwife?

WhatToWatch

Andrew Lloyd Webber asked priest to bless London home over poltergeist

Impresario says ghost would pile up theatre scripts in obscure room but finally left after priest’s visit

The Guardian - UK

Boxing Day West End theatre sale has tickets available now, from Elf to Edward Scissorhands

Get booking on the Evening Standard Tickets sale powered by TodayTix

Evening Standard

Strictly bosses ‘lost the plot’ by casting ‘pro dancer’ Layton Williams, says Dame Esther Rantzen

Former contestant said West End star had been ‘hogging the limelight… since his first week’

The Independent UK

Dame Arlene Phillips urges trolls to stop ‘piling hate’ on Strictly finalist Layton Williams

The West End star has faced criticism over his previous stage experience

Evening Standard

Michael Blakemore, venerable theatre director, dies aged 95

The double Tony-winning director staged acclaimed productions by Michael Frayn, Peter Nichols and many others in the West End and Broadway

The Guardian - UK

The Royal Variety Performance 2023: release date, line-up, host and everything we know

The Royal Variety Performance 2023 has a star-studded line-up and a brand-new host.

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The Independent UK

Jonny Lee Miller and Tanya Reynolds to reprise roles in West End transfer

Bafta-nominated actor Samuel Adewunmi will make his West End debut in the play.

The National (Scotland)

See who left ITV’s Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream during week 6 of the show

This is who left ITV's Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream during choreography week on week six- see which Sophie and Sky were eliminated.

The Guardian - UK

Dominic West becomes latest star to criticise soaring West End ticket prices

Actor who played Prince Charles in The Crown said non-London crowds ‘have a real hunger for a good night at the theatre’

Newcastle Herald

Legendary play The Mousetrap coming to Newcastle

Newcastle performances to kick off The Mousetrap's regional tour in 2024

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The Guardian - UK

Sheridan Smith to star in Rufus Wainwright musical Opening Night

Ivo van Hove will direct the West End production based on John Cassavetes’ 1977 film about theatre

The Independent UK

When Cher met... Bradley Walsh! Royal Variety Performance reveals its 2023 lineup

Presenter Walsh will host the show 30 years after he first performed on the lineup as a budding comedian

The Guardian - UK

Bill Kenwright obituary

Producer of stage hits including Blood Brothers who took Medea to Broadway and served as the chairman of Everton FC

The Guardian - UK

At last, Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream gives us kinder reality TV. But some raw humanity would be nice

ITV’s revamped search-for-a-West-End-star format is Instagram-slick. It’s warmer – but does it make for good TV? asks culture writer Lauren O’Neill

The Guardian - UK

Haydn Gwynne, star of stage and screen, dies aged 66

Celebrated actor was nominated for multiple Olivier awards in her theatrical roles and best known for Drop the Dead Donkey and The Windsors on TV

The Guardian - UK

Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons: the cult play about words becomes a ballet

When a principal at the Royal Ballet asked to adapt his drama about imposed verbal limits, playwright Sam Steiner was all in. ‘There are things dance does better,’ he says

The Independent UK

The Strictly stars with previous dance experience, from Layton Williams to Angela Rippon

From musical theatre stars to ‘zero’ experience, we’ve broken down which ‘Strictly’ stars have dance training

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