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Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James to star in new West End play Lyonesse

Lyonesse will reunite director Ian Rickson with Scott Thomas 16 years after their Olivier-winning collaboration The Seagull

Evening Standard

Cheryl and Lily Allen finally bury the hatchet 10 years after vicious feud

Cheryl and Lily Allen were involved in a bitter war of words over a decade ago, with the former Girls Aloud singer once calling the LDN hitmaker a ‘chick with a d***’

Daily Mirror

‘If you get your phone out, I’m going to lose it’: Charlie Stemp, Britain’s musicals megastar

He’s a West End fixture who’s already been compared to Fred Astaire. As he prepares to hop from Mary Poppins to the Gershwin musical Crazy for You, Stemp talks rowdy audiences, ice baths, and taking the bus in ballet tights

The Guardian - UK

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Safe pair of hands or time for a shakeup: who’s going to get the biggest job in UK theatre?

After Rufus Norris’s departure from the National Theatre, who is most likely to be the London powerhouse’s next artistic director? We look at eight potential candidates

The Guardian - UK

Angela Thorne obituary

Veteran stage and screen actor best known for her roles in the BBC’s To the Manor Born and the West End farce Anyone for Denis?

The Guardian - UK

Rose Ayling-Ellis: Signs for Change — release date, interview and everything we know

Rose Ayling-Ellis: Signs for Change showcases the challenges experienced by the deaf community.

WhatToWatch

‘Don’t be frightened of chaos’: Mark Rylance answers questions from readers and famous fans

The revered actor, passionate activist and I Ching devotee fields queries on self-doubt, levelling up the arts, and turning loss into beauty

The Guardian - UK

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The real-life Edinburgh 'Mrs Doubtfire' who inspired the Robin Williams blockbuster

It's now been 30 years since a feline-loving, foul-mouthed Edinburgh shopkeeper, whose second hand store smelled of 'pipe smoke and cat pee', became a household name around the world.

Edinburgh Live

Hamilton star Reuben Joseph to play Macbeth for the RSC

The West End actor says the Shakespearean role has ‘the disastrous consequences of ambition’ in common with Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical

The Guardian - UK

Cheryl set for huge comeback as showbiz bosses locked in bidding war over star

Cheryl stunned fans last December when she was cast in West End production 2:22 A Ghost Story for her debut acting role but it appears those performances will lead to more offers in the near future

Daily Mirror

Comedian Jason Manford treats a random fan to a trip to the theatre

Jason Manford wasn't about to let a spare ticket go to waste so used the powers of Twitter to find a plus one to go along to the West End production of Brokeback Mountain

Daily Mirror

Heartbreaking moment Tina Turner The Musical cast tell audience of legend's death

Bouquets of flowers were placed outside Aldwych Theatre this morning as the West End pays tribute after Tina Turner's death was emotionally announced to the crowd watching her musical

Daily Mirror

Gasps fill theatre at Tina Turner musical as stars tell fans of her death

‘Proud Mary’ singer died at her home at the age of 83

The Independent UK

Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Bad Cinderella to close on Broadway on June 4

The show, a retooling of the composer’s West End musical Cinderella, opened less than two months ago

Evening Standard

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Daily Mirror

EastEnders character makes dramatic return after six years as bombshell rocks Walford

EastEnders' latest episode saw the new owner of The Queen Vic debut on the BBC soap, sparking fireworks for a number of characters

The Guardian - UK

Operation Mincemeat review – irrepressible wartime musical is a West End triumph

With gag-packed songs and gender-swapped roles, this fringe show about a secret service plot is a joyful success on the big stage

The Guardian - UK

Barbara Young obituary

Character actor who appeared on the West End stage and in TV shows including I, Claudius, Coronation Street and Hazell

Daily Mirror

EastEnders newcomer teases 'big consequences' as character returns after being recast

EastEnders star Harriet Thorpe has revealed all on what lies ahead after her debut next week on the BBC soap, while her character is a familiar face in Walford

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Daily Mirror

Cheryl breaks down in tears as she's cheered on stage ahead of final theatre show

Cheryl has been among the cast of the acclaimed play 2.22: A Ghost Story at the Lyric Theatre in London, though she makes her final performance in the production this evening ahead of its transfer

Daily Mirror

Britain's Got Talent child star reveals traumatic moment from show that still haunts her

Hollie Steel was just 10 years old when she appeared on Britain's Got Talent - but a panic attack on stage during the semi-finals left her inconsolable

Daily Mirror

BGT singing teacher's past fame revealed - show with I'm A Celeb star, West End & BBC role

Abi Carter-Simpson, a 30-year-old teacher, appeared on Britain's Got Talent this evening where she sung her own song with the accompaniment of her ukelele

The Independent UK

Barry Humphries: Outrageous comedian and creator of Dame Edna

As Australia’s best-known comic performer, Humphries was renowned for his caricatures and politically risque humour

Daily Mirror

Cheryl's West End replacement revealed as 2:22 A Ghost Story announce new celebrity cast

Following Cheryl and Jake Wood's stint in award-winning supernatural thriller, 2:22 A Ghost Story have now announced the latest round of stars set to tread the boards in the West End play

The Guardian - UK

A Little Life review – James Norton’s sexually abused lawyer is spared no misery

Some called it torture porn, others a masterpiece. Ivo van Hove brings Hanya Yanagihara’s novel to the West End, complete with spurting blood, relentless sadism and not a little nudity

Manchester Evening News

'Oh that's lovely, I'm back home:' Sir Ian McKellen reiterates his love for Manchester during BBC radio interview

The Lord of the Rings stars, 83, grew up in Greater Manchester

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