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A century ago, John Logie Baird achieved a landmark moment in television history. The viewers weren’t convinced

In 1926, the West End of London offered a dazzling range of evening entertainment. Choices included watching Fred Astaire and his sister Adele on stage at the old Empire theatre in Lady, Be Good!, or experiencing The Big Parade silent movie at the Tivoli on the Strand with a full…

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Paranormal Activity at the Ambassadors Theatre: The scariest show on the West End?

4/5 Punchdrunk director Felix Barrett conjures frights aplenty with this stage adaptation of the supernatural film franchise

Evening Standard

Mae Ann Jorolan is Hercules' lightning bolt break-out star

Disney’s Hercules the musical is making god-like moves on the West End, with Mae Ann Jorolan bringing the spark

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'Paddington is the biggest thing I've ever been involved in': Victoria Hamilton-Barritt on the new musical

Paddington The Musical is about to take the West End - and the world - by storm... one of the stars Victoria Hamilton-Barritt gives us the inside scoop on “the biggest thing I’ve ever been involved in”

Evening Standard

Sadie Sink to appear in Romeo & Juliet on the West End

The Stranger Things star will be appearing at the Harold Pinter Theatre in 2026

Evening Standard

Cruise ship entertainment: The best theatre shows at sea including Come from Away and Dirty Dancing

Several top stage shows are available at sea, including singalongs and classic theatre productions

The Independent UK

From A Children's Book to The West End: First Look at 'Paddington' Musical Revealed

Paddington The Musical has officially announced its cast and crew who will perform in West End's Savoy Theatre next year

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Priced out of the West End? Go to Glasgow or the Globe instead

Letters: Guardian readers reflect on theatreland’s fixation with celebrity casting

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Les Miserables at 40: from flop to phenomenon, why the West End’s longest-running musical endures

Once dismissed as ‘Victor Hugo on the garbage dump,’ Les Mis is now the world’s longest-running musical. As it marks 40 years with a sold-out gala, Alfie Boe and the cast reflect on its appeal beyond the barricades

Evening Standard

Quentin Tarantino to bring his first play to the West End

The cult film maker says he’ll even be moving to the UK in 2026 to bring his dream to life

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Please take your seats, the carnage is about to begin: what will Quentin Tarantino’s West End debut look like?

The director has announced he’s turning to theatre, and mounting a play in London soon. The matinee coach parties may need to brace themselves

The Guardian - UK

The Great Gatsby party is still raging on the West End

Corbin Bleu and Jamie Muscato on the ever-evolving, always-mysterious, entirely spectacular Gatsby production which marks 100 years of the novel

Evening Standard

Till the Stars Come Down at the Haymarket: uproariously fun and profoundly moving

4/5 Bijan Sheibani’s production of Beth Steel’s play has lost none of its power as it returns to the West End

Evening Standard

‘It’s Frozen times 10’: Disney’s Hercules musical goes from zero to hero on the West End

IN FOCUS: As Disney prepares to launch its next juggernaut musical, Isobel Lewis speaks to the creatives and cast about the herculean task of translating the Greek myth cartoon to the stage – and why being faithful to the source material isn’t always the way to go

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Disney composer Alan Menken: ‘I won my first Oscar, then Howard Ashman told me he was dying’

INTERVIEW: The mastermind musician behind ‘Aladdin’ and ‘The Little Mermaid’ has more Oscars than anyone alive. As ‘Hercules’ the musical hits the West End, he speaks with Lydia Spencer-Elliott about his late collaborator Howard Ashman, the live-action boom, and difficult directors – ahem, Guy Ritchie

The Guardian - UK

They wanna be with you everywhere: why Fleetwood Mac are still totally ubiquitous

With hit musical Stereophonic arriving in the West End and their albums permanently lodged in the charts, the rockers have earned a devoted new generation of fans

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine war has reignited ‘cold war strategies’, says John le Carré’s son

Nick Harkaway sees parallels with postwar period as The Spy Who Came in from the Cold comes to the West End

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The Beatles for West End musical?

The Beatles are heading for the West End as Richard Curtis plans to turn 'Yesterday' into a musical.

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The Independent UK

How Clueless the Musical went from a ‘full-on Monet’ to a ‘total Baldwin’

IN FOCUS: With a fresh script and songs by KT Tunstall, the all-singing, all-dancing adaptation of the seminal Nineties teen movie starring Alicia Silverstone has finally hit the West End… starring actors who weren’t even alive when the film was released. Annabel Nugent meets them, along with writer/director Amy Heckerling

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?

The Guardian - UK

Why is Sophocles storming the West End? Because in our extreme times, his plays say the unsayable

The Greek tragedies ask unpalatable questions. That is why they’re enjoying a revival in 2025, says Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian’s chief culture writer

Evening Standard

David Tennant forced off stage for second time in a week amid more Macbeth West End show chaos

Actor David Tennant briefly left the stage during a penultimate Macbeth performance in the West End on Friday as the production faced further chaos.

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’

The Guardian - UK

Ewan McGregor returns to the West End in new play My Master Builder

Lila Raicek’s play, which McGregor describes as ‘a very modern take on today’s sexual politics’, will be the actor’s first London show in 17 years

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Burnt-Up Love; More… Ghost Stories – review

Jethro Compton’s folky Cornish musical sweeps into the West End with fiddles and fudge; writer Ché Walker plays a fiery ex-con on a mission; and new ghost stories offer more charm than alarm

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