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The best (non-festive) shows to book this Christmas from Stranger Things to David Tennant's Macbeth

Want to hit the theatre but sick of the seasonal fare? Look no further...

Evening Standard

The best children's shows to book this Christmas: from The Snow Queen to Bluey

Here are the best festive shows for kids that London has to offer in 2023

Evening Standard

The 67th Evening Standard Theatre Awards: a glittering night with the brightest stars of London theatre

Nicole Scherzinger, Sam Mendes, Ian McKellen... the glamour quotient was off the scale

Evening Standard

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Letter: Peter Wilson obituary

Harland Walshaw writes: Peter Wilson took The Woman in Black from the cafe of the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, to the West End, where it ran for more than 30 years

The Guardian - UK

Unflinching hologram installation tells stories of UK’s ‘war on the poor’

Manchester’s Museum of Austerity uses AR to depict real people with disabilities who fell through society’s safety net

The Guardian - UK

Ibsen’s Ghosts: a resounding flop that still returns to haunt us

Despite being panned as ‘a dirty act done publicly’ on its London premiere, the tragedy is now regarded as a classic – here are three productions that radically shifted our perspective

The Guardian - UK

National Theatre in London to pilot earlier start times

Midweek performances to start at 6.30pm from February to fit with post-Covid working patterns

The Guardian - UK

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‘It’s not easy for me!’: Layton Williams on Strictly, joy, glitter – and the myth of his unfair advantage

The actor starred on stage as Billy Elliot at 12, then on TV in Beautiful People, before crashing out of drama school and heading back home to Bury. He talks about second chances and extraordinary dances

The Guardian - UK

Hamnet star Madeleine Mantock: ‘Theatre is not my comfort zone’

The actor on playing William Shakespeare’s wife, and making her West End debut opposite Jennifer Saunders

Evening Standard

Sam Mendes to direct new Jez Butterworth play in London’s West End

The show, opening next January, will be one of the most anticipated productions of 2024

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

The Independent UK

Peter Wilson obituary

Leading West End producer who took over the Theatre Royal in Norwich in 1992 and completely transformed its fortunes

The Guardian - UK

The best theatre to stream this month: That Face, Macbeth and Dance Umbrella

Our roundup of stage shows to watch at home includes a revival of Polly Stenham’s debut play, London’s international dance festival and Patrick Stewart suffering toil and trouble

The Guardian - 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

The Independent UK

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Strictly Come Dancing 2023: What dance experience does each contestant have?

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

The Independent UK

Strictly Come Dancing 2023: What dance experience does each contestant have?

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

Evening Standard

Death of England: Closing Time’s Clint Dyer and Roy Williams – ‘We stay current because we look forward’

The final show in the Death of England series, which explores race and class in contemporary Britain, opens at the National Theatre later this month

Evening Standard

The best autumn theatre to book from Andrew Scott as Vanya to Nicole Scherzinger in Sunset Boulevard

Do you want to see a musical, new writing, Shakespeare or, er, Southgate? Autumn’s packed stage calendar has something for everyone

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The plucky British musicals hoping to ‘do a Six’ at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2023

One’s a dystopian love story with a backdrop of Jamaican soundsystems, one’s challenging the stereotyping of South East Asians, one’s set in a toilet...

Evening Standard

Luke Evans and Penelope Wilton to star in new West End comedy about the Queen Mother

Backstairs Billy explores the relationship between the Queen Mother and her servant Billy

The Guardian - UK

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

‘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

Evening Standard

Patriots at the Noel Coward review: Tom Hollander is incandescent in this story of the fight for Russia’s soul

This hectic, tragicomic tale has already gained new weight and prescience as it transfers into the West End from the Almeida

Evening Standard

Tickets go on sale for Death Note: The musical based on the Japanese manga series

This will be the award-winning musical’s English language premiere

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