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Alicia Vikander to make West End debut in Henrik Ibsen’s The Lady from the Sea

The Oscar winner, 36, admitted she was both ‘thrilled’ and daunted by the challenge, admitting: ‘... it's my first time on stage as an adult’

Evening Standard

Bob Geldof says he's 'blue in the face' hearing Freddie Mercury's Live Aid performance with Queen

The musician and activist was at Wembley for the launch of Just for One Day - The Live Aid musical ahead of it’s West End opening

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Brendan Gleeson to make West End debut in Conor McPherson’s The Weir

Revival of the ‘profoundly moving’ Irish pub drama will open at the Olympia theatre in Dublin before arriving in London this autumn

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‘It’s Fleabag’s home – the audience is unshockable’: Phoebe Waller-Bridge and more on 25 years of Soho theatre

The central London institution champions new talent, amplifies LGBTQ+ voices and always takes risks. With a new outpost opening in Walthamstow, artists discuss how the West End venue is not just a place – it’s a philosophy

The Guardian - UK

Self Esteem: A Complicated Woman review – maximalist pop for an age of uncertainty

After her big breakthrough album and West End fame, Rebecca Lucy Taylor works through her worries in real time on her new LP – to fascinating and confusing effect

The Guardian - UK

Fleur East to make West End debut in Tina Turner musical

Her previous acting experience has included appearing in episodes of the hit AppleTV+ football comedy Ted Lasso.

Evening Standard

Bessie Carter says working with mother Dame Imelda Staunton was ‘dream’ of hers

The mother-daughter duo will star opposite one another in a West End revival of George Bernard Shaw’s Mrs Warren’s Profession.

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Big Stars take over the West End again as Bryan Cranston and Marianne Jean-Baptiste lead Arthur Miller classic

Breaking Bad star and Oscar winner jo9in powerhouse cast for revival of All My Sons - tickets set to sell-out fast

Evening Standard

Ncuti Gatwa to star in 'dark, sexy' West End play about Shakespeare and Marlowe

Born With Teeth will be hitting the West End this summer, featuring Gatwa as Christopher Marlowe and Edward Bluemel as William Shakespeare in a “ferociously sexy” take on the relationship between the playwrights

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Stacey Dooley to be joined by Kevin Clifton for 2:22 A Ghost Story tour

Dooley made her stage debut in a West End production of the supernatural thriller last year.

Evening Standard

The most controversial Just Stop Oil protests as climate group ceases direct action

Just Stop Oil has announced it will stop direct action and hold its final protest in April

The Independent UK

How two recent productions of Oedipus offer different meanings through the role of the chorus

The London theatre scene was all abuzz in January 2024 when two different star-studded West End productions of the ancient Greek tragedy Oedipus were announced within minutes of each other.

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One Day star Ambika Mod to play porn addict in new West End show

‘I’d never seen a woman masturbate on stage before’

Evening Standard

Oscar winner Adrien Brody continues award success as he scores first Olivier nod

The Hollywood actor and two-time Oscar winner has landed his first Olivier nomination for his debut West End performance in The Fear of 13.

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Fiddler on the Roof up for 13 Olivier awards and Romola Garai nominated twice in same category

Garai is recognised for The Years and Giant, Oscar-winner Adrien Brody is nominated for his West End debut, while Imelda Staunton gets 14th nod for Hello, Dolly!

Evening Standard

Alan Menken says Disney's Little Mermaid being 'reworked' for West End stage 17 years after Broadway debut

EXCLUSIVE The legendary composer said he would be ‘shocked’ if it ‘didn’t open in London in the next few years’

The Independent UK

Cate Blanchett gives verdict on whether celebrity-led plays are ruining the West End

‘It’s about how that person is used,’ the actor said

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Elektra review – Brie Larson makes a fearless West End debut in punk tragedy

The Captain Marvel star is a magnetic frontwoman in Daniel Fish’s radical rewiring of the ancient play

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Police arrest man and woman after Just Stop Oil protest in London’s West End

Production of The Tempest starring Sigourney Weaver disrupted after stage invasion at Theatre Royal

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

The Guardian - UK

Jack Lowden joined by Martin Freeman in alcoholism drama The Fifth Step

Lowden first appeared in David Ireland’s two-hander in Edinburgh last year. For its West End run, he is paired with his ‘hero’ Freeman

Evening Standard

James Corden 'secretly performing for free in immersive West End show' after Gavin And Stacey finale success

The Gavin And Stacey star has taken on a new challenge by performing in a secret stage show weeks after the BBC sitcom finale

The Guardian - UK

Joan Plowright, celebrated star of stage and screen, dies aged 95

Actor helped shape British postwar theatre through her performances at the Royal Court, National Theatre and in the West End

Evening Standard

Hollyoaks and Only Fools And Horses star Diane Langton dies aged 77

Langton was also a West End star.

Evening Standard

Cynthia Erivo: West End star who earned first Bafta performance nod for Wicked

The Londoner has been praised for playing historical characters before coming to further attention in Wicked.

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