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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.

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David Tennant forced off stage as theatregoer sparks chaos during West End Macbeth performance

The incident took place at the Harold Pinter Theatre on Tuesday after an audience member was unable to immediately return to his seat following a toilet break

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Evita to return to London’s West End with revival directed by Jamie Lloyd

Andrew Lloyd Webber is teaming up with Jamie Lloyd again, following their huge success with Sunset Boulevard

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Denise Van Outen secures her status as London's Cabaret Queen returning with new Christmas show

EXCLUSIVE The West End and TV favourite has teased that a residency could follow in the New Year

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Sigourney Weaver ‘hates watching scary films’ and tries to avoid seeing them

Weaver was speaking ahead of her West End debut as Prospero in the William Shakespeare play The Tempest.

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The Devil Wears Prada at Dominion Theatre review: absolutely fabulous

5/5 The beloved film’s West End makeover is fun, full of knowing humour – and packed with Elton John’s irresistible songs

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Video: Elton John tells West End audience ‘I’ve lost my eyesight and cannot see the stage’

Sir Elton John made a surprise onstage appearance at the launch of The Devil Wears Prada: The Musical, where he sadly revealed he had lost his sight.

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West End legend Michael Ball reveals the risky singing hack he uses for every performance

Michael Ball always sings with a throat lozenge in his mouth but once nearly choked during a live performance.

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Mattel ‘regrets’ Wicked dolls packaging URL misprint that leads buyers to porn site

Error comes ahead of the release of the much-anticipated movie adaptation of the hit Broadway and West End musical

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‘I’ve stumbled deep into alien territory’: our sportswriters and arts critics swap jobs

What would happen if our arts critics and sports writers swapped roles for a day? How does the English National Opera compare to the Premier League … or the NFL to a West End musical? Our experts found out last week

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Dr Strangelove: London theatre audiences warned that nuclear satire play features 'cigarette smoking'

Critics mock warning of smoking on stage in West End adaptation of Dr Strangelove featuring Steve Coogan

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From Mick Jagger to Crossroads: the pioneering career of Cleo Sylvestre

The black British performer started out recording with the Rolling Stones, was on the West End stage by 19 and made breakthroughs in TV and theatre

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Top-price West End theatre tickets rise by 9% in a year and reach £300

The Stage’s annual survey found that, for the first time, three plays in London – including Romeo and Juliet with Tom Holland – are charging more than £200 for their most expensive seat

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Zendaya, Tom Hiddleston, Maya Jama and Stormzy lead the stars at Tom Holland's Romeo And Juliet press night

The stars came out in force to support the Spiderman star in his West End return

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Coronation Street favourite to make EXPLOSIVE return after YEAR away

A West End icon's return sparks a fresh feud for two Coronation Street residents.

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OPINION - Tom Holland's silence over the racist abuse of his co-star Francesca Amewudah-Rivers is a very bad look

Rarely is there a silver lining when it comes to racism. This is true in the case of the despicable barrage of abuse against actress Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, cast as Juliet alongside Tom Holland’s Romeo in an upcoming West End production of Shakespeare’s most famous play. But if there is one…

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Ian McKellen’s Player Kings to tour England

The play, adapted by Robert Icke from both parts of Henry IV, stars McKellen as John Falstaff for the first time in his career and will take in Bristol, Birmingham and Newcastle after its West End run

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‘Black men are conditioned not to articulate our emotions’: Ryan Calais Cameron on his hit play bringing new audiences to the West End

As the writer and actor’s smash play For Black Boys... starts a fourth run, he discusses money, creativity and being the world’s worst electrician

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Cara Delevingne says her 'heart is broken' after $7million LA home catches fire

The star is currently residing in the UK while she makes her West End debut in Cabaret

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Fake noses, lucky tokens and a bed of nails – Sarah Jessica Parker, Joseph Fiennes and other stars reveal their secret dressing room routines

Whoever wins next month’s Olivier awards, global stars will continue to flock to the West End of London to give the stage their all. We take a peek behind the curtain …

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Eleanor Fazan obituary

Theatre director who took Beyond the Fringe to the West End and worked on hit productions throughout the 1960s and 70s

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Tom Holland's West End return causes hysteria online as 50,000 fans scramble to get pre-sale tickets

The Hollywood star will play Romeo in Jamie Lloyd’s production of Romeo & Juliet at the Duke Of York Theatre this summer

The Guardian - UK

Tom Holland is latest superstar name in bumper year for London theatre

West End even more packed than usual with big-name talent, but insiders say star casting is not only route to successful productions

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Cara Delevingne to star as Sally Bowles in hit West End show Cabaret

The model and actor will make her stage debut alongside Luke Treadaway who takes over the role of the Emcee

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John Cleese brings Fawlty Towers stage show to the West End

Theatrical adaptation of the sitcom, opening at the Apollo theatre in May, will combine three episodes including The Germans

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