Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from West End

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 stars Angela Scanlon and Layton Williams address ‘fix’ claims after dance experience was revealed

Strictly Come Dancing hopefuls Angela Scanlon and Layton Williams have addressed show fix claims after it was revealed that they had previous dance experience.

Evening Standard

Jake Shears and Self Esteem take on leading roles in West End hit Cabaret

Scissor Sisters singer will play the Emcee while Self Esteem will make her theatrical debut as Sally Bowles in hit musical

Evening Standard

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Pop artists Self Esteem and Jake Shears join West End production of Cabaret

New cast members will make their debut in September

The Independent UK

Strictly Come Dancing 2023: the contestants – ranked!

This year’s 15 celebrity hopefuls include a 78-year-old former newsreader, a clutch of soap stars and some serious West End talent. Who will waltz off as the winner?

The Guardian - UK

Jason Manford left flummoxed by ‘random’ Wizard of Oz question about ‘gay lion’ on GMB

Comedian couldn’t hide his confusion

The Independent UK

Price of West End theatre tickets can be ludicrous, says David Tennant

Actor says high prices are strangling next generation of theatregoers, as cheapest seats rise 13% in a year

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Anne-Marie: ‘These days, I have gherkins, tomatoes, avocado and bananas on my rider rather than candy floss’

The singer on her sweet tooth – and why being a world karate champ isn’t helpful prep for being a pop star

The Guardian - UK

Who was ‘Backstairs Billy?’ The Queen Mother’s favourite aide who is the focus of a new play starring Downton Abbey icon

William Tallon – or Backstairs Billy – was no stranger to scandal

Woman & Home

‘Men are frustrated right now – we feel misunderstood and misrepresented’: Rapper Jords on masculinity, Black British identity and his debut album

The genre-melding artist sits down with Ellie Muir after releasing his record ‘Dirt In The Diamond’ and securing an executive producer role on a West End show

The Independent UK

New play Disruption at The Park Theatre tackles the big questions around AI

The black comedy, which stars It’s A Sin’s Nathaniel Curtis, is one of several new plays asking questions about the world-changing technology

Evening Standard

Meg Johnson obituary

West End musical performer who found wider renown in TV soaps such as Emmerdale, Coronation Street and Brookside

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - From Broadway to London: Michael R Jackson on his hit A Strange Loop | The Evening Standard Theatre Podcast

'My goal’s being a rapid responder to changing culture and challenging the status quo.'

Evening Standard

Newcastle cast for 2:22 A Ghost Story announced as Louisa Lytton leads stars in 'Cheryl thriller'

The 'supernatural phenomenon' that starred Cheryl in the West End is touring to the Theatre Royal with big names in the cast

Chronicle Live

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

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

Daily Mirror

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***’

The Guardian - UK

‘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

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

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

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?

WhatToWatch

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.

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

Edinburgh Live

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.

The Guardian - UK

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

Daily Mirror

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

1 … 5 6 7 8

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

English National Ballet

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.