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The demise of home working has triggered a new race for office space in London

A shortage of new and refurbished buildings is leading to higher office rents in the City and West End, says Knight Frank report

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Going nowhere fast: trains... and the UK

On making her West End debut, Sarah Jessica Parker found time to praise London’s “exquisite” transport system. She had clearly arrived at that conclusion before attempting to board a train this morning.

Evening Standard

Landsec offices behind Piccadilly Lights fully-let after latest deal with a hedge fund manager

Property giant Landsec has said occupier demand for top West End space is "especially competitive", after revealing it has let the final chunk of office space at its development behind the world-famous Piccadilly Lights.

Evening Standard

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Martin McCallum obituary

West End producer who worked with Cameron Mackintosh on musicals such as Les Misérables and The Phantom of the Opera

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - London theatre is stronger than ever — and now better than New York in one key respect

January has always been a tough month for West End theatre with a large clear-out of shows. Schools are back, so family outings are off, Christmas bills must be paid and dry January often means no alcohol and self-imposed lockdown until half term comes round again.

Evening Standard

Man dies after horror car crash in Glasgow

A man has died following a horror car crash in Glasgow's west end.

The National (Scotland)

The Enfield Haunting and Kagami reviews - The Standard Theatre Podcast

Plus, the West End's best post-show pubs...

Evening Standard

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Move over Abba: new ‘riskier’ wave of British musicals to challenge West End’s established order

Theatreland is taking a gamble on a wave of quirky little shows to challenge the big but tired box office beasts

The Guardian - UK

The Enfield Haunting, Ambassadors Theatre review: even Catherine Tate can't reanimate this limp ghost story

What's scary is that anyone thought this pedestrian effort would make for a good West End show

Evening Standard

Investor spend on central London offices plunges amid high interest rates and "evolving" workspace use

Provisional data estimates purchases of City and West End offices totalled £6.9 billion in 2023

Evening Standard

Luke Evans teases new music and tour following latest West End stint

Exclusive: Actor and singer also reveals what it's really like working with animals on stage in Backstairs Billy

Evening Standard

The best theatre to see in 2024: from Sarah Jessica Parker’s West End debut to Sarah Snook’s one-woman show

A-listers are treading the boards in force and your favourite films are being transformed for the stage. Jessie Thompson brings you our ultimate guide to what to see at the theatre in 2024

The Independent UK

Hawarden Castle: Inside the new West End residence at William Gladstone's one-of-a-kind home

Kate Lough is one of the first guests to stay in The West End at Hawarden Castle, the latest project from the creative Gladstone family

Evening Standard

OPINION - Inflation sees sharp fall to 3.9% – but don't expect an interest rate cut just yet

If you worried it was getting awfully close to Christmas and there might not be time for another West End Final about inflation, I have good news.

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Tiger Tiger fined £120,000 for serving caustic soda with tequila shots

Barman at West End nightspot Tiger Tiger accidentally served caustic soda with tequila after mistaking it for salt in an unlit storage area

Evening Standard

Stranger Things The First Shadow star had never set foot in a West End theatre before taking on lead role

The play takes the hit show back to its beginnings in 1950s Cold War America

Cinemablend

Why Stranger Things And Netflix Need To Take A Page Out Of Taylor Swift's Playbook

As Stranger Things' first stage production debuts at London's West End, we have ideas for its future, and Taylor Swift's Eras Tour is involved.

Evening Standard

'It’s a tonic': Luke Evans discusses returning to the West End stage after 15 years in Backstairs Billy

EXCLUSIVE The Welsh star also shares his excitement about getting involved with this year's Save the Children Christmas Jumper Day campaign

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Evening Standard

Score! Red Pitch, the Bush Theatre's smash hit show, is coming to the West End

It joins Dear England, about Gareth Southgate's national team, as the latest football-related show to hit theatreland

Evening Standard

Strictly’s Layton Williams ‘hard launches’ boyfriend with birthday Instagram post

The West End performer’s social media post comes after he survived the dance-off with dance partner Nikita Kuzmin

Evening Standard

OPINION - Nowhere is better than London for Christmas, not even New York

I’m not sure there’s a better place to be at Christmas than London. When I was young, festive West End shopping trips were the things you looked forward to all year, whether it was seeing the Oxford Street lights (in the years before they started to be sponsored by the…

The Guardian - UK

Dominic West, don’t be snooty about hit West End shows, they keep serious theatre alive

In dismissing such plays as the preserve of inattentive tourists, he ignores the fragile ecology of the industry

The Independent UK

Hotel Amano: stay in the heart of the action with this bougie new pad in London’s Covent Garden

Pre-theatre sophistication with an encore of late-night decadence awaits around the corner from the West End, finds Roisin O’Connor

Evening Standard

West End is 'full', says London property giant Land Securities

Occupancy are rates above 99% as the return to work gathers pace

Evening Standard

Sheridan Smith to appear in new West End production of Opening Night at London's Gielgud Theatre

Rufus Wainwright to provide songs for musical adaption of John Cassavetes film

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