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Oxford Street 2.0: How £1bn investment will transform candy store blight back into premier shopping destination

Last year one retail boss branded Oxford Street a ‘national embarrassment’ because of the large number of empty premises

Evening Standard

Brexit didn’t bring down the curtain on Rufus Wainwright’s show. The play’s the thing

Word of mouth is vital if a costly West End production is going to succeed, and Opening Night had the wrong kind

The Guardian - UK

This M&S Marble Arch saga is now an unholy farce

City Comment: Oxford Street and the broader West End need clarity — and soon

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Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith announce stage version of Inside No 9

The pair, whose final season of the hit horror-comedy will air on the BBC this month, say the West End production will feature familiar characters and fresh surprises

The Guardian - UK

Lily Allen to star in new version of Hedda Gabler ‘absolutely for now’

Matthew Dunster, who directed Allen in her West End debut 2:22: A Ghost Story, will write and direct the show for Bath’s Ustinov Studio next year

The Guardian - UK

John Cleese says playing Basil Fawlty on stage 'would kill me' as play hits West End

The comedian is bringing Fawlty Towers to the stage for the first time but he won’t be playing the starring role

Evening Standard

Priscilla the Party! to close in the West End more than four months early

The jukebox musical based on the 1994 film follows a string of high-profile early closures with producers saying the show has faced ‘difficult times’

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David Tennant and Cush Jumbo's acclaimed Macbeth heads to the West End

Max Webster’s haunting, sell-out production returns this autumn

Evening Standard

9 of the biggest West End and Broadway theatre flops after Opening Night is pulled

Gielgud Theatre pulls down curtain on production two months early

Evening Standard

Opening Night starring Sheridan Smith to close two months early

Producers of West End musical say premature end is due to ‘challenging financial landscape’

The Guardian - UK

Director Condemns Racial Abuse Against Cast Member In West End

Director Jamie Lloyd speaks out against racial abuse in West End Romeo & Juliet revival, emphasizing a safe environment for all involved.

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Romeo and Juliet West End production slam online racial abuse aimed at actress

‘We insist that our artists are free to create work without facing online harassment,’ the Jamie Lloyd Company said

Evening Standard

From Six to Operation Mincemeat – how cool indie musicals are sweeping the West End

Bold new musicals with their roots in fringe theatre are popping up across the West End. Stars, writers and producers on why this is a ‘moment’ to celebrate

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Ryan Calais Cameron: 'For Black Boys... has become more than a play – it’s a catalyst for healing and change'

The acclaimed writer of the hit West End show on his inspirations, the weight of expectations and what the play says about the resilience of the black community

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Billy Crudup: 'It's a dream come true to make my West End debut'

Morning Show star spoke after the opening night of his one-man show Harry Clarke at the Ambassadors Theatre

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London's theatreland applauds Chancellor for tax relief plan

Some of the West End’s leading lights have welcomed the Chancellor’s decision to keep high rates of Theatre Tax Relief.

The Guardian - UK

Walkouts and rows in the stalls as politics enters Theatreland stage left – or maybe right

From black-only nights to an anti-capitalist rant, the West End has discovered its radical side. But is it a playwright’s job to change the world?

Evening Standard

OPINION - If you think London doesn't need 'Black Out' theatre nights you've not been paying attention

Last summer, on a trip to the West End to watch Hamilton with my mum, as we were tucking into some outrageously overpriced ice-cream, she glanced around and muttered: “You know, I love the theatre, but it’s such a shame there are so few other black people here.”

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The Standard podcast: Sleep in the sky...BT Tower sold in £275m hotel deal

Popping up 600 feet above London’s skyline, the BT Tower has been a West End landmark since the 1960s.

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Brenda Edwards supported by Loose Women co-stars as she marks two years since son Jamal's death

The West End star attended an event in London honouring Jamal Edwards

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London Theatre Week: our pick of the best West End shows to book from £15

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Vanessa Williams to star as Miranda Priestly in London musical

Vanessa Williams takes on the role of Miranda Priestly in the London West End stage adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada, featuring an all-star creative team.

The Guardian - UK

Vanessa Williams to star in Elton John’s West End version of The Devil Wears Prada

Williams said that bringing the fearsome editor Miranda Priestly to life in new musical is ‘a dream come true’

Evening Standard

Callum Scott Howells on BBC drama The Way, coming to the West End, and how he wants to 'do a Ryan Reynolds'

The beloved Welsh actor is following up It’s a Sin with a triumvirate of must-watches, but all he really wants is his own football club

Evening Standard

OPINION - London theatreland is about to get the mother of all kicks up the backside

A couple of Fridays ago, a friend WhatsApped me to say she’d been left a free ticket for that night’s performance of Plaza Suite. Her plus one for the West End debut of Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick was having her beloved dog put down. I wouldn’t describe the…

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