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Actor and director who played Prince Hal to Orson Welles’s Falstaff in Chimes at Midnight, and triumphed in Sleuth in the West End and on Broadway

The Guardian - UK

Clint Dyer on the NT at 60 and Nicole Scherzinger in Sunset Boulevard - The Standard Theatre Podcast

Plus we talk to Charlie Brooks about her 'emotional' West End debut

Evening Standard

West End's Frozen actress Samantha Barks welcomes a son - and reveals the newborn's name

The theatre star announced she was expecting her first child in August

Evening Standard

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Layton Williams responds to Strictly viewers complaining about his dance experience

‘Strictly’ viewers have suggested that Williams has an unfair advantage due to his professional performance experience in West End productions

The Independent UK

Sam Mendes to direct new Jez Butterworth play in London’s West End

The show, opening next January, will be one of the most anticipated productions of 2024

The Independent UK

Pet Shop Boys accuse Drake of singing West End Girls on his new album without their permission

Drake’s song ‘All the Parties’ includes the lyrics: ‘East End boys and West End girls’

The Independent UK

My London: Adam Kay

Doctor turned author and comedian Adam Kay sips cocktails at Soho Hotel, can’t resist a West End show and swans around town by royal horse and carriage (apparently)

Evening Standard

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West End theatre issues statement after Just Stop Oil storm Les Miserables

Five people were arrested after protestors invaded the stage at the Sondheim Theatre

The Independent UK

Peter Wilson obituary

Leading West End producer who took over the Theatre Royal in Norwich in 1992 and completely transformed its fortunes

The Guardian - UK

Central London office take-up tumbles but rents for top space improve

City and West End rents for top quality office spaces have improved in what will be a welcome update for landlords in a tough leasing market, as new data shows total take-up has slumped.

Evening Standard

Strictly winner Rose Ayling-Ellis picks up gong at The Stage Debut Awards 2023

The stage and TV star fought off competition from a shortlist that included Normal People star Paul Mescal and Star Trek’s Zachary Quinto.

The Independent UK

Darren Criss at London Palladium: Date, tickets, setlist, guests

Darren Criss will perform songs from his career on his West End debut next month when he takes to the stage for one night only.

Evening Standard

Major development planned for iconic brewery site

Two years after the last pints were poured at the century-old West End brewery in Adelaide, the state government has revealed plans for a major redevelopment.

AAP

‘I think it’s a new artform’: Chris Fonseca, the man bringing Deaf dance to the mainstream

With his primetime TV appearances, West End shows, tours and plans for a film, choreographer Chris Fonseca is using music and dance to explore his identity. But he rejects tokenism, and ‘it’s not a Ted talk’

The Guardian - UK

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Evening Standard

Condé Nast seeks buyer for longstanding London headquarters

Fashion-loving property investors have the rare opportunity to acquire a famous office where supermodels and designers have visited, with the West End site that Vogue publisher Condé Nast is set to leave on the market.

The Guardian - UK

Seeing double: two visions of the Enfield poltergeist visit English theatres

The 1970s case that sparked headlines about supernatural activity has inspired a pair of stage productions. How does a fringe show compete with a starry West End behemoth?

The Independent UK

Everything we know about Vogue World, London’s answer to the Met Gala

As Anna Wintour brings a ‘multi-act celebration of the British performing arts’ to London’s West End for the first time, Ellie Muir finds out what we can expect from the fashion extravaganza

Evening Standard

Elizabeth Line stations first to get superfast 4G connectivity are revealed

Oxford Circus and Tottenham Court Road become first West End Tube stations to get 4G and 5G - with ‘better signal in tunnels than above ground’

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The Guardian - UK

Colin Spencer also made gay theatre history as a playwright

Letter: His play Spitting Image about a gay partnership broke new ground in the West End, says Colin Chambers

Evening Standard

Lily Allen rushed off stage during The Pillowman performance amid ‘emergency evacuation’

Her West End play was interrupted by a fire alarm

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Lion King’s Scar and Mufasa on 15 years of friendship in the West End: The Evening Standard Theatre Podcast

We join Shaun Escoffery and George Asprey, who play Mufasa and Scar in Disney’s The Lion King, at London’s Lyceum Theatre to chat about their incredible 15 years in the West End musical.

The Independent UK

Chris Peluso, Broadway’s Mamma Mia! and Assassins star, dies aged 40

Actor was also known for his roles in West End productions of ‘The Woman in White,’ ‘Death Takes a Holiday’ and ‘Show Boat’

The National (Scotland)

Hollywood star Gerard Butler spotted in Glasgow

GERARD Butler has been spotted in Glasgow's West End for the second time in a week.

The Independent UK

Lily Allen says she has applied to drama school following critical reviews of The Pillowman

Actor and singer is currently in the West End revival of Martin McDonagh’s dark 2003 play

WhatToWatch

Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream: host, judges, how it works and all about ABBA talent show search

Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream is an ITV1 series that searches for two new stars of the hit ABBA musical and features Zoe Ball and Alan Carr.

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