London theatre: the best musicals and plays to book now
Looking for inspiration? Check out our picks of the best London shows in the West End and beyond
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Looking for inspiration? Check out our picks of the best London shows in the West End and beyond
The Marmite-like showman’s return to the London stage is a chance to remind us what an astounding performer he is. Can he pull it off?
Actor questions why the film industry’s liberal elite continue to turn their backs on him
Channel 4’s documentary series has been dismissed by Spacey, but should be commended for allowing the complainants to have their say
From Sir Ian McKellen as Falstaff to Tom ‘Spiderman’ Holland’s return to the West End, these are the shows not to miss
A pragmatic approach to theatre is needed – or the UK's once world-beating industry will not survive
Even the hardest cynic will admire this rip-roaring retread of the fundraising concert that held the world in thrall
Many theatres have their own resident spectres. Cameron Mackintosh, Andrew Lloyd Webber and others talk about their eerie experiences
From Sarah Jessica Parker’s West End debut to Succession's Sarah Snook playing 26 characters in an adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray
A protégé of Laurence Olivier, he served on the tempestuous Building Committee and came up with the innovative technical plan for the stages
Rising star Sonali Bhattacharyya's upbeat, feminist spin on the age-old yarn of the storytelling Scheherazade is a sad disappointment
Sixty years ago, Jacobi and Rosemary Harris appeared with Peter O'Toole in Hamlet, the NT’s first show. They recall the chaos that ensued
Patsy Ferran is a brilliant Eliza Doolittle – but this flamboyant production undercuts the key message of George Bernard Shaw’s classic
As he stars in Pygmalion – and returns to The Crown as Tony Blair – Carvel considers the 'red lines' that now put certain roles off limits
The playwright saw the opposite sex as a 'ghastly nuisance', yet his female characters run rings around the men
Trial against Oscar-winning actor nearing its completion at Southwark Crown Court
Alleged victim suggests Hollywood star’s conduct at London venue, where he was artistic director, was recognised as problematic
Oscar winner ‘strenuously denies’ charges that he abused four men
Tim Minchin's musical adaptation of the famous 1993 film has head, heart and spark, and capitalises cleverly on its stuck-in-a-groove theme
The actor, 54, on performing on Broadway, watching Spurs, and an embarrassing incident
Creator Kate Prince and star Beverley Knight on how their new Sylvia Pankhurst musical will resonate in the age of Brexit
Oscar-winner Helen Hunt makes her London debut in a revival of Jonathan Spector’s timely 2017 play about an anti-vaxxer parent
US-born director’s ‘Into the Woods’ was axed by the Old Vic – so the defiantly unwoke Python took it to Bath. Now he’s ready to tell all