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Judith Kerr's evergreen fable comes to life with music and new characters
Hello, Dolly! fills the London Palladium stage with colour, joy and razzmatazz in a traditional production given tremendous depth by Imelda Staunton in the title role
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express is back 40 years on, bigger, glossier, speedier and camper than ever before
Director John Caird brings Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away to the stage with giant puppets, soaring spirits and bursts of lavish spectacle
'He's too sensitive for this world.' Star tenor Allan Clayton on Schubert's poetic obsessive
Playwright Chris Bush, with former Pulp and The Longpigs band member Richard Hawley, has written a vital musical about Sheffield's giant housing estate, Park Hill
The Devil Wears Prada musical is due to hit the West End in 2024
From long-awaited stage adaptations of cult movies to rare appearances from famous faces, we round up the best plays 2024 is promising
In what's been a strong year for musical revivals and an even stronger one for advancements in tech on stage, we round up the best theatre shows 2023 provided
The Duffer Brothers, with Jack Thorne and Kate Trefry, bring Netflix's hit sci-fi series Stranger Things to the stage in a production that stuns with special effects
From twisted fairytales to festive musicals: book now for the best Christmas theatre shows London 2023 has to offer
Steve Coogan reunites with frequent collaborator Armando Iannucci in the latter's stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s war comedy Dr. Strangelove
Save your seats for Sheridan Smith in Rufus Wainwright and Ivo van Hove's new musical adaptation of Opening Night, based on the 1977 movie
Here's where to find the famous actors: London theatre is aglow with stars including Sarah Jessica Parker, Sarah Snook and Woody Harrelson
Start trying to make fetch happen: the Mean Girls musical finally comes to London after dazzling on Broadway
From a stage prequel to hit sci-fi series Stranger Things to a stellar team taking on Roald Dahl's The Witches, these are the shows to book this month
After a sell-out run at the National Theatre, Broadway favourite Hadestown is finally coming to the West End – and tickets are now on sale
From the chance to see Lily James opposite Kristin Scott Thomas, to a dose of Shakespeare from the maestro Kenneth Branagh, the hottest theatre to book now
Andrew Scott, Nicole Scherzinger and Ian McKellen are just some of the stars descending on the London stage this month
Wondering what theatre to book and what plays to see? From fringe to the West End: London's best theatre
Our top picks of shows to see at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe
From the long-awaited arrival of a Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical to, er, more musicals and the return of a Lucy Prebble masterpiece (not Enron, sorry!)
The Festival d’Avignon is one of the biggest theatre festivals in Europe, like a concentrated version of the Edinburgh Festival. It's an experience that Theatre lovers shouldn't miss.
From eagerly awaited transfers to poignant new writing, we round up the best plays opening in London this July
From the West End premiere of a Martin McDonagh classic to new work conceived by and starring the great Mark Rylance, June's best new theatre shows
Operation Mincemeat creators SpitLip speak to Culture Whisper about the show's West End ascension and why, as musical theatre sceptics, they decided to write one
London's love affair with musicals shows no sign of abating, with beloved revivals and fresh arrivals landing this May. Elsewhere, outdoor theatres reopen!
The 2023 Olivier Award winners in full, plus interviews with Jodie Comer, Marisha Wallace, My Neighbour Totoro's Tom Morton-Smith and more
It's a starry month on the London stage (see The Motive and the Cue and Private Lives in particular), and there's revivals aplenty celebrating the classics
From musical revivals to quality kids' shows, here's what you can see at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre this summer
From award-winning revivals to fresh work from Complicité and a new musical pitched as 'Evita on acid', we round up the best new theatre opening in London this month
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