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Six celebrities face trial for crimes against society in the latest production by Secret Theatre: Redemption Room
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Theatre
The show will go on as theatres introduce digital viewing options to bring the drama directly to you during social isolation
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Stephen Fry, Joanna Lumley and Fionn Whitehead star in this all-new digital production, bringing Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray into the present day
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Theatre
In Dream, the RSC brings to life the world of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream for audiences at home
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Exquisitely written and emotionally charged: Lolita Chakrabarti’s Hymn at the Almeida Theatre, starring Adrian Lester and Danny Sapani, delivers on all levels
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Fleabag’s Sian Clifford stars alongside Nikesh Patel in this digital production of Lorien Haynes’ Good Grief, produced by Platform Presents
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Kids
STEM Sisters is an online musical introducing children to female scientific pioneers in history
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Iris Theatre’s The Snow Queen is an online, interactive adventure sure to delight little ones this winter
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Netflix
Featuring Chadwick Boseman's final performance, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – based on the August Wilson play – follows a 1920s blues band recording their next album. Viola Davis also stars
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Theatre
From a spate of fantastical adaptations to an all-new Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, here are 21 plays (hopefully!) coming to the London stage in 2021
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Theatre
Emilia Clarke swaps her dragons for a Seagull in a fresh version of Chekhov's classic play, as part of Jamie Lloyd's theatre season
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Theatre
Aaron Sorkin's smash-hit stage adaptation of Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird comes to the West End
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Magical theatre adaptation of Man Booker-winning novel Life of Pi hits West End stage, after five-star reviews of sell-out Sheffield production
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Kids
Unlikely, loveable hero Stick Man returns to the stage in this delightful family Christmas show from Freckle Productions
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The Almeida has reopened with Nine Lessons and Carols, playwright Chris Bush and director Rebecca Frecknall's deft reflection on 2020
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Alice Hamilton directs a 60th-anniversary production of Harold Pinter's The Dumb Waiter at Hampstead Theatre, where the play premiered in 1960
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Nicholas Hytner directs this all-new production of A Christmas Carol at the Bridge Theatre, starring Simon Russell Beale, Patsy Ferran and Eben Figueiredo
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Immersive
Immersive theatre experts Les Enfants Terribles have created a virtual Sherlock Holmes-themed adventure: The Case of the Hung Parliament
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Theatre
Get Up, Stand Up! Musical of Bob Marley's story premieres at London's Lyric Theatre, starring Arinze Kene
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With lockdown lifting, live theatre returns to London's stages just in time for Christmas. Here are the best plays to catch this winter
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Immersive
The swinging romance of summer 1963 gears up to get London audiences dancing in July 2021
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Junior doctor-turned-writer and comedian Adam Kay returns to the West End with This is Going to Hurt and the premiere of Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
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London families are desperately missing kid-friendly theatre. These are the immersive productions to watch with your tots in tow at home this Christmas season
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Theatre
Clint Dyer and Roy Williams return to the National Theatre with Death of England: Delroy, an unflinching examination of being a black working-class man in Britain
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Musicals
Director Luke Sheppard and actor Miriam-Teak Lee on the magic of their pop-fuelled musical & Juliet, which returns to the West End in 2021
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Theatre
Live theatre is making a comeback in the capital – and there's plenty you won't want to miss. Here are the best shows in London to see this autumn
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Kids
For one year only, the National Theatre is staging a panto for Christmas. Dick Whittington is being performed live to a socially distanced audience
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Following its six-month slumber, the West End is reopening several of its best-loved shows this autumn. Here’s what you can watch over the next few months
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Musicals
In this West End musical, the six wives of Henry VIII are queens of pop reclaiming their narrative
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Theatre
From the excitement as the lights go down to the electric feeling the experience leaves you with, there’s nothing quite like a night at the theatre
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Michael Sheen, Indira Varma and David Threlfall star in Brian Friel’s Faith Healer, the third instalment of the Old Vic: In Camera live-streamed series
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Theatre
Dante of Die’s hit Edinburgh Festival Fringe play User Not Found, about death and social media, has been revamped for the digital sphere