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Helmed by Stephen Daldry and Good Chance Theatre, The Walk sees a giant puppet of a Syrian refugee travel from her homeland to the UK in search of her mother
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Old Vic welcomes back studio audiences for the first time in 16 months with Harold Pinter’s The Dumb Waiter, directed by Jeremy Herrin, starring David Thewlis and Daniel Mays
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J’Ouvert, the race-charged debut play by James Tait Black Award-winner Yasmin Joseph, opens as part of the Harold Pinter Theatre’s Reemerge series
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Sir Ian McKellen, on turning 82, will play Hamlet in a new age-blind production at Theatre Royal Windsor. He'll also play Firs in an adaptation of The Cherry Orchard
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The Harold Pinter Theatre reopens with Walden, a debut play by Amy Berryman. Gemma Arterton stars and Ian Rickson directs
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Michael Ball reprises his role as Edna Turnblad in an all-new West End production of Hairspray
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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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The 2021 Summer Season at Shakespeare’s Globe includes a revival of the theatre’s hit 2019 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Sean Holmes
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Josh O'Connor and Jessie Buckley play Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers in this intimately filmed, National Theatre version of Romeo and Juliet
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Duncan Macmillan's new theatrical production, set 16 years before Game of Thrones, takes place during The Great Tourney at Harrenhal: where many major characters gathered
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We Culture Whisper editors get to enjoy the best of London life in normal times. Here’s where we’re most looking forward to going after lockdown
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A musical adaptation of 1990 rom-com Pretty Woman transfers to London after dividing opinion on Broadway
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As the capital reawakens, we round up the brand new plays, exhibitions, concerts, dance shows and festivals to book now (or soon!) and enjoy later
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The National Theatre will reopen in June with Jack Thorne's adaptation of After Life and a Michael Sheen-led production of Under Milk Wood
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Swamp Motel concludes its trilogy of theatrical escape-room games with The Kindling Hour, a triumph for this relatively new genre of digital entertainment
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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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STEM Sisters is an online musical introducing children to female scientific pioneers in history
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On 16 March 2020, the pandemic forced theatres to bring down their curtains indefinitely. Here’s what has happened since – and what’s still to come
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The Prince of Egypt musical comes to the West End with Stephen Schwartz’s Academy Award-winning score - parents might not love it, but the kids will
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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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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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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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Iris Theatre’s The Snow Queen is an online, interactive adventure sure to delight little ones this winter
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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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Unlikely, loveable hero Stick Man returns to the stage in this delightful family Christmas show from Freckle Productions