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In The Know
Kids
The Hamilton trailer's arrived, and we get to watch the original Broadway cast perform the hit show on Disney+ from the best seats in the house (literally)
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Theatre
Helen Mirren and Mark Strong star in Robert Icke's modern re-telling of Oedipus, on the London stage in 2021
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Immersive
Dragons and Mythical Beasts is an interactive children's show that brings the most amazing creatures to life for the kids thanks to spectacular puppetry
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Kids
Frances Hodgson Burnett's beloved novel, The Secret Garden, is coming to the West End for two performances this April 2020.
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Theatre
Director Lyndsey Turner revives Caryl Churchill's 2000 play Far Away at the Donmar Warehouse – and the 'world at war' drama seems more relevant than ever
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Theatre
Toby Jones plays Uncle Vanya in Conor McPherson's fresh take on the Chekhov classic
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Theatre
Richard Gadd relives a fateful chance encounter in his autobiographical debut play, which comes to the West End after impressing at the Fringe
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Festival
The UK's fastest-growing arts extravaganza, VAULT Festival, returns for 2020 with underground parties, comedy and theatre
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Theatre
Kunene and the King transfers to Ambassadors Theatre after a five-star premiere in Stratford-upon-Avon
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Kids
Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s The Snail and the Whale, reimagined by Tall Stories, is on at the Apollo this festive season
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Musicals
Comedian Jason Manford stars in West End premiere of Curtains, one of the final musicals from Kander and Ebb
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Themes
Peppa Pig's Best Day Ever is the perfect intro theatre show for under-4s
In the Know
Theatre
Bijan Sheibani's production of 50s play A Taste of Honey brings the spirit of working class Salford to the West End
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Theatre
After dazzling in New York, Jackie Sibblies Drury’s Fairview interrogates our preconceptions of race at the Young Vic
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Themes
Kes Gray and Jim Field's beloved picture book, Oi Frog!, is now a musical at the Lyric this December - and your toddler will be totally obsessed
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Kids
The Sleeping Trees are back with a new scrambled fairy tale Christmas show at Battersea Arts Centre - and it's fabulous
Tried and Tested
Musicals
The musical adaptation of everyone’s favourite French film, Amélie, returns to the London stage starring Audrey Brisson as the determined young woman
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Immersive
A new immersive theatre production puts the fate of the country in your hands
In The Know
Kids
Here are the best shows to book now for autumn and winter for your 5+ child, from an eco-warrior Hansel and Gretel to Black Beauty at the Southbank
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Theatre
Unpredictable objects come to life in a surreal physical theatre show In partnership with The Coronet Theatre
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Kids
Battersea Power Station's new Turbine Theatre debuts its first family Christmas show with Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
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Kids
Here are the best shows to book now for autumn and winter's Christmas season for your toddler, from Peppa Pig to panto
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Theatre
A new musical brings a tale of love, loss and betrayal to Soho's new Boulevard Theatre
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Theatre
Hotshot American writer Annie Baker returns to the National Theatre with The Antipodes, a new play about stories
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Things to do
From drag shows and cabaret nights to powerful storytelling and theatre from far-flung corners of the world, there’s plenty to excite and stimulate at the Roundhouse this season
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Theatre
Award-winning Welsh writer Ed Thomas ponders the relationship between place and memory in On Bear Ridge, a surreal and eerie tragicomedy starring Rhys Ifans