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Disney's blockbuster Aladdin musical brings Arabian nights, magic carpets and a surfeit of sparkle to London's West End
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Veteran film-maker and comedian Mel Brooks brings monster musical Young Frankenstein to London with an all-star cast
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The Oscar-winning La La Land is being screened with the possibility of the VIP treatment via a partnership between Luna Cinema and Not On The High Street
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Cut loose with this big-haired, high-energy stage version of the hit 1980s film: Footloose – the Musical returns to London for a limited run at the Peacock Theatre
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The French Revolution is brought to life in this crude, clunky Open Air Theatre adaptation of Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities
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Yankees and hankies: Yank! at Charing Cross Theatre overindulges in tear-jerking cliché, leaving little space for genuine heart
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Stephen Jackson's debut jukebox musical Roller Diner brings 'the full English Brexit' to Soho Theatre
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Although the Beauty and the Beast cast sing their little hearts out, Emma Watson, Dan Stevens and Luke Evans fail to erase their illustrated predecessors from memory
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An extraordinary performance by Broadway great Audra McDonald makes Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill at the Wyndham’s Theatre an unmissable show
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From the workhouse, to the streets of London, to the open air stage: Oliver Twist is brought to life in new family stage show at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
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Cinema
Ryan Gosling (Drive) and Emma Stone (Birdman) put the excellent La La Land movie at the top of every musicals list
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With the La La Land release date approaching, it's time to get in the mood and let Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling sing away the winter blues
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Shows worth making a song and dance about: new London musicals, West End, Off West End and Fringe, that will have you humming all the way home
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Songs, sex and speed-dating: this hour long rollercoaster from Swipe Right Theatre is an absolute bonanza of 90s bangers bound to make you laugh out loud
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Join Mr Popper and his fantastic family of performing penguins as they make their West End debut this December!
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The Chi-Raq cast are valiantly sincere, but Spike Lee (Do the Right Thing) has directed a faintly embarrassing musical
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This December, watch Elvis, Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins come together for a once-in-a-lifetime Christmas musical inspired by the recording session which brought them all together.
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Theatre
Glasgow Girls returns to the London theatre scene after success at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2016
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The final extension announced for exuberant hiphop musical In the Heights, from the creator of Hamilton
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A new musical inspired by the life of activist Rosa Parks is set to come to London
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'The past is a foreign country...' L. P. Hartley's novel makes for an elegant West End musical starring Michael Crawford
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Complicite and Bryony Kimmings create fearless theatre in this new musical about life with cancer, at the National's Dorfman Theatre
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A fond tribute to the eighties, this new musical comedy is warm, fuzzy filmmaking. A cup of tea and a cuddle, Sing Street just...works
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An alternative type of musical that Londoners will relish, two of musical theatre's biggest stars align for this show about Siamese twins
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Sheridan Smith shines as Funny Girl Fanny Brice
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'Told by an Idiot' stages 'brutal comedy' I Am Thomas with lyrics by poet Simon Armitage
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Megastar actor Glenn Close makes West End debut as Norma Desmond, the role she played to jubilant success on Broadway
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Queen of comedy Catherine Tate stars in new musical Miss Atomic Bomb at St James Theatre
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Jeff Wayne's musical version of H.G. Wells' sci-fi classic finally comes to the West End starring (a hologram of) Liam Neeson
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Olivier-winning actors Sheila Hancock and Jenna Russelll star in UK premiere of hit Broadway musical Grey Gardens
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After rave reviews at Theatre Royal Bath, Mrs Henderson Presents' West End transfer brings the charming new musical to London
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The whole family will enjoy West End sensation The Lion King Musical. After years of captivating crowds, the show's as exuberant as ever