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Theatre 

Theatre company RIFT's new show is an utterly immersive experience, that uses sound, space and narrative to create a disquieting sensory experience.

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Theatre 

The Arcola's new chamber musical House of Mirrors and Hearts explores a troubled family with impressive staging and score.

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Theatre 

An experimental audio adventure that mimics the sensation of sleep, fringe theatre play Fiction returns to Battersea Arts Centre.

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Theatre 

Theatre and science collide to moving and mind-boggling effect in this ingeniously staged revival of Caryl Churchill's A Number at The Young Vic.

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Theatre 

For his final season in the role Dominic Dromgoole, Globe Artistic Director, directs a sizzling production of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, summer 2015

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National Portrait Gallery Audrey Hepburn exhibition reminds us why Holly Golightly is still Hollywood's favourite leading lady

Features

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Balancing comedy and tragedy, The Seagull brings out the playfulness of Chekov for an entertaining evening under the night sky

Interview

We talk to director Asif Kapadia (Senna) about revisiting the tragedy, the girl behind the tabloids, and the family's reaction to new Amy Winehouse documentary. 

We Love

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Food 

The Newman Street Tavern Brunch near Oxford Circus is a contender for the best place for brunch in London. 

Features

Barbara Hepworth: Tate Britain stage a retrospective of one of our greatest artists - but we wish they'd shoo away her male contemporaries.

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Serpentine Pavilion 2015 sets a rainbow of colours dancing across the fluorescent tentacles of SelgasCano's new structure in Hyde Park

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After dazzling on Broadway Stephen Adly Guirguis' The Motherf**ker with the Hat gets UK premiere in the National Theatre new season 2015, with director Indhu Rubasingham at the helm.

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Age before beauty: 2015 BP Portrait Award Exhibition fizzes with subtle photorealism and dynamic painting

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Theatre 

With a glowing performance from Marianne Jean-Baptiste, debbie tucker green's 'hang' is a taut three hander about justice that keeps you guessing.

Interview

Much loved actor Sir Ian McKellen fills us in on debunking the myth and portraying dementia in the new Sherlock Holmes movie from director Bill Condon. 

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Cinema 

Michael Fassbender stars in Slow West film from debut director John Maclean: Q&A at Curzon Soho 26 June. 

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Theatre 

Gary Owen, playwright, explores issues of violence and consent in this consuming and arresting new play Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs summer 2015.

Features

 Goodbye minimalism, hello rococo: London menswear fashion week rolled into town to showcase the best SS16 trends. 

Features

What happens at Secret Cinema stays at Secret Cinema... Star Wars Episode V has come to a hidden location in London.

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Theatre 

Alastair McGowan stars in a controversial, bold new play based on the shocking truth about Jimmy Saville's sex scandal. 

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Food 

Introducing 'The Domino Effect': Hotel Café Royal Hotel is hosting a season of award-winning chefs in celebration of the anniversary of one of Regent Street's iconic bastions. 

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Dance 

A varied and enjoyable programme at The Place marks the 20^th anniversary of the Richard Alston Dance Company. It should not be missed!

Interview

Why do women wear high heels even though they're so uncomfortable? V&A curator Helen Persson gives Helena Kealey the answers at the new exhibition, Shoes: Pleasure and Pain 

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Carsten Höller kicks inhibitions to the curb at the Hayward Gallery: dive in for the most fun you'll have all summer!

Must See

Things to do 

WEST END TRANSFER: Boldly reimagined yet subtle, Robert Icke's Oresteia is a triumph with high quality performances all round.

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Food & Drink 

Read our latest Carousel Marylebone Review: Leandro Carreira comes to the London rotating restaurant in Marylebone.

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Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2015 is the best show in London this season with eye-popping colours and a rainbow of stellar artists

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Tate Modern Agnes Martin retrospective goes off the grid with silently powerful paintings from a turbulent mind

Features

Peter Pan: Regent's Park production is a moving, intelligent and fun-filled triumph, writes Lucy Brooks.

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Theatre 

Blanche McIntyre's straight-as-a-rod 'As You Like It' droops at the edges, despite outstanding performances.

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Absorbing, challenging and entertaining, this immersive game is unlike anything we've experienced on stage. Lucy Brooks reviews World Factory. 

Must See

Arthur Miller's classic is made freshly devastating in this flawless RSC revival as it transfers to the West End, says Lucy Brooks.