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    Theatre 

    Ghosts review: a clear and urgent revival

    Ghosts, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse ★★★★★

    10 Nov 23 – 24 Jan 24

    In the candlelit confines of the Sam Wanamaker playhouse, the plight of the living in Ibsen’s Ghosts is current and oppressive

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  • Book Now

    Theatre 

    'For Black Boys...' returns to the West End

    For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy, Garrick Theatre

    25 Mar 24 – 07 May 24

    Powerful and poetic: book now for For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy on the West End

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  • Tried and Tested

    Musicals 

    The Witches review: a musical fit to rival Matilda

    The Witches, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    07 Nov 23 – 27 Jan 24

    Lucy Kirkwood, Dave Malloy and Lyndsey Turner turn The Witches into a please-all musical with memorable songs, exceptional performances and clever magic

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  • Tried and Tested

    Dance 

    A historic epic from Mongolia at the Coliseum

    The Mongol Khan review ★★★★★

    11 Nov 23 – 02 Dec 23

    The Mongol Khan brings a slice of Mongolian history and legend to the London Coliseum in a colourful, thoroughly theatrical spectacle

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  • Tried and Tested

    Theatre 

    Next to Normal transfers to West End

    Next to Normal, Wyndham's Theatre

    14 Aug 23 – 07 Oct 23

    Following a favourably received run at the Donmar, mental health-tackling Broadway hit Next to Normal is getting a West End transfer

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  • Book Now

    Theatre 

    Steve Coogan stars in Doctor Strangelove on stage

    Steve Coogan in Doctor Strangelove, Noel Coward Theatre

    08 Oct 24 – 21 Dec 24

    Steve Coogan reunites with frequent collaborator Armando Iannucci in the latter's stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s war comedy Dr. Strangelove

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  • Tried and Tested

    Immersive 

    Velvet Pines review: festive dining from Swamp Motel

    Velvet Pines, London Bridge review

    09 Nov 23 – 23 Dec 23

    Embrace the silliness of the 70s with Swamp Motel’s Yuletide theatre dinner experience Velvet Pines

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  • Tried and Tested

    Theatre 

    Review: Feeling Afraid as if Something Terrible is Going to Happen

    Feeling Afraid as if Something Terrible is Going to Happen, Bush Theatre review ★★★★★

    10 Nov 23 – 23 Dec 23

    Fleabag meets Baby Reindeer in Marcelo Dos Santos’s intense and brilliant one-man play about a gay comedian navigating romance and existential dread

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  • Preview

    Dance 

    A bold adaptation of Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles

    Ockham's Razor, Tess, Peacock Theatre

    31 Jan 24 – 03 Feb 24

    Circus and physical theatre company Ockham's Razor brings Tess, its bold adaptation of Thomas Hardy's novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles, to MimeLondon

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  • Preview

    Dance 

    Christmas at The Place means Pirates!

    Scottish Dance Theatre, Pirates! The Place

    16 Dec 23 – 24 Dec 23

    Christmas at The Place means a riotous piratical adventure for all the family with Scottish Dance Theatre's Pirates!

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  • Book Now

    Musicals 

    Sheridan Smith stars in new musical Opening Night

    Sheridan Smith in Opening Night, Gielgud Theatre

    06 Mar 24 – 27 Jul 24

    Save your seats for Sheridan Smith in Rufus Wainwright and Ivo van Hove's new musical adaptation of Opening Night, based on the 1977 movie

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  • Preview

    Dance 

    ENB's Giselle returns to the Coliseum

    English National Ballet, Giselle, London Coliseum

    11 Jan 24 – 21 Jan 24

    English National Ballet's celebrated production of Giselle, the most Romantic of ballets, returns to the Coliseum in January

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  • Preview

    Dance 

    Bourne's Edward Scissorhands returns for Christmas

    Edward Scissorhands, Matthew Bourne's New Adventures, Sadler's Wells

    05 Dec 23 – 20 Jan 24

    Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands, his charming take on the eponymous film, is Sadler's Wells offering for this Christmas season

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  • Tried and Tested

    Dance 

    England on Fire: BalletBoyz are back

    BalletBoyz, England on Fire review ★★★★★

    08 Nov 23 – 11 Nov 23

    BalletBoyz marked their return to the stage at Sadler’s Wells with England on Fire, a huge collaborative project, that falls short of its lofty ambitions

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  • Preview

    Dance 

    A curated mime project in London

    MimeLondon first season

    12 Jan 24 – 17 Feb 24

    Contemporary visual theatre returns to London this winter with a new collaborative project between MimeLondon and a number of venues in the capital

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  • Preview

    Theatre 

    Backstairs Billy: entertaining but short on political promise

    Backstairs Billy, Duke of York's Theatre review ★★★★★

    27 Oct 23 – 27 Jan 24

    Marcelo Dos Santos delivers a humorous homage to the relationship between the Queen Mother and her footman Backstairs Billy, but fails to ground it in politics

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  • Book Now

    Theatre 

    SJP and husband Matthew Broderick star in Plaza Suite

    Sarah Jessica Parker in Plaza Suite, Savoy Theatre

    17 Jan 24 – 30 Mar 24

    Hollywood golden couple Sarah Jessica Parker (Sex and the City) and Matthew Broderick (Ferris Bueller's Day Off) star together in Plaza Suite

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  • Preview

    Immersive 

    Immersive dance-theatre at the Barbican

    Rhiannon Faith, Lay Down Your Burdens, Barbican

    21 Nov 23 – 25 Nov 23

    In her new immersive piece of dance-theatre, Lay Down Your Burdens, Rhiannon Faith turns the Barbican Pit into your local pub for a touch of community healing

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  • Book Now

    Theatre 

    Sarah Snook on stage in The Picture of Dorian Gray

    The Picture of Dorian Gray, Theatre Royal Haymarket

    06 Feb 24 – 11 May 24

    Succession's Sarah Snook plays all 26 characters in Kip Williams' mind-boggling production of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray

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  • Essential

    Theatre 

    Book now for Woody Harrelson in Ulster American

    Ulster American, Riverside Studios

    04 Dec 23 – 27 Jan 24

    Woody Harrelson stars alongside Andy Serkis and Louisa Harland in Jeremy Herrin's new production of David Ireland's black comedy, Ulster American

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  • Interview

    Essential

    Dance 

    Royal Ballet principal Reece Clarke interview

    The Royal Ballet's Reece Clarke – Don Q and Me

    The Royal Ballet's principal dancer Reece Clarke talks to Culture Whisper about his coming debut in the 'fun' role of Basilio in Carlos Acosta's Don Quixote.

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  • Preview

    Dance 

    November Dance in London

    Best November Dance

    November dance has an international accent

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  • Preview

    Dance 

    Cloud Gate Dance Theatre returns to Sadler's Wells

    Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, Lunar Halo, Sadler's Wells

    30 Nov 23 – 02 Dec 23

    Sadler's Wells favourite Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan returns to London with its latest work, Lunar Halo, set to music by Sigur Rós

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  • Book Now

    Theatre 

    Kenneth Branagh's King Lear descends into melodrama

    King Lear, Wyndham's Theatre review ★★★★★

    21 Oct 23 – 09 Dec 23

    Kenneth Branagh returns to the London stage for the first time in almost a decade with a bizarrely melodramatic and abridged King Lear

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  • Book Now

    Theatre 

    The best new plays opening this November

    Best new theatre shows: London, November 2023

    From a stage prequel to hit sci-fi series Stranger Things to a stellar team taking on Roald Dahl's The Witches, these are the shows to book this month

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  • Book Now

    Theatre 

    Review: Lily James and Kristin Scott Thomas in Lyonesse

    Lyonesse, Harold Pinter Theatre review ★★★★★

    17 Oct 23 – 23 Dec 23

    Lily James and Kristin Scott Thomas bring star prowess to Lyonesse, but Penelope Skinner’s story in Ian Rickson’s production is a jumble of ideas

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  • Tried and Tested

    Theatre 

    'Glorious': Lynn Nottage's Clyde's at the Donmar Warehouse

    Clyde's Donmar Warehouse review ★★★★★

    13 Oct 23 – 02 Dec 23

    The European premiere of Broadway hit Clyde's reunites Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage with director Lynette Linton at the Donmar Warehouse

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  • Tried and Tested

    Theatre 

    The Confessions: tender portrayal of a quietly remarkable life

    The Confessions, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    19 Oct 23 – 04 Nov 23

    Playwright Alexander Zeldin returns to the National Theatre with The Confessions: a tender play following one woman's life over eight decades

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  • Book Now

    Theatre 

    Book for Jez Butterworth's The Hills of California

    The Hills of California, Harold Pinter Theatre

    27 Jan 24 – 15 Jun 24

    Sam Mendes directs The Hills of California, the latest play from Jerusalem playwright Jez Butterworth, showing at the Harold Pinter Theatre in 2024

    Read more
  • Book Now

    Theatre 

    RSC's Hamnet transfers to West End

    RSC Hamnet, Garrick Theatre review ★★★★★

    30 Sep 23 – 17 Feb 24

    The Royal Shakespeare Company's enjoyable stage adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s best-selling novel Hamnet comes to the Garrick Theatre for a 14-week run

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  • In the Know

    Musicals 

    Nicole Scherzinger shines in clever Sunset Boulevard revival

    Sunset Boulevard, Savoy Theatre review ★★★★★

    21 Sep 23 – 06 Jan 24

    Jamie Lloyd's Sunset Boulevard revival, fronted by Nicole Scherzinger, is both a homage to the black-and-white movie and a thrilling feat for tech on stage

    Read more
  • Book Now

    Musicals 

    Booking opens for Live Aid musical Just For One Day

    Just For One Day, Old Vic Theatre

    24 Jan 24 – 30 Mar 24

    Writer John O'Farrell and director Luke Sheppard, with Bob Geldof's blessing, bring Live Aid musical Just For One Day to the Old Vic Theatre

    Read more
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