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After an impressive premiere at the National Theatre, this modern myth from the mind of Neil Gaiman comes to life on the West End
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David Byrne of Talking Heads returns to the stage, in this Spike Lee-directed film version of his Broadway show American Utopia
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In this anthology series from Widows director Steve McQueen, Small Axe tells five stories set within London's West Indian community. John Boyega and Letitia Wright star
In this curiously subverted crime drama, Rachel Brosnahan stars as Jean, wife to a criminal who's betrayed his partners. Jean goes on the run, hiding from possible killers
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Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and James Corden star in Ryan Murphy's latest project The Prom, based on the Broadway musical
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With lockdown lifting, live theatre returns to London's stages just in time for Christmas. Here are the best plays to catch this winter
The swinging romance of summer 1963 gears up to get London audiences dancing in July 2021
Viggo Mortensen's filmmaking debut examines a conservative father (Lance Henriksen) living with dementia and his liberal son (Mortensen) trying to care for him
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