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London Tide, a sprawling play with songs adapted for the National Theatre from Dickens’s last novel, drags on and fails to grip
The stage adaptation of the Japanese Oscar-wInning animation Spirited Away has its European premiere at the London Coliseum
Searingly funny and abruptly sad, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' latest uses the guise of a school reunion to ponder the fragility of life and consequences of decisions
Emma Rice brings her unmistakable imprint to the old folk tale of Blue Beard, in a riotous show by her Wise Children company coming to Battersea Arts Centre
Brian Cox gives a monumental performance in this devastating revival of Eugene O'Neill's autobiographical family drama
In Nye, an epic play which resonates deeply today, Michael Sheen prowls the Olivier Theatre stage as the visionary father of the NHS, the Labour politician Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan
Playwright Chris Bush, with former Pulp and The Longpigs band member Richard Hawley, has written a vital musical about Sheffield's giant housing estate, Park Hill
In Nachtland, German playwright Marius von Mayenburg explores morality versus money through the shock discovery of a problematic painting
Kip Williams’ The Picture of Dorian Gray, starring Sarah Snook, is blazingly entertaining, but relies too heavily on tech
Playwright Jez Butterworth and director Sam Mendes join forces again to present The Hills of California: an astute and compelling all-female family drama
The Devil Wears Prada musical is due to hit the West End in 2024
The Duffer Brothers, with Jack Thorne and Kate Trefry, bring Netflix's hit sci-fi series Stranger Things to the stage in a production that stuns with special effects
Hello Dolly! Imelda Staunton will be looking swell on stage as socialite matchmaker Dolly Levi in a revival of a classic musical
Tyrell Williams’ exceptional play about the relationship between three boys and their south London football pitch transfers to the West End
Following its premiere at the Almeida, Sam Holcroft’s play A Mirror, about the tension of staging forbidden theatre in a totalitarian state, transfers to the West End
Powerful and poetic: book now for For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy on the West End
Steve Coogan reunites with frequent collaborator Armando Iannucci in the latter's stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s war comedy Dr. Strangelove
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
Start trying to make fetch happen: the Mean Girls musical finally comes to London after dazzling on Broadway
After a sell-out run at the National Theatre, Broadway favourite Hadestown is finally coming to the West End – and tickets are now on sale
Arriving from Broadway, Mrs. Doubtfire the musical is a cheeky, high-spirited family show, with the potential to tickle audience members of all ages
Get ready to pass Go! Beloved board game Monopoly has been transformed into an immersive theatre experience in London
Jessie Buckley and Eddie Redmayne star in Rebecca Frecknall’s superb revival of Cabaret, staged inside an intimate reconstruction of the musical’s Kit Kat Club
Duncan Macmillan's new theatrical production, set 16 years before Game of Thrones, takes place during The Great Tourney at Harrenhal: where many major characters gathered
Jake Gyllenhaal plays Georges Seurat as the five-star Broadway production of Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George comes to London in 2022
The new musical about Princess Diana will premiere on Netflix before opening on Broadway. Here's what you need to know
After superlative reviews and a sellout run, Complicite's extraordinary exploration of sounds and storytelling will be available to experience online
Emma Rice's bold, bright and brilliant stage adaptation of Angela Carter's Wise Children is available to stream on the BBC
Stream Phoebe Waller-Bridge's final performance as Fleabag on stage as the 2013 one-woman show is available to download to raise money for charity
Hollywood darling Timothée Chalamet makes UK stage debut in Pulitzer-nominated play
Helen Mirren and Mark Strong star in Robert Icke's modern re-telling of Oedipus, on the London stage in 2021
Golden Globe winner Jessica Chastain makes her UK theatre debut in Jamie Lloyd's production of A Doll's House