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London West End's Shaftesbury Theatre to be renamed to honour Judi Dench

The name change of one of the West End’s most iconic stages celebrates one of the greatest British performers. Dame Judi Dench has been left “truly overwhelmed” by the news.

Euronews

Was Rosamund Pike right to call out a theatre-goer for using their phone?

Rosamund Pike sparked debate after she called out an audience member for texting during a performance of Inter Alia in the West End.

The Independent UK

Sting says toxic masculinity could be driven by modern men not using their hands

As he brings his shipyard musical to the West End, the former Police frontman says it’s ‘a rare thing’ for modern men ‘to use their strength to do anything’

The Independent UK

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Rebecca Lucy Taylor on booze, sexist double standards — and her West End revival

Rebecca Lucy Taylor is storming the West End in a play about how the music industry treats women. But she had already confronted the reality of the business — as Self Esteem

Evening Standard

Michael Sheen hails ‘full-circle moment’ as he returns to West End in Amadeus

The 57-year old Welsh actor and director will portray court composer Antonio Salieri opposite It’s A Sin star Callum Scott Howells’ Mozart.

Evening Standard

Christine Baranski and Richard E Grant to star in Noel Coward’s Hay Fever

They will star in a revival of the classic comedy of bad manners.

Evening Standard

Choose life. Choose the West End: ‘Trainspotting’ musical opening in London this summer

30 years on from the film that changed everything comes "the ultimate anti-musical." 'Trainspotting', one of the most iconic British films of all time, is now getting the musical treatment...

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Rachel Zegler claims she received the longest standing ovation in the West End

The Snow White actor lauded her Evita performance as ‘innovative’

The Independent UK

‘It feels like flying!’ Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe on child stardom, passion and the heady rush of Romeo and Juliet

Fresh from Stranger Things and Hamnet, the pair are surprised to find themselves playing Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers in the West End. They talk chemistry, dating apps – and what they’ve taught director Robert Icke

The Guardian - UK

London's biggest theatre to be built — and it's not in the West End

The 3,000-seat Troubadour Greenwich Peninsula Theatre has been given the green light in south-east London

Evening Standard

A century ago, John Logie Baird achieved a landmark moment in television history. The viewers weren’t convinced

In 1926, the West End of London offered a dazzling range of evening entertainment. Choices included watching Fred Astaire and his sister Adele on stage at the old Empire theatre in Lady, Be Good!, or experiencing The Big Parade silent movie at the Tivoli on the Strand with a full…

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Paranormal Activity at the Ambassadors Theatre: The scariest show on the West End?

4/5 Punchdrunk director Felix Barrett conjures frights aplenty with this stage adaptation of the supernatural film franchise

Evening Standard

Mae Ann Jorolan is Hercules' lightning bolt break-out star

Disney’s Hercules the musical is making god-like moves on the West End, with Mae Ann Jorolan bringing the spark

Evening Standard

'Paddington is the biggest thing I've ever been involved in': Victoria Hamilton-Barritt on the new musical

Paddington The Musical is about to take the West End - and the world - by storm... one of the stars Victoria Hamilton-Barritt gives us the inside scoop on “the biggest thing I’ve ever been involved in”

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Sadie Sink to appear in Romeo & Juliet on the West End

The Stranger Things star will be appearing at the Harold Pinter Theatre in 2026

The Independent UK

Cruise ship entertainment: The best theatre shows at sea including Come from Away and Dirty Dancing

Several top stage shows are available at sea, including singalongs and classic theatre productions

International Business Times UK

From A Children's Book to The West End: First Look at 'Paddington' Musical Revealed

Paddington The Musical has officially announced its cast and crew who will perform in West End's Savoy Theatre next year

The Guardian - UK

Priced out of the West End? Go to Glasgow or the Globe instead

Letters: Guardian readers reflect on theatreland’s fixation with celebrity casting

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Les Miserables at 40: from flop to phenomenon, why the West End’s longest-running musical endures

Once dismissed as ‘Victor Hugo on the garbage dump,’ Les Mis is now the world’s longest-running musical. As it marks 40 years with a sold-out gala, Alfie Boe and the cast reflect on its appeal beyond the barricades

Evening Standard

Quentin Tarantino to bring his first play to the West End

The cult film maker says he’ll even be moving to the UK in 2026 to bring his dream to life

The Guardian - UK

Please take your seats, the carnage is about to begin: what will Quentin Tarantino’s West End debut look like?

The director has announced he’s turning to theatre, and mounting a play in London soon. The matinee coach parties may need to brace themselves

Evening Standard

The Great Gatsby party is still raging on the West End

Corbin Bleu and Jamie Muscato on the ever-evolving, always-mysterious, entirely spectacular Gatsby production which marks 100 years of the novel

Evening Standard

Till the Stars Come Down at the Haymarket: uproariously fun and profoundly moving

4/5 Bijan Sheibani’s production of Beth Steel’s play has lost none of its power as it returns to the West End

The Independent UK

‘It’s Frozen times 10’: Disney’s Hercules musical goes from zero to hero on the West End

IN FOCUS: As Disney prepares to launch its next juggernaut musical, Isobel Lewis speaks to the creatives and cast about the herculean task of translating the Greek myth cartoon to the stage – and why being faithful to the source material isn’t always the way to go

The Independent UK

Disney composer Alan Menken: ‘I won my first Oscar, then Howard Ashman told me he was dying’

INTERVIEW: The mastermind musician behind ‘Aladdin’ and ‘The Little Mermaid’ has more Oscars than anyone alive. As ‘Hercules’ the musical hits the West End, he speaks with Lydia Spencer-Elliott about his late collaborator Howard Ashman, the live-action boom, and difficult directors – ahem, Guy Ritchie

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