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The seven best shows to see on and off Broadway, according to a theater kid

The 2025-2026 theatrical season is in full swing, with plenty of options on offer for New York City visitors this holiday season

The Independent UK

The Standard podcast: Paddington The Musical wows West End critics

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Evening Standard

Back to the Future celebrates 40th with three Marty McFlys performing the musical

The West End show’s former lead actors will travel back in their careers to share the role with its current star for the 1985 film’s anniversary

The Guardian - UK

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Beverley Knight says Windrush generation has been treated ‘abysmally’

‘I don’t think they have really been recognised traditionally, the music was sidelined on radio,’ says singer

The Independent UK

Singer Beverley Knight says Windrush generation has been treated ‘abysmally’

Knight said British music would look very different without the impact of the Windrush generation.

Evening Standard

Pauline Collins obituary

Actor who earned an Oscar nomination for portraying Shirley Valentine, a dissatisfied housewife who sets off on a romantic quest in Greece

The Guardian - UK

Othello at Theatre Royal Haymarket: 'Why does this star vehicle feel so humdrum?'

3/5 David Harewood, Toby Jones and Caitlin FitzGerald are an accomplished team but this West End Shakespeare is oddly flat

Evening Standard

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First look at Paddington The Musical ahead of its West End opening

Paddington The Musical, which opened on Saturday, follows the bear after he arrives in London

The Independent 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

The Guardian - UK

Alexandra Burke to play Chaka Khan in West End

Alexandra Burke is set to star in I’m Every Woman: The Musical in London's West End.

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Singer Lily Allen said she ‘wanted to die’ after split with David Harbour

The singer has spoken about the impact the split had on her and her new music.

Evening Standard

West End star Ben Lewis dies aged 46 after bowel cancer battle

The Australian actor, best known for playing The Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical, has been remembered as ‘one of the great humans’ following his death

Evening Standard

Strictly star defends contestants with past dance experience after backlash

‘We can’t go out there and compare ourselves to each other,’ said professional dancer Lauren Oakley

The Independent UK

Amber Davies steps in as Dani Dyer’s Strictly Come Dancing replacement after shock injury exit

The West End performer has been drafted in at the last minute to replace Dani Dyer on Strictly this weekend

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Broadway’s Cabaret halted mid-show after actor suffers health emergency on stage

Price Waldman was taken to hospital in an ambulance where he is reportedly ‘doing ok’

The Independent UK

Bill Bailey pays emotional tribute to inspirational mother ahead of BBC Proms

Bailey will be joined by Sir Brian May, Roger Taylor and rising West End star Sam Oladeinde at the Proms’ final night

The Guardian - UK

Post your questions for Girls Aloud’s Nicola Roberts

After a stellar girl group career the singer is heading to London’s West End with the musical Hadestown, and will answer your questions

The Guardian - UK

‘I have to believe I deserve to be here’: ‘Tesco TikToker’ Hannah Lowther on her path to West End stardom

The up-and-coming musical theatre star’s online audience of 1.2 million has been crucial in scoring her major roles. Her career is part of a shift in the industry towards performers with social media clout – but not everyone is happy

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Evening Standard

David Hare play starring Ralph Fiennes transfers to the West End

The production, starring the Harry Potter actor and Spooks star Miranda Raison, played at the Theatre Royal Bath between June and July.

The Guardian - UK

Every Brilliant Thing review – Lenny Henry gets audience on board for list of life’s joys

Henry is the first of a group of star performers taking Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe’s hit show about depression into the West End

Evening Standard

Eddie Redmayne feeling ‘such pride’ as Cabaret marks 1,500th show in London

The actor led the West End revival of the show, alongside Irish actress Jessie Buckley, in 2021.

The Conversation

With fresh songs and a spectacular set, Disney’s Hercules musical goes the distance

“Whose daring deeds are great theatre? Hercules!” So sing the Muses, as they close act one of Disney’s Hercules, which opened at London’s Theatre Royal, Drury Lane last week.

The Guardian - UK

Alan Strachan obituary

Director in the West End and regional theatre for five decades who often worked with the playwright Alan Ayckbourn

The Independent UK

Stormzy to star in first project from new Merky Films venture

Brit Award-winning rapper and entrepreneur says film ‘Big Man’, directed by Oscar winner Aneil Karia, is about ‘the joy, spirit and fearless energy of youth’

The Independent UK

The Gold’s Charlotte Spencer: ‘I worry that acting is becoming only accessible for the rich’

INTERVIEW: The actor is fast becoming a familiar face on British television, from ‘Glue’ to ‘Line of Duty’. As she returns as Nicki Jennings in BBC’s heist drama, she talks to Gabriel Tate about rejection, rethinking accessibility in the arts and ‘why she’s not expecting to be famous’

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