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MYSTERIOUS: 2 - What They Never Told You

Closure of West End theatre is 'catastrophic loss to the arts', say campaigners

The Seven Dials Playhouse has closed its doors despite ‘extensive efforts’ to keep the theatre running

Evening Standard

Romeo and Juliet review – overbearing directorial stamp saved by Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe’s chemistry

Young stars perfectly encapsulate the uncompromising nature of first love in Robert Icke’s production

The Guardian - UK

First look at Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe in Romeo And Juliet West End show

The images show her kissing co-star Noah Jupe, who plays Romeo.

Evening Standard

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Behind the Curtain of West End Girl — How Interior Design Sets the Scene for Lily Allen’s (and Pop Music’s) Most Vulnerable Work

As last year's most talked about album finishes its first stage run, creative director Anna Fleischle explains how a shag carpeted room has replaced back-up dancers in this imagining of a tour

Livingetc

And who’s playing Madeline? Lily Allen’s West End Girl could make sensational theatre

Intimate monologue or performance art? The singer’s recent gigs give a tantalising idea of what a stage adaptation of her album might look like

The Guardian - UK

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...

Euronews

Trainspotting: The Musical to make West End debut in London this summer

Scottish actor Robbie Scott will take to the stage to star in the musical as Mark Renton

Evening Standard

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Lily Allen West End Girl album art goes on show at National Portrait Gallery

The record immediately drew attention for its frank lyrics which are said to detail the alleged infidelity of the singer’s ex-husband, David Harbour

The Independent UK

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

Rachel Zegler hails balcony performance in Evita as ‘amazing’ and ‘innovative’

The 24-year-old made her West End debut in the musical last year.

Evening Standard

Gillian Anderson to get ‘in the ring’ with Billy Crudup for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in London

The stars of Sex Education and The Morning Show will appear in a new West End production of Edward Albee’s classic, directed by Marianne Elliott

The Guardian - UK

Rebecca Lucy Taylor aka Self Esteem on her pivot from music to acting: ‘I felt a bit dead’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: Her smash hit second album left the pop star also known as Self Esteem feeling the pressure to deliver an equally thrilling follow-up. Now, she’s playing a spiralling rock star in a major West End revival of David Hare's 1975 play ‘Teeth ’n’ Smiles’. She tells Jessie…

The Independent UK

Cult filmmaker to produce new ‘swashbuckling comedy’ on West End

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The Independent UK

Quentin Tarantino to stage period comedy play in London’s West End

‘Pulp Fiction’ filmmaker is bringing ‘signature style’ to theatre world

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‘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

Evening Standard

Quentin Tarantino to bring first ever stage play The Popinjay Cavalier to London’s West End in 2027

The acclaimed film director’s first stage play is billed as a rambunctious comedy set in 1830s Europe

The Guardian - UK

‘Utterly winning’: Paddington becomes first new West End musical to land nine WhatsOnStage awards

Using state-of-the-art animatronics to bring Paddington to life, the new musical has wowed critics and delighted audiences since it opened in December

The Independent UK

Leslie Odom Jr to reprise Aaron Burr role in West End production of Hamilton

The original Aaron Burr will make his West End debut this year

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Leslie Odom Jr, Broadway’s original Aaron Burr, to join London cast of Hamilton

Actor who won a Tony award in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical will reprise the role for West End debut

The Independent UK

Hollywood star to return to West End this summer

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The Independent UK

Beloved Hollywood star set for seven-week West End run this summer

‘When I learned we needed an actor to briefly fill Andy’s nearly unfillable shoes, only one name came to mind,’ says ‘Producers’ creator Mel Brooks

Evening Standard

Richard Kind reprises role in West End musical The Producers for seven-week run

The 69-year-old will join the production at London’s Garrick Theatre.

Evening Standard

Paddington Bear costume designer ‘overwhelmed’ by response to musical’s puppet

Tahra Zafar designed the bear for the West End musical adaptation written by Tom Fletcher.

The Independent UK

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child to be shortened to single play in London

The ‘eighth Harry Potter story’ will no longer be performed in two separate parts

The Guardian - UK

Shrinking potion: two-part Harry Potter and the Cursed Child to become single show in London

Olivier award-winning West End production will follow US example and be trimmed to make it ‘more accessible than ever before’

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