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Mark Rylance and J Smith-Cameron from ‘Succession’ will star in a classic play together in the West End this autumn
The acclaimed stage actors will star in a revival of the great Irish play ‘Juno and the Paycock’
The National Theatre has just announced its autumn season
David Oyelowo makes his NT debut in Shakespeare’s ‘Coriolanus’, plus more besides
Why are plans to turn Covent Garden’s ODEON into a theatre so controversial?
Developers want to turn the building back into its original form as a West End theatre – but some aren’t happy about the plans
Inside No. 9 is coming to the West End with new story ‘Stage/Fright’
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National Theatre
National Theatre
Arguably the greatest theatre in the world, the Royal National Theatre is also one of London's most recognisable landmarks and perhaps this country's foremost...
Royal Court Theatre
Royal Court Theatre
London's premiere new writing theatre, the Royal Court made its name in the 1950s when it was synonymous with kitchen sink dramas and the Angry Young Men, and...
Shakespeare's Globe
Shakespeare's Globe
Built in 1599 and destroyed by fire in 1613, the original Globe Theatre was at the heart of London’s seedy South London entertainment district in William...
Lyric Hammersmith
Lyric Hammersmith
A beacon of culture in Hammersmith, the Lyric's distinctive look is largely down to a fusion of the building's 1970s structure, the theatre's Victorian...