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Review: ‘Disney’s Hercules’ at Theatre Royal Drury Lane
The megacorp’s latest stage plundering of its fruitful animated ’90s is fun but wildly unambitious
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Michael Shannon: ‘I think television is garbage – I certainly don’t watch it’
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The 10 best new London theatre openings in June 2025
From a host of returningall time classics, to big new West End blockbusters Stereophonic and Hercules, it’s another big month on the London stage
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Review: ‘Disney’s Hercules’ at Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Disney’s latest big budget musical is a fun spectacle with some great gags, but it won’t go down in legend
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Shakespeare’s Globe has announced its 2025 winter season: full list of shows and dates
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Old Vic
One of London's most storied theatres, the Old Vic – which opened its doors in 1818 – was the first home of the National Theatre, under the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...