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The 10 best new London theatre openings in September 2025
After its usual sleepy summer, London theatre is back with a bang for a gloriously busy September
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The ‘Paddington the Musical’ cast has been confirmed
A relatively innocuous casting update strongly suggests what the plot might be and which famous actor might do Paddington’s voice
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‘It’s high stakes, high adrenaline’ – Punchdrunk head into space with video game influenced new show
Punchdrunk founder Felix Barrett talks the company’s unexpected new show ‘Lander 23’
Comedy
The top London comedy shows to see in September
The best of the Edinburgh Fringe is heading our way – plus th Greenwich Comedy Festival and Dave Chappelle
Dance
The best dance and ballet shows in August 2025
From ‘Peaky Blinders’ to ‘Romeo and Juliet’, there’s dance fun to be had even in slow August
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Interview
A war correspondent and an influencer-turned-actress walk into a New York apartment. What could possibly go wrong? In Interview, based on the 2003 Dutch film...
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Juniper Blood
Even the most die-hard city dweller surely entertains fantasies of packing it all in for a self-sustained rural existence when a politician says...
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Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Like Hamlet, Twelfth Night is one of those god-tier Shakespeare plays that pops up so much at 'regular’ theatres that it feels relatively underproduced...
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This week is your last chance to see three massive musicals in London’s West End
A trio of the summer’s biggest hit shows have limited runs that will end this week
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The 10 best new London theatre openings in September 2025
From Ncuti Gatwa to Letitia Wright, London theatre gets seriously busy again as autumn kicks off
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‘Paddington the Musical’ is coming to London’s West End this autumn – and the cast has been confirmed
Announced a couple of years back, we now finally have much more info on the year’s biggest Brit musical
The best London theatres
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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...