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Rupert Goold will end his tenure at London’s Almeida Theatre with a monumental 18 months of programming
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Soho Theatre Walthamstow is much more than than franchise extension
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‘It was high chaos’: the death and rebirth of London’s coolest theatre
As Hackney Wick’s Yard Theatre prepares to be demolished, we get the inside story on the improbable life and times of London’s hippest venue
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After the Act
After premiering at the New Diorama Theatre in 2023 and touring the UK, Breach Theatre’s verbatim musical about Section 28 – the heinous...
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Mrs Warren’s Profession
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The Crucible
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The 10 best new London theatre openings in June 2025
From Disney’s ‘Hercules’ musical to Sarah Kane’s devastating ‘4.48 Psychosis’, it’s another busy London June on stage
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Rupert Goold will end his tenure at London’s Almeida Theatre with a monumental 18 months of programming
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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...