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The 20 best theatre shows to see at Edinburgh Fringe and EIF 2025
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The 20 best theatre shows to see at Edinburgh Fringe and EIF 2025

The Fringe is here! Please enjoy our top theatre tips for the world’s biggest festival
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Every Brilliant Thing
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Every Brilliant Thing

4 out of 5 stars
If there’s any larger venue fit to house Duncan Macmillan’s mini masterpiece, it is @sohoplace. In a co-production between Macmillan and Jeremy...
Good Night, Oscar
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Good Night, Oscar

4 out of 5 stars
This new play by American writer Doug Wright comes to the Barbican from Broadway heralded by a 2023 Tony Award for star Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) and is...
Brixton Calling
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Brixton Calling

3 out of 5 stars
These days, Brixton Academy is an essential part of London’s cultural landscape. But there was a time when it was just a derelict old cinema building....

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Wicked

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Les Miserables

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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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Young Vic

The Young Vic more than lives up to its name, with its slick modern exterior, buzzing bar, and a forward-looking line-up that makes it feel metaphorically as...
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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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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...
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