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RIP Stephen Sondheim 1930-2021
The greatest lyricist and composer in musical theatre history has died aged 91. Read our last interview with him, from 2013.
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It’s on for three weeks only
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The best London theatres
National Theatre
National Theatre
The concrete-clad, 1960s modernist grandmother of them all: no theatrical tour of London is complete without a visit to the National, whose three auditoriums –...
Royal Court Theatre
Royal Court Theatre
A hard-hitting theatre in well-heeled Sloane Square, the Royal Court has always placed emphasis on new British talent – from John Osborne’s...
Shakespeare's Globe
Shakespeare's Globe
The original Globe Theatre, where many of William Shakespeare's plays were first staged and which he co-owned, burned to the ground in 1613 during a...
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...