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The best theatre streaming right now
Locked Down
This intriguing sensory show from Morpheus bills itself as a terrifying piece of immersive theatre that you can do without leaving the house. Groups of up...
Trafalgar Square
Uncle Vanya
Ian Rickson’s exquisite production of Chekhov’s play starring Toby Jones, Richard Armitage and Roger Allam is now on iPlayer for the best part of...
Trafalgar Square
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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...