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The best new theatre shows this March
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Latest theatre reviews
After the End
Reviving a drama about a nuclear war might seem dangerously on the nose in March 2022, but actually that’s the bit of Dennis Kelly’s 2005 play...
Stratford
Henry V
The Donmar’s Kit Harington-starring take on Shakespeare’s usually zippy war play is BIG. Really big…
Seven Dials
The Merchant of Venice
Despite being trimmed to just two hours, Abigail Graham’s production of ‘The Merchant of Venice’ takes a surprisingly long time to get to the...
South Bank
Our Generation
A lot of the fun of the National Theatre’s ‘Our Generation’ is that the bold verbatim playwright Alecky Blythe spent five years interviewing...
South Bank
The best theatre in London
Children's theatre
It's never to early to introduce kids to the magic of theatre.
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Immersive theatre in London
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London musicals
There are a hell of a lot of musicals running in London at any given time…
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Read the latest theatre news
‘Cabaret’ leads the way in the 2022 Olivier Awards nominations
It has 11 nods, including ones for Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley
Judi Dench, Adrian Lester, Michael Ball and more celebrate Stephen Sondheim with a special concert
‘Old Friends’ is being staged at the actual Sondheim Theatre by Cameron Mackintosh
You can book £15 to £45 West End theatre tickets for the next fortnight as London Theatre Week returns
You have two weeks to grab a theatrical bargain
‘The Masked Singer Live’ is coming to London with Jonathan Ross and Davina McCall as judges
Plus a host of mystery, singing celebrities
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...