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Theatre
The legend of Judith is re-imagined in Howard Barker's potent one-act play staring Catherine Cusack
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Theatre
Have your cake and eat it too as four of our favourite improv stars collaborate on a spontaneous show featuring baked goods
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Theatre
50 years after playwright Joe Orton was murdered, an uncensored version of his seminal comedy Loot is revived at the Park Theatre
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Theatre
Uncoventional love story This Beautiful Future returns to The Yard Theatre after a sellout premiere last year
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Theatre
Cherchez la femme: Cressia Bonas plays Sonia, George Orwell’s wife and literary executor
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After delighting at the Edinburgh Fringe, this comic musical about an English eccentric comes to the Young Vic's Maria Theatre
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Fresh from Manchester International Festival, Fatherland’s bold exploration of the complexities of fatherhood comes to the Lyric Hammersmith
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Theatre
The life of Palestinian poet Taha Muhammed Ali forms the basis of this eloquent new play at the Young Vic
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Theatre
Lola Arias' Minefield returns to the Royal Court after impressive reviews in 2016
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New York performance artist Taylor Mac's subversive comedy exploring gender comes to London, with Arthur Darvill leading the cast
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Festival
Greenwich and Docklands Festival, London's biggest free outdoor festival of the arts, returns in 2017 with dance, theatre and a massive moon this summer
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Theatre
Dame Judi Dench narrates a 10th anniversary production of the breakthrough show by theatre company Les Enfants Terribles
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The first novel of Paul Auster's New York Trilogy comes to the stage in a hi-tech new adaptation by Duncan Macmillan and 59 Productions
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Theatre
After two sellout runs Theatre Ad Infinitum's Light returns to the Battersea Arts Centre this summer
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Theatre
Wonderland returns to the Vaults below Waterloo station for an immersive theatre adventure inspired by Lewis Carroll's classic children's story
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Theatre
Glyn Maxwell adapts Karen Blixen's story, about a heavenly banquet, for the stage
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Theatre
Veteran actors play uncouth teenagers on the cusp of adulthood in an attempt to bring a sense of profundity to the stage
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Maureen Lipman and Felicity Kendal star in Peter Shaffer's 1980s satirical comedy of English snobbery and manners, Lettice and Lovage. Trevor Nunn directs
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Theatre
Douglas Booth stars in Trafalgar Studios' lively and entertaining Speech & Debate, a play following three misfit teenagers brought together by a sex scandal
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Theatre
Styx 90s season: plays by Sarah Kane, Anthony Neilson and Caryl Churchill are revived alongside festival of talks and events
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The exciting smaller shows you might not have heard about: Culture Whisper's inside guide to alternative London theatre
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Talks
A festival of plays explores and debates the Trump presidency over the inauguration weekend
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Theatre
Visitors playwright Barney Norris returns to the Bush Theatre with a new play about two former lovers meeting again on a park bench
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Theatre
From page to screen to stage: Room the play brings Emma Donoghue's captivating tale of kidnap to Theatre Royal Stratford East
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From graphic novel to film to play: The Diary of a Teenage Girl brings the story of coming of age in the 70s to the London stage
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Talks, tours, exhibitions…whether it be somewhere further afield or just something a bit less mainstream, London has a wealth of alternative culture to discover
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Theatre
Songs, sex and speed-dating: this hour long rollercoaster from Swipe Right Theatre is an absolute bonanza of 90s bangers bound to make you laugh out loud
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Kids
The third nationwide Fun Palaces 2016 festival celebrates the arts and sciences side by side, inspired by the vision of revolutionary playwright Joan Littlewood
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Theatre
The final extension announced for exuberant hiphop musical In the Heights, from the creator of Hamilton
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Theatre
The music of Beethoven is the soundtrack to a compelling tale of a marriage turned sour, sexual jealousy and revenge
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Exclusive
Open your minds and your mouths to food taboos and the gleefully grotesque universe of the Twits at this theatrical immersive dining experience – no chiddlers allowed
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Theatre
London's own biennial theatre fest returns with pioneering new drama - and it's bigger than ever