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Here's where to find the famous actors: London theatre is aglow with stars including Sarah Jessica Parker, Sarah Snook and Woody Harrelson
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The London summer season is finally here. From open-air cinema to outdoor art, these are the unmissable events to help you make the most of the warm weather
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The mighty David Mamet weighs in on the #MeToo movement with a misjudged monster of a play starring John Malkovich as a misogynist, racist movie mogul
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Europe’s director of the moment Ivo van Hove translates a Hollywood classic for the stage with sly, stylish production and two truly starry leading ladies
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Arthur Miller revivals, audacious new writing, a gilded Hollywood classic and more: here are the new theatre shows lighting up London this February
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If you only see one Shakespeare, make it this: the almighty Ian McKellen plays King Lear in Jonathan Munby's triumphant production
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Poldark's Aidan Turner makes his West End debut as a crazed, cat-loving terrorist in Michael Grandage's revival of The Lieutenant Of Inishmore
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Classic musical The King and I comes to life in an opulent production with intelligent interpretation
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Brace yourself for a seven hour epic as the RSC's celebrated two-part Cicero thriller transfers to London after sell-out success in Stratford
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Simon Stephens and Andrew Scott bring their superlative show Sea Wall back to London for just 14 performances
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Hurrah for Hamilton's jubilant London transfer. Now there's another chance to book for the record-breakingly successful hip hop musical
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Michael Grandage revives the play about Mark Rothko that galvanized audiences at the Donmar in 2009
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Rufus Norris' Macbeth, starring Rory Kinnear and Anne-Marie Duff loses the poetry in a hollow, overdone production
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Final London performances announced for Jez Butterworth's absorbing, intricate story of Irish family life. Don't miss your chance to see this masterful drama before it transfers to Broadway
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Richard Eyre's revival of Long Day's Journey into Night starring Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville impressed in London
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Nicholas Hytner directs an atmospheric promenade production of Julius Caesar at The Bridge
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Juliet Stevenson and Lia Williams are utterly captivating in Robert Icke's modern adaptation of Friedrich Schiller's Mary Stuart
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Toby Jones, Stephen Mangan, Pearl Mackie and Zoë Wanamaker star in a stunning but safe 60th anniversary revival of Pinter's debut play
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Enticing Shakespeare and Pinter revivals jostle with bold new writing and plenty of stars for a new year of unmissable London theatre
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Autumn theatre guide: we've rounded up the 15 shows you need to know about
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Playwright David Greig re-imagines Aeschylus' The Suppliant Women in reference to the refugee crisis
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Bryan Cranston and Michelle Dockery deliver powerful performances in the National Theatre's pioneering adaptation of cult media satire The Network
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David Mamet's multi-award-winning 'deal chasing' comedy returns to London with Christian Slater as a ruthless salesman
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From Rory Kinnear's Macbeth to a debut play about West Indian family rituals: here's what to book from the National Theatre new season
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The Old Vic celebrates 200 years of theatre with a bumper season of world premieres spanning YA literature, Suffragette hiphop & classic cinema
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Ben Whishaw, Rory Kinnear and David Morrissey lead a bold inaugural season at Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr's Bridge Theatre, now open
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Veteran film-maker and comedian Mel Brooks brings monster musical Young Frankenstein to London with an all-star cast
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Celebrities on stage, immersive courtroom drama and a brand new big-budget theatre: here're the best new plays opening in October
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This lively exploration of the Labour Party from Kinnock to Corbyn is another landslide victory for playwright James Graham
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James Graham's satire about the rise of The Sun newspaper is a shrewd insight into the gutter press, and our appetite for sensation