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The Harold Pinter Theatre reopens with Walden, a debut play by Amy Berryman. Gemma Arterton stars and Ian Rickson directs
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Michael Ball reprises his role as Edna Turnblad in an all-new West End production of Hairspray
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Teen drag queen musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie is a young, fun and fresh celebration of being a little bit different
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Areas of central London are being pedestrianised from 12 April to allow the hospitality sector to reopen while indoor venues remain closed
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Musicals
Director Luke Sheppard and actor Miriam-Teak Lee on the magic of their pop-fuelled musical & Juliet, which returns to the West End in 2021
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Following its six-month slumber, the West End is reopening several of its best-loved shows this autumn. Here’s what you can watch over the next few months
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From the excitement as the lights go down to the electric feeling the experience leaves you with, there’s nothing quite like a night at the theatre
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Helen Mirren and Mark Strong star in Robert Icke's modern re-telling of Oedipus, on the London stage in 2021
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A world premiere from play writing royalty Tom Stoppard: Leopoldstadt follows the highs and lows of a Jewish family in the first half of the 20th century
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Kunene and the King transfers to Ambassadors Theatre after a five-star premiere in Stratford-upon-Avon
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After dazzling in London and New York, Conor McPherson’s poignant ‘play with music’ returns to the West End
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Bijan Sheibani's production of 50s play A Taste of Honey brings the spirit of working class Salford to the West End
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Musicals
The musical adaptation of everyone’s favourite French film, Amélie, returns to the London stage starring Audrey Brisson as the determined young woman
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Ghost Stories returns for a limited run on the West End, just in time for a terrifying Halloween treat
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Sean Foley adapts and directs The Man in the White Suit starring Stephen Mangan
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Louis de Bernières’ best-selling novel Captain Corelli’s Mandolin comes to the West End stage following a UK tour
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London is bursting at the seams with hidden, surprising theatrical gems – here are some of the most exciting Off-West-End shows
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Hit stage adaptation War Horse is the inaugural show at a state-of-the-art new theatre in Wembley
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Lifestyle
Clerkenwell clubhouse Bourne & Hollingsworth, known for its signature cocktails, opens a rooftop restaurant in the West End
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Theatre
Kit Harington and Johnny Flynn bring star power to this bitter, bracing comedy about sibling rivalry
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The Almeida's superlative production of Tennessee Williams' story of summer love, sexual desire and self-destruction transfers to the West End
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Theatre
The Royal Shakespeare Company's sell out production of Don Quixote is a riot on the West End
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90s heat-throb Duncan James stars in a sultry revival of the Jazz Age musical Chicago
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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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Michael Grandage revives the play about Mark Rothko that galvanized audiences at the Donmar in 2009
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After impressing at the Hampstead Theatre, David Hare's The Moderate Soprano brings the charming story Glyndebourne opera to the West End
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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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A relationship born in the dregs of a house party forms the basis of this charming anti-rom-com
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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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Oscar Wilde’s story of a woman wronged scandalises the Strand in a lively new production by Dominic Dromgoole
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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