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Theatre
The Duffer Brothers, with Jack Thorne and Kate Trefry, bring Netflix's hit sci-fi series Stranger Things to the stage in a production that stuns with special effects
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Dance
Edward Scissorhands, Matthew Bourne’s stage adaptation of Tim Burton’s emblematic movie, is charming audiences at Sadler’s Wells this Christmas season
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Theatre
Soulful, sprawling and laced with a fervid mix of Polish folk songs and Elvis Costello hits, Conor McPherson's Cold War adaptation hits all the right notes
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Festival
London's most popular Christmas highlights will sell out year after year. Here is what you need to book now to have the best Christmas in town
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Theatre
Tyrell Williams’ exceptional play about the relationship between three boys and their south London football pitch transfers to the West End
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Theatre
Matthew Dunster's take on Harold Pinter's 1965 classic The Homecoming wears its darkness on its sleeve and is deeply unsettling
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Dance
December means Nutcracker and more
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Theatre
In her latest marvel for the National Theatre, Pulitzer-winning playwright Annie Baker explores the pains and longings of women holed up at a detox clinic
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Dance
Lunar Halo, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan’s meditation on the digital world and its impact on humans, is an accomplished visual spectacle now on at Sadler’s Wells
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Kids
From twisted fairytales to festive musicals: book now for the best Christmas theatre shows London 2023 has to offer
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Theatre
Following its premiere at the Almeida, Sam Holcroft’s play A Mirror, about the tension of staging forbidden theatre in a totalitarian state, transfers to the West End
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Theatre
Harriet Walter is fittingly terrifying in Alice Birch and Rebecca Frecknall's revival of suffocating family drama The House of Bernarda Alba
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Theatre
In the candlelit confines of the Sam Wanamaker playhouse, the plight of the living in Ibsen’s Ghosts is current and oppressive
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Theatre
Powerful and poetic: book now for For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy on the West End
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Musicals
Lucy Kirkwood, Dave Malloy and Lyndsey Turner turn The Witches into a please-all musical with memorable songs, exceptional performances and clever magic
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Dance
The Mongol Khan brings a slice of Mongolian history and legend to the London Coliseum in a colourful, thoroughly theatrical spectacle
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Theatre
Following a favourably received run at the Donmar, mental health-tackling Broadway hit Next to Normal is getting a West End transfer
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Theatre
Steve Coogan reunites with frequent collaborator Armando Iannucci in the latter's stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s war comedy Dr. Strangelove
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Immersive
Embrace the silliness of the 70s with Swamp Motel’s Yuletide theatre dinner experience Velvet Pines
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Theatre
Fleabag meets Baby Reindeer in Marcelo Dos Santos’s intense and brilliant one-man play about a gay comedian navigating romance and existential dread
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Musicals
Save your seats for Sheridan Smith in Rufus Wainwright and Ivo van Hove's new musical adaptation of Opening Night, based on the 1977 movie
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Dance
BalletBoyz marked their return to the stage at Sadler’s Wells with England on Fire, a huge collaborative project, that falls short of its lofty ambitions
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Dance
Contemporary visual theatre returns to London this winter with a new collaborative project between MimeLondon and a number of venues in the capital
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Theatre
Marcelo Dos Santos delivers a humorous homage to the relationship between the Queen Mother and her footman Backstairs Billy, but fails to ground it in politics
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Theatre
Hollywood golden couple Sarah Jessica Parker (Sex and the City) and Matthew Broderick (Ferris Bueller's Day Off) star together in Plaza Suite
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Immersive
In her new immersive piece of dance-theatre, Lay Down Your Burdens, Rhiannon Faith turns the Barbican Pit into your local pub for a touch of community healing
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Theatre
Woody Harrelson stars alongside Andy Serkis and Louisa Harland in Jeremy Herrin's new production of David Ireland's black comedy, Ulster American
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Dance
The Royal Ballet's principal dancer Reece Clarke talks to Culture Whisper about his coming debut in the 'fun' role of Basilio in Carlos Acosta's Don Quixote.
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Dance
November dance has an international accent
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Theatre
Kenneth Branagh returns to the London stage for the first time in almost a decade with a bizarrely melodramatic and abridged King Lear
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Theatre
From a stage prequel to hit sci-fi series Stranger Things to a stellar team taking on Roald Dahl's The Witches, these are the shows to book this month
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Theatre
Lily James and Kristin Scott Thomas bring star prowess to Lyonesse, but Penelope Skinner’s story in Ian Rickson’s production is a jumble of ideas