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The Latest Breaking News from the West End

Coffin of Janey Godley to tour Edinburgh and Glasgow ahead of funeral

The comedian’s funeral will take place at St Mary’s Cathedral in the West End on Saturday.

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How the Outernet is bringing 'epic' storytelling to the West End

By some measures Outernet is now the most visited attraction in London with more than six million people passing through

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Lily Collins: The West End has always been my dream

Lily Collins has revealed that she's fulfilling a long-held ambition by starring in London's West End.

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Meet Dujonna Gift: the West End star with a carnival side hustle who's heading for the big screen

Gift broke out in Motown: The Musical and then Hamilton and next year she will appear in the major film adaptation of Snow White

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West End on course for its strongest Christmas since before the pandemic

Domestic spending is forecast to be 7% up on last year as cost of living fears ease

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Oxford Street pedestrianisation could pave the way to brighter days ahead for West End offices

Despite the changing needs of businesses, high quality office space in the West End is still in high demand

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City maps out its future as a Square Mile of restaurants, pubs and bars

The City looks to rival the West End as a place to go out with friends and colleagues late into the night

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The Mayor has an ambitious vision for Oxford Street- and it must be delivered quickly

Unlocking Oxford Street’s potential will deliver a significant boost to the economy - locally in the West End, across London and nationally too

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Bianca Del Rio on life beyond the West End, bonding with Dame Judi Dench and eyeing Strictly Come Dancing

EXCLUSIVE: The US star reflected on a decade of success after winning Drag Race in 2014

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Fraudster who owes taxpayer £82m facing prison over Covid loan scam

A notorious fraudster who flew round the world and splashed out on fine dining in the West End while owing taxpayers tens of millions of pounds in an unpaid court order is facing prison after being convicted of a Covid loan scam.

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‘It’s licensed touting, essentially’: has sky high ticket pricing turned London theatre into the wild West End?

Rising costs, celebrity casts, plain greed? Whatever the cause, charging hundreds of pounds a seat risks excluding the audiences that theatre’s future depends on

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A Night With Janis Joplin star promises 'wildly different' show unlike anything in the West End

Mary Bridget Davies stars as the legendary singer during its six-week run on London’s West End starting this August

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Steam engines, injuries and a train called Brexit: The mad story of Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express

As Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most surreal theatrical extravaganza returns to London, Katie Rosseinsky dives into its bizarre history, from early bafflement over its plot – Elvis, a bisexual engine, disembodied children! – to Arlene Phillips choreographing it all on roller skates

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Next to Normal star Caissie Levy: ‘The crying, the running, the screaming – it’s a lot... but I’ve never been more satisfied'

The Broadway star on the return of the hit musical to the West End, mental health struggles, and how she’ll be singing Let it Go for the rest of her life

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Kathy & Stella Solve a Murder! at Ambassadors Theatre review: a slapdash spoof of the true crime genre

There is a robust zest that helped it stand out at the Edinburgh Fringe but in the West End, the barrage of gurning and caterwauling is a major turn-off

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Why the glitzy West End is better value than east London's hip hangouts

Forget how it used to be: today, nights in the West End are a better deal than the fashionable spots sporting an “E” postcode, argues Mike Daw

The Guardian - UK

‘They’re about the mess of being human’: how the mental health musical won over the West End

Jazz hands and big ballads are out and ‘writing about real emotions’ is in, as a new wave of musicals exploring body issues, bullying and queer identity hits the capital’s biggest stages. What’s behind this taste for introspection?

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Ian Gelder obituary

Compelling actor who played Kevan Lannister in Game of Thrones, following a notable stage career with the RSC and in the West End

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Tom Holland shows off new look in Romeo And Juliet as fans greet star's West End return

British actor Tom Holland has styled a shorter haircut as first-look pictures show his return to the West End for a production of Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet.

The Guardian - UK

Rufus Wainwright blames UK’s ‘narrow outlook’ after Brexit for Opening Night’s flop

Exclusive: Audience had ‘vitriolic reaction’ to European tone of musical, forced to close early

The Guardian - UK

Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith announce stage version of Inside No 9

The pair, whose final season of the hit horror-comedy will air on the BBC this month, say the West End production will feature familiar characters and fresh surprises

The Guardian - UK

Priscilla the Party! to close in the West End more than four months early

The jukebox musical based on the 1994 film follows a string of high-profile early closures with producers saying the show has faced ‘difficult times’

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David Tennant and Cush Jumbo's acclaimed Macbeth heads to the West End

Max Webster’s haunting, sell-out production returns this autumn

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From Six to Operation Mincemeat – how cool indie musicals are sweeping the West End

Bold new musicals with their roots in fringe theatre are popping up across the West End. Stars, writers and producers on why this is a ‘moment’ to celebrate

Evening Standard

OPINION - Is it morally wrong to go and see the Michael Jackson musical? I think so

I still love Philip Larkin, have no qualms over David Bowie and enjoy the music of Kanye West. I don’t like cancel culture and understand the need to separate the art from the artist. So why do I feel so uncomfortable at the thought of the biggest opening in the…

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