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Central London office take-up tumbles but rents for top space improve

City and West End rents for top quality office spaces have improved in what will be a welcome update for landlords in a tough leasing market, as new data shows total take-up has slumped.

Evening Standard

Strictly winner Rose Ayling-Ellis picks up gong at The Stage Debut Awards 2023

The stage and TV star fought off competition from a shortlist that included Normal People star Paul Mescal and Star Trek’s Zachary Quinto.

The Independent UK

Darren Criss at London Palladium: Date, tickets, setlist, guests

Darren Criss will perform songs from his career on his West End debut next month when he takes to the stage for one night only.

Evening Standard

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Major development planned for iconic brewery site

Two years after the last pints were poured at the century-old West End brewery in Adelaide, the state government has revealed plans for a major redevelopment.

AAP

‘I think it’s a new artform’: Chris Fonseca, the man bringing Deaf dance to the mainstream

With his primetime TV appearances, West End shows, tours and plans for a film, choreographer Chris Fonseca is using music and dance to explore his identity. But he rejects tokenism, and ‘it’s not a Ted talk’

The Guardian - UK

Condé Nast seeks buyer for longstanding London headquarters

Fashion-loving property investors have the rare opportunity to acquire a famous office where supermodels and designers have visited, with the West End site that Vogue publisher Condé Nast is set to leave on the market.

Evening Standard

Seeing double: two visions of the Enfield poltergeist visit English theatres

The 1970s case that sparked headlines about supernatural activity has inspired a pair of stage productions. How does a fringe show compete with a starry West End behemoth?

The Guardian - UK

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Everything we know about Vogue World, London’s answer to the Met Gala

As Anna Wintour brings a ‘multi-act celebration of the British performing arts’ to London’s West End for the first time, Ellie Muir finds out what we can expect from the fashion extravaganza

The Independent UK

Elizabeth Line stations first to get superfast 4G connectivity are revealed

Oxford Circus and Tottenham Court Road become first West End Tube stations to get 4G and 5G - with ‘better signal in tunnels than above ground’

Evening Standard

Colin Spencer also made gay theatre history as a playwright

Letter: His play Spitting Image about a gay partnership broke new ground in the West End, says Colin Chambers

The Guardian - UK

Lily Allen rushed off stage during The Pillowman performance amid ‘emergency evacuation’

Her West End play was interrupted by a fire alarm

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Lion King’s Scar and Mufasa on 15 years of friendship in the West End: The Evening Standard Theatre Podcast

We join Shaun Escoffery and George Asprey, who play Mufasa and Scar in Disney’s The Lion King, at London’s Lyceum Theatre to chat about their incredible 15 years in the West End musical.

Evening Standard

Chris Peluso, Broadway’s Mamma Mia! and Assassins star, dies aged 40

Actor was also known for his roles in West End productions of ‘The Woman in White,’ ‘Death Takes a Holiday’ and ‘Show Boat’

The Independent UK

Hollywood star Gerard Butler spotted in Glasgow

GERARD Butler has been spotted in Glasgow's West End for the second time in a week.

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The Independent UK

Lily Allen says she has applied to drama school following critical reviews of The Pillowman

Actor and singer is currently in the West End revival of Martin McDonagh’s dark 2003 play

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Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream: host, judges, how it works and all about ABBA talent show search

Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream is an ITV1 series that searches for two new stars of the hit ABBA musical and features Zoe Ball and Alan Carr.

The Independent UK

Youths in Oxford Street rampage must be ‘hunted down’, says Braverman

Police were forced to wield batons while officers on horseback dispersed crowds in the busy West End shopping area.

Evening Standard

Caroline Flack remembered in West End mental health photo exhibition

A tribute to the TV presenter features in a new West End photography exhibition

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Evening Standard

London stage adaptation of Spirited Away extends after ‘unprecedented demand’

The European premiere of Spirited Away is set to open in the West End next year

Evening Standard

OPINION - Scrap the tourist tax and entice global shoppers

Retailers say they browse in London but spend in Paris or Madrid, says a West End boss

The Guardian - UK

Leonard Tucker obituary

Pioneering lighting designer with Laurence Olivier and Peter Hall at the National Theatre, and later in the West End

The Independent UK

Sophia Bush pulls out of 2:22 A Ghost Story as replacement announced

Actor played the role of Lauren in the popular West End thriller

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan defends TfL ban on West End theatre advert which showed wedding cake

Emma Best, deputy leader of the City Hall Conservatives, said the decision seemed ‘totally bizarre’, and at odds with the goal of promoting culture in London

The Independent UK

Catherine Tate to star in West End play about 1970s Enfield poltergeist

The Enfield poltergeist is said to have haunted the family living at 284 Green Street in north London in the late 1970s.

The Guardian - UK

Former Met officer jailed for taking bribes while policing West End nightlife

Frank Partridge found guilty of four counts of bribery including £7,000 luxury family holiday and tickets to exclusive events

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