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‘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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Stacey Dooley speaks candidly on ‘element of snobbery’ in theatre ahead of West End debut

TV star will soon appear in ‘2:22 A Ghost Story’ alongside ‘The Inbetweeners’ actor James Buckley

The Independent UK

Neighbours legend Ian Smith wants to return to West End stage aged 85

EXCLUSIVE The Harold Bishop actor reveals the real reason he came out of retirement as he prepares to return as a series regular on the Australian soap

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The Woman in Black review – a playfully meta ghost romp with heavy-handed jump scares

Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide, then touring nationallyLed by TV mainstays John Waters and Daniel MacPherson, this Australian run of a workmanlike West End staple is a safely spooky night at the theatre

The Guardian - AU

Succession’s J Smith-Cameron to star opposite Mark Rylance in Juno and the Paycock

Actors to play the lead roles in Matthew Warchus’s centenary West End revival of Seán O’Casey’s Irish civil war classic

The Guardian - UK

Machete-wielding moped thugs who ambushed West End victims to steal Rolex watches jailed for 40 months

Nizar Msaad and Shaquille Allen were hunted down after CCTV breakthrough following crime spree

Evening Standard

Oxford Street 2.0: How £1bn investment will transform candy store blight back into premier shopping destination

Last year one retail boss branded Oxford Street a ‘national embarrassment’ because of the large number of empty premises

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Brexit didn’t bring down the curtain on Rufus Wainwright’s show. The play’s the thing

Word of mouth is vital if a costly West End production is going to succeed, and Opening Night had the wrong kind

The Guardian - UK

This M&S Marble Arch saga is now an unholy farce

City Comment: Oxford Street and the broader West End need clarity — and soon

Evening Standard

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

Lily Allen to star in new version of Hedda Gabler ‘absolutely for now’

Matthew Dunster, who directed Allen in her West End debut 2:22: A Ghost Story, will write and direct the show for Bath’s Ustinov Studio next year

The Guardian - UK

John Cleese says playing Basil Fawlty on stage 'would kill me' as play hits West End

The comedian is bringing Fawlty Towers to the stage for the first time but he won’t be playing the starring role

Evening Standard

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’

The Guardian - UK

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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9 of the biggest West End and Broadway theatre flops after Opening Night is pulled

Gielgud Theatre pulls down curtain on production two months early

The Guardian - UK

Opening Night starring Sheridan Smith to close two months early

Producers of West End musical say premature end is due to ‘challenging financial landscape’

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Director Condemns Racial Abuse Against Cast Member In West End

Director Jamie Lloyd speaks out against racial abuse in West End Romeo & Juliet revival, emphasizing a safe environment for all involved.

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Romeo and Juliet West End production slam online racial abuse aimed at actress

‘We insist that our artists are free to create work without facing online harassment,’ the Jamie Lloyd Company said

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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

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Ryan Calais Cameron: 'For Black Boys... has become more than a play – it’s a catalyst for healing and change'

The acclaimed writer of the hit West End show on his inspirations, the weight of expectations and what the play says about the resilience of the black community

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Billy Crudup: 'It's a dream come true to make my West End debut'

Morning Show star spoke after the opening night of his one-man show Harry Clarke at the Ambassadors Theatre

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London's theatreland applauds Chancellor for tax relief plan

Some of the West End’s leading lights have welcomed the Chancellor’s decision to keep high rates of Theatre Tax Relief.

The Guardian - UK

Walkouts and rows in the stalls as politics enters Theatreland stage left – or maybe right

From black-only nights to an anti-capitalist rant, the West End has discovered its radical side. But is it a playwright’s job to change the world?

Evening Standard

OPINION - If you think London doesn't need 'Black Out' theatre nights you've not been paying attention

Last summer, on a trip to the West End to watch Hamilton with my mum, as we were tucking into some outrageously overpriced ice-cream, she glanced around and muttered: “You know, I love the theatre, but it’s such a shame there are so few other black people here.”

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The Standard podcast: Sleep in the sky...BT Tower sold in £275m hotel deal

Popping up 600 feet above London’s skyline, the BT Tower has been a West End landmark since the 1960s.

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