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The 10 best new London theatre openings in April 2025
From Ewan MacGregor to The Great Gatsby, it’s a joyously eclectic month on the London stage
Musicals and theatre in London
Theatre reviews, news and more – the best shows in London and the West End.
Comedy
The top London comedy shows to see in April
From a reprise for Adam Riches and John Kearns’s batshit tribute to Michael Ball and Alfie Boe to the return of a slew of Gen X US comedy...
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How to Get Cheap & Last-Minute Theatre Tickets in London
London theatre has a reputation for being expensive. And there’s no getting away from the fact that it can be. However, the exorbitant top prices...
Dance
The best dance and ballet shows in April 2025
It is April and this month things are looking exciting and varied in London’s dance scene
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Ranked: London’s 11 most beautiful theatres
Some of London’s most beautiful buildings are theatres: here’s our pick
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Shanghai Dolls
Half a century’s worth of history squashed down into just 80 minutes is a mission so ambitious that it feels doomed to fail. Which is a particular...
Kilburn
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Manhunt
Robert Icke made his name directing boldly reimagined takes on some of the greatest plays ever written. But despite the sense that he has genuinely added...
Sloane Square
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Rhinoceros
Part of the reason that there’s not been a London production of Eugene Ionesco’s classic absurdist satire Rhinoceros in almost 20 years is that...
Islington
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Ncuti Gatwa will return to the London stage in new RSC West End play ‘Born with Teeth’
The ‘Doctor Who’ star will play opposite ‘Killing Eve’ man Edward Bluemel in the drama about Shakespeare and Marlowe
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Bryan Cranston, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Paapa Essiedu will star in Ivo van Hove’s ‘All My Sons’ in London’s West End
The stars will team up with the Belgian super director for Arthur Miller’s seminal 1943 play
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The 10 best new London theatre openings in April 2025
From Ewan McGregor to ‘The Great Gatsby’, there’s something for everyone on the London stage this month
The best London theatres
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Old Vic
One of London's most storied theatres, the Old Vic – which opened its doors in 1818 – was the first home of the National Theatre, under the...
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National Theatre
Arguably the greatest theatre in the world, the Royal National Theatre is also one of London's most recognisable landmarks and perhaps this country's foremost...
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Royal Court Theatre
London's premiere new writing theatre, the Royal Court made its name in the 1950s when it was synonymous with kitchen sink dramas and the Angry Young Men, and...
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Shakespeare's Globe
Built in 1599 and destroyed by fire in 1613, the original Globe Theatre was at the heart of London’s seedy South London entertainment district in William...
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Lyric Hammersmith
A beacon of culture in Hammersmith, the Lyric's distinctive look is largely down to a fusion of the building's 1970s structure, the theatre's Victorian...