Almost 60 critically-acclaimed theatre shows have signed up.

London Theatre Week returns with fan-favourite West End shows

Undated handout photo issued by the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) of theatre and film director Peter Brook who has died at the age of 97. Theatres across London will be dimming their lights at 1900 tonight in his memory. Issue date: Monday July 4, 2022.


Brook won many awards including Tonys, Emmys and an Olivier across his seven-decade career in the arts.

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Westminster Council stepped up the number of prosecutions after complaints about drivers blocking pavements, playing loud music and charge extortionate fares.

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The performer, who is currently staring in the hit musical Grease, said his "faith in humanity had been restored" after a stranger got in touch.

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The heartbroken performer posted an Instagram video showing his damaged Mercedes parked in central London.

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The production will close in the West End next month less than a year after its premiere.

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The photographer locked the studio door, then encouraged the woman to remove more and more clothing and pose for increasingly more revealing photographs.

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Pascal Molliere locked the door of his studio before kissing and repeatedly groping his 22-year-old victim in 2010.

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The will play radio presenter Vince Fontaine in performances of the classic musical’s run at the Dominion Theatre in London from May.

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General view of Shaftesbury Avenue, London, at around the usual opening time for west end shows, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered theatres, pubs and restaurants across the country to close as the Government announced unprecedented measures to cover the wages of workers who would otherwise lose their jobs due to the coronavirus outbreak.


A £30 million boost to support organisations in the arts through the winter until March 2022 was "inadequate" and "vague" industry leaders said.

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Bosses have warned that hospitality firms need support “in the next 24 hours” as venues prepare to shut their doors in the face of dwindling customer numbers.

String of West End shows cancel pre-Christmas performances amid Omicron surge

Gary Jordan, who stars as Zazu and Kayi Ushe, who stars as Simba, during a photo call 

The Ambassador Theatre Group said in a statement that performances “can no longer play as scheduled” and it could be December 21 before they can resume.

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Canadian author Yann Martel didn't dream of his novel becoming such a hit, but audiences can now finally enjoy the long-awaited stage adaption.

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West End theatre “feels very healthy” and is working hard to deal with the challenges of the pandemic, including the new Covid-19 variant, the creator of the musical Mamma Mia! has said.

Judy Craymer, 64, the producer who is also responsible for the hit film adaptation of the Abba musical and its sequel Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, was speaking after collecting a CBE for her services to theatre and charity.

Ms Craymer said she was “honoured” by the recognition but added: “It was bittersweet because the theatres were closed.

“The last 18 months has all been about the reopening of the theatre. It is fantastic that the theatres are open again and that Mamma Mia! is back.

“It has been a bit of a journey through lockdown but it is great to see that the audiences are coming back.”

She collected her honour from the Princess Royal in a ceremony at Windsor Castle.

Speaking about the challenges the industry may face from the Omicron Covid-19 variant, she said: “We never stop thinking. Everyone is tested. Everything is very safe.

“We just have to go with the circumstances and move accordingly, but it is very good that the West End feels very healthy.

“Mamma Mia! has been such a big part of the economy, for the West End and for the UK, as an export and this award is something to share with the huge family of people who have worked on it, in London, the UK and all over the world.

“It is 23 years now and it is a show that makes you happy.”

Ms Craymer is working on bringing the life story of “rock chick supremo” Cher to movie screens.

She said the 75-year-old singer is an “inspiration” and is among the strong women she admires.

Cher starred in the Mamma Mia! sequel.

Ms Craymer said it was important to her that the CBE was also in recognition of her charity work with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and Target Ovarian Cancer.

She said: “Part of the journey of being involved in Mamma Mia! is that it has enabled me to help charities that I feel passionate about.

“Mamma Mia! is very much about strong women.

“It has lead actresses and so to have helped support two charities which work to combat these diseases is a great thing to have been able to do.”

Producer Judy Crayme was speaking after collecting a CBE for her services to theatre and charity.

West End theatre ‘very healthy’ despite pandemic, says Mamma Mia! creator

West End theatres on London's Shaftesbury Avenue dim their lights as they pay tribute to Stephen Sondheim, the composer and lyricist, who died aged 91 on Friday morning. Picture date: Monday November 29, 2021.


Members of the public gathered outside The Sondheim Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue on Monday evening to have a minute’s applause. 

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