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Lyn Gardner

Lyn Gardner brings her insight and passion to highlight the best of West End and fringe theatre, sharing her picks, opinions and commentary.

Lyn Gardner's Weekly Picks

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Lyn Gardner's Weekly Picks

Mark Rylance is one of the great actors of his generation, and this week there is a chance to see...

1 Sep, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

“If something scares you, then you probably need to do it”: John Dagleish on Into the Woods

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“If something scares you, then you probably need to do it”: John Dagleish on Into the Woods

“I wanted to do Into The Woods because it scares the hell out of me, and I always think that’s a ...

27 Aug, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

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Holy Fool, which opens at the Park this week, couldn’t be more topical, exploring the role of the...

25 Aug, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Morgan Lloyd Malcolm on Adapting One of the Greatest Ghost Stories Ever Written

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Morgan Lloyd Malcolm on Adapting One of the Greatest Ghost Stories Ever Written

Playwright Morgan Lloyd Malcolm reckons that “telling a simple story in a dark room with some wel...

18 Aug, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

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Four hundred or more miles north, the Edinburgh Fringe is in full swing as thousands of shows vie...

17 Aug, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Kate Fahy on Directing Holy Fool: “It Feels Like Such a Necessary Story”

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Kate Fahy on Directing Holy Fool: “It Feels Like Such a Necessary Story”

In 1936, in the year in which he began the great purge which sent 600,000 people in the USSR to t...

12 Aug, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

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Since the success of Danny Robbins’ 2:22: A Ghost Story, audiences have got a taste for being spo...

10 Aug, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner