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“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

The Lowdown on Death Note: The Musical at the Barbican

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The Lowdown on Death Note: The Musical at the Barbican

What is it? Death Note – The Musical is a musical version of the early 2000s manga created by ...

5 Aug, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

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Returning to the West End and taking up residence at the Adelphi is a spot of delicious summer si...

3 Aug, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

The Lowdown on Paranormal Activity Returning to the Ambassadors Theatre

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The Lowdown on Paranormal Activity Returning to the Ambassadors Theatre

What is it? A stage show inspired by the Paranormal Activity movies, the seven-strong movie fr...

28 Jul, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner