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John Savournin, Neal Davies, Henna Mun, ENO’s HMS Pinafore 2025 © Craig Fuller.
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HMS Pinafore review: a visually delightful festive confection

It’s all jolly japes aboard ship in the English National Opera’s colourful, comic re-staging of HMS Pinafore.

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London art guide December 2025: best art, theatre and music

This month's London art guide brings you our top picks of the best art, theatre and music – with a…

Miss Saigon. Image: Danny Kaan.

Miss Saigon review: a relentless, heart-wrenching spectacle reimagined

This new production of Miss Saigon features strong performances, meticulous design and an emotionally potent score.

Slava's Snowshow. Photo: Aya Rufin.
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Slava’s Snowshow review: a whirlwind of wonder, laughter and chaos

Slava's Snowshow is a clowning classic and in this inventive staging, it's easy to see why.

Boris Giltburg. Photo: Sasha Gusov.
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Philharmonia Orchestra review: Boris Giltburg plays Prokofiev and Rachmaninov

Giltburg is recognised as a leading interpreter of Rachmaninov with award-winning recordings of the concerti and performances.

Promotoinal image for 'Playing Burton' with actor Matthew Rhys. The moody black & white photo shows Rhys' sharp-cheekboned fair-skinned face emerging from the darkness. He has tousled black hair and wears a black shirt.
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Matthew Rhys returns to the London stage in Playing Burton at The Old Vic

Marking the centenary of Richard Burton’s birth, this production is a fundraiser for the new Welsh National Theatre.

The Japanese language performance of SIX the Musical. Image: Vaudeville Theatre. London art guide.
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London art guide November 2025: best art, theatre and music

Our London arts guide brings you the best of a busy arts calendar this November.

A scene from 'Sunny Afternoon', the musical about and featuring the music of The Kinks at The Alexandra, Birmingham. A green-glad singer crouches centrestage beneath the spotlight and sings into a microphone; three other musicians, dressed similarly, can be seen behind him.
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Sunny Afternoon review: The Kinks come alive in Technicolor

More than a simple jukebox trip down memory lane, this production is a witty, heartfelt, and infectiously joyous portrait of…

Katerina Tannenbaum & Eddie Toll in The Wanderers. Image: Mark Senior.
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The Wanderers review: a thoughtful examination of modern American Jewishness

Anna Ziegler's The Wanderers offers an intergenerational look at artistic and religious angst.

Minnie Driver in Every Brilliant Thing. Photo: Danny Kaan.
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Every Brilliant Thing review: Minnie Driver is 'exceptionally good'

Minnie Driver delivers an extraordinary solo performance in the moving play Every Brilliant Thing.

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