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A theatrical career was almost preordained for Kit Harington, who was named after nonconformist Elizabethan playwright Christopher “Kit” Marlowe. 

Best known for his performance as *Game of Thrones* heartthrob Jon Snow, Harington began his career in theatre and will shortly return to the West End in Jeremy O. Harris’s lauded *Slave Play*, which follows three interracial couples as they work on their relationships through a highly unusual type of therapy. 

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Learn more about Kit Harington's career ahead of 'Slave Play' in the West End

Photo credit: Kit Harington (Photo by Gage Skidmore on Flickr under CC 2.0)

Find out more about the *Game of Thrones* star's stage career as he returns to the West End in Jeremy O. Harris's controversial *Slave Play*.

Paapa Essiedu has been making waves ever since he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company right out of drama school, and in his varied career he has balanced classical drama with bold contemporary plays, and theatre work with some notable screen projects – including *Black Mirror, Gangs of New York*, and *I May Destroy You.*

Now he’s back on stage and tackling a blistering state-of-the-nation monologue in *[Death of England:...

Learn more about Paapa Essiedu before seeing him in 'Death of England: Delroy'

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The acclaimed stage and screen actor stars as Delroy in Clint Dyer and Roy Williams's state-of-the-nation drama at new West End venue @sohoplace.

“But, soft, what light through yonder window breaks? / It is the east, and Juliet is the sun”. Everyone has an opinion on *Romeo and Juliet* and what their story represents. Many of us will have studied it at school and have been able to relate to the way in which Shakespeare evokes the intensity of first love. 

The children of two prominent families of Verona who have been at war for years, Romeo and Juliet fall in love at first sight and marry in secret. Tragically, nothing goes according to...

David Tennant to Tom Holland: Celebrities on stage in 'Romeo and Juliet'

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As Tom Holland and Francesca Amewudah-Rivers play Shakespeare's tragic lovers in the West End, we take a look at other famous pairings from the past century.

BAFTA Award-winning actress Anne-Marie Duff has been announced as starring in a new production of Lillian Hellman’s [*The Little Foxes*](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/39937-the-little-foxes) at the Young Vic in London. Performances begin on 2 December and Olivier Award winner  Lyndsey Turner directs.

Duff, who last performed at the Young Vic Theatre 17 years ago in *The Soldier's Fortune*, will lead the cast as Regina Giddens, in this play about a woman from Alabama who struggles for...

Anne-Marie Duff cast in 'The Little Foxes' at the Young Vic

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Anne-Marie Duff, who last performed at the Young Vic Theatre 17 years ago in *The Soldier's Fortune*, will lead the cast of *The Little Foxes* as Regina Giddens.

The Mischief comedy troupe is bringing back *Mischief Movie Night* to London this summer. The improvised show will run from 30 July-1 September at the Other Palace.

Every show will be different, with audience members suggesting a genre, location, and title at the start of each performance. The Mischief gang then bring the show to life.

The cast will include Henry Shields, Harry Kershaw, Bryony Corrigan, Niall Ransome, Henry Lewis, Rhyanna Alexander Davies, Lauren Shearing, Susan Harrison,...

'Mischief Movie Night' to return to London

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Every *Mischief Movie Night* show will be different, with audience members suggesting a genre, location, and title at the start of each performance.

New casting has been announced for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s [*The Phantom of the Opera*](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/308-the-phantom-of-the-opera-tickets), which has been running at [Her Majesty's Theatre](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/venues/his-majestys-theatre) since 1986. The new cast will take over from 29 July.

Dean Chisnall, who most recently appeared as Jean Valjean in *Les Misérables* in the West End, joins the company as The Phantom, alongside Joanna Ampil (*Miss Saigon, Jesus...

'The Phantom of the Opera' announces new casting

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Dean Chisnall, who most recently appeared as Jean Valjean in *Les Misérables* in the West End, joins the company of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical as The Phantom.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's [*Starlight Express*](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/24471-starlight-express-tickets) has extended performances until June 2025, after opening at the newly reconfigured [Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/a-complete-guide-to-the-troubadour-wembley-park-theatre) last weekend.

Lloyd Webber's musical about a train set that comes to life has new choreography by Ashley Nottingham in a production directed by Luke Sheppard,...

'Starlight Express' extends performances through June 2025

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Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical about a train set that comes to life has new choreography by Ashley Nottingham in a production directed by *& Juliet*'s Luke Sheppard.

Sir Ian McKellen will not return to the role of Sir John Falstaff in the national tour of *Player Kings*, following a fall from the stage during a performance in the West End run.

At the show on 17 June at the Noël Coward Theatre, McKellen appeared to lose his footing after performing a fight scene. He was taken to hospital and the play was cancelled that night.

Since then, McKellen's understudy David Semark has been performing the role in the West End, which he will continue to do when the...

Sir Ian McKellen pulls out of 'Player Kings' national tour

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The Olivier Award-winning actor had been playing the famous comic character Sir John Falstaff in Robert Icke's modern reworking of *Henry IV*, parts one and two.

The sun is shining, the days are long, and school’s nearly out for the summer holidays! We’re halfway through the year, and summer is definitely in full swing. There’s also plenty of action happening in London, with new shows opening every week. Don’t miss out on the West End’s golden hour and spend time at the theatre in July.

Catch the latest openings set to take London by storm in July 2024. If you’re looking for a glorious summer musical, then snap up tickets to [*Kiss Me,...

Top theatre to see in London in July

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Discover the best shows to see in London in July 2024, including new musicals coming to the West End and new casts in classic shows such as *Tina — The Tina Turner Musical.*

West End star Zizi Strallen and *SIX*'s Renée Lamb will reprise their roles as Marie Antoinette and Jeanne, respectively, in *Cake: The Marie Antoinette Playlist* when it opens at London's The Other Palace on 13 September for a strictly limited season.

The musical had try-out performances at The Lyric Theatre last year and follows the gossip and scandal surrounding Marie Antoinette — the last queen consort of France prior to the French Revolution — after she is implicated in a crime.

Described...

'Cake: The Marie Antoinette Playlist' to open at The Other Palace

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Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, Tasha Taylor Johnson, and Jack McManus's musical looks at the life of Marie Antoinette, the last queen consort of France prior to the French Revolution.

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