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Discounted tickets to Prince of Egypt at the Dominion Theatre

The stage musical based on the 1998 animated movie opened for just a few weeks before the pandemic but is now back on stage for a few months.

Flash sale on tickets to Singin’ in the Rain at Sadler’s Wells

If you fancy attending a musical with cheaper than usual tickets, this weekend only there's a flash sale on tickets to see Singin' in the Rain at Sadler's Wells.

Cheap tickets to the English National Opera

As it reopens, the English National Opera (ENO) is expanding its range of free and cheap tickets offers.

Underbelly Festival moves from Southbank to Oxford Street

The annual festival on the Southbank featuring a big purple cow is moving location this year, and ditching the cow.

Tickets Alert: Les Misérables – The Staged Concert

Originally intended to be a stop-gap idea while a theatre was furbished, Les Mis as a concert rather than a musical play will be returning again this summer.

National Theatre and Shakespeare’s Globe reopening

Two grand theatres on the Thames riverside will be reopening, with tickets starting from just £5 per person.

Tickets Alert: Tours resume at the Globe Theatre

The doors to Shakespeare's Globe Theatre on Bankside have been closed, and while plays may not start yet, guided tours of the theatre building can.

The Marriage of Figaro for £3 from the Royal Opera House

This Friday, the Royal Opera House will be broadcasting Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro for just £3.

Reserve London theatre ticket vouchers ahead of reopening

Ahead of their reopening dates, London's west-end theatres are encouraging people to pay-it-forward and buy vouchers that can be exchanged for theatre tickets when the doors open.

Four London theatres are on the Theatres at Risk register

Four of London's older theatres are currently on a risk register with their long term future uncertain.

Watch National Theatre plays online

If you are missing the theatre, there's an online service from the National offering a large range of their performances.

The National Threatre is offering some online Dick

Dick Whittington that is! And Dick Whittington is coming to a computer screen near you.

Tickets Alert: See inside the former Welsh Chapel

You've probbaly walked past the locked doors of this grand looking building many times, but over the next couple of weeks, it will be opening its doors to let people inside.

An immersive Doctor Who show is coming to London in 2021

May 2021 will see Doctor Who: Time Fracture open in London, an immersive theatre event where you will be part of the show.

A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic screened online

The festivities are starting to feel like the warning from the Ghost of Christmas Future, but the Old Vic theatre will still perform A Christmas Carol this year.

Tickets Alert: Watch the Royal Ballet rehearsals

Next month, the Royal Opera House will have a fairly rare opportunity to watch the Royal Ballet in rehearsals.

Creative industry bailout could save 100,000 London jobs

The government's £1.5 billion funding bailout for the creative industry could help stave of upwards of 100,000 job loses in London.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car comes up for sale

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, one of the most famous cars in the world, is coming up for auction.

Southwark Playhouse makes plays available online for free

During the lockdown, the independent theatre, Southwark Playhouse has put some of its recent productions online to watch from the home.

Isolationists online videos of theatre plays and musicals

While London's theatre lights are dark for the coronavirus lockdown, a number of them are offering online videos of their productions to soak away the hours.

Revealing a lost Elizabethan theatre in East London

A shabby old 1960s office block and car park has been recently cleared away to reveal the remains of one of London's earliest and little known theatres that dates from Elizabethan times.

Construction starts on new theatre above Crossrail site

Construction of Soho's first major theatre building in over 50 years has started, next to the demolished Astoria on Tottenham Court Road.

Tickets Alert: Behind the scenes tours of the Hackney Empire

This coming Friday (28th Sept) there's a chance to go behind the curtain at the Hackney Empire for a behind the scenes look at the recent changes to the famous entertainment venue.

Shoreditch’s Shakespearean theatre to be opened to the public

The remains of a Shakespearean theatre discovered under the streets of Shoreditch will be go on public display next year, as part of a new museum opening on the site.