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Potted Panto at Wilton’s Music Hall | Theatre review

Potted Panto is a quirky pantomime remix brought to Wilton’s Music Hall by director Richard Hurst. The show unfolds on a minimal stage with windows, a door, and a chest, and is led by the Ant and Dec-like duo Daniel Clarkson and Gary Trainor. Simon Scullion’s oversized storybook, which the pair read from, is a brilliant touch and underscores the exaggerated world they create. Across 80 minutes, the jokesters deliver several short summaries of classic pantomimes, reinvented for comedic effect.
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The Great Christmas Feast at The Lost Estate | Theatre review

The Great Christmas Feast returns to The Lost Estate this festive season, transporting diners into a Dickensian experience created by Simon Pittman for the fourth year in a row.The theatrical production excels from the outset, offering an immersive 1840s Victorian world steeped in Charles Dickens’s history and Christmas spirit. Yet it is not all warmth and cheer, as Dickens has a new tale to share: A Christmas Carol.This retelling features Tama Phethean in a remarkable one-man performance, takin...
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50 First Dates: The Musical at the Other Palace | Theatre review

Having its UK premiere at the Other Palace theatre in London is 50 First Dates, a reimagined musical version of the 2004 hit rom-com starring Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler. Charming schoolteacher Lucy Whitmore (Georgina Castle) had a car accident a year ago that left her with severe memory loss. Every day, she lives a Groundhog Day, with her family and friends working to keep everything the same.
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Lovestuck at Theatre Royal Stratford East | Theatre review

Coming to the Stratford East Theatre Royal is Lovestuck: A New Comedy Musical. An original musical romantic comedy directed by Jamie Morton, Lovestuck is a camp and quirky love story of Lucy Stevens (Ambra Caserotti) and Peter Miller (Shane O’Riordan) who come to meet in the dreaded world of online dating.The millennial couple have many things in common: they’re both awkward, bumbling and are total nerds. Through a window (which is also its own omnipresent main character), the love birds share a...
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“We can all relate to a version of Drew in the story”: A preview of We Aren’t Kids Anymore at Savoy Theatre

Launching at the Savoy Theatre in London, We Aren’t Kids Anymore premiered on a sunny April evening in a room filled with journalists and musical joy. The press day on the 28th April offered attendees an insight into a more developed version of Drew Gasparini’s coming-of-age musical production. Backed by the Norwich Theatre, where the production originally ran, the production grew in a “safe and supportive environment from the grassroots.”
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Housemate Returns: Before I Go at Brixton House Theatre | Theatre review

Coming to Brixton House for only a short time, Before I Go is a one-man show that tells the story of young Black British man Ajani (Tobi King Bakare) and features Christopher Mbaki in the same role as he learns to communicate with his friends and family after almost dying and getting stuck in Limbo, a place between the afterlife and death. To return to his life, Ajani must learn to connect with his mind, body and soul, and face what he has been avoiding.
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The Unlikely Secret Agent at Marylebone Theatre | Theatre review

Coming to the Marylebone Theatre for four days only, The Unlikely Secret Agent is a witty and intense story of having the courage to stand up to racial prejudice during the apartheid of South Africa. Based on the book by Ronnie Kasrils (Wessel Pretorius), the production follows his real-life wife, Eleanor Kasrils (Erika Breytenbach-Marais), and her rise through the ranks as an undercover agent for the African National Congress and her journey to escape the South African Security Police.
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No sex in the smoke: is London becoming a celibate city?

Searches for ‘celibacy’ in London have increased by a quarter in the last three months. Is the capital still getting some? By now, you’ve probably seen Bumble’s controversial marketing campaign – the one where they plastered billboards with messages like ‘ You know full well a vow of celibacy is not the answer’ and ‘Thou shalt not give up on dating and become a nun’. The campaign spurred a huge amount of backlash on social media.
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A brand-new 34-mile walking trail will link up north and south London

The spectacular North to South London Trail makes its way from Cockfosters in Enfield all the way to Carshalton in Sutton London has countless stunning walking routes, from green spaces like , Richmond and Hyde Park to Thames-side treks. And the capital’s walking routes have been in the spotlight recently, thanks to a new ‘Greenground’ map of the city’s cycle and footpaths and an epic 15-mile route through central London launched by TfL.
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This popular north London lido is getting knocked down

Known for its wave machine, the beloved Finchley Lido opened in 1931 North London lovers of swimming and wave machines, we come bearing very sad news. Finchley Lido Leisure Centre is set to close, several years after Barnet Council deemed the place unfit for purpose. And it isn’t just the lido that is being done away with: the wider Great North Leisure Park, which includes a bowling alley and cinema, is being redeveloped, too.
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