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  London Palladium pantomime will go ahead, as culture secretary launches Operation Sleeping Beauty

  It's a Christmas miracle! London’s biggest panto is set to take place this festive season with an all-star cast.While most of the city’s pantomimes were forced to postpone their productions until next year, the London Palladium is steaming ahead with Pantoland at the Palladium.

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  Britain’s Got Talent final to feature performances from West End musicals

  Performers from three West End musicals will appear on the upcoming Britain’s Got Talent final.Some 60 performers will come together to give fans a taste of London’s West End, including Michael Ball, Matt Lucas, Carrie Hope Fletcher, John Owen-Jones, Shan Ako, Killian Donnelly, Zizi Strallen and Charlie Stemp.

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  Top 10 theatre shows of 2019

  Top 10 theatre shows of 2019Katori Hall gave us a miracle, Caryl Churchill delivered a dark quartet and Tom Hiddleston astounded in Betrayal. But the year’s highlight was a breathtaking Ibsen with Hayley Atwell * More on the best culture of 2019

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  Mary Poppins review: A spoonful of sugar is just what we need right now

  This show about the world’s most famous flying nanny is supercalifr… actually, I won’t go there. But the blockbuster revival of the 2004 Mary Poppins musical is a highly polished piece of entertainment, hugely uplifting and cheerful, with an undertow of melancholy and the occasional baggy moment.The dance routines and stage illusions are terrific. It features an exquisitely pert, poised, central performance from Zizi Strallen, a likeable turn from Charlie Stemp as cockney polymath Bert, and a ha

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  Mary Poppins at the Prince Edward Theatre: First look at pictures of the West End musical

  The first pictures have been released for Mary Poppins, which has returned to the West End.The musical opens at the Prince Edward Theatre on November 13 in a joint production between Cameron Mackintosh and Disney Theatrical Productions.

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  Mary Poppins is returning to the West End in 2019

  Practically perfect news: the world’s most famous nanny Mary Poppins is returning to the West End next year. The musical will be coming back to the Prince Edward Theatre in autumn 2019, umbrella and all. Zizi Strallen, currently starring in Strictly Ballroom, will step back into Mary’s shoes having played the role in the international tour. Charlie Stemp, who appeared in Half a Sixpence in the West End and Hello Dolly on Broadway, will play Bert. ...

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