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Longer reads on London theatre: everything-you-need-to-know guides to the shows about to open, deep dives into productions and venues, and the background behind the biggest nights in the West End.

Nanny McPhee London Musical
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Nanny McPhee joins the West End's long line of magical nannies

With a Nanny McPhee musical now confirmed for London in summer 2027, it is worth remembering how well the city has done out of the nanny musical. Three of them have held major houses in the past two decades.

Franz & Marie at Charing Cross Theatre
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Everything you need to know about Franz & Marie at Charing Cross Theatre

An indie-folk musical that reworks Georg Büchner's unfinished Woyzeck and promotes Marie to equal billing opens at Charing Cross Theatre in September, with Brenock O'Connor and Jade Oswald at the head of a company of 14…

Christine Baranski and the company of Hay Fever at Wyndham’s Theatre. Photos by Oliver Rosser
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Everything you need to know about Hay Fever at Wyndham’s Theatre

Christine Baranski makes her West End debut opposite Richard E. Grant in Noël Coward’s Hay Fever this autumn. Here is everything you need to know before you book.