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Samantha Barks and Oliver Tompsett in The Greatest Showman. Photo by Sebastian Nevols
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This week in theatre: the West End remembers Patrick Stewart and The Greatest Showman sets its dates

The West End will dim its lights for Sir Patrick Stewart, The Greatest Showman has its Drury Lane dates and Paddington The Musical is now booking to June 2028. This is the week in London theatre.

Thom Yorke (Co-Creator and Orchestrator) in rehearsal for Hamlet Hail to the Thief. Photo by Alex Lake
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Alex Lake's photographs go inside final rehearsals for Hamlet Hail to the Thief

A fresh set of rehearsal photographs by Alex Lake takes the camera behind the scenes of Hamlet Hail to the Thief as the company finishes rehearsals, with the first London preview at the Barbican Theatre this weekend.

Axelle Fanyo as Tosca and Christopher Purves as Scarpia in ENO's Tosca at the London Coliseum. Photo by Ellie Kurttz
Upcoming and New Shows

First look at Axelle Fanyo in ENO's new Tosca as it opens at the London Coliseum

The first production photos from English National Opera's new Tosca are out, with Axelle Fanyo in the title role and Christopher Purves as Scarpia. The staging opens at the London Coliseum tonight.

Key art for Jack and the Beanstalk at Greenwich Theatre: the Dame, a pantomime cow, Jack and a villain above the clouds
Cast Changes and Announcements

Anthony Spargo and Sam Bailey lead Greenwich Theatre’s Jack and the Beanstalk

Anthony Spargo writes the script and plays the Dame in Jack and the Beanstalk, Greenwich Theatre’s pantomime this Christmas, with Sam Bailey as Jack and Eleanor Fransch, Paul Critoph, Lydia Bell and Georgia Grant…

Glinda and Elphaba in Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre. Photo by Mark Senior
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Wicked marks Wicked Day with a Ditch the Label partnership and new production photos

The London company of Wicked is marking this weekend's Wicked Day by teaming up with youth charity Ditch the Label, and has released a fresh set of production photographs from the Apollo Victoria Theatre.

Sir Patrick Stewart on stage at the Royal Festival Hall, London, in October 2023. Photo: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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West End theatres to dim their lights for Sir Patrick Stewart

Theatres across the West End will lower their lights for two minutes at 7pm on Tuesday 3 November in memory of Sir Patrick Stewart, who has died at the age of 86.

Alan Cumming in rehearsal for My Fair Lady at Pitlochry Festival Theatre. Photo by Chris Keatch
Upcoming and New Shows

Alan Cumming and Verity Power in the rehearsal room for Pitlochry's My Fair Lady

The first rehearsal pictures are out for My Fair Lady at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, where Alan Cumming plays Professor Henry Higgins opposite Verity Power's Eliza Doolittle from 21 November.

Solea Pfeiffer and Bradley Jaden in Wanted on Broadway. Photo by Julieta Cervantes
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First look at Bradley Jaden in Wanted as the West End Javert makes his Broadway debut

The first production photographs of Wanted are out, and with them the first look at Bradley Jaden, a Javert familiar to a generation of West End audiences, in the role that marks his Broadway debut.

Sir Patrick Stewart on stage at the Royal Festival Hall, London, in October 2023. Photo: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Sir Patrick Stewart, RSC stalwart and Star Trek captain, dies aged 86

Sir Patrick Stewart, whose stage career took him from the Royal Shakespeare Company to the West End and Broadway, has died at the age of 86. His family said he died at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday 28 October.