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Lyn Gardner interviews Laurie Kynaston about The Standard of Living and the value of the arts

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Lyn Gardner interviews Laurie Kynaston about The Standard of Living and the value of the arts

When actor Laurie Kynaston, currently playing Friedrich Hayek in James Graham’s The Standard of L...

7 Oct, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Lyn Gardner's Weekly Picks

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Lyn Gardner's Weekly Picks

Head over to the Lyric Hammersmith for Daniel Bailey’s revival of Fences, August Wilson’s Pulitze...

5 Oct, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Lyn Gardner's Top Ten Reasons to See Fences at the Lyric Hammersmith

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Lyn Gardner's Top Ten Reasons to See Fences at the Lyric Hammersmith

Fences is a magnificent family drama written by the remarkable US playwright August Wilson, the g...

2 Oct, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

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Lyn Gardner's Weekly Picks

Series six of Slow Horses has just dropped with Kristin Scott Thomas in the hot seat as Diana Tav...

28 Sep, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

‘These Characters Need an Audience’: Zhailon Levingston on Table 17

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‘These Characters Need an Audience’: Zhailon Levingston on Table 17

“It’s as much an event as a play,” says Zhailon Levingston, the director of Table 17, the America...

23 Sep, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

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The life and times of an economist, John Maynard Keynes, may seem an improbable subject for a ne...

21 Sep, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

10 reasons to see Martin Guerre at the Old Vic

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10 reasons to see Martin Guerre at the Old Vic

This revival of Alain Boubil and Claude-Michel Schonberg’s musical is Matthew Warchus’ swansong a...

17 Sep, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

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This is the third time that Rob Madge’s My Son’s a Queer (But What Can You Do) has berthed in the...

14 Sep, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Lyn Gardner on Off West End venues - don't skip the trip

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Lyn Gardner on Off West End venues - don't skip the trip

London’s West End theatres are undoubtedly a marvel, but London boasts many other theatres too—of...

10 Sep, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner