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Lyn Gardner brings her insight and passion to highlight the best of West End and fringe theatre, sharing her picks, opinions and commentary.

“If something scares you, then you probably need to do it”: John Dagleish on Into the Woods

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“If something scares you, then you probably need to do it”: John Dagleish on Into the Woods

“I wanted to do Into The Woods because it scares the hell out of me, and I always think that’s a ...

27 Aug, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Lyn Gardner's Weekly Picks

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Lyn Gardner's Weekly Picks

Holy Fool, which opens at the Park this week, couldn’t be more topical, exploring the role of the...

25 Aug, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Morgan Lloyd Malcolm on Adapting One of the Greatest Ghost Stories Ever Written

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Morgan Lloyd Malcolm on Adapting One of the Greatest Ghost Stories Ever Written

Playwright Morgan Lloyd Malcolm reckons that “telling a simple story in a dark room with some wel...

18 Aug, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Lyn Gardner's Weekly Picks

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Lyn Gardner's Weekly Picks

Four hundred or more miles north, the Edinburgh Fringe is in full swing as thousands of shows vie...

17 Aug, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Kate Fahy on Directing Holy Fool: “It Feels Like Such a Necessary Story”

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Kate Fahy on Directing Holy Fool: “It Feels Like Such a Necessary Story”

In 1936, in the year in which he began the great purge which sent 600,000 people in the USSR to t...

12 Aug, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Lyn Gardner's Weekly Picks

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Lyn Gardner's Weekly Picks

Since the success of Danny Robbins’ 2:22: A Ghost Story, audiences have got a taste for being spo...

10 Aug, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

The Lowdown on Death Note: The Musical at the Barbican

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The Lowdown on Death Note: The Musical at the Barbican

What is it? Death Note – The Musical is a musical version of the early 2000s manga created by ...

5 Aug, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner