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Lyn Gardner

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

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In Love’s Labour’s Lost (Shakespeare’s Globe), four earnest young men set up a women-free zone in...

13 Jul, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Bella Merlin Discusses Tilly No-Body as it Opens at the Arcola Theatre

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Bella Merlin Discusses Tilly No-Body as it Opens at the Arcola Theatre

In 1906 a 19-year-old actress called Tilly Newes was given the role of Lulu in a Vienna productio...

9 Jul, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

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Heathers is the cult musical that refuses to fade away. First seen in the West End in 2018, it re...

6 Jul, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Lynette Linton on The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Representation and British Theatre

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Lynette Linton on The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Representation and British Theatre

When director Lynette Linton is watching her production of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind at @soh...

30 Jun, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

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David Morrissey, Mary Louise Parker, Rosie Sheehy, and Tom Glynn-Carney star in The Oresteia at t...

29 Jun, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Inside Director Simon Evans’ Extraordinary Journey to the West End with Cyrano

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Inside Director Simon Evans’ Extraordinary Journey to the West End with Cyrano

Not long ago somebody called writer and director Simon Evans, whose beguiling and funny hit RSC p...

24 Jun, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

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Returning to the West End, where it was seen in 2022, comes To Kill a Mockingbird (Wyndhams), Aar...

22 Jun, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner