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News
By Will Noble

Five Years Since Grenfell: London Will Never Forget

Answers and action still left wanting.
Videos
By Londonist Staff

The Tragic Fire That Engulfed Smithfield Market For Three Days

Museum of London will soon commemorate the firefighters.
Videos
By M@

London's Worst Tube Disaster Marked By Touching New Memorial

Previously a plaque was in its place.

Christmas in London
By M@

When Christmas Went Very, Very Wrong

Shocking around the Christmas tree.
History
By Will Noble

One Of The World's Worst Rail Crashes, In Harrow

An horrific accident involving three trains.
By BelindaL

Review: Surprising Amounts Of Chuckles In Uncle Vanya

Robert Icke's new production at the Almeida is a winner.

 ★★★★☆
By BelindaL

Naked Soliloquies Expose Man's Crisis In New Simon Stephens Play

Skip Hamlet for this.

★★★☆☆
By Londonist

The Oresteia: Like Hamlet, But Without All The Waiting Around

Ancient Greek patriarchy comes to the Globe.

 ★★★★☆
By BelindaL

Frantic Assembly's Othello Is Explosive And Gripping

Hold onto your seats for this psychological thriller.

★★★★☆
By Stuart Black

Star Wars And Skyfall Actor Dies During London Play Rehearsal

Kan Bonfils collapses on set of Dante’s Inferno.
By Stuart Black

A Once In A Lifetime Lear At The National Theatre

Simon Russell Beale is titanic in Sam Mendes’ mind-blowing production
By Stuart Black

“Play It Again, Iago” – Othello As Film Noir

A stylish and gripping Shakespeare at the Riverside Studios.
By Stuart Black

Ghosts Walk Again At The Almeida Theatre

Flawless performances in a tragi-comic Ibsen.
By Londonist

Bussy D’Ambois: Jacobean Tragedy In St Giles Church

Performed on the graves of the playwrights.
By BelindaL

Maureen Lipman Devastates In Daytona

Secrets unravelled at the Park Theatre.
By Zoe Craig

Murder And Mirth: Macbeth At Shakespeare's Globe

The Globe's latest is a tantalising mix of comedy and cruelty.

By N Quentin Woolf

Londonist Out Loud: A Podcast About London, 8 March 2013

N Quentin Woolf meets Gareth Edwards to talk train disasters and their social impact
History
By M@

London's Forgotten Disasters: The Fatal Vespers

A hundred died in Blackfriars as the floor collapsed.
By M@

Infamous City: Photos Of London's Darker Side

Christmas cheer! It's a new exhibition of London murder scenes.
By Zoe Craig

Preview: Oresteia Trilogy By Steam Industry Free Theatre @ The Scoop

See Aeschylus's trilogy of tragedies performed in the open air.
By BelindaL

Theatre Review: The Sluts of Sutton Drive @ Finborough Theatre

Desperate Housewives on acid (or Windolene)
By BelindaL

Theatre Review: The Drawer Boy @ Finborough Theatre

Canadian tale of two farmer's lives interrupted by an over-eager actor.
By BelindaL

Theatre Review: Moon On A Rainbow Shawl @ National Theatre

Six lives' tragedies, hopes and dreams all played under the watchful guise of the fateful moon.
By Zoe Craig

Theatre Review: Sex With A Stranger @ Trafalgar Studios

Laugh-out-loud funny and excruciatingly sad: welcome to the messy world of relationships