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Kevin Spacey's last show at The Old Vic is old-fashioned fun - and beautifully performed.

Arthur Miller's seminal classic has been brought to the West End following its run its run in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Amelia Bullmore's rather sweet comedy opened this week at The Vaudeville Theatre, following its successful run in Hampstead.

Kevin Elyot's classic tragi-comedy has transferred from the Donmar Warehouse to the cosy Apollo Theatre.

Re Theatre's hour-long movement and music was performed this week at Jackson's Lane as part of the London International Mime Festival.

For three nights only, a new piece of musical theatre enjoyed its second outing at the Waterloo East Theatre - Out of the Lens, starring Guy Woolf and Andrew Walker.

Some insight into what's happening in the West End throughout August -what we'll bid goodbye to and what we'll welcome in...

A brief overview of those shows we might miss - though do catch them if you can! - and those who're new to the London audience this July.

The St James Theatre is currently presenting a new play by Sheila Feehily, This May Hurt a Bit: a fundamentally very serious play, with relevant, very important themes - and it's kooky and fun!

Possibly today's coolest show in London, Lin Manuel-Miranda and Quiara Alegria Hudes's stunning rap musical inpires a generation to learn rumba break dancing.

On Monday the Lyric Theatre became a temporary home to a large, famous and exceedingly talented cast and band, who performed Rags - all in aid of Centrepoint, the UK's leading charity for homeless people.

Love or hate Book of Mormon and its potentially offensive lyrics, script and themes, you have to admire the skill of its cast. And the childish, perhaps schoolboy-esque wit of Trey Parker and Matt Stone, its creators (who were nominated for outstanding achievement in music).

Oh-so-justly, Chimerica has scooped up a handful of Olivier Awards, including the highly coveted award for Best New Play. Produced in conjunction with Headlong and originally playing at the Almeida (before a successful transfer to the Harold Pinter Theatre), Lucy Kirkwood's intelligent, moving drama tells of the 'tank man' from the historic image of 1976 Tianenmen Square.

Jeffrey Lane and David Yazbek's Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is making its West End debut, with a star-studded cast of miscreants. A fun, sweet romp of a show, this is surely one of 2014's theatrical highlights.

A glance at what's happening in London theatre this March

Angela Lansbury discusses her illustrious career and her hopes for her latest project.

Beware - the following may cause theatre-lovers to become overly excited and ultimately lose a fair amount of time and money to their theatre habit. There's a lot to look forward to in 2014 - from revivals of shows that many know and love, to new and intriguing things that might turn out to be rubbish, but sound really interesting!

So it turns out that the remedy to the hideous tradition of pantomime is Jane Austen. While Austen's characteristically subtle repartee was replaced with camp, raucous humour, there was a sense of ironic wit throughout - and some universally understood 'in' jokes for any lit geek to revel in.

One of Shakespeare's lesser performed plays, Coriolanus has exploded into one of the most hyped-up events the Donmar Warehouse has seen this year. Director Josie Rourke's production is visceral and modern from the off, cleverly making what could be an abstract political plotline something to get angry and excited about.