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Ian McKellen meets Lin-Manuel Miranda, Prince Harry sings and Heathers starts West End rehearsals in our pics of the week

We round-up the top images of the week

Alex Wood

London

31 August 2018

The cast and company of Allelujah! — The cast and company of *A Very Very Very Dark Matter* celebrate the first day of rehearsals
© Eleanor Howarth

When Sir Ian met the Mirandas

Well we saw @IanMcKellen play King Lear tonight and maybe at some point I'll stop crying but I haven't yet…
Bravo to a wonderful company & production pic.twitter.com/FPaEpl9ttY

— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) August 28, 2018

The Sentebale gala brought royalty to the Victoria Palace Theatre for a sing-song

"You say…"

Thank you to the cast and crew of @HamiltonWestEnd for a fantastic performance, raising awareness and funds for @Sentebale's work with children and young people affected by HIV #HamiltonLDN pic.twitter.com/M5hmjTfhEz

— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) August 29, 2018

Probably the best photobomb I've ever done. credit: Thomas Kail @hamiltonwestend @HamiltonWestEnd @Lin_Manuel @GilesTerera @HamiltonMusical #KG3 pic.twitter.com/Ju1yOGSYvf

— MICHAEL JIBSON (@mikejibson) August 31, 2018

The Rock of Ages tour cast tried Fast and Furious

ROCK OF AGES lunch break with @mrkevkennedy and @lucasrush @rockofagesuk pic.twitter.com/GHd37Vy24Z

— Nick Winston (@N1CKW1NSTON) August 31, 2018

It was back to school for the cast of Heathers

First day of senior year! @HeathersMusical pic.twitter.com/vEZBiFW0f6

— Carrie Hope Fletcher (@CarrieHFletcher) August 28, 2018

The cast of Unexpected Joy got stuck in to rehearsals at Southwark Playhouse

Kelly Sweeney (Tamara), Janet Fullerlove (Joy), Jodie Jacobs (Rachel) and Melanie Marshall (Lou)
© Pamela Raith

Manchester Pride drew a big crowd

See what happened when the lovely @KinkyBootsUK Angels visited us to take part in the @ManchesterPride Parade last weekend… https://t.co/Gt4ix17yT6 pic.twitter.com/AToMPfUC5R

— Palace & Opera Mcr (@PalaceAndOpera) August 31, 2018

.@ManchesterPride you guys were AMAZING!! Last #Pride of the summer I have loved performing at each and everyone one of them. Here's a playlist I've put together for those who couldn't make it: https://t.co/df2wDZZX9g pic.twitter.com/2r5USlBpmA

— Alexandra Burke (@alexandramusic) August 29, 2018

Happy Pride Manchester! From all of us at #companywestend #manchesterpride . . #pattilupone #musicaltheatre #rosaliecraig #companywestend #stephensondheim #pride #pride

A post shared by COMPANY (@companywestend) on Aug 25, 2018 at 5:17am PDT

Christina Bennington said goodbye to her Strat

Love this clip of For Crying Out Loud caught from the wings by @alexthomassmith during his @batthemusical insta takeover. Nothing makes me happier than singing this with @andrewpolec – loving still being inspired by him every day in his last week as London Strat. . . . . . . . #andrewpolec #batthemusical #batoutofhell #christinabennington #jimsteinman #meatloaf #livemusic #londontheatre #westend #leadinglady #musicaltheatre #backstage

A post shared by Christina Bennington (@christinabennington) on Aug 29, 2018 at 2:56pm PDT