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Dick Whittington and His Cat pantomime at Hackney Empire – review

Dick Whittington and His Cat pantomime at Hackney Empire – review

Hackney Empire announces cast for 25th pantomime Dick Whittington

Hackney Empire announces cast for 25th pantomime Dick Whittington

Aladdin pantomime at Hackney Empire – review

Aladdin pantomime at Hackney Empire – review

Hackney Empire announces full cast of Aladdin pantomime

Hackney Empire announces full cast of Aladdin pantomime

Line-up announced for 15th Grimeborn Opera Festival at Arcola Theatre

Line-up announced for 15th Grimeborn Opera Festival at Arcola Theatre

Hackney Empire announces 2022 pantomime

Hackney Empire announces 2022 pantomime

<em>Jack and the Beanstalk</em> at Hackney Empire review – an excellent community affair of a production

Jack and the Beanstalk at Hackney Empire review – an excellent community affair of a production

Vanara musical world premiere – cast interviews

Vanara musical world premiere – cast interviews

<em>Vanara</em> at Hackney Empire – review

Vanara at Hackney Empire – review

<em>Vanara – The Legend</em> musical world premiere – first look

Vanara – The Legend musical world premiere – first look

Full cast for <em>Vanara – The Legend</em> musical world premiere revealed

Full cast for Vanara – The Legend musical world premiere revealed

Hackney Empire unveils 2021 pantomime details and cast

Hackney Empire unveils 2021 pantomime details and cast

Hackney Empire unveils 2021 reopening plans

Hackney Empire unveils 2021 reopening plans

New musical <em>Cells</em> starring Clive Rowe to be released next month

New musical Cells starring Clive Rowe to be released next month

Exclusive: <em>Vanara</em> musical to have world premiere at Hackney Empire in October

Exclusive: Vanara musical to have world premiere at Hackney Empire in October

Hackney Empire announces 2021 pantomime plans

Hackney Empire announces 2021 pantomime plans

Culture Recovery Fund: full list of organisations receiving money in first round of grants

Culture Recovery Fund: full list of organisations receiving money in first round of grants

Hackney Empire, Lyric Hammersmith, Queen's Theatre Hornchurch and Theatre Royal Stratford East postpone pantos

Hackney Empire, Lyric Hammersmith, Queen's Theatre Hornchurch and Theatre Royal Stratford East postpone pantos

Arts Council England gives additional £33m to 196 organisations across the UK

Arts Council England gives additional £33m to 196 organisations across the UK

Photographer captures empty theatres for new charity series of prints

Photographer captures empty theatres for new charity series of prints

Hackney Empire fundraiser launched to help the venue survive the pandemic

Hackney Empire fundraiser launched to help the venue survive the pandemic

Review: <em>Dick Whittington and His Cat</em> (Hackney Empire)

Review: Dick Whittington and His Cat (Hackney Empire)

Best pantomimes to watch this Christmas 2019

Best pantomimes to watch this Christmas 2019

Tarinn Callender and Annette McLaughlin join the cast of Hackney panto <em>Dick Whittington</em>

Tarinn Callender and Annette McLaughlin join the cast of Hackney panto Dick Whittington

<em>The Lovely Bones</em> tour casting and venues announced

The Lovely Bones tour casting and venues announced

<em>Dracula</em> and <em>Frankenstein</em> staged by Classic Spring in double bill at Hackney Empire

Dracula and Frankenstein staged by Classic Spring in double bill at Hackney Empire

Robert Lindsay, Clive Rowe and more among Great British Pantomime Awards 2019 winners

Robert Lindsay, Clive Rowe and more among Great British Pantomime Awards 2019 winners

Hackney Empire 2019 pantomime announced

Hackney Empire 2019 pantomime announced

The best and worst pantomimes of 2018

Review Round-Ups

The best and worst pantomimes of 2018

Review: <em>Aladdin</em> (Hackney Empire)

Review: Aladdin (Hackney Empire)

Gemma Sutton, Julie Yammanee and Kat B join Hackney Empire's <em>Aladdin</em>

Gemma Sutton, Julie Yammanee and Kat B join Hackney Empire's Aladdin

Tameka Empson to return to Hackney Empire pantomime this Christmas

Tameka Empson to return to Hackney Empire pantomime this Christmas

Clive Rowe to return to Hackney Empire's pantomime for 2018

Clive Rowe to return to Hackney Empire's pantomime for 2018

Full cast announced for Martin Luther King Jr musical at Hackney Empire

Full cast announced for Martin Luther King Jr musical at Hackney Empire

Martin Luther King musical staged in a concert version starring Sharon D Clarke and Cedric Neal

Martin Luther King musical staged in a concert version starring Sharon D Clarke and Cedric Neal

Hackney Empire announces new artistic and executive directors

Hackney Empire announces new artistic and executive directors

The best and worst pantomimes of 2017

Review Round-Ups

The best and worst pantomimes of 2017

Susie McKenna's 5 ingredients for the perfect panto

Susie McKenna's 5 ingredients for the perfect panto

Review: <em>Cinderella</em> (Hackney Empire)

Review: Cinderella (Hackney Empire)

Jonny Woo's <em>Unroyal Variety</em>: 'Cabaret has become a victim of its own success'

Jonny Woo's Unroyal Variety: 'Cabaret has become a victim of its own success'

Casting announced for Hackney Empire panto <em>Cinderella</em>

Casting announced for Hackney Empire panto Cinderella

<em>Rudy's Rare Records</em> actor Larrington Walker dies

Rudy's Rare Records actor Larrington Walker dies

Casting announced for LMTO's <em>Mack and Mabel</em>

Casting announced for LMTO's Mack and Mabel

The secret life of theatres: London's stages like you've never seen them before

The secret life of theatres: London's stages like you've never seen them before

Review: <em>Charlie Parker's Yardbird</em> (Hackney Empire)

Review: Charlie Parker's Yardbird (Hackney Empire)

Review: <em>Patience</em> (Hackney Empire and tour)

Review: Patience (Hackney Empire and tour)

Review: <em>Tosca</em> (Hackney Empire and tour)

Review: Tosca (Hackney Empire and tour)

Susie McKenna steps down as Hackney Empire creative director

Susie McKenna steps down as Hackney Empire creative director

How Stagey Are You? Alexia Khadime vs Gavin Spokes

How Stagey Are You? Alexia Khadime vs Gavin Spokes

Test your theatre knowledge: Pantomimes

Test your theatre knowledge: Pantomimes

Alexia Khadime and Sharon D Clarke to star in <em>Sleeping Beauty</em> at Hackney Empire

Alexia Khadime and Sharon D Clarke to star in Sleeping Beauty at Hackney Empire

My Top 5 Marvin Gaye Songs: Roy Williams

My Top 5 Marvin Gaye Songs: Roy Williams

<em>Soul</em> (Royal & Derngate, Northampton)

Soul (Royal & Derngate, Northampton)

Rory Kinnear makes debut in new ENO Season

Rory Kinnear makes debut in new ENO Season

LIFT announces full 2016 festival line-up

LIFT announces full 2016 festival line-up

Theatre etiquette: what a week

Theatre etiquette: what a week

Cinderella (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith)

Cinderella (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith)

<em>Jack and the Beanstalk</em> (Hackney Empire)

Jack and the Beanstalk (Hackney Empire)

Theatre etiquette: Michael Coveney: I relish venues with raucous audiences

Theatre etiquette: Michael Coveney: I relish venues with raucous audiences

Theatre etiquette: Susie McKenna: I'd rather write for an audience that gets involved

Theatre etiquette: Susie McKenna: I'd rather write for an audience that gets involved

Top 5 theatre openings this week – 23 – 29 November

Top 5 theatre openings this week – 23 – 29 November

Michael Coveney: Let's celebrate panto

Michael Coveney: Let's celebrate panto

How stagey are you? Sharon D. Clarke vs Susie McKenna

How stagey are you? Sharon D. Clarke vs Susie McKenna

La bohème (English Touring Opera – Tour)

La bohème (English Touring Opera – Tour)

The Wild Man of the West Indies (English Touring Opera – Tour)

The Wild Man of the West Indies (English Touring Opera – Tour)

Exclusive: All-male <em>Pirates of Penzance</em> returns for UK tour

Exclusive: All-male Pirates of Penzance returns for UK tour

Molly Wobbly (Leicester Square Theatre)

Molly Wobbly (Leicester Square Theatre)

Exclusive: Andy Abraham and Jade Ewen star in <em>Godspell</em> tour

Exclusive: Andy Abraham and Jade Ewen star in Godspell tour

<em>Godspell in concert</em> seeks choir

Godspell in concert seeks choir

20 Questions: <em>Mother Goose</em>'s Sharon D Clarke – 'It's West End standard at East End prices'

20 Questions: Mother Goose's Sharon D Clarke – 'It's West End standard at East End prices'

Mother Goose (Hackney Empire)

Mother Goose (Hackney Empire)

Susie McKenna: Behind the scenes at <em>Mother Goose</em> rehearsals

Susie McKenna: Behind the scenes at Mother Goose rehearsals

<em>Godspell</em> tours UK from Spring 2015

Godspell tours UK from Spring 2015

Lenny Henry and cast celebrate <em>Rudy's Rare Records</em> first night

Lenny Henry and cast celebrate Rudy's Rare Records first night

Rudy's Rare Records (Birmingham Rep)

Rudy's Rare Records (Birmingham Rep)

Rehearsal pics: Lenny Henry and cast prepare for <em>Rudy's Rare Records</em>

Rehearsal pics: Lenny Henry and cast prepare for Rudy's Rare Records

Clive Rowe reprises his Mother Goose in Hackney

Clive Rowe reprises his Mother Goose in Hackney

Video: Lenny Henry – 'I always wanted to do a black version of <em>High Fidelity</em>'

Video: Lenny Henry – 'I always wanted to do a black version of High Fidelity'

Lenny Henry headlines Birmingham REP's new season

Lenny Henry headlines Birmingham REP's new season

Blues in the Night (Hackney Empire)

Blues in the Night (Hackney Empire)

Sharon D Clarke: 'We were all rooting for Rufus'

Sharon D Clarke: 'We were all rooting for Rufus'

Puss in Boots (Hackney Empire)

Puss in Boots (Hackney Empire)

Lenny Henry stars in stage version of <em>Rudy's Rare Records</em>

Lenny Henry stars in stage version of Rudy's Rare Records

Show Pics: Sharon D Clarke, Josefina Gabrielle and Amy Lennox in Hackney's <em>Puss in Boots</em>

Show Pics: Sharon D Clarke, Josefina Gabrielle and Amy Lennox in Hackney's Puss in Boots

Entire run of <em>Molly Wobbly's Tit Factory</em> at Hackney Empire cancelled

Entire run of Molly Wobbly's Tit Factory at Hackney Empire cancelled

Hackney Empire thanks ‘generous support’ of Lord Sugar after legal win

Molly Wobbly’s Tit Factory comes to Hackney Empire in September

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