Lifestyle & Leisure
Lifestyle & Leisure

The many lives of Sadler’s Wells

This north London dance centre has seen many highs and lows over the past 300 years

Music & Subculture
Music & Subculture

The comic operas of Gilbert & Sullivan

The writer-composer pair behind the hottest shows in Victorian London

London stories
London stories

London’s stars of the stage & screen

The actors, singers, dancers and entertainers who’ve taken the city by storm

Lifestyle & Leisure
Lifestyle & Leisure

The outdoor theatres of Tudor London

Late 16th-century London was Shakespeare’s playground, where theatre thrived on open-air stages

Publishing & Media
Publishing & Media

Charles Dickens’ ‘Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi’

The Victorian author charts the turbulent life of a beloved London clown

Lifestyle & Leisure
Lifestyle & Leisure

Joseph Grimaldi: King of the clowns

Grimaldi’s extraordinary physical comedy changed the pantomime forever – but it came at a price

Lifestyle & Leisure
Lifestyle & Leisure

Gertie Millar: An Edwardian musical comedy icon

A leading lady on the London stage in the early 1900s

Lifestyle & Leisure
Lifestyle & Leisure

David Garrick: A theatre sensation

This innovative 18th-century actor had an influence on all aspects of British theatre

Lifestyle & Leisure
Lifestyle & Leisure

The London life of William Shakespeare

The work of this celebrated English playwright has strong roots in the capital