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Simon Button

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Freelance journalist who's interviewed everyone from Julie Walters (who thought I was related to Jenson) to Mariah Carey. Oh, and Meryl once touched my arm
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Is Paranormal Activity the scariest night at the theatre right now?

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By Simon Button
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By Simon Button | Published - 28 Aug 2026 There’s a moment in the first half of the Paranormal Activity stage play – which is playing in London concurrent with a UK and Ireland tour – that is so spine-tinglingly confounding it’s all anyone can talk about in the interval. Reviewers and theatregoers are asked to keep schtum about the show’s many twists and turns, so I won’t divulge any details.
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Cats review: A brilliantly bonkers revival of a musical classic

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By Simon Button
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By Simon Button | Published - 25 Aug 2026 Andrew Lloyd Webber arguably began to run out of memorable melodies around the time of Whistle Down the Wind in 1996, but he was at his prodigious peak when Cats took up residency at the New London Theatre in 1981 for what ended up being a 21-year run. In fact, as proven by the new Regent’s Park Open Theatre production, it features so many catchy tunes that it’s hard to know which one to hum as you leave the venue.
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Arcadia review: a vital testament to Tom Stoppard

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By Simon Button
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By Simon Button | Published - 7 Aug 2026 It’s fitting that the play currently on at the Duke of York’s theatre, the London venue which is soon to be renamed in Tom Stoppard’s honour, is by the great man himself. It’s even more fitting that the play in question is one that many consider to be his magnum opus. Stoppard passed away last November, just before the revival of Arcadia went into rehearsals at the Old Vic.
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