Rory Kinnear has been voted Best Actor at The Evening Standard Theatre Awards for his performance in two of Shakespeare’s most challenging roles — and his much-loved father would have been proud... more
Rebecca Hall highlighted the global standing of the London stage today as she prepared to take her place at the 56th Evening Standard Theatre Awards... more
She plays a “dumb blonde” who confounds her critics, and Sheridan Smith today confirmed that musical stars can hold their own in the drama stakes... more
Love affair for Agatha Christie's dapper detective Hercule Poirot and his 'little grey cells' has gone a stage further — the actor who plays him has been named an Honorary Famous Belgian... more
In an outstanding year for London theatre, our judging panel have picked out the most remarkable performances and productions. The choices reflect the explosion of young talent emerging alongside theatre grandees who are at the top of their game... more
You won’t find better performances in the West End right now than those of David Suchet and Zoë Wanamaker in Howard Davies’s meaty All My Sons.... more
As Keira Knightley prepares to make her stage debut and Ben Whishaw sells out the Royal Court, the signs are good, says Matt Wolf, for a theatrical boomtime.
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Most critics faintly praised half-true heist movie The Bank Job as an inoffensively cheery British caper. Nick Curtis just wallows in the meticulously recreated period detail.... more
Film: Anyone in search of cheerfully mindless entertainment this weekend could do much worse than The Bank Job, a British caper movie by Roger Donaldson, the Antipodean director who brought us such solidly competent fare as Thirteen Days and The World's Fastest Indian... more
The longlists for the 2007 Evening Standard Theatre Awards are testimony to the strength of London's theatre - and the excellence of the actors.... more
A dazzling year of performances on the London stage will be honoured at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2007. Here, for the first time, is the longlist.
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Much to Nicholas de Jongh's surprise, the death of an obscure 20th-century Pope provides inspiration for a beguiling theatrical whodunnit in The Last Confession.... more
A thriller based on the death of Pope John Paul I could become the West End's least likely hit. The story will continue to fascinate, says its star David Suchet... more
David Suchet is to play Pope John Paul I in The Last Confession at the Theatre Royal, a play examining the mysterious death of the liberal Pontiff.... more
David Suchet excels at detective work in the Vatican in The Last Confession - the West End might need to ready itself for some Papal palpitations.... more
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