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Redgrave to present Standard theatre prize in Natasha's memory

16.11.09

Vanessa Redgrave is to present the best actress award in memory of her daughter, Natasha Richardson, at this year's London Evening Standard Theatre Awards... more

Evening Standard theatre awards: Rachel Weisz and Lenny Henry fight stage giants for top prize

09.11.09

Stars of the British stage including Rachel Weisz, Samuel West and Lenny Henry will battle it out at the 55th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards... more

The Standard Theatre Awards 2009: Longlist revealed

02.11.09

Our longlist for the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards proves it has been 12 months of critical as well as commercial success.... more

Helen and the pratfall of Troy

06.08.09

Helen is a love story but also a humorous frolic with darker cadences.... more

Remarkable Hamlet performance at hours' notice

10.12.08

You would never have guessed from the self-confidence and composure of his performance that Edward Bennett was a stand-in Hamlet.... more

A remarkable, composed performance at a few hours' notice

10.12.08

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Here's a prince for our time

06.08.08

David Tennant is sensational as a manic-depressive and authentic Hamlet but the play is lacking something, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

Where art thou, David? Dr Who's Tennant signs up to play Hamlet

09.06.08

As the Time Lord, he dispatched the Daleks with relative ease. But now David Tennant - who is set to play Hamlet in the West End - faces a more formidable opponent in the shape of Sir Jonathan Miller. ... more

Keep TV stars off West End stage says Miller (just as Dr Who arrives)

09.06.08

Sir Jonathan Miller hits out at the West End's "obsession with celebrity" as Doctor Who star David Tennant prepares to play Hamlet ... more

A wife's place in the Homer

03.08.07

Adapted for stage, Margaret Atwood's novel, The Penelopiad, makes for a powerful and sympathetic piece of theatre.... more

Soap gives Neighbours a bad name

08.11.06

Scenes From The Back Of Beyond focuses on a family living in a Sydney suburb in 1959 and left Fiona Mountford longing for someone to appear on a rabid kangaroo and let rip.... more

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