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Royal Court stages family drama by girl, aged 17

27.07.09
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Aunt Dan and Lemon's sour taste

28.05.09
There's nothing cute or reassuring about Aunt Dan and Lemon - a talky, fragmented essay in moral gymnastics.... more

The Fever is lurid but unbelieveable

07.04.09
Wallace Shawn does not condemn the liberal rich, he renders them luridly unbelievable in The Fever. ... more

Flap and fuss in Seven Jewish Children

13.02.09
A post-show collection for a Palestinian charity doesn’t send out the most balanced message ever after Seven Jewish Children.... more

London's top theatres give free tickets to young people

17.12.08
Twenty-five London theatres are to take part in the Government's free tickets for young people scheme... more

Wig Out! needs stronger agenda

01.12.08
Wig Out! throws much glitter but little piercing light upon the complexities of erotic life for cross-dressing, gay, black men and their lovers. ... more

Women taking the lead at Royal Court next year

06.11.08
Miranda Richardson, Jane Horrocks and Mark Rylance are among the stars of 2009 season at the Royal Court... more

Theatre

08.10.08
Big musicals may dominate the West End and box office receipts, but straight drama continues to thrive. These are the key people who make this city the global capital of theatre. ... more

White House woes in Now or Later

12.09.08
Christopher Shinn's provocative new play does not shrink from contending with big issues. In fact, Now or Later's dramatic potential could do with some shrinking itself. ... more

Teachers have feelings in under the blue sky

06.08.08
David Eldridge, who spent many years hanging out with teacher friends, nails a certain social milieu with wit and generosity in Under the Blue Sky.... more

Am I afraid of the critics? You bet I am

13.02.08
After a career spent passing judgment on the works of others, the Standard's theatre critic, Nicholas de Jongh decided to write a play.... more

Schooled for scandal

12.02.08
It took Nicholas de Jongh mere moments to turn up his own nose at Scarborough, a doomy romance drama about a dirty weekend in a bed-and-breakfast.... more

Ravenhill's 16 mini-plays set for London premiere

31.01.08
Sixteen short plays written by Mark Ravenhill during the Edinburgh Festival are to have their London premiere.... more

A gripping adaptation

10.12.07
Noughts and Crosses finds two would-be lovers split apart by social convention in this well constructed and gripping adaptation.... more

Triumph for the inner child

10.12.07
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Polly's dramatic debut

26.11.07
Polly Stenham's first play, That Face, caused a sensation at the Royal Court. Now, two years after leaving school, she is nominated for the Charles Wintour Most Promising Playwright Award.... more

Mocking a metamorphosis

28.09.07
Absurd and hilarious, black comedy Rhinocerous is an accomplished British send-up of Gallic pomposity and pedantry.... more

Goolden boy of theatre

25.09.07
Prolific 35-year-old director, Rupert Goold, is the new darling of theatreland and has two new major plays opening in London this week.... more

Stylish satire on liberal guilt shows no mercy

22.06.07
Matthew Macfadyen leads the cast of The Pain And The Itch, which is an outrageous and far-fetched story... more

Chip off the old block

22.05.07
Rafe Spall - son of Timothy - talks to Claire Allfree about his latest role at the Royal Court and why he loves London, and its theatre.... more

Painful legacy of a Belfast childhood

20.03.07
Lucy Caldwell's Leaves is a sensitive but shallow play which does little to shine fresh light on middle-class morals and manners, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

Royal Court going back to its roots

06.02.07
The Royal Court's new artistic director is taking the theatre back to its roots with a debut season showcasing young writers and experimental drama.... more

Courting controversy

06.02.07
The Royal Court should provoke, says its new director Dominic Cooke in his first interview, and he plans to do just that.... more

Olivier nominations in full

18.01.07
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Rage and reconciliation

16.11.06
Neither of Dominic Cooke's promenade productions of late Shakespearean romances Pericles or The Winter's Tale fascinates from start to finish, says Kieron Quirke.... more

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