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Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire - Mr & Mrs West End

06.11.09
Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire have quietly become the biggest players in theatreland. Here they reveal how their passion for the stage has finally paid off... more

Kevin Spacey speaks of pride at turning round the Old Vic

24.11.08
Kevin Spacey spoke with pride about his success in transforming the Old Vic as the Evening Standard celebrated the best of London theatre... more

Daldry's Billy Elliot opens in New York

13.11.08
Three years after it conquered the West End, Sir Elton John's stage musical version of Billy Elliot is opening on Broadway... 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

Is this the future we want for our West End theatre?

01.08.08
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The man who made us love Macbeth

28.09.07
London's most promising theatre director, Rupert Goold, takes a moment to talk about his latest show and future plans.... more

Mousetrap man buys top theatre

04.04.07
One of the last bastions of new plays in the West End was sold today - to the man behind The Mousetrap. ... more

My new challenge for a booming West End

02.02.07
Flushed with the success of musicals, theatres are in the money. Now some of their profits should go into looking after their customers, says the Standard's theatre critic.... more

Flighty farce touches down again

08.01.07
French Sixties farce Boeing-Boeing, about love at an airport, is back in the West End with Tamzin Outhwaite and Green Wing's Michelle Gomez.... more

Evans gets serious in Pinter play

04.01.07
Slapstick comic Lee Evans is to return to the stage in a serious drama - the 50th anniversary production of Harold Pinter's The Dumb Waiter.... more

Between anarchic rock and a hardline place

20.12.06
Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll is holding on in a West End submerged in a sea of musicals, proving that bracing mental exercise for audiences is still permitted on the commercial London stage.... more

Rufus triumphant as Rock'n'Roll rules

27.11.06
Sir Tom Stoppard's politics and music saga Rock'n'Roll blasted its way to a double victory at the prestigious Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... more

It's the Jerry and Bill show

24.11.06
Bill Wyman and Jerry Hall will team up to present the best play prize at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards at the Savoy Hotel.... more

The big West End showdown

21.11.06
The West End is set for a musicals versus drama showdown: as the blockbusters grab big audiences and profits, serious plays are struggling for life.... more

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