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Atiha Sen Gupta is the playwright for today

20.10.09
21-year-old Atiha Sen Gupta is one of a new generation of writers who are putting the most vexed contemporary issues centre stage.... more

Cops nick Jaime Winstone on night out with Lily Allen

24.09.09
Actress Jaime Winstone was left red-faced early today after being arrested on suspicion of drink-driving... more

Young Londoner wins theatre cash

23.09.09
Young London playwright tackling issues of female Muslim identity shared in a £50,000 fund to encourage creative entrepreneurs... more

Scene change as Hampstead director quits

30.06.09
Anthony Clark announced he is quitting as artistic director of the Hampstead Theatre... more

Best Christmas shows in London

04.12.08
Clive Rowe squeezes into the dame's dress at Hackney Empire, Elton John returns to the O2 and Angelika Kirchschlager hits the high notes in Hansel and Gretel.... more

Hampstead Theatre marks 50 years with mix of old and new

11.11.08
The Hampstead Theatre is celebrating its 50th anniversary by reviving past hits from the likes of Noel Coward and Michael Frayn... more

Opening in London this week

21.10.08
The Dead Weather, Jack White's “other” band, comes to The Forum and Walking in My Mind opens at the Hayward Gallery.... more

Art & design

08.10.08
London has recently underlined its status as the global capital of contemporary art. These are the key players in the world’s most exciting market. ... more

Renaissance at Hampstead Theatre after funding boost

26.06.08
The Hampstead Theatre unveils a raft of new work, thanks to an Arts Council funding boost... more

Dotrice, 84, revives record-breaking one-man show

27.02.08
Roy Dotrice is reviving a one-man play that won him a place in the Guinness Book of Records 40 years ago.... more

Oxo mum picks unsavoury play

07.09.07
Forever the Oxo mum, actress Lynda Bellingham is going for a radical change of image in a play about homosexuality and murder.... more

Hampstead Theatre hosts Giant premiere

10.07.07
The latest play by Antony Sher is one of the highlights of Hampstead Theatre's new season, announced today.... more

Attenborough shaking up Almeida audience

15.05.07
The Islington theatre has always been a magnet for the chattering classes, but director Michael Attenborough is aiming his latest production at a new public.... more

Slapstick star Lee plays it straight

09.01.07
Comedy star Lee Evans has passionately defended straight drama, which is under increasing pressure in the West End.... more

This Glass is half-empty

29.11.06
In The Glass Room, a Holocaust-denying historian gets more than a fair hearing, thinks Nicholas de Jongh. It's provocative, yes, but a little preposterous too.... more

The girl who pulled Rabbit out of her hat

28.11.06
Nina Raine's debut play about young Londoners has won her a coveted Evening Standard theatre award. Here she tells how years of hardship have finally paid off.... more

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