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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

Mark Rylance is a masterclass in Hamm acting in Endgame

16.10.09

Amid Endgame's remorseless asperity there’s poetry — given brilliant expression by director Simon McBurney.... more

The reinvention of Mark Rylance

14.10.09

Following his mighty performance in Jerusalem, Mark Rylance tries playing Beckett in the West End.... more

I’m proud to be a son of the suburbs

30.09.09

Among the delights of the London Transport Museum's forthcoming Suburbia exhibition is a 1930s poster suggesting a journey to the northern reaches of the Piccadilly line. Why? ... more

Jerusalem gives up an amoral hero

16.07.09

In Jez Butterworth's energetic new play, Jerusalem, William Blake's vision of “England’s green and pleasant land” is transmuted into a fiesta of misrule. ... more

Shakespeare did not write his own plays, claims Sir Derek Jacobi

23.04.09

Two leading Shakespearean actors have joined the doubters who believe the bard did not write the plays... more

Cold winds of recession blow along Broadway

06.02.09

New York's theatre district is struggling as the city is hit by turmoil on Wall Street, with the curtain coming down on 14 shows since Christmas, including the Monty Python show Spamalot... 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

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

Juliet finally follows her father into Shakespeare

23.07.08

The daughter of actor Mark Rylance is following in his footsteps with her own theatre company presenting Shakespeare... more

So macho...Harry Potter's all grown-up with stubble on his face

16.06.08

His boyish charms as the world’s most famous wizard have won him legions of female admirers, but Daniel Radcliffe’s seems keen to ditch those youthful looks and adopt a more manly appearance.... more

Twisted sisters

06.03.08

Two sisters vie for King Henry VIII's favour in The Other Boleyn Girl, an adaptation that's long on pageantry but short on psychology.... more

Hairspray collects record award nominations

07.02.08

West End hit Hairspray has received a record 11 nominations at the Laurence Olivier Awards.... more

Can the Doctor conquer Hamlet?

04.01.08

Shakespeare has never been more popular, but in the first of three major productions of the Danish tragedy, David Tennant has a fight on his hands.... more

Life's still sweet for Jane

11.12.07

Versatile stage and screen actress Jane Horrocks talks about her role in Alan Ayckbourn's seasonal farce Absurd Person Singular.... more

Acting trio to present our theatre awards

23.11.07

Actors Simon Russell Beale, Dame Eileen Atkins and Sophie Okonedo will hand out prizes at the 2007 Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... more

Double winner and TV comic present awards

21.11.07

Stage legend Sir Ian McKellen and TV favourite Meera Syal will be among the presenters at this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... more

Joan of Arc fights Billie

07.11.07

Anne-Marie Duff is shortlisted in the Evening Standard Theatre Awards for her impassioned Joan of Arc against Billie Piper's stage debut in Treats.... more

Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2007: the shortlist

07.11.07

Billie Piper, Patrick Stewart and Hairspray are some of the names on the shortlist for this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... more

Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2007: the longlist

31.10.07

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. ... more

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

So whodunit, Will?

03.09.07

I Am Shakespeare is the best acted, funniest and least patronising bit of Theatre in Education you'll ever see, says Kieron Quirke.... more

Who would want to work with hobbits?

18.05.07

Director Matthew Warchus is juggling a Ł12.5m budget, a cast of 50 and the biggest show the West End has seen. The Lord of the Rings just has to work on stage, he says.... more

Badly in need of restoration

23.02.07

"If there have been less amusing classic comedy revivals since the Eighties I have luckily missed them" - Nicholas de Jongh's damning verdict on The Soldiers' Fortune.... more

Plenty of airsmiles as Boeing takes comic flight

16.02.07

Boeing Boeing is a traditional French farce based on bad-luck and unreliable aircraft. Nicholas de Jongh could not remember a West End evening of such sheer, silly, comic pleasure.... more