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New York salutes Billy Elliot as musical leads British charge with 10 Tony Awards

08.06.09
Billy Elliot was the toast of New York as Sir Elton John's musical picked up 10 Tony Awards, spearheading a triumphant night for British theatre... more

Three Billies in line for a Tony as musical gets 15 nominations

05.05.09
Billy Elliot, the Broadway musical based on the hit British film, has been nominated for 15 Tony Awards — more than any other show... more

Three Billies in line for a Tony as musical gets 15 nominations

05.05.09
Billy Elliot, the Broadway musical based on the hit British film, has been nominated for 15 Tony Awards — more than any other show... more

Queens of New York

20.04.09
It's taken almost four years for Mary Queen of Scots and Queen Elizabeth I to revive their theatrical duel in New York but now they're ruling Broadway... more

Julie calls for more women’s roles on TV

27.02.09
Top performers led by Julie Walters, Simon Callow, Charles Dance and David Soul are calling for more roles for women on television... more

Dr Who joins our theatre awards cast

21.11.08
David Tennant is to join this year's star-studded Evening Standard Theatre Awards... more

Got the time, Herr Ribbentrop?

07.11.08
When Jewish comedy writer Laurence Marks told a watchmender his timepiece had gone kaput, he didn't know how right he was... more

In the end, Dostoevsky, too, saw the need for God

30.09.08
You can accuse the Archbishop of Canterbury of many things but at least he has impeccable taste in literature... more

Revealed: The inspiration for Kenneth Branagh's iconic portrayal of an Iraq war Colonel in a major new TV drama

08.03.08
In 2003, as a reporter for The Mail on Sunday, I joined Colonel Tim Collins as he led our troops to war in Iraq. Kenneth Branagh plays Colonel Tim giving his historic eve-of-battle speech; Washington plays me writing it all down... more

WestEnders with attitude

13.12.07
Chromophobia is always watchable, but as its plot turns unfold, it looks increasingly like a melodrama with a few too many pretensions.... more

A London love story

26.07.07
After 2002's award-winning Lawless Heart, directing duo Tom Hunsinger and Neil Hunter vanished. Now they're back with a very British tale. What took them so long?... more

Another pounding for the US in Iraq

04.05.07
Fallujah, a piece of lengthy documentary theatre, seems more interested in creating anti-Americanism than informing its audience, says Kieron Quirke.... more

Eloquent puppets and the language of love

27.03.07
Gregory Doran has discovered a way of translating an Elizabethan mythic-fantasy into a puppetry form that is accessible, amusing and eloquent, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

Sher puts portraits of stage stars on display

12.02.07
Sir Anthony Sher is one of the greatest living Shakespearean actors, a leading stage director and prolific author but his collection of portraits are less well known. Until now.... more

Bigger stage but smaller impact

16.01.07
Too many of the lovers' frailties have been ironed out in Antony and Cleopatra's move from Stratford-on-Avon to London, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

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