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Julius Caesar has blood but no guts

27.05.09

Recent events in Westminster should make this a particularly apt time for a run-out for Julius Caesar at the RSC Courtyard.... more

Lost elegance in Private Lives

29.01.09

Private Lives might not seem the most obvious choice for the Hampstead Theatre but is guaranteed to draw a loyal audience.... more

The 2008 ES Theatre Awards shortlist

24.11.08

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Co-stars in contest for best actress at Evening Standard Theatre Awards

07.11.08

Comedy co-stars Penelope Wilton and Margaret Tyzack will go head to head for honours at this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards... more

Heavyweights of the stage battle for best actor prize

04.11.08

Kevin Spacey, Alan Rickman and Kenneth Branagh are in the running for honours in this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards... more

Timon is credit crunch tragedy

07.08.08

Timon of Athens's Globe run is a rare theatrical curio given a gimmicky staging, but with a sterling central performance.... more

Is it a bard? Is it a plane? No, it's Timon at the Globe

06.08.08

These daredevil thespians are part of an original new take on Shakespeare's Timon Of Athens... more

Symbolic eels just slip away

10.07.07

Nell Leyshon's Glass Eels is a mildly preposterous drama of unhappy family relations in rural Somerset, dressed up in lashings of flamboyant symbolism, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

Terrifying deja vu

15.03.07

Lucy Bailey's Don't Look Now is merely eerie compared to the spine-chilling film version, but it does takes time to look deep into the damaged souls of its characters.... more

Very bitter harvest for farm family

23.01.07

Playwright Nell Leyshon has plenty to say in Comfort Me With Apples, but just a little more sweating of the small, factual stuff would greatly increase her play's harvest. ... more

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