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Johnny English Reborn - review

07.10.11
The plot and the writing are barely adequate, and Johnny English Reborn limps along when Atkinson is not operating at full stretch... more

Rowan's lucky escape as he crashes 240mph supercar on rural road

05.08.11
Blackadder star Rowan Atkinson was lucky to walk away with just a shoulder injury after losing control of his £650,000 McLaren F1 sportscar... more

A moment of hesitation - then Kate flashed her film-star smile

29.04.11
The pecking order was all in the arrival time. First the general guests were seated by ushers. Soon after a brace of Palmer Tomkinsons arrived on 7ins heels, chatting to Rowan Atkinson... more

Stephen Fry runs the risk of overexposing his own genius

22.09.10
Is it possible to have too much Stephen Fry? His return to live comedy clocked in at well over two hours... more

History can be too fast in the making

02.06.10
How long, I wonder, until the David Laws affair gets turned into a three-part BBC historical drama?... more

Diana Vickers proves she has X Factor at theatre awards

15.02.10
X-Factor star Diana Vickers joined the likes of Rachel Weisz and Jude Law to scoop prestigious theatre awards.... more

Movie stars and new writers to battle it out for Olivier Awards

08.02.10
London theatre hailed a new generation of young playwrights today in Olivier Award nominations which also recognise one of the starriest years in West End history... more

Keep going, Liz, you're better now than ever

14.12.09
Reading, yesterday, that there are secret plans for Prince William to take over more and more of his grandmother's official duties, I came over all funny. A manful tear, reader, welled in my eye... more

Rowan Atkinson's classic car trouble

11.12.09
Rowan Atkinson had a 'Mr Bean moment' in central London when the engine to his classic 1952 Jaguar blew up... more

Oliver! dog is hurt in attack

07.05.09
The dog that plays Bullseye in the West End production of Oliver! has been attacked by two Staffordshire bull terriers. The dog, another Staffordshire called Bodger, was being walked by Heather Diggins in Sutton... more

Theatre Royal too hot to handle as audiences walk out

24.04.09
Audiences at one of London's oldest theatres are staging walk-outs and demanding refunds amid claims it is "insufferably hot"... more

Rowan Atkinson is latest star to join West End sick list

03.04.09
Rowan Atkinson has been forced to pull out of the musical Oliver! for three weeks to have immediate surgery... more

Macbeth, Oliver! and now Puccini... theatre director Goold signs up to ENO

02.04.09
Award-winning director Rupert Goold, 36, is to direct Turandot in the English National Opera's next season ... more

Vince, you are a prince of a politician

22.01.09
At the Electric Cinema, where Matthew Freud and Elisabeth Murdoch had invited le tout Notting Hill to watch Barack Obama's inauguration on the big screen, everyone started chattering when the poet came on... more

Oliver! needs more of a twist

15.01.09
What kept the first-nighters teetering on the verge of delighted hysteria throughout the almost £5 million extravaganza that is Oliver!?. ... more

Oh! what a triumph for the TV Nancy

15.01.09
Jodie Prenger, the people's choice for the part of Nancy, was cheered to the rafters at the opening night of Oliver!... more

Hirsutes you, sir - the return of the 'tache

25.11.08
It’s Movember and moustaches are suddenly all the rage with the A-list... more

The Secret Policeman’s Ball: Big but patchy

06.10.08
This year's Secret Policeman’s Ball gave plenty of laughs, if few dizzying heights. ... more

Robin & Rowan celebrate Prince's sixtieth

30.09.08
Comedy giants Rowan Atkinson and Robin Williams will return to the British stage for the first time in more than a decade to celebrate Prince Charles's 60th birthday... more

Robin & Rowan to star in 60th bash for Charles

30.09.08
Comedy giants Rowan Atkinson and Robin Williams are to return to the British stage after long absences for a televised gala to celebrate Prince Charles's 60th birthday. ... more

Streets of gold by the sea

30.07.08
As the Camerons and Browns choose British resorts for their summer holidays, Connie Allfrey seeks out the seaside towns where demand for second homes is still soaring... more

Bond supremo Barbara Broccoli has a licence to cuddle Hugh Grant

18.06.08
When it came to getting up close with Hugh Grant and Daniel Craig yesterday, movie mogul Barbara Broccoli had no competition. She got a hug from heart throb Hugh and a rare smile from 007 himself last night.... more

Rowan Atkinson to star as Fagin in West End

27.03.08
Rowan Atkinson has signed up to star as Fagin in the forthcoming West End stage production of Oliver!.... more

DVDs of the week

28.08.07
Some implausibly attractive scientists bid to relight the sun in Sunshine, and Mr Bean goes on holiday in the DVDs of the week.... more

Critic's choice: Top comedy shows

02.08.07
Edwardian-themed sketches from The Ornate Johnsons, the Camden Fringe and Mock The Week's Andy Parsons are among the top comedy choices.... more

Bean there, got the T-shirt

29.03.07
Mr Bean's Holiday will either have you collapsed in a fit of the giggles throughout or sitting stony-faced in the stalls pondering why you spent the ticket money.... more

Mr Bean's West End walkabout

26.03.07
Accident prone Mr Bean brought his slapstick humour to the West End as his new movie was premiered.... more

Ball keeps on rolling

16.10.06
Star-packed charity shows often present a dilemma to the critic and The Secret Policeman's Ball was no exception. Some of the witless skits really felt like torture, says Bruce Dessau.... more

Have you got the winning script?

22.09.06
Budding comedians are being given the chance to have their sketch performed alongside the likes of Eddie Izzard and Chevy Chase at the return of the Secret Policeman's Ball.... more


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