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The Standard Theatre Awards 2009: Longlist revealed

2009-11-02T10:25:45Z

Our longlist for the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards proves it has been 12 months of critical as well as commercial success.

Unions are livid at Tory pay freeze

2009-10-08T05:55:17Z

Union leaders are furious about Tory plans to impose a pay freeze on public sector workers to help cut the UK�s Everest-style debt mountain

Guided tour of financial crash in The Power of Yes

2009-10-06T23:00:00Z

A National Theatre should tackle national issues, and that is certainly what David Hare's new play - The Power of Yes - does.

Whitehall cuts are so bad for adland

2009-10-06T05:43:43Z

Nervousness in adland as agencies digest the thought that the next government will cut its huge advertising budget

The House of Special Purposes lacks sense of impending peril

2009-07-05T23:00:00Z

We all know what happened to the Romanov family but that doesn�t mean there isn�t a fine drama to be made out of the months of their imprisonment.

Getting the books in order is our biggest challenge

2009-06-18T07:59:25Z

According to Sir Howard Davies, the first chairman of the FSA, speaking yesterday on Radio 4, research in the United States has established a link between the trust that business and investors have in the regulatory system and their willingness to invest.

MPs should try grilling Bank�s rate-setters

2009-04-21T10:36:51Z

Stalin casts shadow in Burnt By The Sun

2009-03-04T00:00:00Z

Howard Davies's production of Burnt by the Sun makes it feel for the first few moments as if we remain in Chekhov country.

Now, come on, Mandy, let�s be honest...

2009-02-03T10:22:38Z

Lots of 'downsides' to come, warns Darling

2009-01-29T09:37:01Z

A bleak warning of serious economic "downsides" ahead was given by the Chancellor

Economists cast doubt on early recovery from slump

2009-01-02T09:42:23Z

Senior economists warned that Alistair Darling's hopes of an early recovery may be optimistic

High hopes dashed in Gethsemane

2008-11-12T00:00:00Z

The melodramatics of the action in Gethsemane are not well suited to a play intent upon lamenting the decline and fall of Labour.

Pressure builds for Bank Rate to be cut by a point

2008-10-27T09:12:06Z

Credit crisis: Bank of England urged to slash interest rates by a full percentage point as central bankers around the world face mounting pressure to tackle the global recession

Ex-bank chief issues warning on spending

2008-10-27T14:20:45Z

Former Bank of England deputy governor Sir Howard Davies said a big government spending splurge could be "dangerous" for the economy

Lesbian love amongst suffragettes in Her Naked Skin

2008-07-31T23:00:00Z

Her Naked Skin highlights the problems of discovering yourself a sexual outsider in middle-age and of crossing the classdivide.

Ministers need help, not the Bank

2008-06-09T11:17:47Z

City people who are likely to be Bank of England advisers are the problem - not the solution

Explosive British Energy issues

2008-05-30T12:30:50Z

The Government's move to sell its 30% stake in the nuclear electricity generator British Energy has a calm about it that could be deceptive

Don't punish us at polls for tough times says Brown

2008-05-01T08:45:48Z

Embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown issued a last-minute plea to voters not to punish Labour in the local and London mayoral polls

A good look at politics

2008-03-27T00:00:00Z

Jeremy Irons is excellent in Never So Good - a thrilling portrait of a brave, haunted Harold Macmillan, says Nicholas de Jongh.

Irons to make his National debut as former PM

2008-01-16T12:31:24Z

Jeremy Irons is to make his National Theatre debut in a new play on the life of prime minister Harold Macmillan.

Coward�s slight masterpiece

2008-01-09T00:00:00Z

The critics slaughtered Present Laughter when it opened, but Liz Hoggard found her night at the No�l Coward comedy one of the frothiest, most entertaining of the year.

Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2007: the longlist

2007-10-31T10:50:28Z

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.

Matinee idle

2007-10-02T23:00:00Z

There is some comic pleasure in No�l Coward's Present Laughter, but this old commercial warhorse of a play could use updating.

The angry red brigade

2007-05-30T23:00:00Z

Philistines, Maxim Gorky's first play, is a rousing Russian drama of angry youth on verge of revolution, says Nicholas de Jongh.

A tale of anguish and longing

2006-09-26T23:00:00Z

The rarely revived A Moon for the Misbegotten tugs pliable heart-strings, but I doubt that Eugene O'Neill's work will be much of a crowd-puller, says Nicholas de Jongh, despite the presence of Kevin Spacey.

Critic's Choice: Top Five Plays

2006-09-04T10:37:40Z

Nicholas de Jongh picks out five of the best theatrical productions currently onstage in the West End, from the highly entertaining The 39 Steps, to the superb Frost/Nixon.