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The Queen’s secret trip to theatre stuns audience

15.10.09
Queen stuns London theatre audience by slipping in to see a performance unannounced, minus an entourage... more

War Horse wins battle for full houses at National Theatre

22.09.09
Highest attendance figures for seven years helped the National Theatre to a £456,000 surplus, its annual report revealed... more

George Galloway reveals child abuse ordeal

20.07.09
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Children's authors revolt over anti-paedophile database

16.07.09
Some of Britain's top children's authors to stop visiting schools in protest at "preposterous" government plan to make them register on database in case they pose risk to children... more

War Horse gallops ahead with more London shows

24.06.09
Award-winning show War Horse is to extend its West End run after more than £3million of tickets were sold in its first 12 weeks... more

JK isn't a touch on Stevenson's classic

29.04.09
Forget Hogwarts, old children's tales are the best read. So say Children's Laureates Quentin Blake, Anne Fine, Michael Morpurgo, Jacqueline Wilson and Michael Rosen... more

Can’t talk – I’ve got 80 books to judge

07.04.09
Judging a books prize is like the biggest essay crisis you have ever had. For the past three months I have spent every spare waking hour with my nose in a novel, trying to choose between 80 competing for the £10,000 Orange Award for New Writers. The winner will be announced at the same ceremony as the main Orange Prize in June.... more

War Horse is a National winner

06.04.09
War Horse canters into town with the confidence of a natural-born winner in this superb production by Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris. ... more

Morpurgo's acting dream comes true in War Horse

18.03.09
Writer Michael Morpurgo makes his acting debut tonight in the hit play of his book War Horse... more

Sublime music in The Mozart Question

05.03.09
The Mozart Question is almost fable‑like in its brevity — we'd be happy for more than its 50 minutes.... more

Richard E Grant brings Carnage to Richmond

30.12.08
Richard E Grant, Juliet Stevenson and Antony Sher are among the stars of the new season at Richmond Theatre... more

Children's hit drama War Horse charges into West End

18.12.08
The National Theatre's award-winning production of War Horse is transferring to the West End... more

Cautionary tale of Thames whale

15.12.08
The tragic story of the whale that captivated the nation when it swam up the Thames has been immortalised in a book by Michael Morpurgo... more

Real hero back in War Horse

18.09.08
Nick Stafford's War Horse, an adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's book about a Devon farm horse amid the horrors of the First World War, makes a welcome return. ... more

So where do we go from here?

18.09.08
In this most extraordinary of weeks on the financial markets, every day brings a yet-more-staggering development... more

Mirren returns to the National in Phèdre title role

17.09.08
Dame Helen Mirren will return to the National Theatre to appear as a woman in love with her stepson... more

Authors slam education plans for under-fives

24.07.08
Government plans for children as young as four to be taught to write in sentences and use punctuation were attacked by a group of leading authors and educationists... 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

Horsepower for techno teens

29.11.07
Critics are calling War Horse one of the most enjoyable night's of their lives, and Gemma Hodges agrees. "It's wicked" says the 13-year-old.... more

Tears and joy as puppet pulls at heartstrings

18.10.07
War Horse is a fine, lyrical, emotionally charged piece of theatrical work that evokes a vanished, hierarchic England at war, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

Lost in shattered dreams

22.05.07
Billy the Kid is play about football and friendship down the years which could actually have done with going into extra time, thinks Fiona Mountford.... more

All booked-up at the South Bank Centre

14.02.07
Writers, illustrators, poets and performers are all gathering for the annual Children's Literature Festival this weekend.... more

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