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Style riders: the new breed of cyclists in London

14.09.09

Forget Lycra and fluorescent jackets: there is a new breed of cyclist who cruises along on a Pashley in floaty chiffon and high heels ... more

Rookie Rory McIlroy won't be rushing his Open dream

15.07.09

Rory McIlroy believes a patient approach can make him the youngest winner of an Open championship in the modern era... 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

Love and life in How It Ended

26.02.09

How It Ended, a whimsical exploration of a Second World War romance, is so gently compelling we long for smiles at the conclusion. ... more

Mad to be sane in Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

19.01.09

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, premiered in 1977, poses a vital question for countries where the still small voice of dissent remains stifled.... more

50 ways to have fun in 2009

02.01.09

Priscilla on stage, Blur reunited, Michael Sheen as Brian Clough — we bring you the highlights of London’s arts calendar for the coming months. ... more

Theatre

08.10.08

Big musicals may dominate the West End and box office receipts, but straight drama continues to thrive. These are the key people who make this city the global capital of theatre. ... 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

My affair with Brief Encounter

19.02.08

Director Emma Rice explains how she took Noël Coward's classic weepie off the big screen and into the theatre ... 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

Acting trio to present our theatre awards

23.11.07

Actors Simon Russell Beale, Dame Eileen Atkins and Sophie Okonedo will hand out prizes at the 2007 Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... more

Double winner and TV comic present awards

21.11.07

Stage legend Sir Ian McKellen and TV favourite Meera Syal will be among the presenters at this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... more

Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2007: the shortlist

07.11.07

Billie Piper, Patrick Stewart and Hairspray are some of the names on the shortlist for this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... more

Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2007: the longlist

31.10.07

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. ... 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

Theatre wars - the dead white male hits back

15.05.07

The National's director Nicholas Hytner has attacked London's theatre critics for their alleged misogyny. The Standard's man in the stalls could not disagree more.... more

Put this soulless adaption out of its misery

11.05.07

Adaptors Tom Morris and Emma Rice have torn the heart, soul and magic from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's famous 1946 fantasy film A Matter Of Life And Death.... more

Making a hit of the myths

11.04.07

Carl Heap and Tom Morris's rough-round-the-edges production of St George and the Dragon proved a hit with the kids in the audience, despite lacking a definite plot-line.... more