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Pixie Lott parties with Sir Ian McKellen at Variety Club Awards

16.11.09
Video: Sir Ian McKellen and Pixie Lott celebrated at the Variety Club’s ceremony at Grosvenor House.... more

Spacey meets Darwin at Old Vic as clash over evolution hits the stage

05.06.09
Kevin Spacey will return to the Old Vic stage this autumn to star in Inherit The Wind, a drama inspired by a courtroom clash over the ideas of Charles Darwin... more

Tom Stoppard: My passion

01.06.09
As Arcadia is revived in the West End and his translation of The Cherry Orchard opens at the Old Vic, the playwright lets down his guard.... more

Enjoy lively times in the The Windmill Tavern

24.04.09
The Windmill Tavern is a pretty standard sort of pub in these parts - a lively, popular spot on a busy strip of road that abounds in pubs, restaurants and bars... more

American boy makes good

18.03.09
I think I owe Kevin Spacey a belated apology... more

Ayckbourn trilogy to conquer the US

03.02.09
Alan Ayckbourn's comic trilogy The Norman Conquests is to transfer to Broadway directly following its critically acclaimed run in London... more

Perfect panto’s here, in town: oh no it isn’t

16.12.08
How do you like your panto? The posh-non posh divide is never greater than in the season of principal boys and pneumatic dames... more

A winning year for leading lights of the London stage

25.11.08
A 100-year History Cycle and an Othello reinvented, a vivacious newcomer and a brace of best actresses — our judges explain why they chose the winners of the 2008 Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... more

Kevin Spacey speaks of pride at turning round the Old Vic

24.11.08
Kevin Spacey spoke with pride about his success in transforming the Old Vic as the Evening Standard celebrated the best of London theatre... more

Hartnett is main man in Old Vic's 24 Hour Plays

11.11.08
Josh Hartnett, Martin Freeman, Dervla Kirwan and Jessica Hynes are four of the stars who will take part in this year's 24 Hour Plays Celebrity Gala at the Old Vic... more

Provocative play to spearhead new season at Old Vic

22.10.08
A provocative play about a journalist accused of espionage in the war on terror is to spearhead the new season at the Old Vic... more

Stars of stage sculpt artistic drama

13.10.08
Stars of the visual arts and theatre have united for the British premiere of a short play at the Old Vic in which sculptures were brought to life ... more

How I laugh at the bad old Seventies

09.10.08
Revisiting your Seventies childhood is never rewarding. The frizzy perm, National Health glasses, the terrible moment when, aged 11, I realised that my mother had made up my school dress using a maternity sewing pattern (we were so poor, I had to wear it all summer with one of those ghastly elasticated nurse's belts). Just don't get me started... more

Old Vic gets round to staging Ayckbourn at last

25.09.08
It is London's oldest theatre as you have never seen it before, transformed for a production not staged in the city for a generation... more

Ayckbourn hits revived at Old Vic

15.05.08
The Old Vic is to be transformed into a theatre in the round to stage Alan Ayckbourn's comic trilogy, The Norman Conquests... more

Local heroes take to the stage

01.05.08
Kevin Spacey is throwing open the doors of the Old Vic for three days to host Branded; a community play with a difference.... more

Future stars test their skill in Old Vic's 24-hour plays

26.03.08
Fifty stars of the future get the chance to perform at the Old Vic this weekend in seven new plays they have to create in under a day... more

Hairspray sweeps the board at Laurence Olivier Awards

10.03.08
West End musical Hairspray has swept the board at the Laurence Olivier Awards, scooping four of the prestigious accolades. Its star, Leanne Jones, was named best actress in a musical for her role as teenager Tracy Turnblad... more

Magic beans needed for Barbican's Jack

07.12.07
The writer's influence is far too prominent in this production of Jack and the Beanstalk, proving yet again that formulaic entertainment is best left to those practised in the formulas.... more

The Queen of the Old Vic

30.10.07
It'll be all right on the night, says Kate Pakenham, mastermind of the Old Vic's 24-hour play madness.... more

Stars join 'madness' of 24-Hour Plays gala

24.10.07
A cast including Christian Slater, Ronni Ancona, Rob Brydon, and Fiona Shaw are to take up the challenge of creating and presenting six plays in 24 hours to raise money for the Old Vic.... more

Friendly back street pub

10.09.07
Stage Door is a lively, friendly back street pub, a stones throw from Waterloo tube station and appropriately tucked around the back of the Old Vic theatre.... more

Old Vic's saviour Honest Ed dies at 92

12.07.07
Ed Mirvish, the flamboyant Canadian businessman who saved the Old Vic theatre, has died aged 92.... more

Starring role for Diana Rigg

22.06.07
Dame Diana Rigg is to star in the stage version of the Pedro Almodovar film All About My Mother. The play has its premiere at the Old Vic later this year.... more

Spacey loves it at the Old Vic

21.06.07
Old Vic director Kevin Spacey is looking ahead to a starry new season as he tackles the renovation of the historic theatre.... more

Spacey back in Mamet

31.05.07
Old Vic supremo Kevin Spacey will return in Mamet's Speed-the-Plow. And he will not be taking a break from the theatre to do films.... more

Spacey stages Mamet return

31.05.07
Old Vic supremo Kevin Spacey will return in Mamet's Speed-the-Plow. And this year he will not be taking a break from the theatre to do films.... more

Spacey back in Mamet

31.05.07
Old Vic supremo Kevin Spacey will return in Mamet's Speed-the-Plow. And he will not be taking a break from the theatre to do films, Spacey says.... more

Elton outbid for Superman role

22.11.06
Sir Elton John bid £40,000 for a walk-on part in the next Superman movie today - but was beaten to it by retail boss Sir Philip Green.... more

Stars pay £2,500 each to help the Old Vic

17.11.06
Guests including Elle Macpherson, Jeremy Irons and Robert Lindsay will pay £2,500 each for lobster and roast beef at a charity meal for the cash-strapped Old Vic.... more

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