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Fundamental fun in What Fatima Did

03.11.09
Atiha Sen Gupta's first full-length play - What Fatima Did - is a brave and timely exploration of the faultlines in our multicultural society.... more

Kim Cattrall to return to London stage for Private Lives

23.10.09
Sex And The City star Kim Cattrall is returning to the London stage with Spooks star Matthew Macfadyen. ... more

There's Vikings, Darwin and Six Parties at the National

06.07.09
The National Theatre’s New Connections season fizzes with promise.... more

Little mags, big ideas

11.05.09
A niche journal by Francis Ford Coppola is spearheading a new genre of intelligent reading, says Jenny Wilhide... more

Who won what at Standard Film Awards

03.02.09
Irish martyrdom, Indian poverty, American politics - the judges of the Evening Standard British Film Awards faced difficult choices.... more

The Brothers Bloom is short on substance

28.10.08
Conman caper The Brothers Bloom is larky and arch fun, although not quite as charming or clever as it thinks it is.... more

Unlimited talent in Redbelt

26.09.08
You wouldn't suspect writer-director David Mamet of wanting to make a film about martial arts. But he has with Redbelt.... more

The man with the Midas touch

19.08.08
Michael Grandage has transformed the Donmar into a theatrical powerhouse. Now he explains why he's offering Dench, Law and Branagh in the West End for only a tenner.... more

Moonlight and Magnolias puts wind up Hollywood

10.07.08
Here's a small hurrah for the proper, if not necessarily serious, drama that is Ron Hutchinson's Moonlight and Magnolias.... 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

Spacey attacks BBC over Lloyd Webber shows

31.03.08
Kevin Spacey has criticised the BBC for backing Andrew Lloyd Webber's West End shows at the expense of other British theatre.... more

Spacey attacks BBC over promoting Lloyd Webber shows

31.03.08
Kevin Spacey has attacked the BBC for promoting West End musicals by Andrew Lloyd Webber at the expense of other British theatre... more

Spacey and Goldblum let rip in virtuoso assault

13.02.08
Kevin Spacey and Jeff Goldblum maintain terrific physical momentum in Speed-the-Plow, helping to disguise the play's pretty soft punch.... more

What Jeff loves about London

29.01.08
Jeff Goldblum can't wait to make his British stage debut at the Old Vic. He talks movies, Mamet - and the Wallace Collection.... more

The hottest tickets for the year ahead

04.01.08
From Kylie Minogue and masterpieces of Impressionism to an invasion of Chinese dance companies, the next 12 months will be a treat for London's arts lovers.... more

The making of a great Othello

07.12.07
Chiwetel Ejiofor’s Moor in the Donmar Warehouse’s production has been hailed as one of the best ever. Experiencing a ‘memorable jealousy’ gave him the necessary inspiration.... more

Blackmail, greed, despair ... a tale for our times

15.10.07
Glengarry Glen Ross premiered in 1983, but appears more timely today, when both our main political parties bend over backwards to satisfy very big business, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

Opening night cancelled as actor pulls out

10.10.07
A West End play due to open tonight has been dramatically cancelled after one of the actors pulled out at the last minute.... more

The man who made us love Macbeth

28.09.07
London's most promising theatre director, Rupert Goold, takes a moment to talk about his latest show and future plans.... more

West End prepares for autumn of high drama

28.08.07
Christian Slater, Stockard Channing and Patrick Stewart head a list of big name stars gearing up for a spectacular autumn at the West End.... more

Of all the girly bars, you walk into mine

05.07.07
William H Macy gets down and dirty as a businessman gone bad in a riveting film version of David Mamet's play, Edmond... 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 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

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

Chekhov stripped bare

29.01.07
Hugh Fraser's Uncle Vanya lacks vital sound and lighting effects crucial to Chekhovian atmospherics. The result is flawed but seductive says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

Cattrall convinces in cryptic role

18.10.06
The prime reason for reviving David Mamet's distinctly minor play must be Kim Cattrall's eagerness to appear in it. Her decision to do so seems even stranger than The Cryptogram itself.... more

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