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Reality bites the heart of old Russia in RSC

25.09.09

The RSC�s �Revolutions� programme is a theatrical exploration of Russia and the former Soviet Union.... more

Company gets lost in As You Like It

29.04.09

There should be lots to charm us in As You Like It but at the RSC Courtyard in Stratford too much is strain and struggle.... more

Drag race for the Olivier awards

03.02.09

Drag-queen musical La Cage aux Folles leads the charge at this year's Olivier theatre awards... more

Tennant's Hamlet up for people's awards

05.12.08

David Tennant is up for two awards in the only theatre honours voted for by the public... 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

The Chancellor's dangerous bet

24.11.08

TODAY'S pre-Budget report is the Government's boldest response yet to the recession: a gamble of billions of pounds on tax cuts to kick-start the economy... more

Donmar dominates the London stage at ES Theatre Awards

24.11.08

The Donmar Warehouse, one of the smallest venues in the West End, has stormed the Evening Standard Theatre Awards... more

The 2008 ES Theatre Awards shortlist

24.11.08

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Dr Who joins our theatre awards cast

21.11.08

David Tennant is to join this year's star-studded Evening Standard Theatre Awards... more

Co-stars in contest for best actress at Evening Standard Theatre Awards

07.11.08

Comedy co-stars Penelope Wilton and Margaret Tyzack will go head to head for honours at this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards... more

Heavyweights of the stage battle for best actor prize

04.11.08

Kevin Spacey, Alan Rickman and Kenneth Branagh are in the running for honours in this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards... 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

RSC asks am dram players to join Cultural Olympiad

22.09.08

London's amateur dramatics societies are to be invited to join in a giant Shakespeare festival planned to coincide with the 2012 Olympic Games... more

Where art thou, David? Dr Who's Tennant signs up to play Hamlet

09.06.08

As the Time Lord, he dispatched the Daleks with relative ease. But now David Tennant - who is set to play Hamlet in the West End - faces a more formidable opponent in the shape of Sir Jonathan Miller. ... more

Keep TV stars off West End stage says Miller (just as Dr Who arrives)

09.06.08

Sir Jonathan Miller hits out at the West End's "obsession with celebrity" as Doctor Who star David Tennant prepares to play Hamlet ... more

Henry's crowning glory

08.05.08

Michael Boyd's epic, audacious presentation of Shakespeare's eight history plays is a magnificent achievement. ... more

Cry �God for Hotspur� in this epic marathon

18.04.08

An extraordinary 12-hour performance of Shakespeare�s histories at the Roundhouse was electrified by Lex Shrapnel as Hotspur.... more

Roundhouse turned from rock venue to theatre in 10 days

31.03.08

The Royal Shakespeare Company has transformed the Roundhouse into a fully-functioning theatre in just 10 days... more

Roundhouse turned from rock venue to theatre

31.03.08

Camden rock venue the Roundhouse has undergone a makeover so that it is equipt to stage the Royal Shakespeare Company's eight weeks of history plays.... more

Can the Doctor conquer Hamlet?

04.01.08

Shakespeare has never been more popular, but in the first of three major productions of the Danish tragedy, David Tennant has a fight on his hands.... more

A blueprint for disaster

06.12.07

Anthony Neilson's God in Ruins at the Soho Theatre is shamefully bad, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

The man who remade the RSC

04.12.07

Last week's triumphant openings of King Lear and The Seagull crown five years of hard-won success for artistic director Michael Boyd.... more

The year of my big break

30.11.07

Eight months on, Frances Barber talks of her struggle to overcome a devastating leg injury and her triumphant return to the West End.... more

Sinews left unstiffened

07.11.07

Geoffrey Streatfeild's performance of Henry V isn't quite strong enough to hold everything together. More square bashing is needed before the London transfer. ... more

Long day's journey into England's nightmare

17.08.07

Nicholas de Jongh was left exhausted, but emotionally and mentally exhilarated after watching superb, stylised productions of Richard II and both parts of Henry IV in one day.... more

The RSC comes full circle

27.06.07

The Royal Shakespeare Company is returning to the revamped Roundhouse theatre five years after a disastrous season at the venue... more

Courting controversy

06.02.07

The Royal Court should provoke, says its new director Dominic Cooke in his first interview, and he plans to do just that.... more

Clown needs a touch of terror

24.01.07

Jonathan Slinger's Richard III had been awaited with great expectations, but Nicholas de Jongh was left with a feeling of anti-climax.... more

Stage set for bloody mayhem

14.08.06

Jonathan Slinger stole the limelight as the psychopathic future Richard III who goes about his murderous business with a chilling, charming gusto in Michael Boyd's vigorous revival of the Henry VI Histories.... more