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The Cherry Orchard is just as Chekhov wanted … laughs to lighten pathos

18.05.11
Howard Davies's finely balanced production of The Cherry Orchard brings out the often neglected humour of the writing and features some rollicking comic acting without sacrificing its pathos... more

The smooth guide to Australia

09.09.10
Crocodile Dundee wouldn’t recognise the place these days. It’s even got a woman prime minister. Oscar Humphries offers a new perspective on his native land... more

The White Guard highlights struggles of the revolution

24.03.10
Visually and technically The White Guard is a remarkable production. However, it’s rather confusing, and the storytelling fails to resonate.... more

Stalin’s secret love affair with The White Guard

16.03.10
Mikhail Bulgakov’s play, revived at the National next week, defied the party line on Russia’s civil war. Why did the dictator let it – and him – live?... more

Cate Blanchett suffers head injury during fight scene

03.09.09
Cate Blanchett will be back on stage in Sydney tonight after suffering a head injury during a fight scene, forcing the cancellation of the performance mid-show... more

Shows shut early in the West End

20.10.08
A string of West End shows have issued early closure notices as the credit crunch hits box office sales... more

Riflemind gets on reunion bandwagon

19.09.08
Riflemind aspires to interest us in the question of whether a fictitious, once-famous band will reunite after 20 years untogether. ... more

Philip Seymour Hoffman and his band

18.09.08
Hollywood star and sometime director Philip Seymour Hoffman is in London to stage a play about men with guitars in mid-life crisis.... more

Cate Blanchett brings play to London in artistic swap

15.09.08
Cate Blanchett and Philip Seymour Hoffman are to bring new plays to London... more

Gravity-defying Cate Blanchett wins the award...for best supported bust

28.07.08
Actress Cate Blanchett may need to start sharing her beauty secrets. As the 39-year-old mother of three showed off her gravity-defying cleavage at the after party of an awards show in Sydney last night. ... more

Cate Blanchett and the incredibly lurid Bacofoil dress

21.05.08
Cate Blanchett rarely puts a foot wrong, but clearly even she’s no stranger to the odd red-carpet faux pas as she stepped out in a Bacofoil inspired dress which did her no favours... more

Juliette Lewis shows her wild side as she gropes new mum Cate Blanchett

16.05.08
Actress turned singer Juliette Lewis let her hair down on a crazy night out in Cannes last night - stunning her Hollywood contemporaries by groping new mum Cate Blanchett's breast. The 34-year-old was the centre of attention at the Chopard and Alberta Ferretti party ... more

Cate Blanchett unveils stunning post-baby figure at Cannes FOUR WEEKS after giving birth

15.05.08
She may have been feeling the pressure more than most new mothers to regain her figure after giving birth four weeks ago - but it was worth it as actress Cate Blanchett looked stunning as she graced the red carpet at the opening ceremony at Cannes Film Festival last night. Dressed in a pale peach coloured, ruffled Armani Prive gown, Cate - who celebrated her 39th birthday last night - cut a typically elegant figure at what was her first red carpet event since giving birth to son Ignatius Martin ... more

Cate Blanchett touches down in London with precious cargo - newborn son Ignatius

12.05.08
Almost 24 hours with a newborn baby a long haul flight is enough to leave most mother's frazzled, but Cate Blanchett looked a picture tranquility as she arrived at Heathrow this morning. The star, who has been in Australia since giving birth in Sydney last month, was all smiles made her way through the terminal with baby Ignatius in tow... more

Third time lucky: Cate Blanchett gives birth to her third son... and calls him Ignatius

14.04.08
Oscar-winning Australian actress Cate Blanchett has given birth to her third child in Sydney, a spokesman said. Cate and her playwright husband Andrew Upton added another child to their brood on Sunday, a son named Ignatius Martin Upton, said a spokesman for the Sydney Theatre Company ... more

The angry red brigade

31.05.07
Philistines, Maxim Gorky's first play, is a rousing Russian drama of angry youth on verge of revolution, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more


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