South West Four
Big-name DJs abound at this lively bank holiday weekender, with old favourites John Digweed, Pete Tong and Josh Wink on the bill... more
When I walk the streets I pass innumerable dangerous dogs, many of them detached from owners who view their snarling darlings rather as a child might observe the manoeuvrings of someone else’s radio-controlled car... more
The value of principles is being tested to destruction at the moment. For the 171 undersigned who wrote to The Guardian’s letters page yesterday, righteous anger with BP is worth the collapse of Tate Britain.... more
Lesley Manville is about to return to the Old Vic stage and she has another Mike Leigh film on the horizon. At last, she says, she is beginning to get the hang of the acting game... more
There could be a trend developing. Here, the Royal Bank of Scotland board is threatening to quit if the Government blocks the bank's bonus awards (rumours swept the market yesterday that they had indeed resigned, but these later proved to be false)... more
Bliss attempts to put trashy magazines titles and their readers in the spotlight. However, it resembles an overworked exercise on a creative writing course.... more
Anne-Marie Duff claims she was 'the runt of the year' at drama school - but now she has picked up the Evening Standard Best Actress prize for her astonishing portrayal of Saint Joan.... more
Polly Stenham's first play, That Face, caused a sensation at the Royal Court. Now, two years after leaving school, she is nominated for the Charles Wintour Most Promising Playwright Award.... more
Lesley Manville is taking on the lead role in a stage adaptation of Pedro Almodovar's All About My Mother - alongside transsexual prostitutes, lesbian divas and a pregnant nun.... more
Riding high in her career, celebrated theatre director Thea Sharrock tells Siobhan Murphy why she is restaging an uncompromising play on one of London's biggest stages.... more
Menopause The Musical has been performed in 110 cities in front of 8.7 million people, but Bruce Dessau didn't find much to laugh at when the show opened in London.... more
Tamsin Greig delivers winning shots in Much Ado About Nothing, Coram Boy offers a Christmas Carol-type uplift and it's the last chance to see Caryl Churchill's flight into theatrical fantasy.... more
Caryl Churchill's latest play, Drunk Enough To Say I Love You?, is both a critique of US foreign policy and an astonishing piece of theatre, thinks Nicholas de Jongh.... more
Theatre interview: James Macdonald is best known for directing new plays by playwrights at the more radical, experimental end of the spectrum. He explains to Claire Allfree why he's tackling a rare James Joyce play about infidelity.... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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