The star power that made the original so good - Dudley Moore in the title role and John Gielgud as his butler - can't be matched by Brand's cheeky Essexboy act and Helen Mirren's unfunny lines... more
The director of Dame Helen Mirren's latest film has revealed her tea-making is far from regal - after the Oscar-winner brewed up in a microwave... more
Nicky Haslam has been to more parties than anyone and knows how to make an evening fizz: start planning three months ahead; decorate the ceiling; invite Paris Hilton; and never, ever engage the host in conversation... more
Actor Rupert Evans may have chiselled cheekbones and a nice line in noblemen, but in reality he is charmingly guileless and just a little bit accident-prone. Hermione Eyre meets
a lovely luvvie... more
As he makes his exit after almost 18 years at the Standard, our theatre critic calls for the London stage to be given the bright future it so richly deserves... more
Priscilla on stage, Blur reunited, Michael Sheen as Brian Clough — we bring you the highlights of London’s arts calendar for the coming months.
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The Great Gambon (as Ralph Richardson dubbed him) returns to Pinter in a new production of No Man’s Land directed by the wünderkind Rupert Goold, whose interpretation of Macbeth with Patrick Stewart proved such a hit.... more
It was banned in the 1970s for its graphic scenes of incest and real sex, but now controversial Roman epic Caligula is set to go on sale in the high street.... more
Evening Standard art critic Brian Sewell has questioned the point of the National Portrait Gallery. Here its director Sandy Nairne fights back.... more
Joe Allen - a New York-style bar cum dining room tucked away in Covent Garden - doesn't take its clientele or its nosh too seriously. It's a place to feast on the ambience rather than the food. ... more
Using the arrest of John Gielgud as the pivot of his play, Nicholas de Jongh gives himself the opportunity for wit that ranges from polished Wildean repartee to vulgarities worthy of Kenneth Williams.... more
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
After mutiny and malaria on the set of The Last King of Scotland, producer and former heroin addict Lisa Bryer reveals how she struggled through illness to make the film she believed in.... more
Bar news: When it comes to getting into London's exclusive party nights, saying "don't you know who I am?" doesn't cut much ice these days. Instead, you need to know the fixers: Lucy Mayhew meets the people who matter.... more
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