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It's Hamlet vs King Lear on the Oliviers shortlist

07.02.11
Rising star Rory Kinnear will go head-to-head with stage veteran Sir Derek Jacobi at the Olivier Awards... more

Phantom still lacks spirit in Love Never Dies

22.12.10
Since its opening, numerous minor changes have been made to Love Never Dies, and recently some larger ones too. It therefore merits a fresh viewing ... more

Performers dwarfed by extravagant set in La Traviata

13.05.10
La Traviata's sets are exquisite but so immense that they miniaturise the characters, as if we’re watching them through the wrong end of a telescope.... more

Love never dies...it just fades away

10.03.10
Admirers of Phantom are likely to be disappointed with Love Never Dies, and there’s not enough here to entice a new generation of fans, says Henry Hitchings.... more

Alan Bennett is back in the habit with brilliant but flawed play

18.11.09
Alan Bennett's The Habit of Art is funny and sometimes brilliantly so, but strangely uninvolving.... more

The Standard Theatre Awards 2009: Longlist revealed

02.11.09
Our longlist for the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards proves it has been 12 months of critical as well as commercial success.... more

Don Carlo is saved by soaring harmony

16.09.09
The new Don Carlo, Jonas Kaufmann, is not a disappointment: his ringing, ardent tone and rugged good looks win all hearts... more

Overseas demand boosts house prices

30.06.09
A remarkable spring rise in the London property market has pushed prices up almost five per cent since the darkest days of the financial crisis... more

Dame Helen Mirren sets pulse sprinting in Phèdre

12.06.09
Dame Helen Mirren evokes Phèdre's conflicted identity with skittish command. She is a heroic lover, yet also viciously self-lacerating.... more

Don Carlo takes opera to the people

03.07.08
Don Carlo at Covent Garden is the hot opera ticket of the summer - an impassioned production, full of starry names.... more

Passion unlocked in Don Carlo

09.06.08
National Theatre director Nicholas Hytner's staging of Verdi’s Don Carlo at Covent Garden is absorbing and impeccably cast.... more

A night of extraordinary theatre

01.05.08
Vanessa Redgrave is on stage for 90 minutes in a solo portrayal of grief in The Year Of Magical Thinking but the effect is muted.... more

Stuck in a frozen waste

18.04.08
Fram resembles nothing so much as a punishingly pretentious theatre studies project mounted by a student who has overdosed on Brecht, says Fiona Mountford.... more

Poetry takes up pole position

14.04.08
Poet and playwright Tony Harrison's new play, Fram, is a defence of poetry and the word, told through a feat of physical endurance.... more

Be seduced by a superstar

15.01.08
La Traviata was a triumph of operatic spectacle with the superstar of the 21st century, Anna Netrebko, giving an electrifying performance.... more

Tom's magnificent seven Tonys

11.06.07
Tom Stoppard's play has won seven Tony Awards on Broadway for his nine-hour epic The Coast Of Utopia. ... more

Britons up for theatre awards

16.05.07
British artists achieved success across the board in the nominations for the 61st annual Tony awards. British playwright Tom Stoppard received 10 nominations, including Best Play. ... more


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