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Friel-good factor as Anna sparkles in £2.4million jewellery

20.11.09
Actress Anna Friel sparkled in diamond jewellery worth £2.4 million as she switched on the Bond Street Christmas lights. ... more

Theatre guide reveals best and worst seats in West End

12.11.09
It might not be of help if a 7ft boxer sits in front of you. But a new theatre guide offers hints on booking the best and avoiding the worst seats in the West End... 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

London's most haunted venues

20.10.09
From sinister squares to pubs with poltergeists, we discover where you should hunt for a ghoul or a ghost this Halloween.... more

Theatre director has kittens over Tiffany’s felines

23.09.09
When theatre director Sean Mathias embarked on bringing Breakfast at Tiffany’s to the stage there were two crucial questions... more

The play's the thing, as theatres rediscover drama this autumn

16.09.09
Londoners are being invited to make the play the thing this autumn as a cavalcade of stars prepares to tread the boards... more

Arts festival will bring Martin Scorsese to London

20.05.09
London is to host a giant philanthropic arts festival with Martin Scorsese, Youssou N’Dour and African Nobel Prize-winning writer Wole Soyinka.... more

Anna Friel is new star of West End Breakfast at Tiffany’s show

15.05.09
Anna Friel is to take the role of Holly Golightly in a West End stage version of Breakfast at Tiffany’s. ... more

What to see over Easter

09.04.09
We pick the top five exhibitions, films, shows and egg hunts in London for the Easter weekend.... more

Ignore the Puritans - mother knows best

02.04.09
Pity the pregnant woman who has the audacity to contemplate a second drink. Caroline Williams, 26, five months pregnant, was thrown out of The Cricketer in Hove for taking a sip from a friend's glass... more

Arrgh! What's this? Long John Silver with no stump

13.11.08
Keith Allen makes his West End stage debut next week as Long John Silver... 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

McKellen to make Beckett debut at 70

31.10.08
Sir Ian McKellen will celebrate his 70th birthday by partnering Patrick Stewart in Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot... 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

Legends of rock perform with sons for human rights

04.06.08
Roger Waters and Patti Smith will perform with their sons in an evening of entertainment in aid of Human Rights Watch... more

It's hilarious ... until you see the show

23.05.08
Theatre owners who use misleading quotations from critics to promote plays and musicals risk up to two years in prison from next week... more

Marguerite's man

20.05.08
How novel to star in a new musical that is neither a TV vehicle or from America, says Marguerite actor Julian Ovenden.... more

An emotional ride

18.04.08
Flavio begins in comic mode, swings to darkness as the plot gets more tangled then is saved by a swift happy ending.... more

Thorne returns to comic play after 40 years

20.12.07
Angela Thorne is to star in the comedy Ring Round The Moon, 40 years after she appeared in the last West End production of the show.... more

Acting trio to present our theatre awards

23.11.07
Actors Simon Russell Beale, Dame Eileen Atkins and Sophie Okonedo will hand out prizes at the 2007 Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... more

Restoring his humour

02.10.07
Actor Toby Stephens says he loves taking on a lighter role than usual for the upcoming revival of Restoration comedy The Country Wife.... more

West End prepares for autumn of high drama

28.08.07
Christian Slater, Stockard Channing and Patrick Stewart head a list of big name stars gearing up for a spectacular autumn at the West End.... more

Royal takes on Old Vic with in-house company

09.07.07
The Theatre Royal Haymarket is re-launching itself as a West End rival to Kevin Spacey's Old Vic, establishing an in-house company to produce full seasons.... more

Unholy row as play to be hit by smoking ban

26.06.07
The Last Confession, which stars David Suchet, looks set to be the first play in London to be affected by the smoking ban... more

Suchet's act of faith

19.06.07
A thriller based on the death of Pope John Paul I could become the West End's least likely hit. The story will continue to fascinate, says its star David Suchet... more

Death at the Vatican

13.06.07
David Suchet is to play Pope John Paul I in The Last Confession at the Theatre Royal, a play examining the mysterious death of the liberal Pontiff.... more

I'm very scared of being back on stage

02.03.07
Maggie Smith returns to the West End in an Edward Albee play that hasn't been revived since its disastrous Broadway premiere. After five decades of acting, the fear, she says, is just as bad.... more

Plays fight back against musicals

06.12.06
A string of high-profile plays has been planned for next year to take on the likes of musicals such as The Sound Of Music and Spamalot.... more

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