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London Evening Standard Theatre Awards longlist revealed

19.10.11
Here we reveal the longlisted contenders for the 57th Evening Standard Theatre Awards, in association with Vogue... more

The Tempest, St Giles' Cripplegate - review

26.09.11
Too much change spoils the plot of The Tempest and the faintly Middle Eastern air to proceedings gives no sense of a magical isle... more

Star turns light up the Flare Path

14.03.11
Sienna Miller brings to her role just the right mixture of glacial poise and agonized tension in Flare Path... more

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

Witty and touching take on Less Than Kind

24.01.11
Let's hope the rest of the year's Terence Rattigan offerings live up to Less Than Kind... more

Kids go free to best West End Shows for three week run

28.07.10
Kids Week in the West End, when children can go free to the best shows in town, has been extended to run for three weeks from August 13.... more

Video: Waiting For Godot's Roger Rees on London's must see attractions

11.03.10
Born and raised in the Capital, Roger Rees gives us his advice on the best attractions in the Big Smoke...some of which are quite unexpected.... more

Opening this week

25.01.10
The premiere of the Last Station and Abbaworld opens at Earls Court, promising a 'mind-blowing' experience... 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

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

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

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

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

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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