Ironclad has a bit of sensible acting between the blood-letting, when the screenplay allows with stars James Purefoy, Brian Cox and Derek Jacobi... more
Kristin Scott Thomas, named Best Actress at the Evening Standard British Film Awards, reveals why she stripped off for the camera at 50 - and why she does her best work in France
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Mackenzie Crook was seen by millions in The Office and Pirates of the Caribbean but will be performing in front of a much smaller audience in his next role... more
The Office: The Opera started out as a joke when composer, Anne Chmelewsky, decided to turn the saga of Wernham Hogg into an opera as a way to "take the piss" out of the stuffy classical music course she was taking... more
In Jez Butterworth's energetic new play, Jerusalem, William Blake's vision of “England’s green and pleasant land” is transmuted into a fiesta of misrule. ... more
Kristin Scott Thomas made her Broadway debut in Chekhov's The Seagull with an opening night performance that left American critics taking off on a flight of flattery... more
Causing a whirl of controversy, Three and Out has been branded offensive and insensitive. In short, it is a very bad British film, says Liz Hoggard.... more
Tube bosses were accused of insensitivity after taking money for a new film in which a driver searches for a suicide victim to jump under his train... more
When Ashley Jensen was a teenager, growing up in the little Scottish town of Annan, she wore Doc Martens, long flowing skirts and carried a kettle for a handbag. The arty look, she says, was all part of her determination to become an actress. 'All the locals called me Dame Flora Robson,' she recalls. 'I didn't mind - it meant they'd got the message that I was going to make it, no matter what.'
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A dazzling year of performances on the London stage will be honoured at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2007. Here, for the first time, is the longlist.
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No one expected Gareth from The Office to act everyone off the stage in Chekhov. But that's just what he did at the Royal Court where The Seagull opened last week.... more
This enthralling version of The Seagull offers a series of shocks for traditional Chekhov lovers and Mackenzie Crook's transition from TV comedian to serious actor is amazing.... 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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