http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-2879-mackenzie-crook/topic-rss.do Mackenzie Crook RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23756370-the-reinvention-of-mark-rylance.do Following his mighty performance in Jerusalem, Mark Rylance tries playing Beckett in the West End. 2009-10-14T08:43:01Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23734667-a-good-day-at-the-office-a-fun-night-at-the-opera.do 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 2009-08-19T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23720284-jerusalem-gives-up-an-amoral-hero.do 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. 2009-07-15T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23570006-city-of-ember-is-best-left-beneath-earth.do For all the rich production values and well-known cast, City of Ember falters because of both a very ordinary screenplay and dramatic detail. 2008-10-08T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23563180-funnier-sadder-braver-ny-loves-kristins-seagull.do 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 2008-10-03T07:52:41Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23479703-three-and-outs-biggest-crime-its-dreadful.do 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. 2008-04-21T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23479681-drivers-try-to-derail-premiere.do Film stars dodged angry Tube drivers at the premiere of a film about suicides on the Underground 2008-04-22T08:22:10Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23478901-drivers-union-to-picket-premiere-of-film-comedy-about-suicides-on-tube.do Angry Tube drivers will picket the West End premiere of a film which makes a comedy out of suicide 2008-04-17T09:00:07Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23465888-tfl-bosses-attacked-for-giving-go-ahead-to-tube-suicide-film.do 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 2008-03-27T09:25:19Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23450389-from-wee-scottish-lassie-to-la-star---the-rise-of-ashley-jensen-with-a-bit-of-help-from-ricky-gervais.do 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.' 2008-03-07T17:29:51Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23429766-big-in-2008.do From pop to classical music to contemporary art, our critics name the young stars who will make their mark in the coming year. 2007-12-28T08:54:31Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/article-23429088-rising-starlet-is-top-of-the-class-at-st-trinians.do Six months after drama school, St Trinian's star Gemma Arterton is set to be a Bond girl and is being compared to Keira Knightley. 2007-12-21T11:52:16Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23422246-double-winner-and-tv-comic-present-awards.do Stage legend Sir Ian McKellen and TV favourite Meera Syal will be among the presenters at this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards. 2007-11-21T10:15:16Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23418936-evening-standard-theatre-awards-2007-the-longlist.do 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. 2007-10-31T10:50:28Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23383606-how-mackenzie-stole-the-show.do 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. 2007-01-30T10:39:52Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23383119-beautiful-soaring-seagull-is-a-five-star-swansong.do 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. 2007-01-26T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23375368-kristin-will-hand-out-coveted-theatre-award.do Kristin Scott Thomas will present the statuette for best actor at the 52nd Evening Standard Theatre Awards at the Savoy Hotel on Monday. 2006-11-22T14:48:07Z