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Hermione Norris and Robert Bathurst have chemistry in Blithe Spirit

10.03.11
Blithe Spirit reunites Hermione Norris and Robert Bathurst, once the unhappily married Marsdens in ITV's Cold Feet series... more

Sir Cameron Mackintosh picks up a profit or two

10.01.11
Theatre group run by impresario behind Oliver! has defied Britain's economic gloom to increase its profits by 70 per cent... more

Les Miserables is given new life

24.09.10
Returning to the Barbican for its 25th anniversary, a revitalised Les Mis confirms its status as an all-time classic... more

Turbulent fusion of passion and mischief in Design for Living

16.09.10
Banned Coward comedy returns in triumph with a brilliant cast... more

Perfume history is ever fragrant

08.09.10
Women who love to smell special should hot foot it to an exhibition at Harrods on the history of perfume, says Melanie McDonagh... more

Kevin Spacey aims for a classic season at Old Vic

12.07.10
Kevin Spacey has unveiled a new programme of classic plays for The Old Vic for his seventh season as artistic director... more

A Night Out in London: Bloomsbury

21.04.10
Enron is one of the West End's must see shows. So, when paying a visit to the production, why not make a night of it?... more

Kim Cattrall dazzles in a tour de nuclear force of bickering in Private Lives

04.03.10
Although it begins on an unexpectedly passive note, Private Lives is a satisfying and intelligently conceived production.... 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

Nicky Haslam: lord of the dance

06.11.09
Nicky Haslam has been to more parties than anyone and knows how to make an evening fizz: start planning three months ahead; decorate the ceiling; invite Paris Hilton; and never, ever engage the host in conversation... more

Kelly Brook looks pleased with Calendar debut

04.11.09
Kelly Brook looks delighted after her debut in the play Calendar Girls — in which she appears nude, her modesty protected by a couple of iced buns.... more

Telling tales with John Standing

08.05.09
It's odd to find an Englishman in Jeff Harnar's American Songbook in London series but John Standing is no ordinary Englishman.... more

Hampstead Theatre marks 50 years with mix of old and new

11.11.08
The Hampstead Theatre is celebrating its 50th anniversary by reviving past hits from the likes of Noel Coward and Michael Frayn... more

Unbelievable Coward in Easy Virtue

06.11.08
Easy Virtue purports to be about the fading aristo lifestyle after the First World War and the injection into it of American flash.... more

Eat well at Dinings

13.10.08
Dinings has that intangible 'something' at the heart of every successful restaurant.It is definitely worth a visit. ... more

When fraud becomes just another fun word game

29.07.08
We all love a good literary hoax. With literary (as opposed to commercial) fraud, there seems less at stake. No lives are lost, no crime is committed. Better still, it is usually a con aimed at the pretentious arts establishment... more

An Encounter worth extending

23.04.08
Brief Encounter provides an evening of wry, affectionate, inventive and moving theatrical exuberance, performed by a talented cast.... more

Cafe Royal to be given a six-star makeover in £90m hotel deal

14.04.08
The historic Cafe Royal is to be transformed into a "six star" hotel after the Regent Street building changed hands in a £90 million deal... more

Riveting Felicity draws us into the Vortex

27.02.08
Peter Hall's production of The Vortex catches Noel Coward's comedy but not enough of his underlying seriousness.... more

My affair with Brief Encounter

19.02.08
Director Emma Rice explains how she took Noël Coward's classic weepie off the big screen and into the theatre ... more

Close Encounter with exquisite but doomed affair

18.02.08
Adapted for the stage, Noel Coward's classic Brief Encounter eloquently catches the repressed, self-destructive aspect of mid-Forties, middle England sexuality.... more

Coward at his languid best

12.02.08
A small, excellently choreographed show which will thrill every dedicated Noel Coward fan and be a revelation to newcomers.... more

What to do this Valentine's Day

31.01.08
From riding the London Eye to dinner at Kew Gardens and cheering on a dog at Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium, we take at look at the activities on offer this Valentine's Day.... more

Brief Encounter returns to its West End roots

09.01.08
Brief Encounter has come full circle as a theatrical version by the Kneehigh Theatre Company opens at Haymarket's Cineworld.... more

Jazz pianist treats his audience

13.12.07
Dominic Alldis is an engaging Brit who reveres the Great American Songbook but refuses to sing it in a New York accent.... more

Schlocky titillation

26.10.07
Terror 2007 is grubby little evening of cheap, schlocky titillation. Quite who would be enticed to see it is beyond critic Fiona Mountford.... more

Matinee idle

03.10.07
There is some comic pleasure in Noël Coward's Present Laughter, but this old commercial warhorse of a play could use updating.... more

Revelatory Will finds key to Coward classic

23.01.07
It has taken more than 80 years and the performance of Will Young to bring out the full truth about Nicky Lancaster, Noël Coward's angry young man in The Vortex.... more

Will to play Coward's gay stage role

02.01.07
Will Young is to make his theatrical debut in a controversial play which catapulted Noel Coward to fame.... more

Heroic effort by a young Coward

04.12.06
Written in 1918, when he was only 18 and not revived since a brief London run in 1926, Noel Coward's The Rat Trap is an absolute revelation.... more


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