All's Well That Ends Well certainly isn't one of Shakespeare's more popular plays. A comedy overshadowed by mourning, it promotes an almost Machiavellian cunning... more
Nick Stafford's War Horse, an adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's book about a Devon farm horse amid the horrors of the First World War, makes a welcome return.
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Anne-Marie Duff claims she was 'the runt of the year' at drama school - but now she has picked up the Evening Standard Best Actress prize for her astonishing portrayal of Saint Joan.... more
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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War Horse is a fine, lyrical, emotionally charged piece of theatrical work that evokes a vanished, hierarchic England at war, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more
No 20th century British play better demonstrates the dangers and intolerances of religious fundamentalism than Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more
It's your last chance to catch the award-winning Caroline or Change and Much Ado About Nothing at the Novello, plus, satirical comedy A Family Affair makes a terrific impression.... more
Tamsin Greig delivers winning shots in Much Ado About Nothing, Coram Boy offers a Christmas Carol-type uplift and it's the last chance to see Caryl Churchill's flight into theatrical fantasy.... more
Tamsin Greig's tight-skirted, melancholic Beatrice is just the kind of cool woman to deliver winning shots in Much Ado About Nothing's sex-war.
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Acclaimed as 'a genius' by her peers, director Marianne Elliott has been shortlisted for the Evening Standard Theatre Awards. Here she talks actors, Ibsen and inspiration.... more
Jeremy Irons, Kathy Burke and Alan Cumming are among the stars who will take leading roles at the 52nd Evening Standard Theatre Awards at The Savoy next Monday.... more
The National's rising directorial star Marianne Elliott pulls out the stops in a bold re-imagining of Thérèse Raquin, Emile Zola's tale of murder.... 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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