In the film version of Patrick Marber’s great play, Closer, Clive Owen’s mildly kinky dermatologist demands his final revenge sex from photographer Julia Roberts... more
New luvvie in training Freddie Fox is the latest in a long line of foxy thespians. But he's not afraid to play against type with his breakthrough role as a Cockney transsexual, discovers Pip Clements... more
Hollywood's new favourite Frenchman has seduced Europe's most beautiful women, played Keira Knightley's lover and directed hit thrillers. But can Guillaume Canet's Gallic charm vanquish Hermione Eyre?... more
Stephen Wight fell into acting by accident - now his poker-playing waiter in Dealer's Choice, has put him in the running for Outstanding Newcomer at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... more
Give Judi Dench half a chance, and she'll make a lot more of a good role than almost any other actor. In Notes on a Scandal she gives a performance as powerful as it is subtle.... more
Whether she wins an Oscar or not, Dame Judi Dench's performance in exceptional British film Notes On A Scandal deserves to be accounted one of her best on screen, says Derek Malcolm.... more
Give Judi Dench half a chance, and she'll make a lot more of a good part than almost any other actress. But in Richard Eyre's very British Notes On A Scandal she excels herself. ... more
Rhys Ifans stars in the title role in Patrick Marber's Don Juan In Soho, which gives the worst sex-addict in theatrical history a ravishing, thoroughly modern make-over.... more
Patrick Marber, author of an updated stage version of the Don Juan story, explains why he is drawn to characters living lives parallel to his own.... more
Her latest role as a treacherous school teacher is something of a departure. But Judi Dench understands the character, she tells Mike Goodridge. ... more
Michael Grandage, director of the Donmar, has scored another hit with Frost/Nixon. But, he says, every new production leaves his playhouse standing on a knife-edge.... more
A new £30,000 prize for the most promising playwright is to be introduced at the Evening Standard Theatre awards later this month. The award is to be named in honour of the late Charles Wintour - former Standard editor and passionate theatre goer.... more
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