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Charles Spencer RSS feedIt’s a Royal flush at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards
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The Royal Court turned cutting-edge drama into establishment success as it swept the board at the 55th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards2009-11-23T14:39:24ZRedgrave to present Standard theatre prize in Natasha's memory
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Vanessa Redgrave is to present the best actress award in memory of her daughter, Natasha Richardson, at this year's London Evening Standard Theatre Awards2009-11-16T09:20:26ZThe Standard Theatre Awards 2009: Longlist revealed
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Our longlist for the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards proves it has been 12 months of critical as well as commercial success.2009-11-02T10:25:45Z'Astonishing' Lenny Henry takes his Moor to West End
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Lenny Henry is to make his West End theatrical debut as Othello2009-04-24T08:02:30ZA winning year for leading lights of the London stage
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A 100-year History Cycle and an Othello reinvented, a vivacious newcomer and a brace of best actresses — our judges explain why they chose the winners of the 2008 Evening Standard Theatre Awards.2008-11-25T12:48:27ZDonmar dominates the London stage at ES Theatre Awards
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The Donmar Warehouse, one of the smallest venues in the West End, has stormed the Evening Standard Theatre Awards2008-11-24T14:15:17ZHeavyweights of the stage battle for best actor prize
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Kevin Spacey, Alan Rickman and Kenneth Branagh are in the running for honours in this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards2008-11-04T08:51:50ZTheatre
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Big musicals may dominate the West End and box office receipts, but straight drama continues to thrive. These are the key people who make this city the global capital of theatre.2008-10-02T10:15:37ZCrowds go wild for Hartnett's Rain Man
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Whenever Hollywood star Josh Hartnett finishes a performance of Rain Man, a crowd of a hundred or more is standing to thank him for taking the time2008-09-22T13:23:02ZCan, my dear, Gone With The Wind survive?
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The critics have savaged Trevor Nunn's £4.75m Gone With the Wind. How did such a shambles make it to the stage? And can it survive such a mauling?2008-04-25T09:08:40ZHot Summer! Hollyoaks star triumphs as Lloyd Webber's new Maria in Sound of Music
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A musical star has been born as Hollyoaks star Summer Strallen made her debut in Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical The Sound of Music. In his bravest experiment yet, Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber merged fiction with fact to introduce his new Maria via the teenage soap opera. But has he again managed to solve a problem like Maria? And will his gamble on the Hollyoaks star pay off?2008-03-04T09:28:13ZThe sound of Summer's here
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Andrew Lloyd Webber's new Maria - Summer Strallen - made her debut in the West End with a performance that divided the critics.2008-03-04T08:40:20ZCoward’s slight masterpiece
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The critics slaughtered Present Laughter when it opened, but Liz Hoggard found her night at the Noël Coward comedy one of the frothiest, most entertaining of the year.2008-01-09T00:00:00ZFrom Shameless to National treasure
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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.2007-11-27T11:00:23ZThe return of the King
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The West End transfer of Sir Ian McKellen's debut as King Lear is already a sell-out.2007-11-20T10:27:01ZJoan of Arc fights Billie
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Anne-Marie Duff is shortlisted in the Evening Standard Theatre Awards for her impassioned Joan of Arc against Billie Piper's stage debut in Treats.2007-11-07T09:44:26ZToo much talent on London stage for a shortlist
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A dazzling year of performances on the London stage will be honoured at the 2007 Evening Standard Theatre Awards.2007-10-31T10:33:03ZA heavenly triumph of kitsch and camp
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Lee Mead, winner of the BBC's Any Dream Will Do, flaunts quite the smallest ego of any Joseph Nicholas de Jongh has seen.2007-07-17T23:00:00ZThe man bringing Baghdad to Soho
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Every now and again a play comes out of nowhere and hijacks the public imagination. Nick Curtis talks to Hassan Abdulrazzak whose debut work Baghdad Wedding is such a play.2007-07-10T09:20:01ZWhat on Middle Earth?
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People said it couldn't be done - and they were right. The Lord of the Rings at the Theatre Royal is a costly, messy folly that will appal Tolkien fans..2007-06-19T23:00:00ZTheatre wars - the dead white male hits back
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The National's director Nicholas Hytner has attacked London's theatre critics for their alleged misogyny. The Standard's man in the stalls could not disagree more.2007-05-15T11:32:19ZHow Mackenzie stole the show
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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.2007-01-30T10:39:52ZA £37 million song and dance
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With advance sales hitting nearly £37 million, new musicals including Daddy Cool and The Sound of Music are giving the West End a huge lift.2006-10-06T11:28:23Z