http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-3139-benedict-nightingale/topic-rss.do Benedict Nightingale RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23592167-a-winning-year-for-leading-lights-of-the-london-stage.do 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. 2008-11-25T12:48:27Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23591624-donmar-dominates-the-london-stage-at-es-theatre-awards.do The Donmar Warehouse, one of the smallest venues in the West End, has stormed the Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2008-11-24T14:15:17Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23581710-heavyweights-of-the-stage-battle-for-best-actor-prize.do Kevin Spacey, Alan Rickman and Kenneth Branagh are in the running for honours in this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2008-11-04T08:51:50Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23558789-crowds-go-wild-for-hartnetts-rain-man.do 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 time 2008-09-22T13:23:02Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23480296-can-my-dear-gone-with-the-wind-survive.do 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? 2008-04-25T09:08:40Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23447069-look-back-in-laughter-at-a-dark-knight-in-history.do Standard critic Nicholas de Jongh's first play explores ignorance and intolerance in the Fifties. 2008-03-03T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23423286-from-shameless-to-national-treasure.do 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. 2007-11-27T11:00:23Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23421984-the-return-of-the-king.do The West End transfer of Sir Ian McKellen's debut as King Lear is already a sell-out. 2007-11-20T10:27:01Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23419891-joan-of-arc-fights-billie.do 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. 2007-11-07T09:44:26Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23418933-too-much-talent-on-london-stage-for-a-shortlist.do A dazzling year of performances on the London stage will be honoured at the 2007 Evening Standard Theatre Awards. 2007-10-31T10:33:03Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23406570-brothers-are-rivals-for-love-and-rave-reviews.do South African mezzo-soprano Tsakane Valentine Maswanganyi may be the star of Carmen Jones, but the rivalry between two brothers from New Cross steals the show. 2007-08-01T09:03:14Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23404767-a-heavenly-triumph-of-kitsch-and-camp.do Lee Mead, winner of the BBC's Any Dream Will Do, flaunts quite the smallest ego of any Joseph Nicholas de Jongh has seen. 2007-07-17T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23403674-the-man-bringing-baghdad-to-soho.do 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. 2007-07-10T09:20:01Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23396415-theatre-wars---the-dead-white-male-hits-back.do 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. 2007-05-15T11:32:19Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23396168-now-theatre-critics-are-panned.do The head of the National Theatre has launched an astonishing attack on critics as "dead white men". 2007-05-14T08:13:27Z