Billy Elliot was the toast of New York as Sir Elton John's musical picked up 10 Tony Awards, spearheading a triumphant night for British theatre... more
Kevin Spacey will return to the Old Vic stage this autumn to star in Inherit The Wind, a drama inspired by a courtroom clash over the ideas of Charles Darwin... more
Sir Alan Ayckbourn's comic trilogy The Norman Conquests has extended London theatre's invasion of Broadway, opening to phenomenal acclaim in New York... more
Sir Alan Ayckbourn, one of Britain's most popular and prolific playwrights, is set to do more work in London after the huge success of his Norman Conquests trilogy at the Old Vic... more
Woman In Mind is the latest Alan Ayckbourn play to be staged in the West End. Make sure you see it and treat yourself to a great value dinner.
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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.... more
Josh Hartnett, Martin Freeman, Dervla Kirwan and Jessica Hynes are four of the stars who will take part in this year's 24 Hour Plays Celebrity Gala at the Old Vic... more
Revisiting your Seventies childhood is never rewarding. The frizzy perm, National Health glasses, the terrible moment when, aged 11, I realised that my mother had made up my school dress using a maternity sewing pattern (we were so poor, I had to wear it all summer with one of those ghastly elasticated nurse's belts). Just don't get me started... 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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