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Rachel Weisz plays the London tour guide

29.07.09
Rachel Weisz is to introduce her partner Darren Aronofsky to London's cultural scene.... more

Wrecks lifts lid on shock

16.02.09
Wrecks, which played for a limited run in New York, disappointingly comes across as an off-cut, rather than top-drawer Neil LaBute.... more

Drag race for the Olivier awards

03.02.09
Drag-queen musical La Cage aux Folles leads the charge at this year's Olivier theatre awards... more

Critics hail Tennant for part-time Hamlet

27.01.09
David Tennant has been honoured for the best Shakespearean performance of the year despite his limited London run... more

Everybody needs good neighbours in Lakeview Terrace

04.12.08
At last Samuel L Jackson has chosen a decent role, as a bigoted Los Angeles cop who takes his grudge out on the couple next door in Lakeview Terrace.... more

In A Dark Dark House is gripping tale of brothers grim

28.11.08
Neil LaBute, who offers audiences a feel-bad after-glow to take home with them, issues another cautionary warning about family life in In A Dark, Dark House.... more

A winning year for leading lights of the London stage

25.11.08
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

Donmar dominates the London stage at ES Theatre Awards

24.11.08
The Donmar Warehouse, one of the smallest venues in the West End, has stormed the Evening Standard Theatre Awards... more

Bright ideas in Broken Space Season

09.10.08
Ever-enterprising Artistic Director Josie Rourke has commissioned short pieces from 10 playwrights on the loose theme of darkness and light.... more

Crime Scene showcases thrilling genre

24.09.08
It sometimes feels if you can't move for film — and other — festivals these days but TCM Crime Scene 2008 has genuine mass appeal.... more

New home for Fat Pig

16.09.08
Fat Pig has just opened at the Comedy Theatre after a successful run at Trafalgar Studios. But some changes have been made.... more

Kelly Brook is a 'Fat Pig' as she takes on first West End role

03.09.08
She will play the part of Jeannie, whose on-off relationship with a colleague disintegrates when he falls in love with a funny, sexy rival who happens to be plus-sized.... more

Kelly Brook wins star role in Fat Pig

03.09.08
Kelly Brook is to take over from gavin and Stacey star Joanna Page in the hit play Fat Pig... more

Pictured: Catherine Tate on crutches after twisting her ankle in nasty fall

17.07.08
Catherine Tate's much anticipated first night return to the West End was cancelled after she took a tumble and suffered an ankle injury. ... more

ICA hosts The Booker at the Movies screenings

06.06.08
The Booker at the Movies will screen four of the 39 films so far adapted from novels that won or were shortlisted for the Booker Prize.... more

Peep show actor David Mitchell reveals his slimmer side...at Fat Pig first night

28.05.08
Peep show actor David Mitchell almost stole the show from actor Kris Marshall who recovered from being knocked over to make his debut in new play Fat Pig... more

A fat lot of laughter

28.05.08
Neil LaBute's latest black comedy, Fat Pig, is a funny but shaming and cruel mockery of the obese, says Nicholas de Jongh. ... more

Why take on a weighty subject?

19.05.08
Wittily, but not always happily, Neil LaBute's Fat Pig explores the tyranny of standards of physical beauty with an off-the-telly star cast.... more

Best little theatre in London

29.04.08
Mehmet Ergen has built Dalston's Arcola into a buzzing fringe venue that attracts big names. Now, he says, it's time to expand.... more

Work from the Chain gang

20.02.08
It's another collaborative play from five influential writers... the one night only showing of the Chain Gang II. ... more

Double dose of violence attacks our complacency

18.01.08
A frightening double-bill by American playwright Neil LaBute is further evidence of why the Arts Council's plan to cut the Bush Theatre's funding defies sense and outrages sensibility.... more

The violent faces of faith

12.01.07
Neil LaBute's Bash - a three-part meditation on child murder in contemporary America - is histrionic, but still chilling, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more
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