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Lenny Henry finds moor in Othello

21.09.09
Casting Lenny Henry in the role of Othello ensures a breathless audience — greedy to see how the neophyte compares with predecessors.... more

£1m Elgar Room will be Albert's mini concert hall

14.09.09
£1million performance space is being unveiled in the Royal Albert Hall in a room where actors from Laurence Olivier to Judi Dench learned their trade... more

Spartacus gets top marks

05.06.09
Stanley Kubrick produced what is often considered the most impressive Western ever made with Spartacus.... more

Take it nice 'n' Speakeasy in Notting Hill

15.05.09
Enjoy jazz music, burlesque and gin at Speakeasy in Notting Hill's recently refurbished 20th Century Theatre.... more

A whiter shade of beyond the pale

09.04.09
The Black and White Minstrels are thankfully long gone... more

After Olivier, black actors white up at the National

13.03.09
The National Theatre is set to spark more race controversy today with a production in which black actors will "white up"... more

The Miller’s tale revisited

07.01.09
For a decade the director has complained that no one wanted him in London. Now Jonathan Miller is back at ENO — with a radical new production of La Bohème inspired by Brassaï... more

OBE for Evening Standard's award-winning theatre star

18.12.08
Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor was being awarded an OBE by the Queen for services to drama... more

Be the judge for theatre awards ... and see shows free

30.09.08
Theatre lovers are being invited to join the judging panels of the Laurence Olivier Awards, and get the chance to see the best of what is on offer for free... more

No Man's Land was made for the Great Gambon

29.09.08
The Great Gambon (as Ralph Richardson dubbed him) returns to Pinter in a new production of No Man’s Land directed by the wünderkind Rupert Goold, whose interpretation of Macbeth with Patrick Stewart proved such a hit.... more

25 events to raise your spirits this autumn

24.09.08
Something might be rotten in the City but in London’s arts world there’s plenty to be upbeat about. Here’s our pick of must-sees to brighten up longer nights... more

Strictly judge steps out with flamenco musical

18.09.08
Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Harwood faces a taste of his own medicine with the opening of a new flamenco show... more

Best grouse, hare and venison in London

03.09.08
Country comes to town as we find top places to eat grouse, hare and venison. Let your appetite for game run wild. ... more

DVDs of the week

29.04.08
World War II-era spy thriller Lust, Caution is exquisite on every level, St Trinian's is a surprisingly jolly comedy and Out Of The Blue lives up to the title.... more

Hairspray sweeps the board at Laurence Olivier Awards

10.03.08
West End musical Hairspray has swept the board at the Laurence Olivier Awards, scooping four of the prestigious accolades. Its star, Leanne Jones, was named best actress in a musical for her role as teenager Tracy Turnblad... more

Hairspray collects record award nominations

07.02.08
West End hit Hairspray has received a record 11 nominations at the Laurence Olivier Awards.... more

A qualified welcome back, Ken

04.12.07
Kenneth Branagh's Sleuth remake sees mixed results and is more interested in the cinematic craft of acting than the original.... more

Poisoned tea for two

22.11.07
Kenneth Branagh's remake of Anthony Shaffer's Sleuth is an exercise in the theatre of cruelty, says Derek Malcolm.... more

Joan of Arc fights Billie

07.11.07
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.... more

Mocking a metamorphosis

28.09.07
Absurd and hilarious, black comedy Rhinocerous is an accomplished British send-up of Gallic pomposity and pedantry.... more

National honours 100 years of Larry Olivier

24.09.07
A hundred years after the birth of Sir Laurence Olivier, stars including Richard Attenborough, Dame Maggie Smith, Sir Antony Sher, Samuel West, Kwame Kwei-Armah and Anne-Marie Duff honoured him.... more

Flynn an inspired choice

20.09.07
It was the inaugural Hush night, an event trying to give some life to Albert Hall when the main auditorium is between productions.... more

Battle of wits in this super new Sleuth

31.08.07
Sleuth is highly theatrical rather than truly cinematic and is played out like a deadly game of ping pong between two vulnerable men.... more

Vintage Shakespeare

09.08.07
Laurence Olivier directed and starred in Henry V, which despite a hotchpotch of stylistic devices, remains one of the best Shakespeare films.... more

Acosta is Spartacus at the Bolshoi

06.08.07
Cuban superstar Carlos Acosta is to dance on the London stage in the sword-and-sandals epic Spartacus.... more

Paying homage to a screen legend

27.07.07
A celebration to mark 100 years since the birth of legendary actor Laurence Olivier starts at the BFI Southbank on 2 August.... more

Trapped in a cul-de-sac

16.05.07
Declan Donnellan's production of Three Sisters falls short of two great productions of the play - by Laurence Olivier and Trevor Nunn - lodged in Nicholas de Jongh mind.... more

Let me entertain you

09.02.07
As Robert Lindsay prepares to play Archie Rice in The Entertainer, he reveals how, unlike John Osborne's character, he has learned to temper the ambition that once helped destroy his family life.... more

TV reality winner Fisher snubbed by Olivier judges

18.01.07
Connie Fisher has been ignored by the Laurence Oliver awards despite rave reviews for her performance in The Sound of Music.... more

Final curtain for the Theatre Museum

08.01.07
Despite attempts to save London's Theatre Museum by Dame Judi Dench and Vanessa Redgrave, it has closed its doors to the public after 20 years. ... more

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