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Olympic torch will travel down Thames on floating stage to grand opening

18.02.11
The Olympic torch will be carried on a floating stage along the Thames from Hampton Court to Stratford on the day of the opening ceremony, the Standard has learned... more

Don’t treat arts like a cancer ward — we can make profit, say directors

21.10.10
Leading figures from London’s theatres launched a stinging attack on Chancellor George Osborne as they questioned the economic wisdom of slashing the arts budget... more

Get the party started - London will be the star of 2012

26.07.10
The sport will be sensational, the athletes amazing, the venues vibrant. But possibly the biggest star of the Games will be the capital itself... more

Oscar winners Daldry and Boyle to produce Olympic opening show

17.06.10
Olympics chiefs unveil an array of world-beating British creative talent to produce a spectacular opening ceremony for the 2012 Games... more

Stephen Daldry is Lord of the Rings

17.06.10
Film and theatre director Stephen Daldry will mastermind the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony. So how will he juggle competing with Beijing on a tight budget and adopting a child?... more

Elton: I’m just like a grandfather to my 22 Billy Elliots

01.04.10
Video: Sir Elton John wept as he paid tribute on the fifth anniversary of the West End musical to the 22 boys who have played Billy Elliot ... more

Billy Elliots return to stage for birthday celebration

31.03.10
One of the original three Billy Elliots when the musical first came to the West End five years ago describes his fear at returning to the role that changed his life... more

Last chance to see An Inspector Calls

24.02.10
Audiences have just a few weeks left to see Stephen Daldry’s multi award-winning production of JB Priestley’s classic drama An Inspector Calls.... more

An Inspector Calls is a wake-up call for materialism

28.09.09
Stephen Daldry reimagines An Inspector Calls as a darkly psychological drama complete with brooding string music and sepulchral woodwind... more

Opening this week

21.09.09
Enron comes to the Royal Court, Mother Courage and Her Children opens at the National and Elton John is in town.... more

Hot tickets: London's going out guide

14.09.09
An Inspector Calls returns to London as part of its UK tour, the popular exhibition Obama's people opens at Flowers East and try the unfussy Mexican food at Boho Mexica... more

Just what is it about Billy Elliot?

13.05.09
Billy Elliot was a leap of faith for Eric Fellner who backed the low-budget movie that led to a musical now nominated for 15 Tonys.... more

Hats off to Billy, a very British kind of success

07.05.09
I adore musicals - the cheesier and more ridiculous the better. I loved Never Forget, the Take That extravaganza, and when Merrily We Roll Along was on at the Donmar a few years ago, I went to see it three times... more

Three Billies in line for a Tony as musical gets 15 nominations

05.05.09
Billy Elliot, the Broadway musical based on the hit British film, has been nominated for 15 Tony Awards — more than any other show... more

Three Billies in line for a Tony as musical gets 15 nominations

05.05.09
Billy Elliot, the Broadway musical based on the hit British film, has been nominated for 15 Tony Awards — more than any other show... more

Kate and the Brits toast their victory with fizz and a fry-up

23.02.09
Our homegrown stars partied into the early hours today but, at Hollywood’s biggest celebration, nothing was more intoxicating than success. Nick Curtis and John Arlidge report... more

Who won what at Standard Film Awards

03.02.09
Irish martyrdom, Indian poverty, American politics - the judges of the Evening Standard British Film Awards faced difficult choices.... more

Tilda's the leading lady at Standard film awards

02.02.09
Tilda Swinton, the striking, idiosyncratic face of British cinema, led the cavalcade of winners at the Evening Standard British Film Awards... more

The man who wrote the script for London’s theatre boom

27.01.09
His musical, Billy Elliot, is a hit on Broadway. Now Lee Hall is bringing his Evening Standard Award-winning The Pitmen Painters back by popular demand.... more

Slumdog Millionaire in British charge for Oscars

22.01.09
Kate Winslet will lead the British charge at next month's Oscars... more

Boy from Harrow takes on Hollywood in Baftas battle

15.01.09
A teenager from Harrow is to take on Brad Pitt in the Baftas... more

Now Golden Globe winners battle for Standard's British film prizes

13.01.09
Kate Winslet, Sally Hawkins and Slumdog Millionaire's Danny Boyle are among the stars battling for honours at this year's Evening Standard British Film Awards... more

Winslet's a winner in The Reader

18.12.08
The Reader, Stephen Daldry's sensitive film of a controversial book about a former Auschwitz guard, gives Kate her best role in years.... more

Holocaust chic or a true examination of good and evil?

18.12.08
As a controversial film starring Kate Winslet as a death camp guard opens in London in the new year, one cultural commentator considers the moral issues and ambiguities it raises... more

Branagh and Leigh lead campaign to end illegal film downloads

16.12.08
More than 100 award-winning producers, directors and writers called for action to tackle illegal downloads of films and TV shows which they say are threatening jobs... more

Brits storm the Golden Globes

11.12.08
The British have stormed the shortlists for the prestigious Golden Globe film awards... more

Three ovations in first night friller for Billy Elliot in NY

14.11.08
Not even on Broadway do they normally give standing ovations when a show is nowhere near over... more

Daldry's Billy Elliot opens in New York

13.11.08
Three years after it conquered the West End, Sir Elton John's stage musical version of Billy Elliot is opening on Broadway... more

Courting controversy

06.02.07
The Royal Court should provoke, says its new director Dominic Cooke in his first interview, and he plans to do just that.... more

Winners to be named at London theatre awards

27.11.06
The wait is almost over. Today we will discover who has triumphed in the 52nd Evening Standard Theatre Awards at the Savoy Hotel.... more


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