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The Standard Theatre Awards 2009: Longlist revealed

02.11.09
Our longlist for the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards proves it has been 12 months of critical as well as commercial success.... more

Away We Go is a smug’s game from Sam Mendes

18.09.09
Sam Mendes loves women. Or rather, he gives actresses lots of screen time and seems especially fascinated by louder-than-life mothers ... more

Rupert Goold is the director with the golden touch

07.08.09
Move over Mendes, watch out Nunn, Rupert Goold's production of Enron is the critical hit of the summer, and his Kubrick-inspired take on Shakespeare thrills modern audiences... more

It’s all going on off-stage

16.06.09
While the West End groans with great performances and productions, site-specific theatre and promenade shows are booming, too.... more

Triumph or disaster – the thrill of the first night

12.06.09
With Phèdre opening at the National Theatre last night and The King and I this weekend, one actor involved gives an insider’s view of ‘staring into the abyss’ ... more

Transatlantic ambition from The Bridge Project

10.06.09
The Bridge Project is a joint venture between Sam Mendes and Kevin Spacey, staging The Winter's Tale and The Cherry Orchard, but the productions do not fully satisfy.... more

Michelle Obama's guide to London (just avoid the Tube after 7pm)

09.06.09
Dear Michelle,... 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

Kate Winslet: Dad'll do nicely

23.02.09
Kate Winslet managed to keep her composure as she accepted her first Academy Award after five failed nominations.... more

Love and loathing in Revolutionary Road

29.01.09
Kate Winslet's performance as a desperate housewife in Revolutionary Road puts her right up there with the best of British actors.... more

Revolutionary Road is beautifully crafted

19.01.09
Kate Winslet's performance as a thwarted Fifties housewife in Revolutionary Road is a masterpiece of understatement.... more

Who's in and who's out

19.01.09
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Stars save church for concerts and parties

14.01.09
A Victorian church has been saved from decades of dereliction thanks to a £4.5million campaign by Hampstead residents... more

Danny, Sally and the unsung secret of our screen success

13.01.09
As the Evening Standard Film Awards shortlist is announced, one writer who has reviewed film and stage for 20 years says our theatre is the key to our Hollywood glory... 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

50 ways to have fun in 2009

02.01.09
Priscilla on stage, Blur reunited, Michael Sheen as Brian Clough — we bring you the highlights of London’s arts calendar for the coming months. ... more

Kate's double date on road to Oscars

16.12.08
Kate Winslet arrived at the world premiere of the film the critics are hailing as her best chance yet for an Oscar ... more

Leo and Kate are looking great

16.12.08
It may be more than a decade since they starred in Titanic together, but the years have been kind to Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. ... more

Shrek is set to be a monster hit in the West End

15.12.08
Shrek The Musical celebrated a grand opening on Broadway last night and the titular green ogre is set to stampede in to the West End... more

Brits storm the Golden Globes

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

Provocative play to spearhead new season at Old Vic

22.10.08
A provocative play about a journalist accused of espionage in the war on terror is to spearhead the new season at the Old Vic... more

Film

08.10.08
Given the financial hurricane that devasted the City last month, that 2008 is shaping up to be a good year for British film and our leading directors and actors ... more

Titanic lovers Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet reunite in new film

25.08.08
More than a decade after they lit up the screen in Titanic, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet are back at it again.... more

Spacey loves it at the Old Vic

21.06.07
Old Vic director Kevin Spacey is looking ahead to a starry new season as he tackles the renovation of the historic theatre.... more

Spacey back in Mamet

31.05.07
Old Vic supremo Kevin Spacey will return in Mamet's Speed-the-Plow. And he will not be taking a break from the theatre to do films.... more

Spacey back in Mamet

31.05.07
Old Vic supremo Kevin Spacey will return in Mamet's Speed-the-Plow. And he will not be taking a break from the theatre to do films, Spacey says.... more

Spacey stages Mamet return

31.05.07
Old Vic supremo Kevin Spacey will return in Mamet's Speed-the-Plow. And this year he will not be taking a break from the theatre to do films.... more

Ewan McGregor to play Iago at the Donmar

11.05.07
Ewan McGregor is to lead a production of Othello to mark the fifth anniversary of Michael Grandage as artistic director of the Donmar theatre.... more

Dramatic rise of a theatrical superstar

24.11.06
Acclaimed as 'a genius' by her peers, director Marianne Elliott has been shortlisted for the Evening Standard Theatre Awards. Here she talks actors, Ibsen and inspiration.... more

The man who made this Cabaret go round

13.10.06
Cabaret may have received rave notices, but Nick Curtis finds director Rufus Norris's next project is to re-establish his own work-life balance.... more

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