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All life through the lens with Taylor Wessing prize

06.11.09

It is hardly surprisingly that the overall winner of this year's �12,000 Photographic Portrait Prize is Paul Floyd Blake's image of Rosie Bancroft... more

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

Atiha Sen Gupta is the playwright for today

20.10.09

21-year-old Atiha Sen Gupta is one of a new generation of writers who are putting the most vexed contemporary issues centre stage.... more

Royal Court stages family drama by girl, aged 17

27.07.09

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Night of suspense at the Royal Court

24.04.09

Theatre etiquette is puzzling. You sit with complete strangers in a confined space, sharing intense emotions... more

The trickle-down effect has dried up

16.04.09

So the City generates - or at least it did- �13 billion in income a year for other businesses, and, I am told, one hedge manager kept two other people in work... more

What to see over Easter

09.04.09

We pick the top five exhibitions, films, shows and egg hunts in London for the Easter weekend.... more

Shocking secrets in Tusk, Tusk

02.04.09

After her precocious debut at 19, with the award-winning That Face, Polly Stenham's second play, Tusk Tusk, confirms a startling, theatrical promise.... 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

Women taking the lead at Royal Court next year

06.11.08

Miranda Richardson, Jane Horrocks and Mark Rylance are among the stars of 2009 season at the Royal Court... more

Theatre

08.10.08

Big musicals may dominate the West End and box office receipts, but straight drama continues to thrive. These are the key people who make this city the global capital of theatre. ... more

Spellbinding tale of confused smother love

12.05.08

Amazing performances seal the success for That Face; 21-year-old Polly Stenham's play about a twisted family and incest.... more

That face to watch

06.05.08

After a sensational run at the Royal Court a debut play by a young writer comes to the West End � and it�s set to make a star out of Matt Smith.... more

Who's in and who's out?

25.02.08

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21-year-old's first play hits West End

18.02.08

A first play by a 21-year-old writer is to transfer to the West End... more

21-year-old's first play hits West End

18.02.08

A sellout first play by 21-year-old writer Polly Stenham is to transfer to the West End.... more

Polly's dramatic debut

26.11.07

Polly Stenham's first play, That Face, caused a sensation at the Royal Court. Now, two years after leaving school, she is nominated for the Charles Wintour Most Promising Playwright Award.... more

Double winner and TV comic present awards

21.11.07

Stage legend Sir Ian McKellen and TV favourite Meera Syal will be among the presenters at this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... more

Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2007: the shortlist

07.11.07

Billie Piper, Patrick Stewart and Hairspray are some of the names on the shortlist for this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... more

Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2007: the longlist

31.10.07

A dazzling year of performances on the London stage will be honoured at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2007. Here, for the first time, is the longlist. ... more

Promising debut

24.04.07

That Face is an immensely promising drama of affluent yet dysfunctional family life from 20-year-old Polly Stenham.... more

Royal Court going back to its roots

06.02.07

The Royal Court's new artistic director is taking the theatre back to its roots with a debut season showcasing young writers and experimental drama.... more