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Bedroom Farce and Miss Julie see Rose in bloom

16.10.09

It's heartening, at last, to see the financially precarious Rose in full bloom as a producing house with Bedroom Farce and Miss Julie.... more

Arts festival will bring Martin Scorsese to London

20.05.09

London is to host a giant philanthropic arts festival with Martin Scorsese, Youssou N’Dour and African Nobel Prize-winning writer Wole Soyinka.... more

This is no time to scrimp on the fizz

25.02.09

Recession - what recession? Last week I went to two of the most lavish parties I've been to for many a moon (and believe me, I go to a lot of parties)... more

Bafta picks out the rising stars

08.01.09

Noel Clarke, the chronicler of west London street life, and up-and-coming actress Rebecca Hall have been named faces to watch in film... more

Seasonal spirit for charity's sake

24.12.08

The good news is that charities across London are overwhelmed by offers of help from volunteers for Christmas. But the recession has undoubtedly hit charities hard...... 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

Wordplay in Love's Labour's Lost

29.10.08

The key to Love's Labour Lost is youthful exuberance; the play should be bursting with it like a tree in springtime.... more

Little skylark finds deeper voice in A Doll's House

16.09.08

Peter Hall's production of A Doll's House is enjoyably efficient, although it never manages to make us feel as breathlessly crushed as we should.... more

Little Britten Grows Up

16.06.08

Albert Herring, Britten's sexy operatic satire on English parish life, is given a fresh lease of life by a sparkling new revival of Peter Hall's 1985 production.... more

Scarlett Johansson misses shining moment at Cannes after studio refuses demands

18.05.08

Scarlett Johansson was left at home in New York after a film studio refused to pay for her bloated demands to attend the Cannes Film Festival to launch Woody Allen's latest movie. Penelope Cruz and Rebecca Hall, her co-stars in the film 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona', soaked up all the glory from crowds as they ascended the fabled red carpet of Cannes ... more

Cutting, witty and ready for action

07.05.08

After a moving revival of St Joan and an effective staging of the caustic but problematic Major Barbara, George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion comes to town.... more

Riveting Felicity draws us into the Vortex

27.02.08

Peter Hall's production of The Vortex catches Noel Coward's comedy but not enough of his underlying seriousness.... more

Passion subdued on the wastes

28.01.08

Sir Peter Hall's production of Uncle Vanya conveys the right Chekhovian darkness of spirit but not the accompanying emotional turbulence, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

Stop mumbling, Peter Hall tells young actors

22.01.08

Two of theatre's leading figures have told young actors to speak up on stage because audiences cannot hear what they are saying.... more

Hall hands over his Rose

21.01.08

Sir Peter Hall is to hand the baton for running the new Rose Theatre to one of his most trusted protégés.... more

This is the best modern theatre I know

08.01.08

After a lengthy campaign, Sir Peter Hall is finally reopening the stunning new Rose in Kingston next week with his production of Uncle Vanya.... more

An evening of great Britten

05.12.07

After a ponderous start, the current glut of British tenors and baritones in the opera Owen Wingrave, made every word audible.... more

In the rubble of South Africa's broken dream

16.08.07

Victory, by South Africa's greatest playwright, Athol Fugard, is a decent but thoroughly uninspired piece of new writing, says Kieron Quirke.... more

Rough by name, rough by nature

12.07.07

Gari Jones's new staging of two rarely performed Beckett short sketches fails to bring out the humour and pathos in the scripts, flirting instead with parody, says Robert Shore.... more

La Cenerentola shows off vibrant Glyndebourne

19.06.07

Another production of Rossini, La Cenerentola, features zany ensembles and the sharp energy showed Glyndebourne at its vibrant best ... more

Ayckbourn: 'Hollywood stars damage West End'

26.01.07

Sir Alan Ayckbourn has launched an attack on the Hollywood invasion of the British stage saying that most film stars could "barely be heard beyond row three".... more

Battle of the Dames

24.01.07

Two of Britain's best-loved actresses are leading our charge for Oscar success. But which one of these queens of stage will get the golden statue? Nick Curtis assesses the form.... more

Critic's choice: top 5 plays

05.12.06

Felicity Kendal's poignant turn, a horrifying plant and a riveting interview with David Frost are among the current West End treats.... more

Who's who in Richard and Ruthie's set

04.12.06

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Day in the life of London's smartest cafe

29.11.06

Sir Terry Wogan, Ralph Fiennes and Sir David Frost were among the sightings when Simon Davis spent a day in The Wolseley.... more

Critics' choice: top 5 plays

13.10.06

We pick the best productions in town including Tobias and the Angel, the new Godot, Wicked, Cabaret and The Madras House.... more

Godot tramps lose their pathos

10.10.06

Fifty-one years after directing the avant-garde play that revolutionised the post-war British stage, Sir Peter Hall returns with a new production of Waiting For Godot. ... more

The top five shows opening next week

05.10.06

A nudity-drenched Cabaret, plus the Young Vic's first play after its refit and a new-old Godot are some of the treats in store next week, says Richard Godwin.... more

50-year wait for Godot is over

03.10.06

Sir Peter Hall is bringing Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot back to the West End - half a century after directing the first English version.... more