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Evening Standard theatre awards: Rachel Weisz and Lenny Henry fight stage giants for top prize

09.11.09
Stars of the British stage including Rachel Weisz, Samuel West and Lenny Henry will battle it out at the 55th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards... more

Sussex statue may depict Nero as a boy

27.10.09
Fragment of sculpture found at a Roman villa in Sussex could be part of a rare statue of the Roman emperor Nero, say experts... 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

The day trippers - Perfect places for a London away-day

14.08.09
Liz Hoggard hasn't been on holiday for three years. Instead she's perfected the fine art of the London away-day. Here she describes her ideal weekend... 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

Introducing... Playwright Lucy Prebble

24.07.09
Lucy Prebble, 28, adapted Secret Diary of a Call Girl for ITV. Her latest play, Enron, examines the downfall of the Texan-based energy firm in 2001... more

City Spy: For Carter's pal, no wheat - just chaff

23.07.09
What do government ministers do with their time? It's a moot question, given the state the country is in, but some clue comes from the exchange of emails between the recently departed communications minister Lord Carter and his former employer, Brunswick ... more

Enron dazzles as a corporate Macbeth

23.07.09
Rupert Goold the returns with the highbrow hit of the year - Enron. As the phrase goes, “buy now” for an outstanding evening.... more

Wild swimming in the UK

03.07.09
Smugglers' coves, turquoise pools, deserted dunes and sea witches. There is something for everyone on Britain's wild coast... more

The Big Interview: The Earl of March

30.06.09
The legendary motorsport festival is one of the glories of Goodwood, organised by an entrepreneur without peer... more

Thirty years - at a stretch in Wallenstein

02.06.09
Angus Jackson’s gloomy, static production of Schiller's Wallenstein sees loyalties and family ties tested in Wallenstein. ... more

Thirty years-at a stretch in Wallenstein

01.06.09
Angus Jackson's gloomy, static production of Wallenstein sees loyalties and family ties tested and young love thwarted.... more

Time to face the Nazi music

22.04.09
Two plays by Ronald Harwood re-examine the moral responsibility of the musicians who danced to Hitler’s tune... more

Antony out of the shadows for breathtaking sound

31.10.08
Antony & The Johnsons' pure, quivering, utterly unique sound made the elaborate musical backdrop of the LSO seem almost drab in comparison.... more

Lynda Bellingham dares to bare all in stage version of Calendar Girls

04.08.08
The 60-year-old actress, who is a regular presenter on ITV's Loose Women, is daring to bare all in a stage version of the award-winning film Calendar Girls. ... more

Calendar Girls set date for West End show

04.08.08
Not since the heady days of Oh! Calcutta! and Hair will there have been so much naked flesh freely on display in the West End. ... more

Calendar Girls set a date for West End show

04.08.08
Not since the heady days of Oh! Calcutta! and Hair will there have been so much naked flesh freely on display in the West End... more

Six Characters In Search Of An Author: An audience in search of a play

10.07.08
A play littered with gimmicky cliches, and no exception says Quentin Letts. ... more

Music man hits the right notes

04.07.08
Rachel Kavanaugh's delightfully lively production of The Music Man is just the thing to banish the credit-crunch blues.... more

He has battled alcohol and depression, but as Brian Conley returns to the stage he reveals how he has overcome his demons with a smile

26.06.08
Brian Conley loves turning life into theatre. He dressed as a knight in shining armour to propose to his wife, Anne-Marie, borrowing a horse from Pinewood Studios. ... more

The English Game: Howzat? It very nearly bowled me over

15.05.08
Norman Tebbit's cricket test has had a good innings. ... more

Musical returns to the stage again

09.05.08
Funny Girl, best known in its 1968 Barbra Streisand film version, gets back to its theatre roots with big tunes, snappy lyrics and high kicks.... 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

The Macbeth of a lifetime

27.09.07
Patrick Stewart's Macbeth catches both the man's fanaticism and his vacillating anguish as the historic production enjoys a perfect thrill-factor.... more

West End prepares for autumn of high drama

28.08.07
Christian Slater, Stockard Channing and Patrick Stewart head a list of big name stars gearing up for a spectacular autumn at the West End.... more

Should have made this one earlier

05.06.07
Edward Kemp's Macbeth at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre is consistently intriguing but struggles to match the scintillating standards set by the Rupert Goold recent production.... more

Suite nothings

19.04.07
Patricia Routledge stars in Office Suite, a double bill of what must be Alan Bennett's only example of third-rate comedy.... more

Kew Palace in line for £100,000 arts award

04.04.07
Britain's smallest royal palace has been shortlisted for the Gulbenkian Prize for museums and galleries.... more

Critic's choice: top 5 classical events

11.01.07
La Fille du Regiment, Chichester Psalms and Czech music from the Florestan Trio are the current classical highlights, says Barry Millington.... more

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