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London Evening Standard Theatre Awards longlist revealed

19.10.11
Here we reveal the longlisted contenders for the 57th Evening Standard Theatre Awards, in association with Vogue... more

One Man, Two Guvnors is a surefire hit

25.05.11
One Man, Two Guvnors is an astonishing reworking of Carlo Goldoni's 18th century tale of mistaken identity and daft confusions... more

The return of the Rennaissance man

25.02.11
These days it's so boring to be good at only one thing. Just look at James Franco and Plan B, both multi-task masters. Richard Godwin puts down his guitar and picks up his pen to celebrate the age of the professional polymath ... more

Climate change comedy that warms the heart in The Heretic

11.02.11
While The Heretic has some intriguing things to say about environmentalism it's at heart a romantic comedy, larded with excellent jokes and peppery satire... more

Reign of terror is missing real menace in The Big Fellah

27.09.10
Richard Bean’s latest play The Big Fellah offers a fresh perspective on the activities of the provisional IRA... more

Opening This Week: Tom Jones, Design for Living and Alvin Ailey

13.09.10
The Welsh crooner, a Noel Coward adaptation at the Old Vic, and a new performance at Sadler's Wells are on the list of things to see this week... more

Richard Bean: What’s controversial about saying what I see?

07.09.10
With his adaptation of House of Games and a play about Irish-Americans and the IRA about to open, writer Richard Bean talks to Veronica Lee about his fascination with inconvenient truths... more

The Great Game is nourishing and demanding

02.08.10
The Great Game — a dozen short plays and seven interludes — explores the conflict in Afghanistan from a range of perspectives... more

Festive cheer from Aladdin and Jack & The Beanstalk

04.12.09
The Hackney Empire once again blazes a glitter-dusted December trail with Aladdin and Jack & The Beanstalk comes to the Lyric. ... more

The 12 shows you must see in London this Christmas

11.11.09
From posh panto to burlesque, London is full of festive entertainment. Here are a dozen shows that should entice children — and adults — into the theatre.... more

After Olivier, black actors white up at the National

13.03.09
The National Theatre is set to spark more race controversy today with a production in which black actors will "white up"... more

Protesters storm 'racist' play England People Very Nice

02.03.09
Protesters against a play at the National Theatre stormed on stage to accuse the author of racism... more

Cruel cartoon not Very Nice

12.02.09
Nicholas de Jongh has never had a more uncomfortable experience at the National Theatre than at the premiere of England People Very Nice.... 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

Batsmen on a sticky wicket

13.05.08
A sluggish air hangs over Sean Holmes's The English Game; a plodding piece that attempts to saddle a game of amateur cricket with more weight than it could bear.... more

Work from the Chain gang

20.02.08
It's another collaborative play from five influential writers... the one night only showing of the Chain Gang II. ... more

Goolden boy of theatre

25.09.07
Prolific 35-year-old director, Rupert Goold, is the new darling of theatreland and has two new major plays opening in London this week.... more

Bad vibrations from a set of misused sex toys

07.08.07
Nicholas de Jongh found himself bored to distraction by Richard Bean's "political sex farce" In The Club.... more


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