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War Horse wins battle for full houses at National Theatre

22.09.09

Highest attendance figures for seven years helped the National Theatre to a Ł456,000 surplus, its annual report revealed... more

Don Carlo is saved by soaring harmony

16.09.09

The new Don Carlo, Jonas Kaufmann, is not a disappointment: his ringing, ardent tone and rugged good looks win all hearts... more

War Horse gallops ahead with more London shows

24.06.09

Award-winning show War Horse is to extend its West End run after more than Ł3million of tickets were sold in its first 12 weeks... more

The hot tickets are for serious drama

11.05.09

Ours is not the first generation to worry about a degeneration of the culture. Writers have regretted the passing of an Arcadian golden age since the beginnings of Western literature... more

Thanks to BBC2, I’ve caught negorrhea

05.03.09

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London’s melting pot deserves better than this theatre of cliché

17.02.09

A new production at the National Theatre lectures its audience on racism. But pandering to like-minded liberals doesn’t get to the heart of the matter ... more

The Magic Flute unleashes inspiring voice

26.01.09

The Magic Flute, which ends with the dawning of an ill-defined age of sunshine and loveliness, opens in Obama-week.... more

Josh joins the cast at Evening Standard theatre awards

18.11.08

A glittering cast of West End stars, including Josh Hartnett, Jude Law and Kenneth Branagh are set to attend this year's prestigious Evening Standard Theatre Awards... 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

Mirren returns to the National in Phèdre title role

17.09.08

Dame Helen Mirren will return to the National Theatre to appear as a woman in love with her stepson... more

Don Carlo takes opera to the people

03.07.08

Don Carlo at Covent Garden is the hot opera ticket of the summer - an impassioned production, full of starry names.... more

Passion unlocked in Don Carlo

09.06.08

National Theatre director Nicholas Hytner's staging of Verdi’s Don Carlo at Covent Garden is absorbing and impeccably cast.... more

Sunday shows at the National

17.01.08

The National Theatre is to stage performances on Sundays in a move that will cost it between £300,000 and £500,000 a year extra in wages.... more

Irons to make his National debut as former PM

16.01.08

Jeremy Irons is to make his National Theatre debut in a new play on the life of prime minister Harold Macmillan.... more

The Boys' triumphal return

08.01.08

Four seasons after its National Theatre premiere, The History Boys makes a stronger, more emotional impact in Paul Miller's capable production than ever.... more

Middle-aged lovers make much the biggest waves

19.12.07

Simon Russell Beale and Zoe Wanamaker make big, theatrical waves in Nicholas Hytner's alluring production of Much Ado About Nothing.... more

From Shameless to National treasure

27.11.07

Anne-Marie Duff claims she was 'the runt of the year' at drama school - but now she has picked up the Evening Standard Best Actress prize for her astonishing portrayal of Saint Joan.... more

Sinews left unstiffened

07.11.07

Geoffrey Streatfeild's performance of Henry V isn't quite strong enough to hold everything together. More square bashing is needed before the London transfer. ... more

Cosi's colourful revival

23.05.07

Nicholas Hytner's production of Cosě fan tutte is back at Glyndebourne in resounding style a year after its first appearance, says Fiona Maddocks.... more

Theatre wars - the dead white male hits back

15.05.07

The National's director Nicholas Hytner has attacked London's theatre critics for their alleged misogyny. The Standard's man in the stalls could not disagree more.... more

Now theatre critics are panned

14.05.07

The head of the National Theatre has launched an astonishing attack on critics as "dead white men".... more

Hytner's back in an epic season at Covent Garden

04.04.07

Nicholas Hytner is to return to the Royal Opera House after a 20 year absence, as the Royal Opera House annouces an epic 2007/08 season.... more

Tears sharpened by mirth

23.02.07

Last week's death of Steven Pimlott, one of Britain's most versatile directors, tinged ENO's revival of his staging of La Boheme with a mood of elegy.... more

National to stage classic Niven film

15.02.07

A much-loved war film has been adapted into a play to be staged at the National Theatre.... more

Nicholas Hytner's production of 1676 comedy The Man of Mode depressed Nicholas de Jongh. "Are classic plays now too boring to attract the young, unless dolled up as plays for tomorrow?" he asks.... more

Critic's choice: opera

05.12.06

The Glyndebourne on Tour programme features Cosi fan Tutte, Turn of the Screw and Die Fledermaus, and they are all worth catching, says Barry Millington.... 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

Boys run riot in the cinema

12.10.06

There are plenty of laughs in Nicholas Hytner's and Alan Bennett's film of their stage hit about a group of sixth-formers. But it still worked better as a play.... more

The Boys are back in town

28.09.06

The History Boys is a stage hit that took director Nicholas Hytner by surprise. Now he's turned it into a rollicking film, with the aim, he says, of getting closer to the characters.... more

Thoroughly modern alchemy for the Blair era

15.09.06

It may sound crazy to set about updating a farce like Ben Jonson's The Alchemist, but Nicholas Hytner, with the help of some convincing performances, carries it off successfully.... more