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Kath And Kim star’s love story from schooldays

26.01.10
Jane Turner, the star of cult Australian comedy Kath And Kim, is to make her West End debut.... more

Opening this week

18.01.10
Rupert Friend is a gay filmstar agonising over whether to stay in the closet in award-winning comedy The Little Dog Laughed... more

Lenny Henry: 'Maybe one day we can have a black Doctor Who'

23.11.09
As he wins the outstanding newcomer prize at the Evening Standard theatre awards for his role as Othello, Lenny Henry has come a long way from black and white minstrels... more

Redgrave to present Standard theatre prize in Natasha's memory

16.11.09
Vanessa Redgrave is to present the best actress award in memory of her daughter, Natasha Richardson, at this year's London Evening Standard Theatre Awards... more

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

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

Opening this week in London

14.09.09
Ben Hur! is brought back to life at the O2, Coldplay, Jay-Z and Girls Aloud perform at Wembley and see the first night of Mother Courage and her Children ... more

A Night Out in London: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? & Tibits

27.04.09
Make sure you don't miss Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and visit Tibits for pre or post show dinner and drinks.... more

Mathew Horne collapses on stage during West End show

03.04.09
A West End show came to an abrupt halt after both its lead actors fell ill before the end of a matinee... more

Sadie Frost needs a touch of TLC

17.02.09
Sadie Frost was spotted with a large tear in her boot as she stood outside the Trafalgar Studios.... more

All Hornes on decks in club night

06.02.09
Gavin and Stacey star Mathew Horne showed he's a man of many talents as he took to the DJ decks.... 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

Sadie goes solo on stage after 24 years

21.11.08
Tabloid favourite Sadie Frost is returning to the stage after 24 years ... more

Comfort from boy next door in Cradle Me

06.10.08
Cradle Me and SH*T-M*X provide a reminder its worth looking beyond the confines of the West End. ... more

Philip Seymour Hoffman and his band

18.09.08
Hollywood star and sometime director Philip Seymour Hoffman is in London to stage a play about men with guitars in mid-life crisis.... more

New home for Fat Pig

16.09.08
Fat Pig has just opened at the Comedy Theatre after a successful run at Trafalgar Studios. But some changes have been made.... more

Cate Blanchett brings play to London in artistic swap

15.09.08
Cate Blanchett and Philip Seymour Hoffman are to bring new plays to London... more

In My Name has mayhem, in and out

08.07.08
Steven Hevey's violent 7/7 drama, In My Name, captures a potent sense of the confusion, anger and fear that followed the 2005 London bombings.... more

Why take on a weighty subject?

19.05.08
Wittily, but not always happily, Neil LaBute's Fat Pig explores the tyranny of standards of physical beauty with an off-the-telly star cast.... more

Hairspray collects record award nominations

07.02.08
West End hit Hairspray has received a record 11 nominations at the Laurence Olivier Awards.... more

Whose song is it anyway?

16.01.08
The cast of Showstopper! The Improvised Musical was inconsistent, with singing ability varying from the formidable to positively feeble.... more

Oxo mum picks unsavoury play

07.09.07
Forever the Oxo mum, actress Lynda Bellingham is going for a radical change of image in a play about homosexuality and murder.... more

The original Simm

13.07.07
Life on Mars made him a mainstream star and now he's earning rave reviews for his West End debut - so why is John Simm so grumpy about being flavour of the month?.... more

Empty, if undeniably worthy gesture

02.05.07
Highlighting the industrial-scale cruelty perpetrated on black slaves, African Snow's playwright and director seem to have been overwhelmed by the gravity of the subject matter.... more

Williams' gay play to open in London

16.01.07
And Tell Sad Stories Of The Death Of Queens, a play Tennessee Williams refused to allow to be performed in his lifetime, is to open in March.... more

Slapstick star Lee plays it straight

09.01.07
Comedy star Lee Evans has passionately defended straight drama, which is under increasing pressure in the West End.... more

Blair impersonators wanted for West End

24.11.06
Open auditions are being held to fill the role of Tony Blair in comedy actor Rik Mayall's new West End show.... more

The big West End showdown

21.11.06
The West End is set for a musicals versus drama showdown: as the blockbusters grab big audiences and profits, serious plays are struggling for life.... more

I grew up with oppression

04.10.06
Surviving a violent childhood and living as a bisexual in Bush's America, Alan Cumming is, he says, well prepared for his latest stage role.... more

Critic's Choice: Top Five Plays

15.09.06
Our reviewers select London's best plays, from Nina Rain's comedy Rabbit, to a clever cabaret from New York, and Brixton Stories - a thoughtful snapshot of south-west London life.... more

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