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Jude Law shows why he’s the hottest ticket on Broadway

07.10.09

Jude Law was given a rapturous reception as he made his Hamlet debut on Broadway.... more

Jude Law shows why he’s the hottest ticket on Broadway

07.10.09

Jude Law was given a rapturous reception as he made his Hamlet debut on Broadway.... more

Theatre virgins flock to see Jude Law

29.09.09

Thousands of people visited the theatre for the first time as part of the Donmar's 'high-risk' season of shows in the West End... more

Jude Law proves Hamlet is a scream

15.07.09

Audience gives play a pop idol curtain call on night to promote theatre to young... more

No denying strength of Jude Law's Hamlet

04.06.09

Jude Law's is not a funny Hamlet, but he possesses both self-lacerating candour and romantic dash.... more

Jude Law: I have some of the greatest lines ever written in Hamlet

04.06.09

Jude Law has promised every one of his performances as Hamlet will be as if it were the first time.... more

Happiness is...more seats for Jude Law's Hamlet

29.05.09

Jude Law is set to take on the most challenging role of his career, making his debut in Hamlet.... more

Sex, drugs and frocks for de Sade

19.03.09

Few more weird or perverse straight plays than Yukio Mishima's Madame de Sade can have hit the staid West End stage this century.... more

Critics hail Tennant for part-time Hamlet

27.01.09

David Tennant has been honoured for the best Shakespearean performance of the year despite his limited London run... more

Sir Cameron tops theatre's influentials list for 2008

31.12.08

Cameron Mackintosh tops the list of the most influential people in British theatre... more

Amusing chatter in The Cocktail Party

18.12.08

TS Eliot's The Cocktail Party shifts with mesmerising stealth into terrain of suffering and death.... more

Grandage, the one-man hit machine

11.12.08

After the triumphant opening of his Twelfth Night last night, the Donmar’s artistic director tells how the play has been as good as therapy for him... more

Jacobi is exquisitely funny in Twelfth Night

11.12.08

Michael Grandage's triumphant advance upon the West End continues with a treasurable Twelfth Night that discovers a renewed sense of comedy.... more

A winning year for leading lights of the London stage

25.11.08

A 100-year History Cycle and an Othello reinvented, a vivacious newcomer and a brace of best actresses — our judges explain why they chose the winners of the 2008 Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... 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

The Chancellor's dangerous bet

24.11.08

TODAY'S pre-Budget report is the Government's boldest response yet to the recession: a gamble of billions of pounds on tax cuts to kick-start the economy... 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

Heavyweights of the stage battle for best actor prize

04.11.08

Kevin Spacey, Alan Rickman and Kenneth Branagh are in the running for honours in this year's 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

Branagh leads Ivanov invasion

18.09.08

Not for many years has there been a more exciting invasion of London's commercial theatre world than Ivanov's launch in triumph by Michael Grandage.... more

The man with the Midas touch

19.08.08

Michael Grandage has transformed the Donmar into a theatrical powerhouse. Now he explains why he's offering Dench, Law and Branagh in the West End for only a tenner.... more

The making of a great Othello

07.12.07

Chiwetel Ejiofor’s Moor in the Donmar Warehouse’s production has been hailed as one of the best ever. Experiencing a ‘memorable jealousy’ gave him the necessary inspiration.... more

For he's a jolly good Othello

05.12.07

Chiwetel Ejiofor steals the show, offering a riveting, psychological diagnosis of Othello as a black African outsider in a white world.... more

Jude Law to play Hamlet in West End

10.09.07

Jude Law is to play Hamlet on the West End stage. Law will play the title role in a new production for the Donmar Warehouse, directed by Kenneth Branagh.... more

Donmar cash boost as West End hit grips America

01.08.07

One of last year's biggest West End hits, the Donmar Warehouse production of Frost/Nixon, has taken Broadway by storm.... more

Ewan McGregor to play Iago at the Donmar

11.05.07

Ewan McGregor is to lead a production of Othello to mark the fifth anniversary of Michael Grandage as artistic director of the Donmar theatre.... more

A winter's betrayal

21.02.07

Michael Grandage's revival of the great Ibsen drama, John Gabriel Borkman, is anaemic and miscast, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

Laid-back Don is wrong guy to supply star quality

22.01.07

Don Johnson is taking it easy. Actually, he's so laid-back he's almost comatose as Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls, says Nick Curtis.... more

Stars vying to win our 52nd stage awards

09.11.06

There is plenty of intrigue thrown up by the shortlist for the 52nd Evening Standard Theatre Awards. Who will take the honours?... more

Grandage just can't play it safe

25.08.06

Michael Grandage, director of the Donmar, has scored another hit with Frost/Nixon. But, he says, every new production leaves his playhouse standing on a knife-edge.... more