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

2009-10-07T09:23:56Z

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

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

2009-10-06T23:00:00Z

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

Theatre virgins flock to see Jude Law

2009-09-29T09:14:08Z

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

Jude Law proves Hamlet is a scream

2009-07-15T07:46:58Z

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

No denying strength of Jude Law's Hamlet

2009-06-03T23:00:00Z

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

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

2009-06-04T08:27:28Z

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

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

2009-05-29T08:28:26Z

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

Sex, drugs and frocks for de Sade

2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

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

Critics hail Tennant for part-time Hamlet

2009-01-27T14:22:36Z

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

Sir Cameron tops theatre's influentials list for 2008

2008-12-31T08:53:37Z

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

Amusing chatter in The Cocktail Party

2008-12-18T00:00:00Z

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

Grandage, the one-man hit machine

2008-12-11T09:06:48Z

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

Jacobi is exquisitely funny in Twelfth Night

2008-12-11T00:00:00Z

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

A winning year for leading lights of the London stage

2008-11-25T12:48:27Z

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.

Donmar dominates the London stage at ES Theatre Awards

2008-11-24T14:15:17Z

The Donmar Warehouse, one of the smallest venues in the West End, has stormed the Evening Standard Theatre Awards

The Chancellor's dangerous bet

2008-11-24T09:16:58Z

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

Josh joins the cast at Evening Standard theatre awards

2008-11-18T09:30:08Z

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

Heavyweights of the stage battle for best actor prize

2008-11-04T08:51:50Z

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

Theatre

2008-10-02T10:15:37Z

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.

Branagh leads Ivanov invasion

2008-09-17T23:00:00Z

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.

The man with the Midas touch

2008-08-19T10:52:03Z

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.

The making of a great Othello

2007-12-07T12:51:49Z

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.

For he's a jolly good Othello

2007-12-05T00:00:00Z

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

Jude Law to play Hamlet in West End

2007-09-10T15:04:31Z

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.

Donmar cash boost as West End hit grips America

2007-08-01T10:47:55Z

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

Ewan McGregor to play Iago at the Donmar

2007-05-11T08:18:07Z

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

A winter's betrayal

2007-02-21T00:00:00Z

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

Laid-back Don is wrong guy to supply star quality

2007-01-22T00:00:00Z

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.

Stars vying to win our 52nd stage awards

2006-11-09T10:00:40Z

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

Grandage just can't play it safe

2006-08-25T15:45:32Z

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.