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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

Law of attraction: Jude mobbed by fans

22.07.09
Jude Law is mobbed by young fans as he leaves Wyndham's Theatre after appearing as Hamlet.... 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

Three Billies in line for a Tony as musical gets 15 nominations

05.05.09
Billy Elliot, the Broadway musical based on the hit British film, has been nominated for 15 Tony Awards — more than any other show... more

Dame Judi returns to stage after ankle sprain

25.03.09
Dame Judi Dench says she is thrilled to be back on the stage after her second fall in a month... more

Half a million tickets to lure young to drama

10.02.09
Rupert Penry-Jones and Sheridan Smith have launched a £2.5 million scheme to get young people into theatre... more

Danny, Sally and the unsung secret of our screen success

13.01.09
As the Evening Standard Film Awards shortlist is announced, one writer who has reviewed film and stage for 20 years says our theatre is the key to our Hollywood glory... more

Ages of man at the Donmar

07.01.09
Dozens of students and pensioners are to tread the boards of a West End stage in an education project by the Donmar Warehouse... more

OBE for Evening Standard's award-winning theatre star

18.12.08
Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor was being awarded an OBE by the Queen for services to drama... more

London's top theatres give free tickets to young people

17.12.08
Twenty-five London theatres are to take part in the Government's free tickets for young people scheme... 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

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

Co-stars in contest for best actress at Evening Standard Theatre Awards

07.11.08
Comedy co-stars Penelope Wilton and Margaret Tyzack will go head to head for honours at this year's 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

Frost/Nixon the movie is festival's power opener

16.10.08
The 52nd London Film Festival opened with the world premiere of a movie that started just round the corner from its showing in Leicester Square... more

Film festival begins with a premiere of Frost

15.10.08
The London Film Festival kicks off with the premiere of Frost/Nixon just yards from where it was originally staged as a play at the Donmar Warehouse... more

Stage-struck Kristin's triumph

10.03.08
Kristin Scott Thomas took the top award of Best Actress at the Olivier Awards and declared there was nothing like working in British theatre.... more

Andrew strikes it lucky

27.02.08
On TV, he's played a detective and political lobbyist. Now, the actor Andrew Buchan is set to pack a powerful punch in his West End debut.... 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

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

Double winner and TV comic present awards

21.11.07
Stage legend Sir Ian McKellen and TV favourite Meera Syal will be among the presenters at this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... more

Tickets to McGregor in Othello going for £1,200

21.11.07
Tickets to see Ewan McGregor in the sold-out production of Othello are exchanging hands for more than £1,200 each.... more

Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2007: the shortlist

07.11.07
Billie Piper, Patrick Stewart and Hairspray are some of the names on the shortlist for this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... 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

Royal takes on Old Vic with in-house company

09.07.07
The Theatre Royal Haymarket is re-launching itself as a West End rival to Kevin Spacey's Old Vic, establishing an in-house company to produce full seasons.... more

The luck of the Irish plays

02.01.07
Playwright Frank McGuinness tells Claire Allfree how he draws on a myriad of experience to speak to audiences about life, death and the unknowable.... more

Sex, death and Soho

05.12.06
Patrick Marber, author of an updated stage version of the Don Juan story, explains why he is drawn to characters living lives parallel to his own.... more

Critic's Choice: Top Five Plays

04.09.06
Nicholas de Jongh picks out five of the best theatrical productions currently onstage in the West End, from the highly entertaining The 39 Steps, to the superb Frost/Nixon.... more

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