Not really a gig, more an endurance test. This might sound curmudgeonly but last night's starry mirthathon for Great Ormond Street Hospital featuring 21 comedians pushed tolerance levels to the max... more
Training for the London Marathon this Sunday had been going so well for Rosamund Urwin. Until ‘runners’ knee’ nearly put her out of the race altogether.... more
The 10 millionth visitor will walk through the O2 Arena this week, comfortably eclipsing the figures achieved by the venue when it was the Millennium Dome... more
The longlists for the 2007 Evening Standard Theatre Awards are testimony to the strength of London's theatre - and the excellence of the actors.... more
A dazzling year of performances on the London stage will be honoured at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2007. Here, for the first time, is the longlist.
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"If there have been less amusing classic comedy revivals since the Eighties I have luckily missed them" - Nicholas de Jongh's damning verdict on The Soldiers' Fortune.... more
Nicholas de Jongh was pleased to discover Harold Pinter's 1957 black comedy The Dumb Waiter - starring Lee Evans and Jason Isaacs - has lost none of its potency.... more
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