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Mark Rylance is a masterclass in Hamm acting in Endgame

16.10.09

Amid Endgame's remorseless asperity there�s poetry � given brilliant expression by director Simon McBurney.... more

The reinvention of Mark Rylance

14.10.09

Following his mighty performance in Jerusalem, Mark Rylance tries playing Beckett in the West End.... more

Twelfth Night in a Japanese pantomime style

25.03.09

Yukio Ninagawa's take on Twelfth Night wears you down with its relentless barrage of colour, ritualised speech, movement and facial expression. ... more

Bewildering times in Shun-Kin

06.02.09

Rather like Scarlett Johansson and Bill Murray, everyone seems to be lost in translation in Shun-Kin, says Fiona Mountford. ... more

Body of Lies leaves you feeling cheated

07.11.08

Peep beneath the veneer of topicality and Ridley Scott's latest thriller, Body Of Lies, looks hollow. ... more

A Disappearing Number's magical formula is back

16.10.08

Garlanded with theatre awards and generating daily queues for returns during its 2007 Barbican season Simon McBurney's A Disappearing Number returns.... more

Return of the play of the year

27.05.08

A Disappearing Number won all the big awards in 2007. Now it's coming back to the Barbican with improvements, says director Simon McBurney.... more

Just the bear essentials

06.12.07

Philip Pullman's far-reaching fantasy, The Golden Compass, looks stunning on screen but the adaptation sacrifices the author's imaginative vision.... 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

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

Joan of Arc fights Billie

07.11.07

Anne-Marie Duff is shortlisted in the Evening Standard Theatre Awards for her impassioned Joan of Arc against Billie Piper's stage debut in Treats.... more

Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2007: the longlist

31.10.07

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. ... more

The magic of maths

12.09.07

Inspired by mathematics and metaphysics, A Disappearing Number is an extraordinary, beautiful piece of theatre.... more

DVDs of the week

28.08.07

Some implausibly attractive scientists bid to relight the sun in Sunshine, and Mr Bean goes on holiday in the DVDs of the week.... more

Charm conquers corn

15.01.07

Bruce Dessau overlooks Lenny Henry's occasional clunkiness and enjoys Where You From?, a return to crowd-pleasing stand-up for this charming stalwart.... more

Truly, madly, brutally

11.01.07

The Last King of Scotland, a riveting fiction about African dictator Idi Amin, boasts a terrifying performance from Forest Whitaker, says Derek Malcolm.... more

The man who made Idi human

11.01.07

While filming The Last King of Scotland, director Kevin Macdonald sat in tyrant Idi Amin's chair, used his pool and even blew up his old limo.... more

Journey into the dark

20.09.06

This stage adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's novel Everything Is Illuminated opts for a plodding, threadbare demonstration of the text rather than fresh illumination of it. ... more