Commuting, at a basic level, is completely unfair. It is one thing to pay to get somewhere you want to go, such as the cinema, or France. It is another to pay to get somewhere you would rather not be, such as work... more
The latest update of Charlotte Brontë's inexhaustible creation allows for a magnificently intense Michael Fassbender as Mr Rochester and possibly the best ever Jane Eyre in Mia Wasikowska... more
On a recent week night, having a little time to spare before a concert, I decided to walk from my office in Kensington to the Southbank Centre, a distance of around three-and-a-half miles... more
Thanks to Pierre Audi and De Nederlandse Opera, co-promoters of A Dog’s Heart, Simon McBurney has at last been persuaded to put his talents to use on the lyric stage... more
Not sold on arias? Neither was Rufus Norris — which made him an ideal choice to direct the tale of the sex addict Don Giovanni at the Coliseum, he tells Nick Curtis
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There is always a moment when what little bit of spirit you salvaged in the sun and smuggled back to the real world disintegrates in your hands.
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Maverick director Terry Gilliam is taking another dive into the unknown as he directs his first opera, tackling the monumental Damnation of Faust by Berlioz, which is seen more often in the concert hall than on the opera stage... more
Yukio Ninagawa's take on Twelfth Night wears you down with its relentless barrage of colour, ritualised speech, movement and facial expression.
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Garlanded with theatre awards and generating daily queues for returns during its 2007 Barbican season Simon McBurney's A Disappearing Number returns.... more
Philip Pullman's far-reaching fantasy, The Golden Compass, looks stunning on screen but the adaptation sacrifices the author's imaginative vision.... more
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
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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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
The Last King of Scotland, a riveting fiction about African dictator Idi Amin, boasts a terrifying performance from Forest Whitaker, says Derek Malcolm.... more
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
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