http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-4527-simon-mcburney/topic-rss.do Simon McBurney RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23757516-mark-rylance-is-a-masterclass-in-hamm-acting-in-endgame.do Amid Endgame's remorseless asperity there’s poetry — given brilliant expression by director Simon McBurney. 2009-10-15T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23756370-the-reinvention-of-mark-rylance.do Following his mighty performance in Jerusalem, Mark Rylance tries playing Beckett in the West End. 2009-10-14T08:43:01Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23666740-twelfth-night-in-a-japanese-pantomime-style.do Yukio Ninagawa's take on Twelfth Night wears you down with its relentless barrage of colour, ritualised speech, movement and facial expression. 2009-03-25T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23635981-bewildering-times-in-shun-kin.do Rather like Scarlett Johansson and Bill Murray, everyone seems to be lost in translation in Shun-Kin, says Fiona Mountford. 2009-02-06T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23583655-body-of-lies-leaves-you-feeling-cheated.do Peep beneath the veneer of topicality and Ridley Scott's latest thriller, Body Of Lies, looks hollow. 2008-11-07T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23573856-a-disappearing-numbers-magical-formula-is-back.do Garlanded with theatre awards and generating daily queues for returns during its 2007 Barbican season Simon McBurney's A Disappearing Number returns. 2008-10-15T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23487690-return-of-the-play-of-the-year.do A Disappearing Number won all the big awards in 2007. Now it's coming back to the Barbican with improvements, says director Simon McBurney. 2008-05-27T09:08:39Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23425805-just-the-bear-essentials.do Philip Pullman's far-reaching fantasy, The Golden Compass, looks stunning on screen but the adaptation sacrifices the author's imaginative vision. 2007-12-06T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23422246-double-winner-and-tv-comic-present-awards.do Stage legend Sir Ian McKellen and TV favourite Meera Syal will be among the presenters at this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards. 2007-11-21T10:15:16Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23419894-evening-standard-theatre-awards-2007-the-shortlist.do Billie Piper, Patrick Stewart and Hairspray are some of the names on the shortlist for this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards. 2007-11-07T09:59:10Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23419891-joan-of-arc-fights-billie.do 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. 2007-11-07T09:44:26Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23418936-evening-standard-theatre-awards-2007-the-longlist.do 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. 2007-10-31T10:50:28Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23411883-the-magic-of-maths.do Inspired by mathematics and metaphysics, A Disappearing Number is an extraordinary, beautiful piece of theatre. 2007-09-11T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23410035-dvds-of-the-week.do Some implausibly attractive scientists bid to relight the sun in Sunshine, and Mr Bean goes on holiday in the DVDs of the week. 2007-08-27T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23381756-charm-conquers-corn.do Bruce Dessau overlooks Lenny Henry's occasional clunkiness and enjoys Where You From?, a return to crowd-pleasing stand-up for this charming stalwart. 2007-01-15T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23381290-truly-madly-brutally.do The Last King of Scotland, a riveting fiction about African dictator Idi Amin, boasts a terrifying performance from Forest Whitaker, says Derek Malcolm. 2007-01-11T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/article-23381311-the-man-who-made-idi-human.do 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. 2007-01-11T12:03:11Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23367434-journey-into-the-dark.do 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. 2006-09-19T23:00:00Z