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Writing's on the wall in Where's My Seat?

16.06.11
Theatre might sometimes make us climb the walls, yet it doesn't often invite us to write on them. But Where's My Seat? isn't your average night of drama... more

Smash! has some drawbacks

01.04.11
Smash! - a comedy about the struggle to turn a hit novel into a stage musical - doesn't make it into the premier league of Jack Rosenthal's admirable back catalogue... more

Vanity and voice-overs in Timing

08.10.09
Alistair McGowan's new play, Timing, which features two plays within the play, taking place either side of a piece of sound-proof glass.... more

Hot tickets: London's going out guide

16.09.09
Electric Proms presents an array of acts including Dizzee Rascal and Motown legend Smokey Robinson, enjoy a barbecue at Edinboro Castle, and book tickets for Timing ... more

The Contingency Plan is a triumph

08.05.09
Steve Waters's The Contingency Plan provides some of the very finest dramatic components London has seen this year.... more

Pomp and elegance in Romeo and Juliet

27.08.08
The grandeur of Middle Temple Hall, all carved wood and imposing portraits, beautifully conveys the pomp of fair Verona in Romeo and Juliet.... more

Juliet finally follows her father into Shakespeare

23.07.08
The daughter of actor Mark Rylance is following in his footsteps with her own theatre company presenting Shakespeare... more

Grand Slam is on the base line

27.06.08
Much like the usual response to the Brits at Wimbledon - nice try, good effort, but ultimately not up to scratch, says Nick Curtis on Grand Slam.... more

Macho the day for Rock

30.05.08
Tim Fountain's fascinating, apparently true-life production, Rock, views the dilemma of being gay in 1950s Hollywood.... more

Look back in laughter at a dark knight in history

03.03.08
Standard critic Nicholas de Jongh's first play explores ignorance and intolerance in the Fifties.... more

Am I afraid of the critics? You bet I am

13.02.08
After a career spent passing judgment on the works of others, the Standard's theatre critic, Nicholas de Jongh decided to write a play.... more

Anarchy and the midlife crisis

21.11.07
Mike Packer takes a rollicking look at an old punk band confronting today's degraded celebrity culture in The dYsFUnCKshOnalZ!.... more

Whipped into a very fine shape

02.03.07
Whipping It Up paints a cutting, comic-satirical picture of parliamentary democracy and Richard Wilson scores a comic bull's-eye as the cynical Chief Whip.... more

The violent faces of faith

12.01.07
Neil LaBute's Bash - a three-part meditation on child murder in contemporary America - is histrionic, but still chilling, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more


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