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Flamenco in the style of Eastenders

23.09.08
Craig Revel Horwood has achieved the status of national treasure. Which is why the frankly dodgy Flamenco Flamen'ka is such a surprise. ... more

Eastern treats in the buzzy West End

11.09.08
Get new contemporary Japanese, Habuka, on your radar, because next time you're feeling clueless and hungry round Tottenham Court Road, you could do worse... more

New kids on West End block

15.08.08
The National Youth Theatre will be demonstrating their talent at the Soho Theatre, giving you the chance to spot the stars of the future.... more

Calendar Girls set date for West End show

04.08.08
Not since the heady days of Oh! Calcutta! and Hair will there have been so much naked flesh freely on display in the West End. ... more

The Mikado is a treat

25.07.08
The Mikado is The tiny Union's fourth musical - and second all-male production of Gilbert and Sullivan - in a year and it keeps getting better.... more

The Windmill is no tourist trap

22.07.08
The Windmill is a good, honest pub that would be a delight for any discerning pubgoer to call his or her local.... more

Hairspray makes profit in record 29 weeks

23.06.08
Hairspray has gone into profit and Wicked has notched up more than £50 million of box office takings to defy the trend of Broadway imports that lose money. ... more

West End's Gone With the Wind is damned

02.06.08
Trevor Nunn's £4.5 million production of Gone With The Wind, one of the most hotly anticipated West End shows of 2008, is to close.... more

Wilde? More like crazy

07.03.08
A West End show which had the shortest ever run in modern times after it was booed off stage on its opening night is to open in New York.... more

There's room at the rose

20.02.08
After the grand opening a month ago, Nick Curtis heads back to the Rose Theatre in Kingston to have a second look at the venue.... more

Reality shows help West End to record year

18.01.08
Hit shows from Joseph to Macbeth helped West End theatres set record audiences last year.... more

Levy 'needed to save West End theatres'

19.11.07
A levy on West End theatre tickets may be needed to save some of London's historic buildings.... more

Buy tickets to the theatre with your mobile

12.11.07
Theatre goers can now buy mobile phone tickets to The Lord Of The Rings in a technological first for the West End.... more

Popular West End haunt

02.10.07
Reopened last year, The Crown in New Oxford Street is a popular place for meeting up before a night up the West End.... more

West End theatre dancing its way to record

01.10.07
West End theatre is on course for a record year with takings currently 14 per cent up on last year's box office-busting results.... more

The man who made us love Macbeth

28.09.07
London's most promising theatre director, Rupert Goold, takes a moment to talk about his latest show and future plans.... more

Jude Law to play Hamlet in West End

10.09.07
Jude Law is to play Hamlet on the West End stage. Law will play the title role in a new production for the Donmar Warehouse, directed by Kenneth Branagh.... more

Rock that nostalgia

08.08.07
Having run in London for 13 years before touring nationally, Rob Bettinson's slickly directed revival of Buddy could well occupy the Duchess Theatre for the next decade.... more

Royal takes on Old Vic with in-house company

09.07.07
The Theatre Royal Haymarket is re-launching itself as a West End rival to Kevin Spacey's Old Vic, establishing an in-house company to produce full seasons.... more

New leads for return of popular musical

25.06.07
ITV talent show winners Susan McFadden and Danny Bayne take on the lead roles in the return of the musical Grease to the capital next month... more

Strike threat over 'awful' West End wages

25.05.07
West End performers have demanded a 44 per cent pay rise amid growing anger over their rates.... more

High drama at the Haymarket Hotel

16.05.07
Brumus - the restaurant at the Haymarket Hotel - serves up some lip-smacking treats but probably won't encourage more than one visit.... more

A long way from your old local chippy

09.05.07
Mushy peas and jam roly poly share menu space with a futuristic prawn cocktail and a mocha tart at Geales.... more

If I started thinking too much I'd probably break

12.03.07
She had a triumphant first night in the West End, but the days before were peppered with damaging speculation. In her first interview, Billie Piper hits back at the gossips.... more

LOTR wheels out stage for £25m musical

02.03.07
Work has started on the £1m moving floor that will transform the Theatre Royal Drury Lane into Middle Earth for the The Lord Of The Rings musical.... more

Spamalot actress attacks Olivier awards snub

19.02.07
The cast of Spamalot have launched an attack on the judges of the Olivier Awards after the Monty Python musical failed to win a single prize.... more

Trail of the Wandering Jew

13.02.07
Underneath The Lintel is such "grave tosh" it left Nicholas de Jongh fearing commercial theatre producers are plotting to rid the West End of straight plays altogether.... more

Tolkien classic takes to the stage

09.02.07
The cast of a £25 million West End stage version of The Lord Of The Rings has begun rehearsals, with the director admitting he had visited JRR Tolkien's grave to apologise for the show.... more

My new challenge for a booming West End

02.02.07
Flushed with the success of musicals, theatres are in the money. Now some of their profits should go into looking after their customers, says the Standard's theatre critic.... more

Critic's Choice: Top 5 exhibitions

01.02.07
A gangly palm tree fills the White Cube's West End space, At Home is hard to resist and The Wallace Collection celebrates Francesco Xanto Avelli.... more

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