Who match-made Madonna, got Kate Moss on stage with Pink Floyd and filled the capital with multicoloured elephants? Olivia Cole meets the London alchemists who make the impossible possible... more
Sir Peter Hall issued a rallying call for the arts in the face of government cuts as he was honoured at the 56th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards... more
Increasingly shrill warnings are being issued by the about how iPods, played at excessive volume, are setting us up for a future of hearing problems and deafness... more
Here we go again. The very week a nude photograph of actress Brooke Shields aged 10 has been removed from a Tate Modern exhibition, on police advice, we have Anna Friel appearing naked on the West End stage... more
Big musicals may dominate the West End and box office receipts, but straight drama continues to thrive. These are the key people who make this city the global capital of theatre. ... more
Amid the fuss over actress Dame Eileen Atkins's candid interview in this week's Radio Times, what gripped me was her recipe for a successful relationship: “I haven't been unfaithful, but only because we married when I was 43.”... more
Germaine Greer may be ridiculous and contrary but she can also be an incisive critic. She should see The Female of the Species - and demolish it properly, says Louise Jury.... more
BBC costume drama Cranford has received eight Emmy nominations, while Ricky Gervais's Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale got six, it was announced today.... more
It's the most glittering - and nail-biting - date in the awards ceremony calendar, and a true litmus test of popular taste. And today we are proud to announce that Mail on Sunday readers will be the first to cast their vote for the National Television Awards... the only TV honours to be handed direct from the viewer to the star.
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She has had plenty of practice making acceptance speeches over the years. But Dame Judi Dench, 73, may have to reel off the list of thank yous once again after receiving a record 24th Bafta nomination. She is up for the best actress prize for her role in BBC series Cranford, along with her co-star Dame Eileen Atkins, also 73
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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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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
Guillermo del Toro's masterpiece Pan's Labyrinth, Helen Mirren's Oscar-winning performance as the Queen and magical thriller The Prestige all come to DVD this week.... more
Maggie Smith returns to the West End in an Edward Albee play that hasn't been revived since its disastrous Broadway premiere. After five decades of acting, the fear, she says, is just as bad.... more
Jeremy Irons, Kathy Burke and Alan Cumming are among the stars who will take leading roles at the 52nd Evening Standard Theatre Awards at The Savoy next Monday.... more
Film news: For a first-time director working on a shoestring budget, the cast is impressive. But Ewan McGregor, Sophie Okonedo and Dame Eileen Atkins have all accepted the minimum actors' wage to appear in an independent film set on Hampstead Heath.... more
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