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Michael Caine cleans up in Harry Brown

13.11.09

Sir Michael Caine's central performance in Harry Brown is as impressive as anything he has recently done... more

Michael Caine: Bring back national service

11.11.09

Hollywood star Sir Michael Caine has called for a return to national service to give young people "a sense of belonging rather than a sense of violence"... more

Michael Caine: We've left children to rot, now they are animals

12.03.09

Sir Michael Caine has spoken frankly of his fears for the London streets where he grew up among "honourable gangsters"... more

Drag race for the Olivier awards

03.02.09

Drag-queen musical La Cage aux Folles leads the charge at this year's Olivier theatre awards... more

British boy, five, drowns in indoor pool at French hotel

22.12.08

A boy aged five drowned in the pool of a hotel near Disneyland Paris... more

Walliams dazzles in No Man's Land

08.10.08

No Man's Land is chilling, thrilling Pinter in dream-land, relieved by flashes of sardonic amusement. ... more

No Man's Land was made for the Great Gambon

29.09.08

The Great Gambon (as Ralph Richardson dubbed him) returns to Pinter in a new production of No Man�s Land directed by the w�nderkind Rupert Goold, whose interpretation of Macbeth with Patrick Stewart proved such a hit.... more

25 events to raise your spirits this autumn

24.09.08

Something might be rotten in the City but in London�s arts world there�s plenty to be upbeat about. Here�s our pick of must-sees to brighten up longer nights... more

Walliams in the West End for ... (pause) Pinter

03.07.08

David Walliams is to make his West End debut alongside Michael Gambon in a new production of a Harold Pinter classic... more

Inquisitor's Big Question

18.06.08

A play in which an actor playing an actor tells the audience that it's all an act. At times, The Quiz can be infuriating but it's a tantalising and extremely funny show nonetheless.... more

Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2007: the longlist

31.10.07

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. ... more

Warm and pleasant Potter never quite blazes

04.07.07

The fifth instalment of Harry Potter doesn't live up to the standards set by the last two films, but there's still plenty of warmth, humour and stunning settings to enjoy, says Nick Curtis.... more

Sublime comedy of alienation

19.03.07

Jamie Lloyd's pitch-perfect production of The Caretaker serves renewed notice that Harold Pinter has written nothing more likely to survive as a classic of post-war British theatre.... more

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