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Breakfast goes far too lightly at Tiffany's

30.09.09

Breakfast at Tiffany's is froth with a small shot of naughtiness in it � a cappuccino of a play, stylish perhaps but not nourishing.... more

The face of modern opera

14.01.09

The first big event in London�s music calendar is the UK premiere of Die tote Stadt, Korngold�s 1920 work that finally brought opera into the real world... more

A winning year for leading lights of the London stage

25.11.08

A 100-year History Cycle and an Othello reinvented, a vivacious newcomer and a brace of best actresses � our judges explain why they chose the winners of the 2008 Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... more

London's last farewell for the age of decadence

17.10.08

Paris Hilton partied, Princess Michael swanned around and Fergie turned up with Beatrice in tow - this was designer Nicky Haslam's bash for his 800 closest friends... more

Gwyneth Herbert lives on the edge

27.08.08

Give her a few Kurt Weill and Berthold Brecht opuses and Gwyneth Herbert could have the arts-centre circuit at her feet.... more

Lou Reed's Berlin is determinedly downbeat

24.07.08

Those who admire Reed will find that Lou Schnabel's film allows the music to speak for itself against its rather messy background.... more

Steamy sex in Street Scene

18.07.08

There is nothing quite like Street Scene's fascinating hybrid of opera and Broadway musical, says Nicholas de Jongh. ... more

DAVID BOWIE: I went to buy some shoes - and I came back with Life On Mars

28.06.08

As The Mail on Sunday gives away his new album iSELECT, David Bowie reveals in his own words the fascinating stories behind the songs he personally selected for this unique CD.... more

Brecht given new bite

15.05.08

The Good Soul of Szechuan at the Young Vic makes an absolutely devastating impact in a production of stylised strangeness.... more

It's an opera mash-up

12.03.08

English National Opera is joining forces with the Young Vic to create a new kind of opera out of a film by David Lynch. Something as bold as this could work only in London, says its director Diane Paulus.... more

A tough act to follow

13.02.08

Julie Wilson's ability to inhabit a song completely was something every London wannabe diva should study.... more

Telling folk tales

21.01.08

The BBCSO negotiated its way deftly through the ambiguities of Judith Weir's tantalisingly suggestive score under the assured baton of Martyn Brabbins.... more

Drowning in text

21.11.07

The Breaking The Rules exhibition examines the immersion of the European avant-garde in print between 1900-1937.... more

Wainwright on the night

25.04.07

Just when you'd expect her to be unleashing her eagerly anticipated second album on the world, up pops Martha Wainwright performing onstage with the Royal Ballet.... more

Captivated by frolics and finesse

05.03.07

Performed at Wandsworth Prison by a mixture of inmates and professionals, Pimlico Opera's Les Miserables had energy in abundance and no little finesse.... more

Licence to thrill

03.11.06

As Daniel Craig dons the famous tuxedo for the 21st film in the "official" 007 canon, Casino Royale, our experts pick their favourites Bond film so far.... more

Flights of fantasy

16.08.06

Spectacular stage design, but Berthold Brecht's text and Kurt Weill's music at times lacked dynamism during the performance of two rarely performed operatic pieces.... more