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Olivier for playwright with fresh stage plans

09.03.09

Sir Alan Ayckbourn, one of Britain's most popular and prolific playwrights, is set to do more work in London after the huge success of his Norman Conquests trilogy at the Old Vic... 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

Crucial spirit is lacking in elegant tale of lost love

27.01.09

Ian McDiarmid�s misguided stage adaptation of Andrew O�Hagan�s poignant novel Be Near Me at the Donmar Warehouse is greatly diminished by cutting out crucial figures from the book.... more

Grandage, the one-man hit machine

11.12.08

After the triumphant opening of his Twelfth Night last night, the Donmar�s artistic director tells how the play has been as good as therapy for him... more

The 2008 ES Theatre Awards shortlist

24.11.08

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Dr Who joins our theatre awards cast

21.11.08

David Tennant is to join this year's star-studded Evening Standard Theatre Awards... more

Co-stars in contest for best actress at Evening Standard Theatre Awards

07.11.08

Comedy co-stars Penelope Wilton and Margaret Tyzack will go head to head for honours at this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards... more

Heavyweights of the stage battle for best actor prize

04.11.08

Kevin Spacey, Alan Rickman and Kenneth Branagh are in the running for honours in this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards... more

Black Watch wins hearts

25.06.08

Gregory Burke's play showing the venerable Black Watch under fire in Iraq and under threat at home is rich, exciting, humane and moving.... more

The hottest tickets for the year ahead

04.01.08

From Kylie Minogue and masterpieces of Impressionism to an invasion of Chinese dance companies, the next 12 months will be a treat for London's arts lovers.... more

Dumbed-down Dionysus

10.09.07

Alan Cumming's deeply ridiculous performance as the God Dionysus outrages and cheapens Euripides's timeless play The Bacchae, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

What an enjoyable tragedy

16.08.07

Greek tragedy has never been such fun as in The Bacchae, a play starring Alan Cumming as Dionysus.... more

A star comes home

14.08.07

Alan Cumming returns to Scottish theatre to play Dionysus in a bold, brash music-powered production by John Tiffany.... more

Connie scoops promising newcomer award

31.01.07

The Sound of Music star Connie Fisher has picked up her first award after being named theatreland's most promising newcomer.... more

Real voices from front line

14.08.06

Gregory Burke's "unauthorised biography" of the Highlands' oldest regiment, Black Watch, is a superlative play, brimfull of theatricality, energy and style.... more

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