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The Standard Theatre Awards 2009: Longlist revealed

02.11.09

Our longlist for the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards proves it has been 12 months of critical as well as commercial success.... more

Enough of digital fun - we want the real thing now

30.06.09

A funny thing happened on my way back from Springsteen at Glastonbury. I was driving across Hyde Park and distinctly heard Springsteen again. And I mean the man, not a recording ... more

Transatlantic ambition from The Bridge Project

10.06.09

The Bridge Project is a joint venture between Sam Mendes and Kevin Spacey, staging The Winter's Tale and The Cherry Orchard, but the productions do not fully satisfy.... more

Michelle Obama's guide to London (just avoid the Tube after 7pm)

09.06.09

Dear Michelle,... more

Spacey meets Darwin at Old Vic as clash over evolution hits the stage

05.06.09

Kevin Spacey will return to the Old Vic stage this autumn to star in Inherit The Wind, a drama inspired by a courtroom clash over the ideas of Charles Darwin... more

50 ways to have fun in 2009

02.01.09

Priscilla on stage, Blur reunited, Michael Sheen as Brian Clough — we bring you the highlights of London’s arts calendar for the coming months. ... more

The 2008 ES Theatre Awards shortlist

24.11.08

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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

Latte-slurping liberals may come to regret the class divide

05.11.08

One of the best things to hope for from Barack Obama's election is that by proving racism is on the decline it will allow liberals to concentrate on the real cause of disadvantage in modern societies: class.... 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

Provocative play to spearhead new season at Old Vic

22.10.08

A provocative play about a journalist accused of espionage in the war on terror is to spearhead the new season at the Old Vic... more

Theatre

08.10.08

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

Here's a prince for our time

06.08.08

David Tennant is sensational as a manic-depressive and authentic Hamlet but the play is lacking something, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

Bickering pair in A Slight Ache

28.07.08

There is an unsettling sense in A Slight Ache that although an Englishman's home might be his castle this fort has been breached by unknown forces.... more

Bhaskar is new Spamalot star

03.07.08

Goodness gracious me! The latest actor to tread in the clipclopping hoofprints of King Arthur in Spamalot is Sanjev Bhaskar.... more

Shaw's war of ideas is still sallying forth

05.03.08

Major Barbara, a great, ironic comedy by Bernard Shaw, speaks to us with even more chilling urgency than it did at its 1905 premiere.... more

The National's treasure

04.03.08

Simon Russell Beale, the average-looking actor with an above average amount of talent, talks to Claire Allfree about getting to the emotional core of the characters he plays.... 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

Can the Doctor conquer Hamlet?

04.01.08

Shakespeare has never been more popular, but in the first of three major productions of the Danish tragedy, David Tennant has a fight on his hands.... more

Middle-aged lovers make much the biggest waves

19.12.07

Simon Russell Beale and Zoe Wanamaker make big, theatrical waves in Nicholas Hytner's alluring production of Much Ado About Nothing.... more

Acting trio to present our theatre awards

23.11.07

Actors Simon Russell Beale, Dame Eileen Atkins and Sophie Okonedo will hand out prizes at the 2007 Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... more

West End prepares for autumn of high drama

28.08.07

Christian Slater, Stockard Channing and Patrick Stewart head a list of big name stars gearing up for a spectacular autumn at the West End.... more

Spacey loves it at the Old Vic

21.06.07

Old Vic director Kevin Spacey is looking ahead to a starry new season as he tackles the renovation of the historic theatre.... more

Simon has grail of a time in Pythonland

24.01.07

Simon Russell Beale makes the perfect King Arthur in deliriously daft musical Spamalot and he's having a killer rabbit of a time following in the coconut-shells-for-horses'-hooves of Tim Curry. ... more

Vicar's son bemoans his fete

10.01.07

James Sherwood would generate better material if he got angry - rather than mildly miffed - at his religious targets, thinks Bruce Dessau.... more

Why Felicity is growing old gracefully

28.11.06

As Felicity Kendall reaches 60 and stars in a new West End production of Amy's View, she lays to rest those rumours about plastic surgery.... more

Thoroughly modern alchemy for the Blair era

15.09.06

It may sound crazy to set about updating a farce like Ben Jonson's The Alchemist, but Nicholas Hytner, with the help of some convincing performances, carries it off successfully.... more

Critic's Choice: Top Five Plays

04.09.06

Nicholas de Jongh picks out five of the best theatrical productions currently onstage in the West End, from the highly entertaining The 39 Steps, to the superb Frost/Nixon.... more