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Calendar Girls set date for West End show

04.08.08
Not since the heady days of Oh! Calcutta! and Hair will there have been so much naked flesh freely on display in the West End. ... more

Hairspray makes profit in record 29 weeks

23.06.08
Hairspray has gone into profit and Wicked has notched up more than £50 million of box office takings to defy the trend of Broadway imports that lose money. ... more

Best clubs in London

06.06.08
From glam hotel bars to underground clubs, the winning venues at the awards celebrating our capital's nightlife are revealed.... more

Vote for London's best bar and win £500 night out

16.05.08
The London Club and Bar Awards is asking you to vote for your favourite London bar. Cast your vote and you could win a night out at the winning venue, worth £500.... more

Can, my dear, Gone With The Wind survive?

25.04.08
The critics have savaged Trevor Nunn's £4.75m Gone With the Wind. How did such a shambles make it to the stage? And can it survive such a mauling?... more

Wilde? More like crazy

07.03.08
A West End show which had the shortest ever run in modern times after it was booed off stage on its opening night is to open in New York.... more

There's room at the rose

20.02.08
After the grand opening a month ago, Nick Curtis heads back to the Rose Theatre in Kingston to have a second look at the venue.... more

Cheers to New Year... US girls fly in for parade

02.01.08
Cheerleaders, Morris dancers, beauty queens and vintage cars and took to the streets as 500,000 Londoners watched the New Year's Day Parade.... more

Levy 'needed to save West End theatres'

19.11.07
A levy on West End theatre tickets may be needed to save some of London's historic buildings.... more

Regent Street pedestrianised - for a day

06.11.07
Bond Street, Oxford Street and Regent Street will be closed to traffic on 1 December to allow shoppers to go about their retail business in peace... more

Class acts

31.10.07
The longlists for the 2007 Evening Standard Theatre Awards are testimony to the strength of London's theatre - and the excellence of the actors.... more

The man who made us love Macbeth

28.09.07
London's most promising theatre director, Rupert Goold, takes a moment to talk about his latest show and future plans.... 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

Rock that nostalgia

08.08.07
Having run in London for 13 years before touring nationally, Rob Bettinson's slickly directed revival of Buddy could well occupy the Duchess Theatre for the next decade.... more

Royal takes on Old Vic with in-house company

09.07.07
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

West End stars at biggest free festival

22.06.07
Thousands of people are expected to turn out for London's biggest free theatre festival, West End Live, over the weekend... more

Suchet's act of faith

19.06.07
A thriller based on the death of Pope John Paul I could become the West End's least likely hit. The story will continue to fascinate, says its star David Suchet... more

More spoofing than super-sleuthing

18.04.07
The West End has too few funny shows for us not to treasure this offering from Peepolykus. Their absurd version of The Hound of the Baskervilles will brighten any hardworking Londoner's evening.... more

Empire strikes back as London's biggest casino

19.03.07
The largest casino in London is to open in Leicester Square's historic Empire cinema building.... more

An informal treat from star of the West End

07.03.07
Fay Maschler returned to L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon but this time sat in "the workshop" on the ground floor. The food was outstanding and yet another visit beckons.... more

Five London pubs close a week

14.02.07
London pubs are closing at a rate of almost five a week. Research by the Campaign for Real Ale shows that the capital lost 230 last year.... more

Record turnover for West End shows

30.01.07
West End theatres were boosted by a rise in attendance in 2006 with revenues breaking through the £400 million barrier for the first time.... more

Ayckbourn: 'Hollywood stars damage West End'

26.01.07
Sir Alan Ayckbourn has launched an attack on the Hollywood invasion of the British stage saying that most film stars could "barely be heard beyond row three".... more

TV chefs snubbed as top restaurants named

22.01.07
The annual Tatler Louis Roederer Restaurant Awards shortlist is dominated by London restaurants but famous chefs and celebrity hangouts have been left out in the cold.... more

Who'll be the stars of the arts in 2007?

02.01.07
Our critics introduce the names to watch out for over the next 12 months - the ones you won’t have heard of before, the ones that you’ll suddenly see everywhere – and the one the critics will love best in 2007.... more

The cultural highlights of 2006

29.12.06
From the triumph of Frost/Nixon to pop divas demanding equal opportunities, and a West End song and dance, our critics reflect on 2006.... more

Broadway triumph for Poppins

17.11.06
Mary Poppins has soared her way to a triumphant Broadway opening. Sir Cameron Mackintosh's £9 million musical brought the house down in front of a sell-out audience.... more

Informal neighbourhood Vietnamese

28.09.06
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White Cube goes west with gallery in St James's

27.09.06
London's modern White Cube gallery, the place Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and Gilbert and George all call home, is unveiling a second £12 million branch in the West End.... more

Jam mobile signals, say theatregoers

05.09.06
Theatregoers favour a zero-tolerance policy over mobile phones interrupting West End shows, new research shows today.... more

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