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Olivier for playwright with fresh stage plans

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Drag race for the Olivier awards

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

Norton drags himself on stage in La Cage aux Folles

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Flamboyant TV star Graham Norton is turning drag queen as he steps into high heels to star in La Cage aux Folles... more

A Night Out in London: La Cage aux Folles & Gordon's Wine Bar

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True Love in La Cage aux Folles

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Terry Johnson's old-fashioned production of La Cage aux Folles reminds us why the show still exerts such a strong appeal for traditional audiences. ... more

Poetry in motion for TS Eliot Festival

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The celebration of the work of modernist poet, playwright and critic TS Eliot is ambitious even by the Donmar's standards.... more

Farce with flounce

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Even in our age of civil partnerships, Jerry Herman's farcical musical comedy La Cage aux Folles wrestles alluringly with a dilemma that could induce shudders of gay anxiety today.... more

Private lives on parade

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The leads in cult 1970s gay musical La Cage Aux Folles, Douglas Hodge and Philip Quast, say they will stay true to the special spirit of the show.... more

Star forced out of show by illness

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The official opening of a London Christmas show has been postponed because the star is ill.... more

Ingenious Paradocks

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The Donmar's triple bill, Absurdia, directed by Douglas Hodge is perfectly entertaining, but as provocative as a jam sandwich. ... more

Rising to the challenge

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Peter Capaldi talks to Claire Allfree about his role in acclaimed political satire The Thick Of It and his latest project, a triple bill of absurdist plays.... more

Put this soulless adaption out of its misery

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Adaptors Tom Morris and Emma Rice have torn the heart, soul and magic from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's famous 1946 fantasy film A Matter Of Life And Death.... more

National to stage classic Niven film

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A much-loved war film has been adapted into a play to be staged at the National Theatre.... more

Stage is set for download drama

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It may be low-budget, but And While London Burns has the grandest set in operatic history: the City of London itself.... more

Winners to be named at London theatre awards

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The wait is almost over. Today we will discover who has triumphed in the 52nd Evening Standard Theatre Awards at the Savoy Hotel.... more

It's the Jerry and Bill show

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Stars to announce our 52nd theatre awards

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Ewan's on a shoestring

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