The star of this jaunty musical version of 1984 film A Private Function is the pig that provides its name: an animatronic, blue-eyed and weirdly flirtatious porker called Betty... more
Producer Cameron Mackintosh and director Richard Eyre have taken a huge risk on Betty Blue Eyes, especially, they admit, as the star of the show is an animatronic swine... more
Director Richard Eyre talks about the power struggle between rich and poor nations, the BBC’s problems and why the British make such good actors.... more
La Traviata's sets are exquisite but so immense that they miniaturise the characters, as if we’re watching them through the wrong end of a telescope.... more
Richard Eyre directs with his customary fluidity and Rob Howell's elegant design uses hanging African matting to mark out the stage in The Observer.... more
As he makes his exit after almost 18 years at the Standard, our theatre critic calls for the London stage to be given the bright future it so richly deserves... more
Given the financial hurricane that devasted the City last month, that 2008 is shaping up to be a good year for British film and our leading directors and actors ... more
A dazzling year of performances on the London stage will be honoured at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2007. Here, for the first time, is the longlist.
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Steven Berkoff, one of British theatre's most vocal and unpredictable figures, talks about why he thinks he can now turn the iconic Fifties film On the Waterfront into a stage success.... more
Give Judi Dench half a chance, and she'll make a lot more of a good role than almost any other actor. In Notes on a Scandal she gives a performance as powerful as it is subtle.... more
Two of Britain's best-loved actresses are leading our charge for Oscar success. But which one of these queens of stage will get the golden statue? Nick Curtis assesses the form.... more
Give Judi Dench half a chance, and she'll make a lot more of a good part than almost any other actress. But in Richard Eyre's very British Notes On A Scandal she excels herself. ... more
Patrick Swayze's legions of fans will no doubt have the time of their lives seeing him in the flesh in Guys and Dolls, but lovers of musical theatre are unlikely to be impressed.... more
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