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Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire - Mr & Mrs West End

06.11.09
Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire have quietly become the biggest players in theatreland. Here they reveal how their passion for the stage has finally paid off... more

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

The power of opera, where giants dance on a tightrope

05.06.09
Contrary to their public image, theatre people are surprisingly unsentimental... more

Africa under Western eyes in The Observer

21.05.09
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

Posthumous puff in The Last Cigarette

29.04.09
The stage adaptation of Simon Gray's late memoirs is arguably funnier but somehow also sadder in The Last Cigarette.... more

My part may be over but theatre goes from strength to strength

17.04.09
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

Writer's fatal attraction in The Last Cigarette

18.03.09
Nicholas de Jongh never realised there was a Felicity Kendal inside the late, lamented playwright Simon Gray, struggling to get out.... more

Film

08.10.08
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

Royal Opera House will broadcast live to cinemas

22.07.08
The Royal Opera House is to broadcast operas and ballets live to cinemas across Britain this autumn... more

Be seduced by a superstar

15.01.08
La Traviata was a triumph of operatic spectacle with the superstar of the 21st century, Anna Netrebko, giving an electrifying performance.... more

Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2007: the longlist

31.10.07
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. ... more

The Queen of the Old Vic

30.10.07
It'll be all right on the night, says Kate Pakenham, mastermind of the Old Vic's 24-hour play madness.... 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

The Wright Stuff

30.08.07
Joe Wright, the toast of Venice with the premiere of his film Atonement, talks about how he became Britain's hottest director.... more

Why I'm bringing Brando to the West End

10.08.07
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

In defence of my heroes Bergman and Antonioni

02.08.07
This week, following his death, Ingmar Bergman's films were mocked as 'boring'. Derek Malcom, who knew Bergman and his Italian contemporary, explains why they were masters of their art.... more

Theatre wars - the dead white male hits back

15.05.07
The National's director Nicholas Hytner has attacked London's theatre critics for their alleged misogyny. The Standard's man in the stalls could not disagree more.... more

Hytner's back in an epic season at Covent Garden

04.04.07
Nicholas Hytner is to return to the Royal Opera House after a 20 year absence, as the Royal Opera House annouces an epic 2007/08 season.... more

Death of a newsman

22.02.07
Nicholas de Jongh found himself drawn and moved by The Reporter, a play about James Mossman, a TV journalist who committed suicide 35 years ago.... more

Worthy winners however you roll the dice

12.02.07
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How 007 made us love him

05.02.07
Bond, Borat and British cinema - our Evening Standard film awards judges reveal how they chose the winners.... more

There's nothing like this Dame

01.02.07
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

Dame Judi at her best

29.01.07
Whether she wins an Oscar or not, Dame Judi Dench's performance in exceptional British film Notes On A Scandal deserves to be accounted one of her best on screen, says Derek Malcolm.... more

Battle of the Dames

24.01.07
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

Hollywood's new royalty

16.01.07
After the Golden Globe successes and record growth in the British film industry, we name our top 50 major players.... 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

Dame Judi is riveting as a lonely old maid

19.12.06
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

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

A bitch of a job for Dame Judi

05.10.06
Her latest role as a treacherous school teacher is something of a departure. But Judi Dench understands the character, she tells Mike Goodridge. ... more

Debut lacks song and dance

08.08.06
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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