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Evening Standard theatre awards: Rachel Weisz and Lenny Henry fight stage giants for top prize

09.11.09

Stars of the British stage including Rachel Weisz, Samuel West and Lenny Henry will battle it out at the 55th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards... 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 reinvention of Mark Rylance

14.10.09

Following his mighty performance in Jerusalem, Mark Rylance tries playing Beckett in the West End.... more

Meet the Globe theatre's new Romeo and Juliet

05.05.09

Ellie Kendrick and Adetomiwa Edun are playing a pair of star-crossed lovers at Shakespeare's home theatre. Annabel Rivkin meets Juliet and her Romeo...... more

Shakespeare did not write his own plays, claims Sir Derek Jacobi

23.04.09

Two leading Shakespearean actors have joined the doubters who believe the bard did not write the plays... more

The 2008 ES Theatre Awards shortlist

24.11.08

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Globe given priceless Shakespeare texts

07.11.08

A collector and playwright in America has pledged his "priceless collection" of texts by Shakespeare and other writers to Shakespeare's Globe Theatre... more

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

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

Olympic celebration of arts in the capital

26.09.08

Hundreds of events over the weekend will kick off a four-year Olympic celebration of arts. Here are some not to miss.... more

Major roads closed for 50,000 to cycle in city centre

18.09.08

Beijing Olympics cycling heroes Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton will join the Mayor to lead London's biggest free cycling event this weekend... more

Great Days Out: S-Z

22.07.08

Here is the last segment of the A-Z of fun things to do this summer from dressing up as pirates to the new British Musuem blockbuster exhibition about Hadrian the Roman Emperor.... more

Broken dreams in The Frontline

10.07.08

Frontline at Shakespeare's Globe attempts a kaleidoscopic sweep, cutting between some 20 characters who come and go, stopping for brief encounters. ... more

London's must-see musicals

09.07.08

The hit West End shows to see this summer, by Daralyn Danns.... more

Che Walker is Camden's chronicler

01.07.08

Che Walker wants to bring the madness and mayhem of north London streets to the attention of the city's theatre-goers in Frontline.... more

Get out there � 20 ways to enjoy the summer

30.05.08

This is a golden, sunburned age of outdoor entertainment in London. Get out there. Buy a ticket. Crack open a bottle of something cold. Enjoy.... more

Season of Shakespeare

11.02.08

Tickets for this year's season of Shakespeare at the Globe have gone on sale.... more

The best places to eat in 2007

19.12.07

It's been quite a year for London restaurant openings. Our critic sifts out the pick of them - and some of the ones to avoid.... more

Just super Christmas markets!

05.12.07

Avoid the high street crush ... drink, eat and shop at traditional stalls full of festive spirit.... more

Warm welcome at Frost Fair

06.11.07

Husky dog sledding is among the December attractions at the Bankside Frost Fair, by the river outside Tate Modern and Shakespeare's Globe.... more

So whodunit, Will?

03.09.07

I Am Shakespeare is the best acted, funniest and least patronising bit of Theatre in Education you'll ever see, says Kieron Quirke.... more

From fast food to political intrigue

21.08.07

Eric Schlosser, exposer of the burger industry, is celebrating American democracy in a new play - and he thinks the Globe is the perfect stage for it.... more

Vintage Shakespeare

09.08.07

Laurence Olivier directed and starred in Henry V, which despite a hotchpotch of stylistic devices, remains one of the best Shakespeare films.... more

Go with the flow

25.07.07

Whatever floats your boat, there's loads to do on the banks of the River Thames this summer.... more

Camper van takes globe on tour

18.06.07

A battered old VW camper van was lowered into Shakespeare's Globe to launch the theatre's first touring production in 400 years.... more

At last, a great Southbank show

30.05.07

Nick Curtis, who grew up going to the Southbank, celebrates the complex's shift from bleak concrete jungle to cultural quarter to be proud of. ... more

Stars ride to rescue of forgotten Saint George

20.04.07

London is preparing for its biggest celebration of St George's Day in living memory as England reclaims the icon that it almost lost to the far-Right.... more

Where to celebrate St George's Day

19.04.07

It's St George's Day on Monday 23 April and London is getting into the patriotic spirit with a series of events that celebrate England's patron saint.... more

Flighty farce touches down again

08.01.07

French Sixties farce Boeing-Boeing, about love at an airport, is back in the West End with Tamzin Outhwaite and Green Wing's Michelle Gomez.... more

Fanatics blow us up but their time is over

22.08.06

Howard Brenton shocked us in the Eighties, but then he fell out of favour. Now the provocative playwright is back. He talks to Fiona Maddocks about his new comedy on extremism.... more