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Off to catch the Moor the merrier

24.02.09

Doctor, I've got this Othello complex. Last year, I saw the haunting Chiwetel Ejiofor production at the Donmar, with a silky Ewan McGregor as Iago. Then Kathryn Hunter's RSC Othello came to the Hackney Empire, so we headed there to watch one of the most intriguing new generation of directors working out the Jealous Guy theme.... more

OBE for Evening Standard's award-winning theatre star

18.12.08

Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor was being awarded an OBE by the Queen for services to drama... more

Understudy on stage as back pain halts Tennant

10.12.08

The understudy thrust into the limelight as Hamlet because of David Tennant's bad back was greeted with a standing ovation... more

Tennant hopes to defy injury for Hamlet

09.12.08

Fears are growing that the show will not go on for David Tennant � as the Doctor Who star had last minute tests on a back injury... more

A winning year for leading lights of the London stage

25.11.08

A 100-year History Cycle and an Othello reinvented, a vivacious newcomer and a brace of best actresses � our judges explain why they chose the winners of the 2008 Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... more

Donmar dominates the London stage at ES Theatre Awards

24.11.08

The Donmar Warehouse, one of the smallest venues in the West End, has stormed the Evening Standard Theatre Awards... more

The Chancellor's dangerous bet

24.11.08

TODAY'S pre-Budget report is the Government's boldest response yet to the recession: a gamble of billions of pounds on tax cuts to kick-start the economy... more

The 2008 ES Theatre Awards shortlist

24.11.08

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Dr Who joins our theatre awards cast

21.11.08

David Tennant is to join this year's star-studded Evening Standard Theatre Awards... 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

Black heroes who honour their white roots

05.11.08

Obama has got his most glittering prize but his beloved grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, will not be there to throw her arms around him... 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

Unlimited talent in Redbelt

26.09.08

You wouldn't suspect writer-director David Mamet of wanting to make a film about martial arts. But he has with Redbelt.... more

The man with the Midas touch

19.08.08

Michael Grandage has transformed the Donmar into a theatrical powerhouse. Now he explains why he's offering Dench, Law and Branagh in the West End for only a tenner.... more

Hairspray sweeps the board at Laurence Olivier Awards

10.03.08

West End musical Hairspray has swept the board at the Laurence Olivier Awards, scooping four of the prestigious accolades. Its star, Leanne Jones, was named best actress in a musical for her role as teenager Tracy Turnblad... more

Stage-struck Kristin's triumph

10.03.08

Kristin Scott Thomas took the top award of Best Actress at the Olivier Awards and declared there was nothing like working in British theatre.... more

Hairspray collects record award nominations

07.02.08

West End hit Hairspray has received a record 11 nominations at the Laurence Olivier Awards.... more

London's new battleground

15.01.08

A Polish immigrant is subjected to racism by an old West Indian man in the latest play by Kwame Kwei-Armah. 'People have short memories,' says the writer.... more

Can the Doctor conquer Hamlet?

04.01.08

Shakespeare has never been more popular, but in the first of three major productions of the Danish tragedy, David Tennant has a fight on his hands.... more

The making of a great Othello

07.12.07

Chiwetel Ejiofor�s Moor in the Donmar Warehouse�s production has been hailed as one of the best ever. Experiencing a �memorable jealousy� gave him the necessary inspiration.... more

For he's a jolly good Othello

05.12.07

Chiwetel Ejiofor steals the show, offering a riveting, psychological diagnosis of Othello as a black African outsider in a white world.... more

Telling it like it was

22.11.07

Talk To Me should have been a much better film, with stronger screenplay and more sensitive direction.... more

The return of the King

20.11.07

The West End transfer of Sir Ian McKellen's debut as King Lear is already a sell-out.... 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

Ewan McGregor to play Iago at the Donmar

11.05.07

Ewan McGregor is to lead a production of Othello to mark the fifth anniversary of Michael Grandage as artistic director of the Donmar theatre.... more

Beautiful, soaring Seagull is a five-star swansong

26.01.07

This enthralling version of The Seagull offers a series of shocks for traditional Chekhov lovers and Mackenzie Crook's transition from TV comedian to serious actor is amazing.... more

DVD reviews: Tommy's quest for justice

08.08.06

Tommy Lee Jones makes his directorial debut with The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada while Clive Owen thinks he's planned the perfect bank robbery in Inside Man.... more