British music for British musicians: we rarely hear foreign superstars play British masterpieces, the latest is the Japanese American violinist Midori... more
Booking is now open for this year's eight-week-long classical music extravaganza - let our critics guide you through what's on offer, from Gustavo Dudamel to DJ Switch... more
Not sold on arias? Neither was Rufus Norris — which made him an ideal choice to direct the tale of the sex addict Don Giovanni at the Coliseum, he tells Nick Curtis
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Written from inside Nazi Germany, Ödön von Horváth’s still underrated plays raise the big questions about guilt and conscience, says his translator Christopher Hampton.... more
They say with age comes wisdom. But that appears not to be the case with Mission Impossible actress Emmanuelle Beart as she stepped onto the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival with a trout pout.
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John Fowles continues to cause a stir from beyond the grave. It emerges that the man who gave us a novel with an alternative ending was leading a double life until his death... more
Stephen Wight fell into acting by accident - now his poker-playing waiter in Dealer's Choice, has put him in the running for Outstanding Newcomer at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... 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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Nicholas Hytner's production of 1676 comedy The Man of Mode depressed Nicholas de Jongh. "Are classic plays now too boring to attract the young, unless dolled up as plays for tomorrow?" he asks.... more
Rhys Ifans stars in the title role in Patrick Marber's Don Juan In Soho, which gives the worst sex-addict in theatrical history a ravishing, thoroughly modern make-over.... more
Patrick Marber, author of an updated stage version of the Don Juan story, explains why he is drawn to characters living lives parallel to his own.... more
Take one elite European youth orchestra, add a dashing young conductor and you have the perfect raw materials for two scores throbbing with sexual intensity.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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