The latest update of Charlotte Brontë's inexhaustible creation allows for a magnificently intense Michael Fassbender as Mr Rochester and possibly the best ever Jane Eyre in Mia Wasikowska... more
Woody Allen was bowled over by Lucy Punch's kooky beauty and quick-fire London wit, and now the rest of Hollywood is sitting up and taking notice, says Hermione Eyre... more
In a final twist that would make Shakespeare turn in his grave Macbeth and his wife have been found not guilty of murdering King Duncan and Banquo in a mock trial played by actors... more
I went to the Old Vic in good faith, truly I did. After nearly three hours in the stalls, I found The Real Thing was all that is alienating about the theatre... more
Toby Stephens is finally stepping out of the shadow cast by his acting parents to make his debut at the Old Vic, where they first starred together — and he’s working with his hero, Tom Stoppard.... more
Toby Stephens is to make an emotional debut at the theatre where his parents -Robert Stephens and Maggie Smith - performed as part of Laurence Olivier's original National Theatre company... more
Dame Maggie Smith has declared the show must go on after being diagnosed with breast cancer. According to reports, the double Oscar-winning actress has had a tumour removed and has also completed a course of chemotherapy... more
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
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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The Theatre Royal Haymarket is re-launching itself as a West End rival to Kevin Spacey's Old Vic, establishing an in-house company to produce full seasons.... more
From blockbuster films and open-air theatre to the Last Night of the Proms and Prince, it promises to be a memorable summer of entertainment in London. Our critics have picked their favourites.... more
Harold Pinter casts a rare, revealing eye on adultery and its companion, mendacity, in Betrayal, his indelibly fine account of a triangular love affair in Seventies literary London.... more
Maggie Smith returns to the West End in an Edward Albee play that hasn't been revived since its disastrous Broadway premiere. After five decades of acting, the fear, she says, is just as bad.... more
It has been described as The Office meets Deliverance. But Christopher Smith's film hasn't the observational skill of the former and doesn't deserve to touch the hem of John Boorman's classic.... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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