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Alan Bennett is back in the habit with brilliant but flawed play

18.11.09
Alan Bennett's The Habit of Art is funny and sometimes brilliantly so, but strangely uninvolving.... more

High camp, high art from Alan Bennett

13.10.09
In re-imagining the relationship between WH Auden and Benjamin Britten for his new play, Alan Bennett returns to a theme close to his heart.... more

The play's the thing, as theatres rediscover drama this autumn

16.09.09
Londoners are being invited to make the play the thing this autumn as a cavalcade of stars prepares to tread the boards... more

Inspector Morse returns.. along with a host of classic ITV shows online

31.07.08
Inspector Morse has found a new home on the net, as part of a roster of classic ITV programmes that are to be made available for online viewing, the broadcaster has confirmed.... more

From Shameless to National treasure

27.11.07
Anne-Marie Duff claims she was 'the runt of the year' at drama school - but now she has picked up the Evening Standard Best Actress prize for her astonishing portrayal of Saint Joan.... 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

Sensational Rufus's star is Rising

29.05.07
Rufus Wainwright amps up the campometer to 11 in his new show, which even includes Rising Damp's Miss Jones. Sell a relative to get a ticket, says John Aizlewood.... more

Plenty of airsmiles as Boeing takes comic flight

16.02.07
Boeing Boeing is a traditional French farce based on bad-luck and unreliable aircraft. Nicholas de Jongh could not remember a West End evening of such sheer, silly, comic pleasure.... more

New Bond Craig gets Bafta nod

12.01.07
The Queen and Casino Royale lead the field for this year's Baftas. Daniel Craig has received a best actor nomination for his performance as 007.... 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

Will the Brits get the gongs?

21.12.06
British actors have put in some prizewinnning performances this year. They'll get Oscar nominations, just don't expect them all to win.... more

Boys run riot in the cinema

12.10.06
There are plenty of laughs in Nicholas Hytner's and Alan Bennett's film of their stage hit about a group of sixth-formers. But it still worked better as a play.... more

The Boys are back in town

28.09.06
The History Boys is a stage hit that took director Nicholas Hytner by surprise. Now he's turned it into a rollicking film, with the aim, he says, of getting closer to the characters.... more

Latest film trailers

24.08.06
Welcome to This is London's trailer park, a place where you can sit back, relax, and watch some of the latest film clips from your desktop...... more


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