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ITV bringing back 'Stars in Their Eyes'

19.09.11
The broadcaster is working on a new version of the programme in which celebrities and members of the public dress up to perform as their idols... more

Lend Me A Tenor needs to unleash more of the diva

16.06.11
Ho hum, what to say about this polished but instantly forgettable musical? Lend Me A Tenor is based on Ken Ludwig's Eighties comedy about an Italian opera star's visit to Cleveland in 1934... more

We're off to see best of the West End in Trafalgar Square

20.05.11
Stars from London's blockbuster shows are to perform free in the seventh West End Live celebration of theatre... more

Sign of the Times stretches itself

14.03.11
Sign of the Times hard-to-dislike, harder-to-love two-hander about the changing world of work starring Matthew Kelly... more

Masterly McKellen glitters in Waiting For Godot revival

28.01.10
The Waiting For Godot revival may lack what Henry Hitchings dares to call the X-Men factor, but it has plenty of charm and spirit.... more

Opening this week

25.01.10
The premiere of the Last Station and Abbaworld opens at Earls Court, promising a 'mind-blowing' experience... 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

No laughing matter in Comedians

15.10.09
While Comedians certainly shouldn’t be booed offstage now, it’s not going to be gifted any slots on primetime television.... more

Troilus and Cressida is not fit for heroes

24.07.09
When Troilus and Cressidea is done well, the piece is riveting. Unfortunately, this lacklustre offering is not done well.... more

Fern Britton exits This Morning with celebrity party

17.07.09
Fern Britton signed off from This Morning after ten years presenting the show, with an end-of-term party packed with celebrities and Pimm's cocktails... more

Lyric turns to classic panto

03.06.09
The theatre that shocked audiences with swearing in its Christmas show last year will present a traditional pantomime for the first time in 30 years under its new artistic director.... more

A Night Out in London: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? & Tibits

27.04.09
Make sure you don't miss Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and visit Tibits for pre or post show dinner and drinks.... more

Masterful take on Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

15.04.09
Matthew Kelly's remarkable career renaissance continues apace as the failing academic George in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.... more

Barker is far more mouthy than his bite

09.03.09
Just because this is set at the time of the Restoration, don’t be fooled into thinking that it’ll be a decorous costume drama stuffed with pretty people in pearls... more

Return to No Man's Land

12.06.07
Relying on eyewitness accounts of the First World War, Forgotton Voices doesn't lack poignancy, horror or heroism, but fails to find something extra to add to the familiar version of events.... more

Horrifying portrait of divine genius

19.09.06
Twenty-seven years ago London went wild about Amadeus, a musico-dramatic fantasy about Mozart. John Doyle's haunting, imaginatively conceived production improves upon that sumptuous staging.... more


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