From finance to fashion and politics to property, the past 12 months have seen dramatic changes in who wields influence in the capital. So who are the up-and-coming power players in London this year?... more
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
Big musicals may dominate the West End and box office receipts, but straight drama continues to thrive. These are the key people who make this city the global capital of theatre. ... more
Adapted for the stage, Noel Coward's classic Brief Encounter eloquently catches the repressed, self-destructive aspect of mid-Forties, middle England sexuality.... more
The National's director Nicholas Hytner has attacked London's theatre critics for their alleged misogyny. The Standard's man in the stalls could not disagree more.... more
Adaptors Tom Morris and Emma Rice have torn the heart, soul and magic from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's famous 1946 fantasy film A Matter Of Life And Death.... more
For festive entertainment check out The Mouse Queen, Rapunzel and Coram Boy while A Family Affair is the ideal antidote to the traditional tonics of Christmas-time theatre.... more
It's been an action-packed year for rapidly rising Cornish innovators Kneehigh and now they have produced this immensely enjoyable alternative Christmas show, Rapunzel.... more
Shakespeare's late romance, Cymbeline, gets the Kneehigh treatment, but its pared-down, revved up action-packed production doesn't always work perfectly, says Fiona Mountford.... more
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