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Movie stars and new writers to battle it out for Olivier Awards

08.02.10
London theatre hailed a new generation of young playwrights today in Olivier Award nominations which also recognise one of the starriest years in West End history... more

High rollers caught in the spotlight in Enron

27.01.10
Rupert Goold gives Enron his customary whizz-bang treatment, flooding the stage with ticker-tape electronic screens of the stock price.... 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

Lucy Prebble - playing with fire

22.01.10
The West End's hottest young playwright is a commuter-belt blonde with a penchant for lying and an appetite for danger. We love Lucy Prebble, says Hermione Eyre... more

Talent spotting: the ones to watch in 2010

08.01.10
Who better to herald the stars of tomorrow than the stars of today? The biggest names in drama, food, poetry and design nominate their tips for the top for 2010... more

City Spy: Candys ready to take on all comers

08.12.09
Hard to fathom the Candy Brothers. Nobody, it seems, is too big for a fight as far as the dynamic duo, Nick and Christian is concerned. ... more

Teenager on the high road to fame

07.12.09
A London schoolgirl has been named by Vogue as the face of the next decade... more

Winners of Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2009

24.11.09
Our judges reveal why they chose the recipients of the 2009 Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... more

Audience on their feet to sing the praises of Jerusalem's star

23.11.09
The audience rose in a standing ovation as Fiona Shaw announced Mark Rylance, with whom she had studied at Rada, as best actor for his lead role in Jerusalem... more

Our winners set Standards for theatre accolades

20.11.09
Former winners Patrick Stewart, Fiona Shaw and Simon Russell Beale will be handing out the honours to new victors at the 55th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards next week... more

London's new influentials

10.11.09
'The 1000' - the Standard's list of the capital's top movers and shakers - is out tomorrow. Here's a preview of 25 bright sparks who make this year's selection for the first time... more

Fall of the wall was a great day for Europe

09.11.09
The 20th century was bloody and terrible in many ways but 20 years ago today, one grim chapter in the history of that time was brought to a good conclusion... more

Evening Standard theatre awards: Rachel Weisz and Lenny Henry fight stage giants for top prize

09.11.09
Stars of the British stage including Rachel Weisz, Samuel West and Lenny Henry will battle it out at the 55th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards... 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

The reinvention of Mark Rylance

14.10.09
Following his mighty performance in Jerusalem, Mark Rylance tries playing Beckett in the West End.... more

Dame Judi Dench's attack could strangle theatre talent, says director

13.10.09
Dame Judi Dench has clashed with a star theatre director over her view that today’s new generation of actors are obsessed with films rather than the stage.... more

Capitalist commotion in Money

01.10.09
Money, a new show from boundary-pushing favourites Shunt, is inspired by Emile Zola's 1891 novel L’Argent.... more

Enron is a dashing tale of greed

23.09.09
Enron reclaims its rise and fall as a telling harbinger of the more recent global boom and bust.... more

Opening this week

21.09.09
Enron comes to the Royal Court, Mother Courage and Her Children opens at the National and Elton John is in town.... 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

Rupert Goold is the director with the golden touch

07.08.09
Move over Mendes, watch out Nunn, Rupert Goold's production of Enron is the critical hit of the summer, and his Kubrick-inspired take on Shakespeare thrills modern audiences... more

Introducing... Playwright Lucy Prebble

24.07.09
Lucy Prebble, 28, adapted Secret Diary of a Call Girl for ITV. Her latest play, Enron, examines the downfall of the Texan-based energy firm in 2001... more

Enron dazzles as a corporate Macbeth

23.07.09
Rupert Goold the returns with the highbrow hit of the year - Enron. As the phrase goes, “buy now” for an outstanding evening.... more

Rights issues fees are no more than a tax on investors and companies

23.06.09
Peep peep. That's the rights issue gravy train steaming across the City, throwing off vast amounts of investors' money to any investment bank passing... more

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