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Slim pickings in The Rite Of Spring

09.11.09
Michael Keegan-Dolan is the latest to try his hand at The Rite Of Spring although he is one of the least successful.... more

Superb production of All's Well that Ends Well

29.05.09
In Marianne Elliott's gorgeous production of All's Well That Ends well, the textures of this layered and awkward work are fully explored.... more

War Horse is a National winner

06.04.09
War Horse canters into town with the confidence of a natural-born winner in this superb production by Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris. ... more

Emotional debt in Faces in the Crowd

22.10.08
From a lofty position, audience members feel like voyeurs at the Royal Court's Faces in the Crowd. It makes for an intriguing evening.... more

Real hero back in War Horse

18.09.08
Nick Stafford's War Horse, an adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's book about a Devon farm horse amid the horrors of the First World War, makes a welcome return. ... more

Horsepower for techno teens

29.11.07
Critics are calling War Horse one of the most enjoyable night's of their lives, and Gemma Hodges agrees. "It's wicked" says the 13-year-old.... more

Hollywood star joins list of Standard presenters

26.11.07
Christian Slater, Sheila Hancock, Samuel West and Olivia Williams complete the list of presenters for the Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... more

Double winner and TV comic present awards

21.11.07
Stage legend Sir Ian McKellen and TV favourite Meera Syal will be among the presenters at this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... more

Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2007: the shortlist

07.11.07
Billie Piper, Patrick Stewart and Hairspray are some of the names on the shortlist for this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... more

Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2007: the longlist

31.10.07
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. ... more

Pathetic Joan stokes up a blaze of theatricality

12.07.07
No 20th century British play better demonstrates the dangers and intolerances of religious fundamentalism than Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

Irish sorrow and sunlight

29.09.06
In The Seafarer, Conor McPherson, that exquisite playwright whose characters often see life through an alcoholic's glass darkly, allows flickers of optimism to shine upon his sombre, Irish world-picture.... more

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