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Making a song and dance of Mussorgsky

29.04.09
A gaunt young actor is staggering about the chalked-up floor of a rehearsal room, a vodka bottle to his lips... more

The sexiest writer in town

24.11.08
Tarell Alvin McCraney has been voted Most Promising Playwright at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards. Here the young American reveals how a childhood of violence and abuse shapes his plays... more

It's an opera mash-up

12.03.08
English National Opera is joining forces with the Young Vic to create a new kind of opera out of a film by David Lynch. Something as bold as this could work only in London, says its director Diane Paulus.... more

Bremner, Blair and Brecht

20.03.07
Britain's favourite satirist says he's given up on the Prime Minister, taken up translating for the stage and is not sorry that he made a fool of Margaret Beckett.... more

Domestic view of African tragedy

28.02.07
Lasting just 30 minutes, Generations is an oblique, metaphoric lament for the death and devastation wrought by Aids in Africa, voiced by seven terrific actors.... more

Badly in need of restoration

23.02.07
"If there have been less amusing classic comedy revivals since the Eighties I have luckily missed them" - Nicholas de Jongh's damning verdict on The Soldiers' Fortune.... more

It's the Jerry and Bill show

24.11.06
Bill Wyman and Jerry Hall will team up to present the best play prize at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards at the Savoy Hotel.... more

Miraculous return to the Young Vic

12.10.06
Tobias And The Angel opened the new season at the newly refurbished Young Vic - and a more all-embracing and deeply charming modern opera you could not wish for, says Kieron Quirke.... more

Young Vic stages £12million comeback

11.10.06
The Young Vic re-opens its doors tonight following a £12.5 million redevelopment. Jude Law's favourite artistic haunt in the capital, has been closed for two years. ... more

The top five shows opening next week

05.10.06
A nudity-drenched Cabaret, plus the Young Vic's first play after its refit and a new-old Godot are some of the treats in store next week, says Richard Godwin.... more

Young Vic set for bold new drama

03.10.06
The Young Vic reopens next week, its Waterloo base transformed by a striking renovation that plays to the building's strengths.... more

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