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Winners of Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2009
Theatre: Our judges reveal why they chose the recipients of the 2009 Evening Standard Theatre Awards.....read

Lenny Henry: 'Maybe one day we can have a black Doctor Who'
Theatre: As he wins the outstanding newcomer prize at the Evening Standard theatre awards for his role as Othello, Lenny Henry has come a long way from black and white minstrels....read

Coming of age in the cold with The Fahrenheit Twins
Theatre: As the dark nights beckon, it's oddly comforting to be transported to one of Earth�s coldest places with The Fahrenheit Twins.....read

Cock is a prickly tale of sexual confusion
Theatre: The title of Mike Bartlett's new play, Cock, may excite your inner punster, but the piece itself is far from being a trawl through tawdriness.....read

Singing in the aisles: Asda worker's West End role
Theatre: A singing supermarket worker has landed a role as jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald in a West End show....read

Alan Bennett is back in the habit with brilliant but flawed play
Theatre: Alan Bennett's The Habit of Art is funny and sometimes brilliantly so, but strangely uninvolving.....read

Akram Khan's fractured return to Kathak
Theatre: While Akram Khan's Kathak confirms his enduring virtuosity, it was the extract from his new work that reveals his innovative intelligence.....read

Predictable twists in Public Property
Theatre: Hanna Berrigan�s production is tidily spare, but while Public Property is enjoyable, its insights mostly feel familiar, not invigoratingly fresh.....read

God who moves in mysterious ways in The Making of Moo
Theatre: The Orange Tree's revival of the bracing 1957 satire The Making of Moo, first performed at the Royal Court, is impressive.....read

Drinkers treated to opera for �5
Theatre: A pub theatre is offering opera for a fiver in an ambitious programme of grand-scale music in a bar-room setting.....read

Mel C Blood Brothers debut leaves us really, really wanting more
Theatre: Blood Brothers has suddenly become quite wonderful, and the galvanising factor is the terrific stage debut of Melanie C.....read

A spot of teenage trouble at' mill in Mixed Up North
Theatre: Robin Soans's sometimes bracing play Mixed Up North is based on the testimony of people involved in a youth club in Burnley.....read

The 12 shows you must see in London this Christmas
Theatre: From posh panto to burlesque, London is full of festive entertainment. Here are a dozen shows that should entice children � and adults � into the theatre.....read

Music and menace in The Kreutzer Sonata
Theatre: The Kreutzer Sonata, published in 1889, doesn't fit the familiar image of Tolstoy. It is an unsettling vision of one man�s misgivings about sex.....read

Origin of the Species needs time to evolve
Theatre: Despite two lovely performances in Origin of the Species it's hard not to wish that Bryony Lavery had allowed her script to evolve a little more.....read

Slim pickings in The Rite Of Spring
Theatre: Michael Keegan-Dolan is the latest to try his hand at The Rite Of Spring although he is one of the least successful.....read

Darwin explored in Gilbert Is Dead
Theatre: Robin French's script is not without its drawbacks but overall has the agreeable air of a little-visited outpost of a rambling museum in Gilbert Is Dead.....read

Actors rebuild themselves in Architecting
Theatre: What do you get if you combine corsets, cabaret and abstract dance routines? Architecting would be the answer....read

Romany romance in Shraddha
Theatre: Shraddha has energy and some moments of real poetry, and, although at times soft, it feels faithfully contemporary.....read

Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire - Mr & Mrs West End
Theatre: Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire have quietly become the biggest players in theatreland. Here they reveal how their passion for the stage has finally paid off....read

Three-fold surprise from the Royal Ballet
Theatre: The dancers are very good but everyone seems bemused by the choreography in the Royal Ballet's latest mixed bill.....read