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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

Festival operetta's not over until the cleaning ladies sing
Theatre: Real-life Polish cleaning ladies get the chance to do more than shake a brush when they star in an international arts festival in Chelsea today.....read

Rambert is treading softly but surely
Theatre: A former Rambert dancer, has revved things up with new work, new dancers and newly commissioned music.....read

Timing issue for This Much is True
Theatre: It's bad timing for This Much is True that it should come so soon after Kieron Barry�s impressively taut Stockwell.....read

Omar falls flat on his face in The Great Extension
Theatre: The Great Extension is lacking the strength and motive that is needed for farce.....read

Have-a-go hero in Seize The Day
Theatre: in Seize the Day Kwame Kwei-Armah turns his scrutiny to the question of race within the political sphere itself.....read

Fundamental fun in What Fatima Did
Theatre: Atiha Sen Gupta's first full-length play - What Fatima Did - is a brave and timely exploration of the faultlines in our multicultural society.....read

The Standard Theatre Awards 2009: Longlist revealed
Theatre: Our longlist for the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards proves it has been 12 months of critical as well as commercial success.....read

Triumph as O'Neill joins Prick Up Your Ears
Theatre: Matt Lucas having left the show Con O�Neill has taken over the role of Kenneth Halliwell in Prick Up Your Ears.....read

They Only Come At Night is for the brave
Theatre: Less flap and greater clarity would make The Only Come At Night a truly visionary experience.....read

'Friends' given a Viennese Whirl in Pains of Youth
Theatre: Although Pains of Youth's erotic charge has been extravagantly talked up, it is about as sexy as a cold hip bath.....read

Mark Morris's low-key leaps are a joy to watch
Theatre: Before ballet got pointy and athletic, it must have looked something like Mark Morris's V.....read

Fairy tale return for Sarah Lamb in Sleeping Beauty
Theatre: Given she�s been off injured for a year, Sarah Lamb understandably took things carefully in Sleeping Beauty.....read

Comic questions in If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet
Theatre: If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet is a fresh and rewarding piece, which suggests that Nick Payne is a writer to look out for.....read

Twelfth Night is light on laughs
Theatre: Gregory Doran's production of Twelfth Night, which transfers to London in December, has enchanting moments.....read

Death, birth and bolero in Morphoses
Theatre: It was good to see Wendy Whelan and Leanne Benjamin at Sadler�s Wells for Morphoses, says Sarah Frater.....read

Diana Vickers is a fine new Little Voice in a big role
Theatre: The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is amusing, affecting and decidedly old-fashioned.....read

Mrs Klein has trouble in mind
Theatre: While it gets laughs, there's a persistent sense that Mrs Klein is cerebral rather than wise.....read