Evening Standard - Entertainment

Top-quality quips from Julian Clary

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:13:06 GMT

Somehow, despite the corny filth, Julian Clary's show at the Leicester Square Theatre was a hugely enjoyable romp of a comeback

Family friction in Glorious 39

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:21 GMT

British period pieces are regularly mocked as pretty pieces of cinema devoid of real bite. But you couldn't call Stephen Poliakoff's first film for more than a decade, Glorious 39, namby-pamby

A Serious Man makes comedy out of a crisis

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:21 GMT

Joel and Ethan Cohen's A Serious Man isn't just a comedy - the serious edge of human enquiry is there too

Coming of age in the cold with The Fahrenheit Twins

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:28:34 GMT

As the dark nights beckon, it's oddly comforting to be transported to one of Earths coldest places with The Fahrenheit Twins.

Relive yesteryear at School Disco

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:56:51 GMT

It's a gloomy Saturday night and the capital is in the grip of the 'storm of the year'. Why not lighten your mood with a trip to the school disco

CDs of the week: Rihanna, Lady Gaga and 50 Cent

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:39:23 GMT

What our critics made of Rihanna, Lady Gaga and 50 Cent's new album.

Sound check: Green is the new rock'n'roll

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:39:23 GMT

Musicians are realising that there are plenty of ways they can help save the planet without making the rest of us cringe.

Faust - as you've never seen him before

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:23:45 GMT

Under the title "Between Two Worlds", Vladimir Jurowski and the LPO are presenting the work of the remarkable composer, Faust

Where to eat: Supersandwiches

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:03:26 GMT

There are times when a simple sandwich will not hit the spot. Those are the times to turn to the baguette, Bánh Mi or belly-bursting wrap.

The man behind the Jedward factor (and it's not Simon Cowell)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:03:26 GMT

Video: Thirty years ago, Robert Stephenson brought U2 to London. Now it emerges he gave Jedward their first break see an exclusive video of them singing here

Kitchen W8 pitches to the rich

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:24:49 GMT

Kitchen W8 is a bargain for this area, if such sophistication is what you crave and it offers a more soothing time than, say, Kensington Place.

Sicily, mi amore at Mennula

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:06:04 GMT

Mennula (apparently the word for almond in Sicilian dialect) is a great addition to the restaurants of Charlotte Street.

Britain's got art talent at School of Saatchi

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:15:56 GMT

The BBC's new reality show, The School of Saatchi, will do for aspiring artists what the X Factor does for budding pop stars.

Arctic Monkey business with the past

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:00:04 GMT

Opening their set with the shimmering ballad Dance Little Liar Arctic Monkeys sounded a world away from the Sheffield scamps of yesteryear.

Alan Bennett is back in the habit with brilliant but flawed play

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:44:22 GMT

Alan Bennett's The Habit of Art is funny and sometimes brilliantly so, but strangely uninvolving.

Alan Carr: Channel 4 asked me to take a pay cut. I'm all for it, we've all got to pull together

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:44:22 GMT

Alan Carr talks candidly about cash and how the flip side of fame means he was forced out of his crouch end home.

X Factor winner Leona Lewis sings theme to 3D epic Avatar

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:02:59 GMT

Leona Lewis has recorded the theme for Titanic director James Cameron's eagerly anticipated new sci-fi film Avatar

Predictable twists in Public Property

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:00:54 GMT

Hanna Berrigans production is tidily spare, but while Public Property is enjoyable, its insights mostly feel familiar, not invigoratingly fresh.

Akram Khan's fractured return to Kathak

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:40:43 GMT

While Akram Khan's Kathak confirms his enduring virtuosity, it was the extract from his new work that reveals his innovative intelligence.

Drinkers treated to opera for £5

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:07:05 GMT

A pub theatre is offering opera for a fiver in an ambitious programme of grand-scale music in a bar-room setting.

Beyoncé is in a pop league of her own

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:25:43 GMT

Beyoncé is one of the music industrys biggest stars and thoroughly lived up to expectations at her 02 concert.

Opening in London this week

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:15:54 GMT

The Hoerengracht exhibition opens at the National Gallery with The Habit of Art at the National Theatre.

Hot tickets: London's going out guide

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:15:54 GMT

Sweet Charity comes to the Menier Chocolate Factory and it's time to to book The Gruffalo tickets.

God who moves in mysterious ways in The Making of Moo

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:59:34 GMT

The Orange Tree's revival of the bracing 1957 satire The Making of Moo, first performed at the Royal Court, is impressive.

No fuss, just pure moaning from Louis CK

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:43:10 GMT

Louis CK was OK in The Invention Of Lying but this American misanthrope is far better at brutal, self-mocking stand-up.