Evening Standard - Theatre

Darwin explored in Gilbert Is Dead

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:38:29 GMT

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.

Slim pickings in The Rite Of Spring

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:38:29 GMT

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

Actors rebuild themselves in Architecting

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:59:16 GMT

What do you get if you combine corsets, cabaret and abstract dance routines? Architecting would be the answer

Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire - Mr & Mrs West End

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:41:00 GMT

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

Festival operetta's not over until the cleaning ladies sing

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:24:28 GMT

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.

Three-fold surprise from the Royal Ballet

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:52:15 GMT

The dancers are very good but everyone seems bemused by the choreography in the Royal Ballet's latest mixed bill.

Romany romance in Shraddha

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:52:15 GMT

Shraddha has energy and some moments of real poetry, and, although at times soft, it feels faithfully contemporary.

Omar falls flat on his face in The Great Extension

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:24:59 GMT

The Great Extension is lacking the strength and motive that is needed for farce.

Timing issue for This Much is True

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:23:35 GMT

It's bad timing for This Much is True that it should come so soon after Kieron Barrys impressively taut Stockwell.

Rambert is treading softly but surely

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:23:35 GMT

A former Rambert dancer, has revved things up with new work, new dancers and newly commissioned music.

Fundamental fun in What Fatima Did

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:58:34 GMT

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

Have-a-go hero in Seize The Day

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:16:22 GMT

in Seize the Day Kwame Kwei-Armah turns his scrutiny to the question of race within the political sphere itself.

Triumph as O'Neill joins Prick Up Your Ears

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:16:19 GMT

Matt Lucas having left the show Con ONeill has taken over the role of Kenneth Halliwell in Prick Up Your Ears.

They Only Come At Night is for the brave

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:08:13 GMT

Less flap and greater clarity would make The Only Come At Night a truly visionary experience.

The Standard Theatre Awards 2009: Longlist revealed

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:38:01 GMT

Our longlist for the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards proves it has been 12 months of critical as well as commercial success.

Mrs Klein has trouble in mind

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:26:06 GMT

While it gets laughs, there's a persistent sense that Mrs Klein is cerebral rather than wise.

'Friends' given a Viennese Whirl in Pains of Youth

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:57:47 GMT

Although Pains of Youth's erotic charge has been extravagantly talked up, it is about as sexy as a cold hip bath.

Mark Morris's low-key leaps are a joy to watch

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:44:26 GMT

Before ballet got pointy and athletic, it must have looked something like Mark Morris's V.

Fairy tale return for Sarah Lamb in Sleeping Beauty

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:12:00 GMT

Given shes been off injured for a year, Sarah Lamb understandably took things carefully in Sleeping Beauty.

Comic questions in If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:11:31 GMT

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.

Death, birth and bolero in Morphoses

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:01:01 GMT

It was good to see Wendy Whelan and Leanne Benjamin at Sadlers Wells for Morphoses, says Sarah Frater.

Twelfth Night is light on laughs

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:58:35 GMT

Gregory Doran's production of Twelfth Night, which transfers to London in December, has enchanting moments.

Diana Vickers is a fine new Little Voice in a big role

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:52:59 GMT

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is amusing, affecting and decidedly old-fashioned.

The cost of war in Motherland

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:54:57 GMT

With Remembrance Day coming up, it's salutary to be offered a chance to reflect upon war's impact on the families of our armed forces in Motherland.

Atiha Sen Gupta is the playwright for today

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:24:11 GMT

21-year-old Atiha Sen Gupta is one of a new generation of writers who are putting the most vexed contemporary issues centre stage.