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Letters sent by musicians, actors and poets have been shared through the centuries

‘A Little Life’ comes to the stage, Sheridan Smith and Lily Allen return to the West End, and ‘The Merchant of Venice’ is transported to 1930s Cable Street – we bring you our guide to 2023’s most exciting theatre

A "lucky charm" Christian Dior dress worn by Elizabeth Taylor on the night she won best actress at the 1961 Oscars is to be sold at auction next month, after being stored in a suitcase in London for over 50 years. It had been assumed the floral print gown with…

Written by Jack Thorne and directed by Sam Mendes, The Motive and the Cue is about the famous 1964 production of Hamlet and will open at the National Theatre

And we’re back. Founded in 1955, the Evening Standard Theatre Awards are the UK’s oldest dramatic accolades, an annual recognition by London’s newspaper of the excellence of London’s theatre. Across seven decades, the awards honoured the great and the good both on and off stage in acting, writing, musical performance,…

It’s nail-biting stuff this week, with Harper ‘touching the face of God’ and happier than we’ve ever seen her. But then there are the guns on that disastrous hunting trip …

Liz Taylor used to sleep in the spare room

‘I’m so unimpressed with stardom and mega-stardom... because I’ve seen it up close’

Sometimes the story of a movie’s making is as compelling as the movie itself. Think of the days of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, “Apocalypse Now,” even the recent “Mad Max: Fury Road,” all of which have inspired countless behind-the-scenes tales.