Blogs: Why awards really do matter

As the Evening Standard Awards are announced, Matt Trueman looks at the price of chasing celebrities over talent

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Theatre News: New Barney Norris play in Salisbury Playhouse's 2017 season

The programme also includes a new commission by Hattie Naylor

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Theatre News: Clive Judd appointed artistic director of Old Red Lion in 2017

Judd replaces Stewart Pringle at the Islington venue

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Theatre News: Marti Webb joins cast of La Cage aux Folles

The singer and actress joins the UK tour

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Theatre News: Dates confirmed for return of Jesus Christ Superstar

Timothy Sheader's award-winning production will return to Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

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Theatre News: Acclaimed drama Land Of Our Fathers to be live streamed

The critically acclaimed production airs from noon on November 14

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Theatre News: Exclusive: Linda Nolan to star in new UK tour of Our House

The Madness musical will open in Crewe in August 2017

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Review: Review: Removal Men (Yard Theatre)

MJ Harding's script is set in a Yarl's Wood Immigration centre

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Theatre News: Glenn Close, Billie Piper and Ralph Fiennes among Evening Standard Award-winners

David Attenborough and Kenneth Branagh were also honoured at the annual event

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Quizzes: Test your theatre knowledge: Kids on stage

As School of Rock prepares to open in the West End, here's our quiz about stagey children

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Features: My Top 5 Showtunes: George Maguire

The actor tells us the musical numbers he couldn't live without

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Theatre News: Actor Robert Vaughn dies aged 83

The American actor was known for his work on The Man From Uncle

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Features: The week in pictures: 5 November - 11 November

The Wind in The Willows cast appear on Blue Peter, we get a first glimpse of School Of Rock and a Phantom star makes a surprise appearance.

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Theatre News: Coronation Street star Shobna Gulati to tour in Meera Syal's Anita and Me

The new production will tour the UK from February 2017

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Blogs: Why aren't more women centre stage?

In a week where a woman failed to become President, Sarah Crompton reflects on the vicious circle of women being overlooked on stage

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Video: How Stagey Are You? Nathan Amzi v Stephen Rahman-Hughes

The biggest battle in theatreland is back and we kick off with this Aladdin duo

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Theatre News: Emilia Fox to star in Sex with Strangers

The UK premiere will be directed by Peter DuBois

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Review: Review: Orca (Southwark Playhouse)

The play which won the Papatango playwriting prize gets its debut staging directed by Alice Hamilton

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Theatre News: Casting announced for Burt Bacharach's Promises, Promises at Southwark Playhouse

Bronagh Lagan will direct a cast including Olivier Award-nominee Paul Robinson

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Review: Review: An Inspector Calls (Playhouse Theatre)

Stephen Daldry's production returns to the West End to mark its 25th anniversary since opening at the National Theatre

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Theatre News: Hope Mill Theatre to stage UK premiere of Little Women

The Manchester venue has also announced productions of Yank! and The Stationmaster

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Features: Meet the band: Who are School of Rock's young headbangers?

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Glenn Slater and Julian Fellowes' latest musical features a lot of very, very talented kids. Here we find out what makes them rock

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Features: Let's Talk About Sets: Iain Gillie on An Inspector Calls

The producer of the latest revival of J B Priestley's classic discusses the National Theatre's acclaimed staging

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Review: Review: Lulu (London Coliseum)

ENO scores a company triumph with Berg's picaresque opera

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Theatre News: Kate Fleetwood to star in National Theatre's Ugly Lies the Bone

New dates have also been announced for several shows in the National's winter season

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