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Andrew Billen follows the good and the bad in British theatre

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Won't you charleston with me?

  • 07 August 2006
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Naughty girls and frisky fellows make for perfect summer entertainment The Boy Friend Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, London NW1

Who do you think you are kidding, Mr Hitler?

  • 31 July 2006

A brave attempt to recreate Blitz spirit sounds one too many wrong notes Blonde Bombshells of 1943 Hampstead Theatre, London NW3

Pass the false breasts, please

  • 24 July 2006

Alan Bennett's disappointingly dated farce smacks of mid-life crisis Habeas Corpus Theatre Royal Bath

Lost in the moral maze

  • 17 July 2006

Two masterpieces pose brutal human dilemmas, but only one moves us The Seagull Lyttelton Theatre, London SE1 The Life of Galileo Olivier Theatre, London SE1

Sesame Street grows up

  • 10 July 2006

A cynical, riotous adult puppet show is a tonic for anyone over 30 Avenue Q Noël Coward Theatre, London WC2

Waiting for the Big Number

  • 03 July 2006

New production of a classic musical relies on a single, spellbinding song Evita Adelphi Theatre, London WC2

Where did it all go wrong?

  • 26 June 2006

European history gets a make-over in an uneasy marriage of politics and pop Rock'n'Roll Royal Court Theatre, London SW1

When Britain was true blue

  • 19 June 2006

A loving paean to the Eighties comes complete with snow-washed denim. By Rosie Millard Market Boy
Olivier Theatre, London SE1

A night of severed limbs

  • 12 June 2006

A dark and thrilling new production is Shakespeare for the Post-Tarantino age. By Rosie Millard Titus Andronicus Shakespeare's Globe, London SE1

Theatre - Shock and awe

  • 05 June 2006

A lavish Danish Ring is often silly, occasionally sublime, writes Michael Portillo The Ring Cycle Copenhagen Opera House

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

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Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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