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This is such stuff as dreams are made on

  • 26 March 2007

A multilingual, multicultural take on Shakespeare's play is a joy A Midsummer Night's Dream Roundhouse, London NW1

End of the pier entertainment

  • 19 March 2007

Robert Lindsay dispels the ghost of Olivier in John Osborne's classic The Entertainer Old Vic, London SE1

Holding the centre ground

  • 12 March 2007

Two political comedies are funny, but far from revolutionary Whipping It Up New Ambassadors Theatre, London WC2 King of Hearts Hampstead Theatre, London NW3

A shadow of his former self

  • 05 March 2007

This story of a once great journalist is heartbreaking, yet somehow dull The Reporter Cottesloe Theatre, London SE1

A taste of the high life

  • 26 February 2007

Classy Sixties farce delivers laughter with manicured precision Boeing-Boeing Comedy Theatre, London SW1

How to win friends and influence people

  • 19 February 2007

Hytner's update on a Restoration classic mocks the modern metropolitan elite The Man of Mode Olivier Theatre, London SE1

Making it up as they go along

  • 12 February 2007

An intriguing fringe production takes improvised jazz as a metaphor for life Chasing the Moment Arcola Theatre, London E8

A bird with clipped wings

  • 05 February 2007

A stellar cast fails to bring real passion to Chekhov's classic family saga The Seagull Royal Court Theatre, London SW1

Morbid fascinations

  • 29 January 2007

Sarah Kane's dark, disturbing play is overburdened with good intentions Blasted Soho Theatre, London W1 There Came a Gypsy Riding Almeida, London N1

A rather sorry affair

  • 22 January 2007

Predictable and lacking in frisson, this sex comedy doesn't hit the spot Same Time Next Year Mill at Sonning, Reading

Fidel Castro

The last revolutionary

The last revolutionary

Steve Richards

On Tory policy

Our future in their hands

James Macintyre

Miliband's dilemma

Brussels is back with a vengeance

Will Self

On Oscar Wilde

Where the Wilde things are

Science

Religion and Darwin

Since the dawn  of time

Film review

Bright Star

Bright Star (PG)

Books

Paul Auster

Invisible

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Alain de Botton

The Books Interview: Alain de Botton

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