Andrew Billen
Andrew Billen has worked as a celebrity interviewer for, successively, The Observer, the Evening Standard and, currently The Times. For his columns, he was awarded reviewer of the year in 2006 Press Gazette Magazine Awards.
Articles by andrew billen
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Theatre
Scares in the community
- 26 June 2008
Stars of the stage line up to portray a town gripped by paedophile hysteria
2,000 Feet Away
Bush Theatre, London W12
Theatre
Draw near, good people
- 12 June 2008
Frayn's verse drama about an eccentric theatre impresario is a masterpiece
Afterlife
Lyttelton Theatre, London SE1
Theatre
More than words
- 29 May 2008
First-class direction and performances draw new meaning from Shaw's classic
Pygmalion
Old Vic, London SE1
Theatre
Truly a middle-class act
- 15 May 2008
An impressive debut, but the move to a larger stage amplifies its flaws
Arts & Culture
Going, going . . . gone
- 01 May 2008
Trevor Nunn slips up with this tuneless assault on the English language
Gone With the Wind
New London Theatre, WC2
Theatre
Battle of the petty bourgeoisie
- 17 April 2008
A satire on middle-class niceties works well as both comedy and philosophy
God of Carnage
Gielgud Theatre, London W1
UK Politics
The last Edwardian
- 03 April 2008
An overly cautious portrait of Harold Macmillan fails to win our sympathy
Never So Good
Lyttelton Theatre, London SE1
Lifestyle
Bathetic in Bangkok
- 19 March 2008
Dirty talk but no sex in a strangely effective play without a plot
Tough time, nice time The Pit, London EC2
Theatre
A diabolical mess
- 06 March 2008
Poor direction of a new play by the RSC in London leaves the audience cold
I'll Be the Devil RSC at the Tricycle Theatre, London NW6
Theatre
The egos have landed
- 21 February 2008
Mamet's Hollywood satire is undermined by its testosterone-filled starring actors
