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Andrew Billen

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.

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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

Draw near, good people

  • 12 June 2008

Frayn's verse drama about an eccentric theatre impresario is a masterpiece
Afterlife
Lyttelton Theatre, London SE1

More than words

  • 29 May 2008

First-class direction and performances draw new meaning from Shaw's classic

Pygmalion
Old Vic, London SE1

Truly a middle-class act

  • 15 May 2008

An impressive debut, but the move to a larger stage amplifies its flaws

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

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

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

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

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

The egos have landed

  • 21 February 2008

Mamet's Hollywood satire is undermined by its testosterone-filled starring actors

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