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.

Articles by Andrew Billen

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When greed was still good

  • 20 November 2008

Unlike his more didactic work, David Hare's latest play, about the Blair premiership, is a skillful fusion of drama and politics - insightful and entertaining

Many a man's mad dream

  • 30 October 2008

Ralph Fiennes is magnificent as the doomed king, but only in despair Oedipus Olivier Theatre, London SE1

Prophecy and prejudice

  • 16 October 2008

Stereotypes mar a beautiful production about life in the Louisiana projects In the Red and Brown Water Young Vic, London SE1

There's more to life than comedy

  • 02 October 2008

The ghost of Hamlet haunts this winning revival of Chekhov's overlooked first play Ivanov Donmar West End, London WC2

Tailor-made viewing

  • 18 September 2008

There are moments of brilliance in this innovative and haunting production Helium The Pit, Barbican, London EC2

The unbearable light-heartedness of being

  • 04 September 2008
  • 1 comment

Peter Brook tries to put an optimistic spin on Beckett, with tedious results Fragments Young Vic, London SE1

Fit for a prince

  • 21 August 2008

David Tennant is mesmerising yet baffling in an eccentric production Hamlet Courtyard Theatre, RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon

Behind the staffroom door

  • 07 August 2008

Themes of platonic and unrequited love keep a flawed revival relevant Under the Blue Sky Duke of York's, London WC2

Work hard, play hard

  • 24 July 2008

Violent sex games are a "metaphor for capitalism" - so says one young writer The Colorado Session 24:7 Theatre Festival, Manchester

Boys from the black stuff

  • 10 July 2008
  • 1 comment

What lies beneath the regimented identity of these Scottish soldiers? Black Watch Barbican Theatre, London EC2

Fidel Castro

The last revolutionary

The last revolutionary

Steve Richards

On Tory policy

Our future in their hands

Science

Religion and Darwin

Since the dawn  of time

James Macintyre

Miliband's dilemma

Brussels is back with a vengeance

Will Self

On Oscar Wilde

Where the Wilde things are

Film review

Bright Star

Bright Star (PG)

Books

Paul Auster

Invisible

Interview

Alain de Botton

The Books Interview: Alain de Botton

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