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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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Culture
Draw near, good people
12 June 2008

Frayn's verse drama about an eccentric theatre impresario is a masterpiece

Afterlife

Culture
More than words
29 May 2008

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

Pygmalion

Culture
Truly a middle-class act
15 May 2008

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

Music and Performance
Going, going . . . gone
01 May 2008

Trevor Nunn slips up with this tuneless assault on the English language

Gone With the Win

Education
Battle of the petty bourgeoisie
17 April 2008

A satire on middle-class niceties works well as both comedy and philosophy

God of Carnage

UK Politics
The last Edwardian
03 April 2008

An overly cautious portrait of Harold Macmillan fails to win our sympathy

Never So Good

Film
Bathetic in Bangkok
19 March 2008

Dirty talk but no sex in a strangely effective play without a plot

Tough time, nice time<

Culture
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 D

Culture
The egos have landed
21 February 2008

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

North America
Cloudy, cloudy knight
07 February 2008

David Hare's latest play offers a wealth of ideas, but a garbled message

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