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Jessie Thompson is Deputy Arts Editor at the Evening Standard, covering theatre, exhibitions, film, TV, music, comedy, dance and opera across print and digital. She also reviews theatre for the Standard... MORE

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Jessie Thompson is Deputy Arts Editor at the Evening Standard, covering theatre, exhibitions, film, TV, music, comedy, dance and opera across print and digital. She also reviews theatre for the Standard

Film

The 10 best Stephen King adaptations, from Stand By Me to the Shining

From prison-dramas to hotel-horrors, some of Hollywood’s best films have been Stephen King story adaptations

Apr 19, 2023
Theatre

London Theatre Week 2023: our guide to what to book

Audiences can see more than 70 of the capital’s best shows for exclusive ticket prices

Feb 21, 2023
Future Theatre Fund

Our pick of the 50 best plays of the 21st century

The last two decades have been full of extraordinary theatre – it’s a thrilling indication of what’s ahead of us when doors reopen

Feb 8, 2023
TV

The best British period dramas, from Pride and Prejudice to Downton

Romance! Gorgeous costumes! Brooding glances! As we await the BBC’s new adaptation of The Pursuit of Love and Netflix’s forthcoming Bridgerton spin-off Queen Charlotte, we pick our faves

Sep 27, 2022
Theatre

The best theatre to see in London this month from Prima Facie to Cock

Our guide to the best new shows to see in the capital this month, in the West End and beyond

May 19, 2022
TV

How Sally Rooney are you? Take our quiz to find out

Are you a listless intellectual malcontent or just run of the mill?

May 17, 2022
Theatre

From Anne Boleyn to Elle Woods: What Tony nominee Lucy Moss did next

After becoming the youngest female director on Broadway for Six, Lucy Moss is putting her spin on Legally Blonde the Musical

May 10, 2022
Theatre

Meet Oklahoma! star Anoushka Lucas: from skint singer to theatre queen

Anoushka Lucas spent her twenties trying and failing to get a record deal; in her thirties, she’s found a thrilling new career in theatre

Apr 29, 2022
TV

Ten Percent review: British Call My Agent! is comme-ci, comme-ça

London is luvvie central - so why is the British remake so bumbling and stuffy?

Apr 25, 2022
Theatre

Audrey who? Meet Amara Okereke, star of London’s new My Fair Lady

Bartlett Sher’s Broadway smash revival of My Fair Lady is coming to London - star Amara Okereke explains why Eliza Doolittle is a revolutionary figure

Apr 22, 2022
Insider

We still hold female characters to an absurd moral standard

It’s a masterpiece about life as a millennial, but it’s not the feminist statement you think it is, says Jessie Thompson

Apr 4, 2022
UK

Evening Standard Ukraine appeal: your chance to win Idris Khan artwork

All profits from the sale of the print, which is only available until Thursday, will go to the Disasters Emergency Committee

Mar 29, 2022
Books

French Braid by Anne Tyler review: a quietly radical story

Anne Tyler’s 24th novel is an extraordinarily rich portrait of a family in flux, says Jessie Thompson

Mar 28, 2022
News

Idris Khan artwork to be sold for Evening Standard Ukraine appeal

The artist is selling his print I Thought We Had More Time... in a timed edition to raise vital funds for those caught up in the conflict

Mar 21, 2022
Exhibitions

A warm welcome: inside the Vagina Museum’s new home in Bethnal Green

Its period of closure is over - the world’s only museum dedicated to the gynaecological anatomy is back and bigger than ever

Mar 18, 2022
Film

The biggest moments from the Bafta awards 2022

The ceremony still made an impact, even if the star wattage wasn’t quite as bright as normal

Mar 14, 2022