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Michael Billington is the Guardian's theatre critic

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  • 31 Dec 2008:

    Michael Billington: There were potholes in my cultural experience of 2008, but at least I experimented without becoming trendy, and I will do better next year

  • 30 Dec 2008:

    From Judi Dench heading an all-star cast at the Donmar to Julius Caesar at Stratford

  • 27 Dec 2008:

    Michael Billington: Harold Pinter's fierce concern for language was balanced by an equally warm regard for individuals

  • 27 Dec 2008:

    Obituary: One of the greatest of modern dramatists, his plays decisively shaped the medium in which he worked

  • 25 Dec 2008:

    The most provocative, poetic and influential playwright of his generation

  • 25 Dec 2008:

    Harold Pinter, Britain's greatest contemporary playwright has died at 78

  • 3 out of 5
    20 Dec 2008:

    Courtyard, Stratford-upon-Avon
    Although visually inventive and spiritually genial, Kneehigh's latest seems rather thin-blooded, finds Michael Billington

  • 2 out of 5
    18 Dec 2008:

    Wilton's Music Hall, London
    Marina Carr's latest play succumbs to Shakespeare-saturated fantasy, says Michael Billington

  • 18 Dec 2008:

    Michael Billington, the Guardian's theatre critic, on the news of Peter Brook's withdrawal from directing

  • 17 Dec 2008:

    Michael Billington: It is hard to imagine Peter Brook outside the Bouffes du Nord – the place where, for the last three decades, he has created some of the most vital theatre around

  • 3 out of 5
    17 Dec 2008:

    Tricycle, London
    If you're seeking an antidote to the season of goodwill, you need look no further, says Michael Billington

  • 4 out of 5
    Kathryn Evans (Norma Desmond) and Ben Goddard (Joe Gillis) in Sunset Boulevard at the Comedy theatre in London 16 Dec 2008:

    Comedy, London
    Horwood's production focuses on the fascination of the story with its mix of myth and melodrama, says Michael Billington

  • 3 out of 5
    11 Dec 2008:

    Wyndham's, London
    Jacobi's Malvolio redeems a gender puzzle played for laughs, says Michael Billington

  • 10 Dec 2008:

    Michael Billington: Let's bury the idea that understudies are hapless juniors thrown into the spotlight. Edward Bennett fully owned the lead role last night

  • 4 out of 5
    Patrick Stewart as Laertes in Hamlet 10 Dec 2008:

    Novello, London
    Novello, London
    The play's the thing: a stand-in Hamlet and a masterly Patrick Stewart star in this ensemble triumph, says Michael Billington

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