Hold the Front Stage
		Publication	The Sunday Times Magazine
		Text by	Ria Higgins
		Date	13 December 2009

In a year when the world went bust, London theatre has been going boom. More than 3m of us attended plays in the capital alone - 26% more bottoms on seats than the previous year. Crafted by brilliant writers, directors and all-star casts, the play has become the thing. Our remarkable photographs, shot by Harry Borden and Tom Hunter, over two days in the stalls of the Royal Court Theatre, brought together the very best of our theatrical talent for an unprecedented shoot.

JOHN SIMM
The Life on Mars dude recently featured in Andrew Bovell's whodunnit, Speaking in Tongues, which has just finished its run at the Duke of York's.