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REVIEW: I Went To A Fabulous Party, Kings Head ✭✭
The King’s Head has a notable tradition in supporting contemporary drama on gay themes, but sadly as things stand this new 65-minute play by And Davies does …
Tim Hochstrasser
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REVIEW: The Jew Of Malta, Swan Theatre ✭✭✭✭
This is a play where the inhabitants of a Nunnery are slain by poisoned porridge; where the daughter of a Jew becomes a Christian Nun, twice; where, having p…
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: Second Soprano, King's Head ✭✭✭✭✭
In this theatre season where commemoration and remembrance of the outbreak of the First World War are much to the fore, many of the most successful dramatic …
Tim Hochstrasser
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REVIEW: The Italian Girl in Algiers, Brunel Tunnel ✭✭✭✭✭
Please do chase down this wonderful, life-affirming production at one of the several intriguing venues that lie ahead on its current tour – you will not regr…
Tim Hochstrasser
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REVIEW: The Picture Of Dorian Gray, St James Studio ✭✭✭✭✭
Sadly this fine adaptation has a very brief run – I do hope another theatre can be persuaded to allow us to experience this play with this cast once more - a…
Tim Hochstrasser
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REVIEW: 1984, Playhouse Theatre ✭✭✭✭
This adaptation of 1984 is a modern masterpiece. Get your tickets now, before they take you to Room 101.
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Editorial Staff
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REVIEW: The Merchant Of Venice, Royal Shakespeare Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
Findlay's production of The Merchant Of Venice, like all great productions of Shakespeare, is brimming with ideas, spoken with assurance and intelligence, an…
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: I And The Village, Theatre 503, ✭✭✭✭
I and the Village may be the best piece of new writing you’ll see at a pub theatre this year.
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REVIEW: Chef, Soho Theatre ✭✭✭
If the Chef was a type of food it would be a selection of pre-dinner canapés – small but perfectly formed. However, ultimately you are left wanting a little …
Danny Coleman-Cooke
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REVIEW: Oresteia, Almeida Theatre ✭✭✭
This is Oresteia, not The Oresteia, the trilogy of plays (Agamennon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides) which won Aeschylus a prize in 458BC and which is c…
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: Reality, Ovalhouse ✭✭✭
Reality follows a group of fame-hungry youngsters who get a final recall for The Hostage, a new reality TV show which they hope will get them closer to fame …
Danny Coleman-Cooke
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REVIEW: Not A Game For Boys, King's Head Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Not A Game for Boys was a fantastic night out, with some stellar performances and a brilliant script – certainly worth making a racket about!
Danny Coleman-Cooke
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REVIEW: King John, Globe Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
James Dacre takes full advantage of the play's many moods and shifts of emphasis and style, with the result that the evening is rambunctious and thoroughly e…
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Stephen Collins
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