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REVIEW: Someone Who'll Watch Over Me, Minerva Theatre Chichester ✭✭✭✭
There are many extraordinary moments from Keenan. Highlights include his improvisation of horse-racing victories; the powerful sequence which opens the secon…
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: F*ck The Polar Bears, Bush Theatre ✭✭
It feels like a farce as it plays out. Yet, it is described as "a raucous family drama about the cost of living the life of our dreams". Bizarre and incompre…
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: And Then Come The Nightjars, Theatre 503 ✭✭✭✭
We encounter rural Britain more frequently through soaps – Emmerdale and The Archers – than on the stage. This is a missed opportunity for writers and for th…
Tim Hochstrasser
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REVIEW: Ushers, Arts Theatre ✭✭✭✭
This inventiveness, as well as some first-class performances, helped make Ushers a very enjoyable night. However, its frequent theatrical references and in-j…
Danny Coleman-Cooke
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REVIEW: Side By Side By Sondheim, Brockley Jack Theatre ✭✭✭
Side by Side by Sondheim benefits from some superb material and a rock solid cast. It’s a warm and friendly production, perfect for a gloomy September night.
Danny Coleman-Cooke
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REVIEW: Photograph 51, Noel Coward Theatre ✭✭
It is important to be clear about Kidman's failures because the character she plays, Rosalind Franklin, at least in the version of history which Ziegler endo…
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: The Man Who Had All The Luck, Kings Head Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
Arthur Miller was born a hundred years ago. A centenary is about discovering work afresh if it is about anything and the King’s Head deserve great credit for…
Tim Hochstrasser
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REVIEW: The Sum Of Us, Above The Stag Theatre ✭✭✭✭
One part of the mission of Above the Stag is to remind us of notable plays on gay themes that have not always received the attention they deserved, or whose …
Tim Hochstrasser
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REVIEW: See What I Wanna See, Jermyn Street Theatre ✭✭✭
Marc Elliott is the one cast member who seems to understand this and he completely subsumed himself in his dual roles of Thief and Reporter. Sinewy, handsome…
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: Future Conditional, Old Vic ✭✭✭✭
There is a joy to this piece that is impossible to truly describe in words—it has the boisterous nature of Spring Awakening (the musical) but without sung th…
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