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REVIEW: Oresteia, Almeida Theatre ✭✭✭
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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 considered the "original family drama" and the launching pad for all modern drama, but the free-wheeling, self-indulgent,…

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Stephen Collins

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REVIEW: Reality, Ovalhouse ✭✭✭

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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

Danny Coleman-Cooke

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REVIEW: King John, Globe Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭

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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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REVIEW: The Red Lion, Dorfman Theatre ✭✭✭✭

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REVIEW: The Red Lion, Dorfman Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Marber is not writing just about football. The play is fundamentally about notions of masculinity as well as about modern society. The trio represents a kind…

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Stephen Collins

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REVIEW: Duncton Wood, Union Theatre ✭✭✭✭

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REVIEW: Duncton Wood, Union Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Michael Strassen's richly detailed, splendidly cast, and lovingly staged premiere production of Duncton Wood (music and lyrics from Mark Carroll, book by Jam…

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Stephen Collins

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