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There is no ghost, effectively no gravedigger scene, and the first two acts of the play have been telescoped so as to remove much of Hamlet’s delays and equivocations. Hamlet learns of his father’s murder by letter rather than a walk on the wilder side of the ramparts. What re…
Tim Hochstrasser
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The throbbing, majestic and luminous heart of this production comes from Katie Brayben's faultless, radiant and absolutely triumphant turn as Carole King. Br…
Stephen Collins
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Stand and Deliver is a curious piece of theatre, now playing at the King’s Head in Angel. There are some very funny moments reminiscent of Carry On, some foo…
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The Miniaturist night at The Arcola Theatre is a wonderful evening of brand new short plays by some of the UK’s top young writing talent. But ultimately, the…
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Maxine Peake is a skilled and sensitive actress who does everything possible to breathe life into her character, Dana, and the weird journey she takes. Peake…
Stephen Collins
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The world Of Marching On Together is a raw, realistic one. As playwright, Hughes imbues each of his characters with harsh truth, his dialogue has incredible …
Douglas Mayo
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At the centre of the maelstrom of human experience that whips up and around and in Jan Versweyveld's spare set is the towering, mesmerising and faultless tu…
Stephen Collins
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Jekyll & Hyde is confronting in many ways and squarely raises the question of where the line is drawn between unpleasant, complicit voyeurism and involvi…
Stephen Collins
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From the moment Alastair Brookshaw's astonishing S.L. Jacobowsky, alone on stage, starts the narrative running, the audience is hooked, completely aware that…
Stephen Collins
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Part improvisation, part slick comedy routine, part pantomime, part musical, part physical theatre, part arrant nonsense, this Beowulf is an imaginative comi…
Stephen Collins
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Oh What A Lovely War still has great relevance and, in at least one respect, has more power now than it ever has. It is a combination of sketches, jokes, mus…
Stephen Collins
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