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REVIEW: Living Between Lies, Kings Head Theatre ✭✭✭
The action interweaves the stories and mounting crises of four women whose lives are in different ways based on a series of lies. It is billed as a comedy dr…
Tim Hochstrasser
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REVIEW: Echoes, Arcola Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Echoes is a success for many reasons but fundamentally it’s because there is such strength in the story telling. In fact there are 2 stories running concurre…
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Christine Firkin
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REVIEW: The Miniaturists, Arcola Theatre ✭✭
With the death of provincial repertory theatre, the connections between the theatre world of London and ‘the provinces’ have atrophied, and where The Miniatu…
Tim Hochstrasser
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REVIEW: Four Minutes Twelve Seconds, Trafalgar Studios 2 ✭✭✭✭
By the end of the play there is a horrifying awareness that a variation of this story is currently being enacted for real somewhere in the near vicinity: in …
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Christine Firkin
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REVIEW: Julie Madly Deeply, The Crazy Coqs ✭✭✭✭✭
This is an immensely polished, professional and stylish evening which marks another example of how contemporary cabaret is still exploring and pushing at the…
Tim Hochstrasser
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REVIEW: The Station Master, Tristan Bates Theatre ✭✭✭
Connor's score owes a considerable debt to Sondheim, but, that said, it treads in very interesting paths. Complex and intricate, the melodies and harmonies r…
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: The Killing Of Sister George, London Theatre Workshop ✭✭✭✭
The Killing of Sister George is a play that feels ripe for a revival; the cast and crew have certainly done it justice. It’s high quality theatre that will c…
Danny Coleman-Cooke
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REVIEW: By The End Of Us, Southwark Playhouse ✭✭✭✭
It’s not often that you see something that feels genuinely different, executed in a modern and innovative way. The End of Us makes for an unusual yet enterta…
Danny Coleman-Cooke
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REVIEW: A Touch Of Mrs Robinson, The Pheasantry ✭✭✭
I don’t know if A Touch of Mrs Robinson was trying to seduce me, but if it was, it didn’t quite work. Whilst being amusing in parts, it was musically rather …
Danny Coleman-Cooke
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REVIEW: Dry Land, Jermyn Street Theatre ✭✭✭✭
This was one of the most demanding nights I have had in the theatre as reviewer or audience member in a long while, and that was wholly justified by the chal…
Tim Hochstrasser
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REVIEW: Waste, National Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Barker's play is extraordinary, especially given that it was written over a century ago and revised by him in the late 20’s, the original having been banned …
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: Vampire Hospital Waiting Room, Arts Theatre ✭✭✭
It is easy to see why Vampire Hospital Waiting Room was such a hit at the Fringe; it has a quirky cultish charm that makes it stand out from the crowd. It’s …
Danny Coleman-Cooke
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REVIEW: Annie, New Wimbledon Theatre (On Tour) ✭✭✭✭
Thanks to this energetic reimagining, Annie can finally escape the chorus of groans that once accompanied its name. It’s once again acceptable to hum Charles…
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Emily Hardy
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REVIEW: All On Her Own - Harlequinade, Garrick Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
The revival of Harlequinade, directed by Branagh and Ashford, now playing at the Garrick Theatre (in a 100 minute experience that includes All On Her Own and…
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: The Winter's Tale, Garrick Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭✭
Dench's verse speaking is unrivalled. She picks each word and gives it full, accurate weight, landing the sense, purpose and exact emotion of every glitterin…
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Stephen Collins
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