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REVIEW: Julie, National Theatre ✭✭✭
Jessica Wretlind reviews Julie, a new adaptation of Miss Julie by Polly Stenham now playing at the National Theatre.
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Jessica Wretlind
Jessica Wretlind studied English and pursued acting before realising her dream to write and direct theatre. Her career has seen her as a stage manager in the West End, company manager at the Edinburgh Fringe and a critic both in London and at the Fringe. She is now directing an original play that starts its UK tour in April, and wants to continue reviewing theatre to keep her inspired by the diversity of the form.
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REVIEW: Tina the musical, Aldwych Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
It’s simply The Best success story of the most deserving kind. Tina the musical is a stunning show in all respects and likely to be a run away success throug…
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REVIEW: Doubt A Parable, Southwark Playhouse ✭✭✭✭
The 90-minute run offers a breathless battle of wit and conviction between Flynn and Aloysius, tautly directed by Ché Walker.
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REVIEW: Cyrano De Bergerac, Southwark Playhouse ✭✭✭
Kathryn Hunter is a magnificent lead, and manages to add gravitas to this breezy production. Having played Lear and Richard III, she can transcend gender wit…
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REVIEW: Janis Joplin - Full Tilt, Theatre Royal Stratford East ✭✭✭
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REVIEW: In The Night Time Before The Sun Rises, Gate Theatre ✭✭✭
There is promise in this piece. The hallucinatory nature of exhaustion allows the tired pair to swerve through time and space, offering a great basis for met…
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REVIEW: One Of Those, Tristan Bates Theatre ✭✭
As the lives from one carriage merge with the other, the play descends into farce and the promise to bring new understanding is lost.
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REVIEW: Yen, Royal Court Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
Her characters are abundantly flawed while still empathetic, and their relationship with the modern world is a marriage of dark comedy and struggle. Her play…
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REVIEW: Five Finger Exercise, The Print Room At The Coronet ✭✭✭✭
For as long as there are families, this poignant script will resonate with them. The music plays somewhat apologetically from offstage, but despite that, it …
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REVIEW: 4000 Days, Park Theatre ✭✭✭
Peter Quilter’s script is spiced with sarcasm and bouts of wit that get loud laughs from the audience, however the comedy perches awkwardly on the edge of bi…
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