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REVIEW: Evita, Dominion Theatre ✭

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REVIEW: Evita, Dominion Theatre ✭

For my part, it is the worst production of a musical I have ever seen on a West End stage. It makes one pine for Too Close Too The Sun.

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Stephen Collins

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REVIEW: Ballyturk, National Theatre ✭✭✭✭

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REVIEW: Ballyturk, National Theatre ✭✭✭✭

This is a wild, original and unexpected evening of theatrical extremism. You do not need to be able to work out what Walsh’s point is to have a wonderful tim…

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Stephen Collins

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REVIEW: As You Like It, Southwark Playhouse ✭✭✭

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REVIEW: As You Like It, Southwark Playhouse ✭✭✭

So, it’s a review of two halves for 'As You Like It' - a play that pendulums from bland to bold and bleak to bright - but is absolutely worth seeing, for, if…

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Emily Hardy

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REVIEW: Breeders, St James Theatre ✭✭

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REVIEW: Breeders, St James Theatre ✭✭

It is blessed with four genuinely good performers who elevate the entire proceedings way above the level the writing achieves.

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Stephen Collins

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REVIEW: The Dreaming, Union Theatre ✭✭✭

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REVIEW: The Dreaming, Union Theatre ✭✭✭

It is a mystery why the National did not exploit it rather than pour millions into the waste of time that was The Light Princess. If this got the care and la…

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Stephen Collins

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REVIEW: Little Revolution, Almeida Theatre ✭✭

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REVIEW: Little Revolution, Almeida Theatre ✭✭

The trouble is that it has no really coherent purpose, no through line and very little heart. Snatches of conversations out of context build a general pictur…

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Stephen Collins

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