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PARLIAMENT SQUARE – Bush Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz12th December 2017Leave a Comment

Kat is a young wife and mother, and Fritz tells her story in three episodes. The first, called Fifteen Seconds, shows her deciding to skip off work and, instead, board a train for London where she will douse her own body with petrol in Parliament Square and set herself alight.

PARLIAMENT SQUARE – Bush Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz12th December 2017Leave a Comment

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OF KITH & KIN – Bush Theatre

In Comedy, London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz26th October 2017Leave a Comment

A new baby is like an alien invasion: it blows your mind and it colonises your world. For any couple, parenthood can be both exalting and devastating, with the stress hugging the relationship so tightly that eventually all its lies and evasions pop out.

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LABOUR OF LOVE – West End

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews, Ticket recommendations by Aleks Sierz6th October 2017Leave a Comment

Comedy about Labour Party history is starry, but politically reactionary and tediously overblown.

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RAMONA TELLS JIM – Bush Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz28th September 2017Leave a Comment

Heartwarming debut play about young teen love is very good fun, if a bit slender and insubstantial.

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ANATOMY OF A SUICIDE – Royal Court

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz13th June 2017Leave a Comment

And what an excruciating, yet devastatingly brilliant, two hours they are. The play shows episodes from the life of the women of one family spread over three time periods: one starts in the 1970s, the next in the 1990s and the third in the 2030s.

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EXPENSIVE SHIT – Soho Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz8th April 2017Leave a Comment

It’s hot. Real hot. And you’re dancing, just lost in music. You’re at the legendary Shrine nightclub in Lagos, where Afrobeat star Fela Kuti is king. It’s 1994. And it’s hot. Sweat is just pouring off you, no longer in little trickles but soaking through your clothes.

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A PROFOUNDLY AFFECTIONATE, PASSIONATE DEVOTION TO SOMEONE (–NOUN) – Royal Court

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz8th March 2017Leave a Comment

Love, we know, will tear us apart again. And again. And yet again. It will shred our nerves and rip through our guts; it will fill us with anguish, and then douse us in regrets.

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Text of the Day: Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.

In Features, London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Quotes by Aleks Sierz12th September 2016Leave a Comment

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

Text of the Day: Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.

In Features, London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Quotes by Aleks Sierz12th September 2016Leave a Comment

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

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PARLIAMENT SQUARE – Bush Theatre

PARLIAMENT SQUARE – Bush Theatre

OF KITH & KIN – Bush Theatre

LABOUR OF LOVE – West End

RAMONA TELLS JIM – Bush Theatre

ANATOMY OF A SUICIDE – Royal Court

EXPENSIVE SHIT – Soho Theatre

A PROFOUNDLY AFFECTIONATE, PASSIONATE DEVOTION TO SOMEONE (–NOUN) – Royal Court

Text of the Day: Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.

Text of the Day: Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.

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