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‘Some moments are desperately moving, almost unbearably sad’: OLD BRIDGE – Bush Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Other Recent Articles, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz17th November 2021Leave a Comment

Powerful, poetic and profound: this well-deserved winner of the 2020 Papatango New Writing Prize now gets a cracking production on the main stage at the Bush Theatre.

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‘Captures the men’s glowering rage & moments of acute vulnerability’: SHOOK (Online review)

In London theatre, Online shows, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz10th February 2021Leave a Comment

The latest example of this problematic switch from stage to screen is the strongly acted Shook, Samuel Bailey’s debut play, which won the 2019 Papatango New Writing Prize and had a run at the Southwark Playhouse in November of that year.

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‘A deep look at the dangers of the modern world’: THE CHAOS THEORY PLAY – The Vaults

In London theatre, Native, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Annie Davey17th July 2019

The underground Vaults is a perfect venue for the darkness at the heart of The Chaos Theory Play – the fact that its entrance, via a tunnel on Leake Street, is almost hidden further chimes with the play’s themes.

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‘Sharp & well-observed debut’: CUCKOO – Soho Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz23rd November 2018Leave a Comment

Lisa Carroll’s Cuckoo, her new debut play about Irish teens, has some exciting dialogue but its production doesn’t quite deliver.

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TRESTLE – Southwark Playhouse

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz6th November 2017Leave a Comment

Small is beautiful. And that is because two-handers can sometimes reach parts that other, bigger, plays fail to touch. This is certainly the case with Stewart Pringle’s Trestle.

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