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GLORIA – Hampstead

In Comedy, London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz24th June 2017Leave a Comment

This play’s subject is alienation, at work and in the home. (But mainly at work.) In contemporary society, office work seems to symbolize a life of modern drudgery.

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HARROGATE – Royal Court & touring

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Regional theatre, Reviews, Touring by Aleks Sierz26th October 2016Leave a Comment

Al Smith’s debut play about love, perversion and memory is both electrifying and emotionally satisfying.

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BLUE HEART – Orange Tree Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz24th October 2016Leave a Comment

Great revival of Caryl Churchill’s classic 1990s double bill is theatrically thrilling and emotionally true.

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TORN – Royal Court Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz17th September 2016Leave a Comment

Experimental family drama is very powerful, but its theatrical form is too complicated for its own good.

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FURY – Soho Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz19th July 2016Leave a Comment

New drama about a desperate single mother is powerfully written and raises some disturbing issues.

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FAITH HEALER – Donmar Warehouse

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz1st July 2016Leave a Comment

Revival of the late Brian Friel’s 1979 classic is brilliantly acted, beautifully directed and haunting in its ambiguity.

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ELEGY – Donmar Warehouse

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz29th April 2016Leave a Comment

New one from Nick Payne explores brain science and female relationships, but is just a bit too superficial.

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MY MOTHER SAID I NEVER SHOULD – St James Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz20th April 2016Leave a Comment

Spirited revival of the 1980s feminist classic is a bit too shrill, yet also quietly moving when it matters.

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