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‘You’ll be mesmerised from beginning to end’: KURIOS – Royal Albert Hall ★★★★★

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The best advice I can give you for Cirque Du Soleil’s Kurios is, leave all sense of reality, understanding and logical explanation at the entrance of the Royal Albert Hall, for this visual spectacle defies and challenges all aspects of any logic or expectations you have, on every level.

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‘Imaginatively directed glimpse of life in the theatre of war’: THE TRENCH – Southwark Playhouse ★★★

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The Trench, conceived, written, co-directed and performed by Oliver Lansley and his lively company, Les Enfants Terribles, was inspired by the story of Sapper William Hackett, the only tunneller to be awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery in saving the lives of fellow-men but sacrificed his own.

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‘It is damn hard to be this damn funny’: THE PRUDES – Royal Court Theatre

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I would recommend anyone to see The Prudes, I really would. It is damn hard to be this damn funny. Believe me when I say you will enjoy this play. You may even love it, and I would totally get that. But its missteps are entirely indicative of a male lens, which does make this problematic in parts. And that’s a shame.