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‘A joyous celebration of the magic of theatre’: WISE CHILDREN – York Theatre Royal (Online review)

In Comedy, London theatre, Online shows, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz21st April 2020Leave a Comment

Emma Rice’s version of Angela Carter’s last novel is a beautifully bizarre celebration of alternative families.

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‘The thriller aspects are definitely effective, if not the sense of history’: ANNA – National Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz25th May 2019Leave a Comment

Intriguing Cold War thriller Anna is thoroughly immersive, but lacks a convincing sense of historical reality.

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‘Scoring top marks across the board’: FOLLIES – National Theatre ★★★★★

In London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Jonathan Baz24th February 2019Leave a Comment

Eighteen months on and with a couple of well-placed casting changes Stephen Sondheim’s Follies returns to the National Theatre with the excellence of this devastating musical a breath of fresh air amidst a slew of disappointing recent openings in the capital.

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‘Dazzlingly complex & immensely provocative piece of new writing’: When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other – National Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz2nd February 2019Leave a Comment

Martin Crimp’s new play, When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other at the National Theatre, has been hyped because of its star, Cate Blanchett, and rightly so: it’s a five-star show.

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Wise Children ‘has blossomed into a show as joyous as I’ve come to expect from Emma Rice’

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Regional theatre, Reviews, Touring by Debbie Gilpin12th November 2018Leave a Comment

he beauty of seeing a show several times is that you can take in so many different things across the hours you spend in a theatre with it. With it being Emma Rice (and, let’s face it, Katy Owen) I’d booked four tickets in advance of seeing Wise Children.

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‘A great statement of intent from Emma Rice’: WISE CHILDREN – The Old Vic ★★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Debbie Gilpin29th October 2018Leave a Comment

Wise Children is a beautifully designed and performed show, that’s faithful to the source material without ever feeling constrained by it – a great statement of intent from Emma Rice.

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‘Sublimely atmospheric opera’: LESSONS IN LOVE & VIOLENCE – Royal Opera House

In London theatre, Opera, Opinion, Reviews by Aleks Sierz29th May 2018Leave a Comment

Lessons in Love & Violence is a deliciously cool, intellectually stimulating and tremendously suggestive reading of a brilliant piece about the politics of power, the confusion of desire and the horror of violence. If love can make us human, so can murder.

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NEWS: Hamilton, Follies, Bryan Cranston & full Critics’ Circle Awards results

In Awards, London theatre, Musicals, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Quotes, Sticky by Press Releases30th January 2018Leave a Comment

Opening just before Christmas to rave reviews, the London version of the multi-award-winning Broadway hit Hamilton has won its first major prize outside the USA – Best Musical at the 2017 Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards.

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‘Theatre design of the highest order’: FOLLIES – National Theatre

In London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Victoria Sadler17th December 2017Leave a Comment

I know I’m late to the party with Follies but what can I do? Such was the demand for tickets that I only finally saw it a few days ago. But, my god, was it worth the wait, or what.

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FOLLIES – National Theatre ★★★★

In London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Olivia Mitchell9th September 2017Leave a Comment

It’s been 30 years since a fully staged production of Follies has been seen on a London stage so there’s been a huge buzz surrounding the current production at the National Theatre, which boasts a stellar cast.

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FOLLIES – National Theatre ★★★★★

In London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Jonathan Baz9th September 2017Leave a Comment

It’s been a while since the National Theatre last revived a great song and dance extravaganza and a Sondheim one at that. But with Dominic Cooke’s production of Follies, the NT’s reputation as one of the nation’s finest creators of musical theatre is restored.

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OIL – Almeida Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz18th October 2016Leave a Comment

New epic about mothers and daughters in the age of oil is wonderfully ambitious, but deeply unhistorical.

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THE PLOUGH & THE STARS – National Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz28th July 2016Leave a Comment

Revival of Sean O’Casey’s modern classic shows its continued relevance, but is a bit meticulously sombre.

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HERE WE GO – National Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz3rd January 2016Leave a Comment

Latest short from the fab Caryl Churchill is a surprisingly intense and uncomfortable play about death, reviewed on the last night of its short season at the National’s Lyttelton Theatre.

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