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The Comeuppance, Almeida Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 18th Apr 2024 | Acting, Review, United Kingdom

I’ve never been one for school reunions, but even if I had kept in touch with former classmates I...

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Jez Butterworth’s “The Hills of California” at the Harold Pinter Theatre: Warm Evocation of 1950s Pop Culture Is Fun, But Lacks Dramatic Resolution

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 11th Feb 2024 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

In West End theatre, the cliché that nothing succeeds like success keeps the wheels of commerce...

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Bonnie Marranca: “The Divisiveness of Contemporary American Society Impacts All Aspects of Theatre”

Posted by Cristina Modreanu | 1st Mar 2022 | Interview, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

Cristina Modreanu: Your new book, Timelines. writings and conversations, maps out recent...

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(Not) Adapting to the French Stage: “Les Producteurs”, Directed by Alexis Michalik, at the Théâtre de Paris

Posted by Lara Cox | 15th Dec 2021 | Adaptation, France, Musical Theatre, Review, Translation

A week after Josephine Baker posthumously entered the French Panthéon, a musical about two...

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Sarah Kosar’s “Armadillo” at The Yard Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 5th Jul 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom

An armadillo is a small mammal, but this is not a play about the amazing relative of the anteater....

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“Time Is Love/Tiempo Es Amore” at The Finborough Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 21st Jan 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom

Mainstream theatre is often a huge treasure chest, blazing with jewels and flashing lights, while...

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Robert Alan Evans’s “The Woods” at The Royal Court

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 18th Oct 2018 | Acting, London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

Blackout. Dark, the color of childhood fear. Black, the color of despair. Black. No light visible;...

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Gore Vidal’s “The Best Man” at The Playhouse Theatre: Is It Possible to Get Too Much of American Politics?

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 21st Mar 2018 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Is it possible to get too much of American politics? With Donald Trump’s daily tweets invading our...

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