If the ‘Januhairy’ movement is to succeed, it must go beyond the first month of the year.
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Review: Shipwreck (Almeida)
Anne Washburns wide-reaching theatrical essay Shipwreck delivers a host of challenging and nuanced conclusions about living in post-truth era of Donald Trump’s America
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Review: Pinter 7 (Harold Pinter Theatre)
The riveting stage adaptation of A Slight Ache outshone its more star-studded counterpart in the final set of Pinter’s short plays
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Going beyond the “Januhairy” movement: Wave your arms in the air, if you’ve got underarm hair!
If the ‘Januhairy’ movement is to succeed, it must go beyond the first month of the year.
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Review: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second (Almeida)
Richard II opens in a big grey box. It is Richard’s prison cell, flanked by gun-metal grey walls and grated floors, filled with muted tones, buckets, and emptiness. Richard opens with a monologue duplicated from its original home later in the play, and it’s the clear genesis of the key idea behind the production: a…
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Review: Trans Trans Trance (Rich Mix)
Trans Trans Trance is a scream in the face of bigotry and hatred, deftly performed as part of Vilnius Takes Over at east-London inter-arts venue Rich Mix
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Review: Super Duper Close Up (The Yard Theatre)
Compelling, confusing, and angry in equal parts, Super Duper Close Up explores image and self-image with wonderfully messy incision.
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Review: Pinter Four (Harold Pinter Theatre)
The spirit of Harold Pinter marches on in ‘Pinter Four’, which poignantly captures both his talent for humour and his abstract insight into our domestic relationships .
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Review: Chekhov’s First Play (Battersea Arts Centre)
Dead Centre cut savagely to the heart of a confused original script in their radically reworked adaptation of Chekhov’s First Play
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Review: CHUTNEY (The Bunker)
Despite struggling to make a more serious connection, CHUTNEY still milks an impressively high standard of comedy from the touchy subject of violent pet murder.
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Review: SHE and Stiff (White Bear Theatre)
★★★★☆ // KDC present SHE and Stiff, a solid and engrossing double bill of fringe theatre sustained by slick and committed acting
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