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Arts TheatreMatt AldridgeJuly 15, 2019July 15, 2019

Review: Peter Gynt (National Theatre)

David Hare’s adaptation is good, but James McArdle is better in the National’s gripping new production of Ibsen’s meandering epic, Peter Gynt.

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Arts TheatreMatt NeubauerJune 5, 2019June 5, 2019

Review: Does My Bomb Look Big In This? (Soho Theatre)

Nyla Levy’s new drama of teenage radicalisation tells a beautiful, well-crafted, and humanising story. I really hope the audience took it to heart.

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Arts TheatreMatt AldridgeApril 30, 2019April 30, 2019

Review: Metamorphosis (Tristan Bates)

As the audience shuffle in to Metamorphosis at the Tristan Bates Theatre, extracting themselves from coats and squeezing into seats, they are also aware of another, rather more choreographed, movement taking place. To the low thump of base, confined to the corner of the stage, an ensemble repeat the same sharp movements, trance-like. Collide Theatre’s…

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Arts TheatreMatt AldridgeApril 18, 2019April 18, 2019

Review: Three Sisters (Almeida)

Cordelia Lynn updates Chekhov’s timeless Three Sisters into a jarring, nostalgic piece of brilliance.

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Arts TheatreMatt AldridgeApril 10, 2019April 10, 2019

Review: Pah-La (Royal Court)

Abhishek Majumdar much-delayed Pah-La finally makes it to the Royal Court stage, but fails to deliver on its promising first half.

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Arts TheatreMatt AldridgeFebruary 21, 2019February 21, 2019

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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Arts TheatreMatt AldridgeFebruary 11, 2019February 11, 2019

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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Photo credit Marc Brenner
Arts TheatreMatt NeubauerDecember 19, 2018January 23, 2019

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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Arts TheatreDonald HuteraDecember 14, 2018December 14, 2018

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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Arts TheatreMatt NeubauerNovember 15, 2018November 15, 2018

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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