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Author: Matt Neubauer

Theatre Editor
Matt has just finished four years of mathematics at University College London, and is now taking the logical next step of pursuing a career in theatre. As well as an avid critic, he is a passionate director and playwright, with work produced at the VAULT Festival, Camden People's Theatre, and The Shaw.
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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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 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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Arts TheatreMatt NeubauerNovember 12, 2018November 12, 2018

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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Arts TheatreMatt NeubauerNovember 10, 2018November 10, 2018

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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Arts TheatreMatt NeubauerNovember 2, 2018November 2, 2018

Review: Moot Moot (Yard Theatre)

Farcical, satirical, jarring, and absurd: Moot Moot returns to The Yard to induct you into the weirdest radio show you’ll never hear,

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Arts TheatreMatt NeubauerNovember 1, 2018November 1, 2018

Nine Alternative Theatre Openings for November

Nine of the weirdest, most exciting shows opening in London this November, as chosen by our Theatre Editor.

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Arts TheatreMatt NeubauerOctober 11, 2018November 1, 2018

Review: I’m Not Running (National Theatre)

David Hare’s latest play “I’m Not Running” lacks his characteristic wit, instead subjecting its audience to a dull and confused evening of fantasy politics.

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Arts Film TheatreMatt NeubauerOctober 5, 2018November 1, 2018

Review: The Malady Of Death (The Barbican)

The Malady of Death, Alice Birch and Katie Mitchell’s arresting new piece of Live Cinema, arrives at the Barbican and leaves a striking impression.

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Arts TheatreMatt NeubauerOctober 1, 2018November 1, 2018

Nine Alternative Theatre Openings for October

Nine of the weirdest, most exciting shows opening in London this October, as chosen by our Theatre Editor.

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