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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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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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: 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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Review: Romeo And Juliet (Barbican)
★★★☆☆ // Despite a promising set-up, the RSC’s latest production of Romeo and Juliet struggles to deliver the cutting social commentary it initially promises.
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