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The Crystal Egg Live, The Vaults – Review

Pros: The set and the performance of Carolina Main as Anna-Jacoby. Cons: At times it dragged a bit and needed to be about 15 minutes shorter. Written in 1897, H G Wells’ vision of constantly being watched resonates still, especially when one has walked to The Vaults past the many CCTV cameras in and around Waterloo Station. This may well have been the original story about an object taking over someone’s personality, but as the concept has been used many times since it is not as novel as ...

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Win Tickets for The Handan Dream at Hackney Empire

Want to start the new year with a competition? Then you are in luck, as we have a pair of tickets for one lucky winner to see The Handan Dream at Hackney Empire. It’s only on for three nights in January, Thursday 25th, Friday 26th and Saturday 27th. All you have to do to enter is either head to Twitter, follow us and retweet our competition tweet (you can find it further down this page). If you don’t have Twitter, ...

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Into the Numbers, Finborough Theatre – Review

Pros: Whilst Elizabeth Chan and Timothy Knightley head the cast, Amy Molloy’s portrayal of Minnie Vautrin, a missionary in Nanking, is a show stealer. Cons: Besides the bleakness of the topic, at times the show can be a little muddled and it’s hard to follow what writer Chistophen Chen is aiming for with some scenes. Into the Numbers is a brave play. It takes not one but two horrific events and ties them together, trying to comprehend both, whilst making it clear ...

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