Reviews
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Review: Marie & Rosetta, Soho Place
A powerhouse performance from Beverley Knight makes Marie & Rosetta sing, even when the script holds it back.
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Review: Playing Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare’s Globe
A wheely contemporary 90-minutes that may be designed for young people, but cuts just as deep with Noble Houses divided down streetgang lines as BMX’s circle a graffiti-splattered Globe.
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Review: Age Is A Feeling, Soho Theatre Walthamstow
Hayley McGee is one of those special solo voices that can make you smile about human life and aging whilst wanting to cry your heart out
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Review: The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret, Jack Studio Theatre
Hidden secrets threaten the harmony of a student household. As first-years try to fit in and get along, can they overcome the baggage of their previous lives?
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Review: Mary, Queen of Scots, Sadler’s Wells
A visually stunning and psychologically rich triumph
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Review: 16 Postcodes, King’s Head Theatre
Charming vignettes of modern London discovered in a life formed around postcodes
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Review: Ballet de Lorraine: Acid Gems and a Folia, Queen Elizabeth Hall
A company with international distinction delivers a contemporary physical display of high-octane dance that incorporates moves and shapes from both the street and the classical world. A must see!
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Review: While We Wait, Arches Lane Theatre
As a high-concept romcom this two-hander is often engaging and amusing, but both the beginning and ending don't quite work.
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Review: The Last Days of Liz Truss, The Other Palace
A frantic farce that charts the last days of the UK’s shortest reigning Prime Minister, this show hints at political tyranny but is overpowered by cheap laughs.
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Review: The Uncontainable Nausea of Alec Baldwin, New Diorama Theatre
A spectacle that cleverly blends clowning and digital drama, The Uncontainable Nausea of Alec Baldwin is a timely commentary delivered with immense care.