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aleks sierz

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Aleks is author of In-Yer-Face Theatre and Rewriting the Nation, co-editor of theatreVOICE website, and works as a journalist, broadcaster and theatre critic at large.

Articles By Aleks Sierz

Black Men Walking, Royal Court review - inspiring and exhilarating

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The Great Wave, National Theatre review - moving epic of global loss

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Humble Boy, Orange Tree Theatre review - love, death and science in Middle England

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The Best Man, Playhouse Theatre review - Gore Vidal’s plodding presidential drama

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Frozen, Haymarket Theatre review - star cast explores the reality of evil

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Angry, Southwark Playhouse review – wondrously roaring Ridleyland

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Girls & Boys, Royal Court review - Carey Mulligan is stunningly brilliant

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The Divide, Old Vic review - Alan Ayckbourn’s overblown dystopia

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Gundog, Royal Court review - tedious and inconsequential

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Paines Plough Roundabout, Orange Tree Theatre review - too brief to really rock

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The Believers Are But Brothers, Bush Theatre review - a gimmick in search of a story

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The Birthday Party, Harold Pinter Theatre review - starry cast create a stunning masterpiece

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The Jungle, Young Vic review - physically and emotionally challenging

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Parliament Square, Bush Theatre, review – uncomfortable blaze of anger

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Goats, Royal Court review - unfocused and muddled

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Bad Roads, Royal Court, review – memorably unsettling

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There’s a deal to be made when taking your seat for The Winter’s Tale. It’s one the title alone would have...

Brixton Calling, Southwark Playhouse review - life-affirming...

What a delight it is to see the director, the star, even the marketing manager these days FFS, get out of the way and let a really...

BBC Proms: Batsashvili, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rya...

This Prom began in sombre and melancholic shades of grey. Then...

Inter Alia, National Theatre review - dazzling performance,...

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The Waterfront, Netflix review - fish, drugs and rock'n...

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The Fantastic Four: First Steps review - innocence regained

Marvel goes back to its origins, gulping the fresh air of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s first hit comic The Fantastic Four in 1961. Ignoring...

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Giselle, National Ballet of Japan review - return of a class...

A new Giselle? Not quite: the production that ...