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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

Glengarry Glen Ross, Playhouse Theatre review - Christian Slater is gently charismatic

Saturday, 11 November 2017 Read more...

The Retreat, Park Theatre, review - funny but a bit flat

Wednesday, 08 November 2017 Read more...

Heather, Bush Theatre review - Harry Potter satire burns bright

Friday, 03 November 2017 Read more...

The Slaves of Solitude, Hampstead Theatre review - crude, over-dramatic and under-motivated

Tuesday, 31 October 2017 Read more...

Young Marx, Bridge Theatre review - fast-moving but over-complicated

Friday, 27 October 2017 Read more...

Witness for the Prosecution, London County Hall review - favourable verdict on Agatha Christie classic

Tuesday, 24 October 2017 Read more...

Of Kith and Kin, Bush Theatre, review - comic but confused gay surrogacy drama

Saturday, 21 October 2017 Read more...

Albion, Almeida Theatre, review – Victoria Hamilton’s epic performance

Wednesday, 18 October 2017 Read more...

Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle, Wyndham’s Theatre review – paradoxically predictable

Tuesday, 10 October 2017 Read more...

Victory Condition, Royal Court review - Ballardian vision of the contemporary

Tuesday, 10 October 2017 Read more...

Labour of Love, Noël Coward Theatre, review - Martin Freeman and Tamsin Greig labour in vain

Wednesday, 04 October 2017 Read more...

B, Royal Court review - intriguing, ironical, but flawed

Tuesday, 03 October 2017 Read more...

Ramona Tells Jim, Bush Theatre, review – kooky, teenage heartbreak

Saturday, 23 September 2017 Read more...

Oslo, National Theatre review - informative, gripping and moving

Tuesday, 19 September 2017 Read more...

The Blinding Light, Jermyn Street Theatre, review – Jasper Britton is fascinatingly febrile

Wednesday, 13 September 2017 Read more...

Loot, Park Theatre review – dizzyingly enjoyable

Thursday, 24 August 2017 Read more...

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