sun 25/05/2025

Helen Hawkins

Articles By Helen Hawkins

Code of Silence, ITVX review - inventively presented reality of deaf people's experience

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The Fifth Step, Soho Place review - wickedly funny two-hander about defeating alcoholism

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House of Games, Hampstead Theatre review - adapted Mamet screenplay entertains but is defanged

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Giant, Harold Pinter Theatre review - incendiary Roald Dahl drama with topical bite

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The Trunk, Netflix review - stylish, noir-ish Korean drama wrapped around a beguiling love story

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Krapp's Last Tape, Barbican review - playing with the lighter side of Beckett's gloom

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The Extraordinary Miss Flower review - odd mashup of music, dance, film and spoken word

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Dealer's Choice, Donmar Warehouse review - fresh take on a classic about male self-destruction

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The Inseparables, Finborough Theatre review - uneven portrait of a close female friendship

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April review - powerfully acted portrait of a conflicted doctor in eastern Georgia

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Shanghai Dolls, Kiln Theatre review - fascinating slice of history inadequately told

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Thanks for Having Me, Riverside Studios review - snappily performed comedy with a lightweight core

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Holy Cow review - perfectly pitched coming-of-age tale in rural France

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Mr Burton review - modest film about the birth of an extraordinary talent

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Balanchine: Three Signature Works, Royal Ballet review - exuberant, joyful, exhilarating

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Wilko: Love and Death and Rock'n'Roll, Southwark Playhouse review - charismatic reincarnation of a rock legend

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