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Helen Hawkins

Articles By Helen Hawkins

A Face in the Crowd, Young Vic review - lame rehash of a 1950s film satire

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The Outrun review - Saoirse Ronan is astonishing as an alcoholic fighting for recovery

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Coriolanus, Olivier/National Theatre review - ambitious staging but the tragedy goes missing

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A Very Royal Scandal, Prime Video review - a fairly sound reimagining, but to what end?

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Our Country's Good, Lyric Hammersmith review - lively but patchy revival

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Sambre: Anatomy of a Crime, BBC Four review - satisfying novelistic retelling of a French true crime saga

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A Night with Janis Joplin: The Musical, Peacock Theatre review - belting Blues singing in an oddly sanitised format

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The 39 Steps, Trafalgar Theatre review - return of an entertaining panto for grown-ups

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Death of England: Michael / Death of England: Delroy, Soho Place review - thrilling portraits, brilliantly performed, of rebels without a cause

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The Grapes of Wrath, NT Lyttelton review - a bleak journey into migrant purgatory

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A Chorus Line, Sadler's Wells review - high-kicking fun that's low on pathos

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Time Bandits, Apple TV+ review - larky expanded rerun of the Gilliam/Palin classic

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About Dry Grasses review - warts and all portrait of an unhappy man

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Red Speedo, Orange Tree Theatre review - two versions of American values slug it out

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ECHO, LIFT 2024, Royal Court review - enriching journey into the mind of an exile

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Janet Planet review - teasing dissection of a mother-daughter relationship

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