tue 05/08/2025

Helen Hawkins

Articles By Helen Hawkins

A Stitch in Time review - feelgood Aussie indie with an undernourished script

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The Crown, Season 6, Netflix review - royal epic in a vain search for authenticity

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How to Have Sex review - compelling journey of a vulnerable teen

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Clyde's, Donmar Warehouse review - high-octane comedy with a soft-centre

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The Confessions, National Theatre review - rich mix of the personal and the epic

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Dear England, Prince Edward Theatre review - still a winner in its new West End home

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The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from the Life of John le Carré, Apple TV+ review - outstanding, intriguing portrait of David Cornwell

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Meetings, Orange Tree Theatre review - three-hander that chews on big issues

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Hamnet, Garrick Theatre review - conventional adaptation of the bestseller drains its poetry away

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They had a good war: Powell and Pressburger's no-nonsense heroines

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The Reckoning, BBC One review - Savile saga that doesn't tell the whole story

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Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends, Gielgud Theatre review - exuberant gala of nonstop virtuosity

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Boiling Point, BBC One review - chef drama that's simmering nicely

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Close-Up: The Twiggy Musical, Menier Chocolate Factory review - a tourist's view of a Sixties icon

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Mlima's Tale, Kiln Theatre review - simple, powerful tale about the rape of Africa

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It's Headed Straight Towards Us, Park Theatre review - indigestible mix of fact and fiction

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