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Helen Hawkins

Articles By Helen Hawkins

Colin from Accounts, BBC Two review - winning mix of great performances, nuanced writing and a cute dog

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A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction, Barbican Theatre review - eco-touring play doesn’t travel well

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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry review - affecting tale of a late-life road trip

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Retrograde, Kiln Theatre review - powerful reworking of a pivotal moment for Black actors

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Rodéo review - heroine from the banlieues powers a rebel-teens saga

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The Secret Life of Bees, Almeida Theatre review - stirringly delivered musical about civil rights

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The Meaning of Zong, Barbican review - didactic tale based on the 1781 massacre of 132 slaves

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Loving Highsmith review - documentary focused on the writer's lighter side

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The Dry House, Marylebone Theatre review - fine performances in Irish three-hander

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Jungle Book reimagined, Sadler's Wells review - a doomy revision of the Kipling stories

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Hamlet, Bristol Old Vic On Screen review - faithful capture of a stage performance

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For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy, Apollo Theatre review - a turbo-charged, game-changing piece of theatre

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Riotsville USA review - a training scheme with a tragic legacy

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Succession, Season Four, Sky Atlantic review - powerful beginning for the endgame

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Great Expectations, BBC One review - modernised, muddied and muddled

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Marjorie Prime, Menier Chocolate Factory review - superbly acted chiller about a contemporary crisis

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