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Azan Ahmed and Jonny Khan
15 Oct
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Stuart King

Review: STATUES at Bush Theatre

A young third generation British Pakistani teacher Yusuf (Azan Ahmed) becomes Head of English at his school. Around the same time, he has to clear the home of his recently deceased father and realises how little he truly understood Mustafa.

Azan Ahmed and Jonny KhanAzan Ahmed and Jonny Khan.

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Cash Holland, Doreene Blackstock, and Adiel Magaji in A Raisin in the Sun at the Lyric Hammersmith - Photo credit Ikin Yum
12 Oct
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Review: A RAISIN IN THE SUN at Lyric Hammersmith

Written in the late 1950s and set in south Chicago, A RAISIN IN THE SUN depicts The Youngers, a black family who live subject to the racial and class barriers of the time and who have recently lost the patriarch of the household. When his life insurance policy pays-out $10,000, it offers the chance for new beginnings, but not everyone in the family has the same ideas about how to spend the windfall.

Cash Holland, Doreene Blackstock, and Adiel Magaji in A Raisin in the Sun at the Lyric Hammersmith - Photo credit Ikin YumCash Holland, Doreene Blackstock, and Adiel Magaji in A Raisin in the Sun at the Lyric Hammersmith - Photo credit Ikin Yum.

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jana Vasan and Phil Dunster in Brace Brace at Jerwood Theatre Upstairs. Photo Helen Murray
11 Oct
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Review: BRACE BRACE at Royal Court

Ray (Phil Dunster) leans against a fridge. Sylvia (Anjana Vasan) approaches him with an awful chat-up line. It’s funny, there’s chemistry, they marry. Thankfully, Oli Forsyth ’s surprisingly good BRACE BRACE wastes little time dwelling on inconsequential set-up and instead gets us airborne and quickly onto the meatier content. Despite Sylvia’s fear of flying, the couple’s honeymoon plans entail a long-haul flight — big mistake!

jana Vasan and Phil Dunster in Brace Brace at Jerwood Theatre Upstairs. Photo Helen MurrayAnjana Vasan and Phil Dunster in Brace Brace at Jerwood Theatre Upstairs. Photo credit Helen Murray

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The Lehman Trilogy 2024 at Gillian Lynne Theatre. L-R: Howard W Overshown, Aaron Krohn, John Heffernan © Mark Douet
10 Oct
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Review: THE LEHMAN TRILOGY at Gillian Lynne Theatre

The National’s original production of Stefano Massini’s monumental three act play about the Lehman Banking dynasty, which retains Sam Mendes’ original direction and staging, has been afforded another West End outing. Opening this evening, with the cast which has recently been wowing audiences in San Francisco, the show’s capacity to impress through breadth of scope whilst never losing sight of intimate humanity, remains compelling.

The Lehman Trilogy 2024 at Gillian Lynne Theatre. L-R: Howard W Overshown, Aaron Krohn, John Heffernan © Mark DouetThe Lehman Trilogy 2024 at Gillian Lynne Theatre. L-R: Howard W Overshown, Aaron Krohn, John Heffernan © Mark Douet

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Leyon Stolz-Hunter, Katy Brittain and Tom Morley in Eurydice at Jermyn Street Theatre. Photography by Alex Brenner
09 Oct
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Review: EURYDICE at Jermyn Street Theatre

The Greek tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice already has an oddly unsatisfying musical version in the West End, courtesy of HADESTOWN running at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue. This quirky, much smaller-scale production simply entitled EURYDICE, plays at Jermyn Street Theatre on the opposite side of Piccadilly and offers an altogether different (certainly less musical, though not necessarily traditional) approach to the ancient tale.

Leyon Stolz-Hunter, Katy Brittain and Tom Morley in Eurydice at Jermyn Street Theatre. Photography by Alex BrennerLeyon Stolz-Hunter, Katy Brittain and Tom Morley in Eurydice at Jermyn Street Theatre. Photography by Alex Brenner.

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