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Joshua McGuire, Anoushka Lucas, Alan Wiliams, Hayley Carmichael, Sophie Steer, John Biddle and Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù in Rhinoceros at the Almeida. Photo Marc Brenner.
02 Apr
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Review: RHINOCEROS at Almeida

Eugène Ionesco’s RHINOCEROS was first performed at the end of the 1950s and was created as a direct result of the playwright’s experience with Romania’s Iron Guard, the country’s equivalent of the Nazi Party.

Joshua McGuire, Anoushka Lucas, Alan Wiliams, Hayley Carmichael, Sophie Steer, John Biddle and Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù in Rhinoceros at the Almeida. Photo Marc Brenner.Joshua McGuire, Anoushka Lucas, Alan Wiliams, Hayley Carmichael, Sophie Steer, John Biddle and Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù in Rhinoceros at the Almeida. Photo Marc Brenner.

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Stiletto at Charing Cross Theatre. Photo Johan Persson.
01 Apr
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Review: STILETTO at Charing Cross Theatre

Beneath the dramatic and imposing sight of Venice’s eternal symbol (the winged lion of St Mark), the city bustles about its business. Catholic patronage and trading wealth no longer vie for supremacy, but instead make for easy and comfortable bedfellows in 1730.

Stiletto at Charing Cross Theatre. Photo Johan Persson.Stiletto at Charing Cross Theatre. Photo Johan Persson.

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The cast of The Women of Llanrumney at Theatre Royal Stratford East. Photo credit Chuko Cribb
26 Mar
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Review: THE WOMEN OF LLANRUMNEY at Theatre Royal, Stratford East

In a direct transfer from Cardiff’s Sherman Theatre, Azuka Oforka’s debut play THE WOMEN OF LLANRUMNEY is set at a grand but faded plantation home overlooking Jamaica’s Blue Mountains.

The cast of The Women of Llanrumney at Theatre Royal Stratford East. Photo credit Chuko CribbThe cast of The Women of Llanrumney at Theatre Royal Stratford East. Photo credit Chuko Cribb.

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Man in the Mirror
23 Mar
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Review: MAN IN THE MIRROR at Golders Green Hippodrome

Proud use of the title of Michael Jackson’s famous hit song in naming this production, would suggest that the producers of MAN IN THE MIRROR are actively challenging and defying the rabid cancel culture movement and instead choose to celebrate the performances, songs and stage shows of the late The King of Pop.

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Oliver Maynard and Nick Hyde in Double Act at Southwark Playhouse. Photography by Tanya Pabaru.
23 Mar
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Review: DOUBLE ACT at Southwark Playhouse

Two actors, dressed alike, finishing each other’s sentences or talking over one another combatively, give the distinct impression that they emanate from the same head and that things have reached a point of no return. Today will be different. Today will be planned and it will be done right.

Oliver Maynard and Nick Hyde in Double Act at Southwark Playhouse. Photography by Tanya Pabaru.Oliver Maynard and Nick Hyde in Double Act at Southwark Playhouse. Photography by Tanya Pabaru.

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