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Natalie Law, Sara Lessore, Owen Oakeshott, Clara Onyemere, Hannah Emanuel in Land of the Free at Southwark Playhouse Borough

16 Oct

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Review: LAND OF THE FREE at Southwark Playhouse Borough

By Stuart King Wednesday, October 16 2024, 10:04

Renowned theatre ensemble Simple8 are in the habit of taking a nugget of rarely explored material, researching the hell out of it and then piecing it back together to create a collaborative theatrical work of notable originality. In LAND OF THE FREE, the Booth acting dynasty is put under the spotlight in an amusingly informative drama which has just opened at Southwark Playhouse Borough.

Natalie Law, Sara Lessore, Owen Oakeshott, Clara Onyemere, and Hannah Emanuel in Land of the Free at Southwark Playhouse Borough.

15 Oct

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Review: STATUES at Bush Theatre

By Stuart King Tuesday, October 15 2024, 15:14

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 Khan.

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

By Stuart King Saturday, October 12 2024, 18:49

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 Yum.

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

By Stuart King Friday, October 11 2024, 09:36

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!

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

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

By Stuart King Thursday, October 10 2024, 10:06

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.

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Review: LAND OF THE FREE at Southwark Playhouse Borough

Review: STATUES at Bush Theatre

Review: A RAISIN IN THE SUN at Lyric Hammersmith

Review: BRACE BRACE at Royal Court

Review: THE LEHMAN TRILOGY at Gillian Lynne Theatre

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