Tag: comedy
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The Literary Gaze
Sunday 1st June 2025
writingHere is a sample from the introduction to my latest book about postwar British t…
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About Speed
Monday 5th May 2025
blogLast week, I finally caught up with Speed, at the Bush.
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The Brightening Air, Old Vic
Saturday 26th April 2025
reviewA touch of magic: Conor McPherson’s new one is a wonderfully numinous and eccent…
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Playfight, Soho Theatre
Thursday 10th April 2025
reviewWest Midlands teens come of age: superbly punchy drama that electrifies the sens…
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Alterations, National Theatre
Thursday 27th February 2025
reviewThe high emotional costs of ambition: the Guyanese migrant experience of 1970s L…
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L’Addition, Battersea Arts Centre
Tuesday 5th November 2024
reviewThe latest in Forced Entertainment’s 40 years of experiment is a thought-ticklin…
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The Buddha of Suburbia, Barbican Theatre
Wednesday 30th October 2024
reviewHanif Kureishi classic gets a compulsively comic makeover from Emma Rice: farcic…
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My Father’s Fable, Bush Theatre
Friday 21st June 2024
reviewNew family drama about secrets from the past is both funny and profound, hilario…
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English, Kiln Theatre
Thursday 6th June 2024
reviewPulitzer Prize-winning play shows the impacts of learning a second language on i…
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