Tag: George Orwell
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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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Beneatha’s Place, Young Vic
Wednesday 5th July 2023
reviewBritish premiere by this venue’s supremo is thrillingly provocative but also fla…
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#WeAreArrested, Arcola Theatre
Thursday 21st November 2019
reviewNew RSC adaptation of Turkish editor Can Dündar’s prison memoir is beautifully w…
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Goats, Royal Court
Friday 1st December 2017
reviewGo goats! New play about truth and lies in the Syrian conflict is upstaged by it…
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Dead Funny, Vaudeville Theatre
Monday 7th November 2016
reviewWest End revival of Terry Johnson’s 1994 masterpiece is a hilarious and stimulat…
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Karagula, Styx
Thursday 16th June 2016
reviewPhilip Ridley’s latest is an ambitious fantasy epic whose scope and majesty will…
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The Fifth Column, Southwark Playhouse
Wednesday 30th March 2016
reviewErnest Hemingway’s only play is verbally inert and even this revival can’t disgu…
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British New Writing in an Age of Austerity
Monday 1st December 2014
writingFriday, 7 May 2010; Brixton, south London; darkest night.
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1984
Wednesday 18th June 2014
blogText of the day: “I want to watch the executions.”
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