Tag: media
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Rockets and Blue Lights, National Theatre
Thursday 2nd September 2021
reviewPoetic play about enslaved peoples and Victorian painter JMW Turner has strong m…
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The critic and the bullies
Monday 15th March 2021
blogThe pandemic has exaggerated the weaknesses of British theatre, and it has remin…
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What a Carve Up!, Barn Theatre
Sunday 29th November 2020
reviewFilm adaptation of Jonathan Coe’s 1994 bestseller is an ingenious whodunnit and …
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Beat the Devil
Wednesday 9th September 2020
blogText of the day: “A friend of mine, a journalist, once said to me: ‘I’m a journa…
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How Brexit Ruins My Life
Monday 1st October 2018
writingThe Critic releases a howl of anguish as he goes against the will of the people
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One for Sorrow, Royal Court
Tuesday 26th June 2018
reviewSmart and powerful new play about fear, terror and middle-class prejudices outst…
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Ink
Monday 24th July 2017
blogText of the day: “It used to be fearless, provocative, fun — where’s the fun gon…
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Gloria, Hampstead Theatre
Thursday 22nd June 2017
reviewBright new satire on office life kicks the hell right out of alienation and expl…
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The Treatment
Saturday 6th May 2017
blogText of the day: “Corruption, Anne, has three stations.”
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