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Aleks is author of In-Yer-Face Theatre and Rewriting the Nation, co-editor of theatreVOICE website, and works as a journalist, broadcaster and theatre critic at large.

Articles By Aleks Sierz

Barber Shop Chronicles, National Theatre review - foot-stompingly pleasurable

Thursday, 08 June 2017 Read more...

Common, National Theatre review - Anne-Marie Duff fails to ignite

Wednesday, 07 June 2017 Read more...

Killology, Royal Court review – both disturbing and life-affirming

Wednesday, 31 May 2017 Read more...

Woyzeck, Old Vic review - John Boyega’s thrillingly powerful triumph

Wednesday, 24 May 2017 Read more...

Salomé, National Theatre review - Yaël Farber’s version is verbose and overblown

Wednesday, 10 May 2017 Read more...

The Ferryman, Royal Court, review - ‘Jez Butterworth’s storytelling triumph’

Thursday, 04 May 2017 Read more...

The Treatment, Almeida Theatre, review - exhilarating Crimp never more relevant

Saturday, 29 April 2017 Read more...

City of Glass, Lyric Hammersmith review - ‘thrilling and enthralling Paul Auster adaptation’

Thursday, 27 April 2017 Read more...

Nuclear War, Royal Court review - ‘deeply felt and haunting’

Saturday, 22 April 2017 Read more...

Guards at the Taj, Bush Theatre review - ‘powerful but ethically troubling’

Thursday, 13 April 2017 Read more...

Expensive Shit, Soho Theatre, review - 'strong but slender'

Thursday, 06 April 2017 Read more...

Consent, National Theatre, review - thrilling revenge drama

Wednesday, 05 April 2017 Read more...

Don Juan in Soho, Wyndhams Theatre review - 'David Tennant is Marber-Molière playboy'

Thursday, 30 March 2017 Read more...

The Kid Stays in the Picture, Royal Court, review – ‘sad, bad and sprawling’

Friday, 24 March 2017 Read more...

A Dark Night in Dalston, Park Theatre

Tuesday, 14 March 2017 Read more...

My Country; A Work in Progress, National Theatre

Saturday, 11 March 2017 Read more...

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