tue 01/07/2025

aleks sierz

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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

Beneatha's Place, Young Vic review - strongly felt, but uneven

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When Winston Went to War with the Wireless, Donmar Warehouse review - lively, but messy

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The Swell, Orange Tree Theatre review - mind-bending romantic drama

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The Pillowman, Duke of York’s Theatre review - starry but slack

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All of It/Hope Has a Happy Meal, Royal Court review - surreal pleasures

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Dixon and Daughters, National Theatre review - cold discomfort harm

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Sea Creatures, Hampstead Theatre review - mysterious and allusive

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A Little Life, Harold Pinter Theatre review - unrelenting trauma

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Black Superhero, Royal Court review - ambitious, but messy

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The Way Old Friends Do, Park Theatre review - sweet, but flimsy

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Further Than the Furthest Thing, Young Vic review - small island longings

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Truth's a Dog Must to Kennel, Battersea Arts Centre review - King Lear goes virtual

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Trouble in Butetown, Donmar Warehouse review - entertaining and warmhearted

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Graceland, Royal Court review - quiet desolation is too literary

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Phaedra, National Theatre review - stunning acting in stunning show

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Linck & Mülhahn, Hampstead Theatre review - problems as well as pleasures

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Semele, Royal Opera review - unholy smoke

Poor, slightly silly Semele fries at the sight of lover Jupiter casting off his mortal form, but in Congreve’s and Handel’s supposedly happy...

Sudan, Remember Us review - the revolution will be memorised

In 2019, French-Tunisian journalist and documentary filmmaker Hind Meddeb flew to Sudan after the overthrow of hated dictator Omar al-Bashir,...

Le nozze di Figaro, Glyndebourne review - perceptive humanit...

Over 100 years ago, John Christie envisaged Wagner’s Parsifal with limited forces in the Organ Room at Glyndebourne. He would have been...

Quadrophenia, Sadler's Wells review - missed opportunit...

The red, white and blue bull’s-eye on the front curtain at Sadler’s Wells tells us we are in the familiar territory of Pete Townshend’s...

Fidelio, Garsington Opera review - a battle of sunshine and...

Sometimes, as the first act of Beethoven’s Fidelio closes, the chorus of prisoners discreetly fade away backstage as their brief taste of...

Summer Laugh review - five comics gear up for the Fringe

Appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe has long been an expensive gig for comics. But while stand-ups may need only a microphone to ply...

Album: Brìghde Chaimbeul - Sunwise

The first five-and-a-half minutes of Sunwise’s opening track “Dùsgadh / Waking" are taken up by a drone. Played on the Scottish small...

Music Reissues Weekly: Rupert’s People - Dream In My Mind

Procol Harum’s “A Whiter Shade of Pale” was an instant phenomenon. Recorded in April 1967 and issued as a single on 12 May after pre-release play...

Intimate Apparel, Donmar Warehouse review - stirring story o...

The corset is an unlikely star of the latest Lynn Nottage play to arrive at the...