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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

Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen, Bush Theatre review - charismatic stand-up routine

Friday, 17 November 2023 Read more...

Mates in Chelsea, Royal Court review – silly rather than satirical

Friday, 10 November 2023 Read more...

To Have and To Hold, Hampstead Theatre review - funny but flawed

Wednesday, 08 November 2023 Read more...

The Interview, Park Theatre review - Martin Bashir's comeuppance

Saturday, 04 November 2023 Read more...

Boy Parts, Soho Theatre review - not subversive enough

Saturday, 28 October 2023 Read more...

Blue Mist, Royal Court review - authentic, but not entirely convincing

Thursday, 12 October 2023 Read more...

Death of England: Closing Time, National Theatre review - thrillingly and abundantly alive

Tuesday, 10 October 2023 Read more...

Octopolis, Hampstead Theatre review - blue, blue, electric blue

Tuesday, 26 September 2023 Read more...

Operation Epsilon, Southwark Playhouse review - alternative Oppenheimer

Saturday, 23 September 2023 Read more...

That Face, Orange Tree Theatre review - in-yer-face family drama

Friday, 15 September 2023 Read more...

A Mirror, Almeida Theatre review - unconvincing and contrived

Friday, 25 August 2023 Read more...

Cuckoo, Royal Court review - slow, superficial and unfunny

Saturday, 15 July 2023 Read more...

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

Friday, 07 July 2023 Read more...

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

Wednesday, 05 July 2023 Read more...

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

Monday, 03 July 2023 Read more...

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

Friday, 23 June 2023 Read more...

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