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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

Macbeth, Almeida Theatre review – vivid, but much too long

Friday, 15 October 2021 Read more...

The Normal Heart, National Theatre review - Ben Daniels triumphant

Monday, 04 October 2021 Read more...

Is God Is, Royal Court review – blister, flare and burn, baby, burn

Thursday, 16 September 2021 Read more...

The Memory of Water, Hampstead Theatre review – uneasy tragi-comedy

Monday, 13 September 2021 Read more...

Rockets and Blue Lights, National Theatre review - strong, but inconclusive

Friday, 03 September 2021 Read more...

Changing Destiny, Young Vic review – an epic literary discovery

Monday, 02 August 2021 Read more...

Oleanna, Arts Theatre review - Mamet on power and tragedy

Thursday, 29 July 2021 Read more...

Out West, Lyric Hammersmith review – not quite a hat trick

Monday, 28 June 2021 Read more...

Walden, Harold Pinter Theatre review – where’s the emotion?

Monday, 31 May 2021 Read more...

Harm, Bush Theatre review – isolation, infatuation and intensity

Monday, 24 May 2021 Read more...

Tarantula, Southwark Playhouse online review – spine-tingling love and trauma

Monday, 03 May 2021 Read more...

Angela, Sound Stage online review - tender and time-shifting

Friday, 26 March 2021 Read more...

The Picture of Dorian Gray, Barn Theatre online review - a dazzling adaptation

Tuesday, 23 March 2021 Read more...

The Band Plays On, Sheffield Theatres online review – to Sheffield with love

Thursday, 18 March 2021 Read more...

Typical, Soho Theatre online review - powerfully poetic and painful

Friday, 26 February 2021 Read more...

Shook, Papatango online review - strongly acted, but depressingly predictable

Friday, 05 February 2021 Read more...

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