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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

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...

Overflow, Bush Theatre review – fear, fury and fun

Saturday, 12 December 2020 Read more...

A Christmas Carol, Bridge Theatre review - deluxe seasonal storytelling

Wednesday, 09 December 2020 Read more...

What a Carve Up!, Barn Theatre online review – ingenious whodunnit

Monday, 30 November 2020 Read more...

Little Wars, Union Theatre online review - richly emotional, but formulaic

Tuesday, 03 November 2020 Read more...

Quarter Life Crisis, Bridge Theatre review – slender and superficial

Monday, 12 October 2020 Read more...

An Evening with an Immigrant, Bridge Theatre review – poetic and engaging

Friday, 25 September 2020 Read more...

Blindness, Donmar Warehouse review - a beautifully haunting parable

Monday, 10 August 2020 Read more...

Scrounger, Finborough Theatre online review – autobiography meets meta-theatre

Tuesday, 04 August 2020 Read more...

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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...