fri 12/09/2025

Helen Hawkins

Articles By Helen Hawkins

I Fought the Law, ITVX review - how an 800-year-old law was challenged and changed

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The Paper, Sky Max review - a spinoff of the US Office worth waiting 20 years for

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Interview, Riverside Studios review - old media vs new in sparky scrap between generations

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Little Trouble Girls review - masterful debut breathes new life into a girl's sexual awakening

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Materialists review - a misfiring romcom or an undercooked satire?

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Eight Postcards from Utopia review - ads from the era when 1990s Romania embraced capitalism

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Every Brilliant Thing, @sohoplace review - return of the comedy about suicide that lifts the spirits

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Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby, Rambert, Sadler's Wells review - exciting dancing, if you can see it

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Good Night, Oscar, Barbican review - sad story of a Hollywood great's meltdown, with a dazzling turn by Sean Hayes

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The Daughter of Time, Charing Cross Theatre review - unfocused version of novel that cleared Richard III

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Giselle, National Ballet of Japan review - return of a classic, refreshed and impeccably danced

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That Bastard, Puccini!, Park Theatre review - inventive comic staging of the battle of the Bohèmes

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Till the Stars Come Down, Theatre Royal Haymarket review - a family hilariously and tragically at war

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Too Much, Netflix - a romcom that's oversexed, and over here

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The Other Way Around review - teasing Spanish study of a breakup with unexpected depth

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Quadrophenia, Sadler's Wells review - missed opportunity to give new stage life to a Who classic

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