wed 16/07/2025

Helen Hawkins

Articles By Helen Hawkins

What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank, Marylebone Theatre review - explosive play for today

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The Crime Is Mine review - entertaining froth from a crack cast

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Disclaimer, Apple TV+ review - a misfiring revenge saga from Alfonso Cuarón

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Gigi and Dar, Arcola Theatre review - a war-game of two halves

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Bellringers, Hampstead Theatre review - mordant comedy about the end of the world

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Ludwig, BBC One review - entertaining spin on the brainy detective formula

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Lear, Barbican Theatre review - a very stormy saga, Korean-style

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The Cabinet Minister, Menier Chocolate Factory review - sparkling tour de force of a farce

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A Face in the Crowd, Young Vic review - lame rehash of a 1950s film satire

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The Outrun review - Saoirse Ronan is astonishing as an alcoholic fighting for recovery

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Coriolanus, Olivier/National Theatre review - ambitious staging but the tragedy goes missing

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A Very Royal Scandal, Prime Video review - a fairly sound reimagining, but to what end?

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Our Country's Good, Lyric Hammersmith review - lively but patchy revival

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Sambre: Anatomy of a Crime, BBC Four review - satisfying novelistic retelling of a French true crime saga

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A Night with Janis Joplin: The Musical, Peacock Theatre review - belting Blues singing in an oddly sanitised format

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The 39 Steps, Trafalgar Theatre review - return of an entertaining panto for grown-ups

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