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Marianka Swain

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Marianka Swain is a London-based writer and editor. She is the UK Editor-in-Chief of BroadwayWorld, and also covers the arts for outlets such as the Ham & High and Islington Gazette newspapers, Dancing Times and MoveTo Town & Country magazines, and TodayTix. You can find further work on www.mkmswain.com or follow her on Twitter @mkmswain

Articles By Marianka Swain

The Last Five Years, Southwark Playhouse review - an inspired actor-musician take on a cult classic

Thursday, 05 March 2020 Read more...

The Prince of Egypt, Dominion Theatre review - Moses musical goes big and broad

Wednesday, 26 February 2020 Read more...

The Haystack, Hampstead Theatre review - a chilling surveillance state thriller

Friday, 07 February 2020 Read more...

Endgame/Rough for Theatre II, Old Vic review - Beckett played for laughs

Wednesday, 05 February 2020 Read more...

Faustus: That Damned Woman, Lyric Hammersmith review - gender swap yields muddled results

Wednesday, 29 January 2020 Read more...

Rags: The Musical, Park Theatre review - a timely, if predictable, immigrant tale

Monday, 20 January 2020 Read more...

Ravens: Spassky vs. Fischer, Hampstead Theatre review - it's game over for this chess play

Friday, 06 December 2019 Read more...

Dear Evan Hansen, Noël Coward Theatre review - this social outcast will steal your heart

Wednesday, 20 November 2019 Read more...

Mary Poppins, Prince Edward Theatre review - a lavish but old-fashioned revival

Thursday, 14 November 2019 Read more...

Ghost Quartet, Boulevard Theatre review - a beguiling journey into the beyond

Friday, 01 November 2019 Read more...

The Man in the White Suit, Wyndham's Theatre review - sparks but no combustion in this chemistry farce

Wednesday, 09 October 2019 Read more...

Noises Off, Garrick Theatre review - sublime chaos in Michael Frayn's meta-farce

Friday, 04 October 2019 Read more...

What Girls Are Made Of, Soho Theatre review - euphoric gig-theatre

Friday, 13 September 2019 Read more...

Preludes, Southwark Playhouse review - journeying into the mind of Rachmaninoff

Thursday, 12 September 2019 Read more...

Falsettos, The Other Palace review - affecting search for the new normal

Friday, 06 September 2019 Read more...

Once on This Island, Southwark Playhouse review - folkloric Caribbean musical charms

Thursday, 15 August 2019 Read more...

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