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The Sugar Syndrome at Orange Tree Theatre
Anything set in the early noughties is now a period piece. The Sugar Syndrome half-embraces this status. Oscar…
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Uncle Vanya at Harold Pinter Theatre
This is a West End version of Uncle Vanya, staring names you'll recognise, in a translation by a…
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The Welkin at the National Theatre
Scrubbing, brushing, sloshing, wailing: these are the sounds that open Lucy Kirkwood’s The Welkin. A symphony of housework.…
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Scenes with Girls at the Royal Court Theatre
Miriam Battye's Scenes With Girls is the kind of show that feels like it'd start off as a…
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A Kind of People at the Royal Court Theatre
A Kind of People was announced months ago. So long ago, in fact, that Theresa May was still…
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The Duchess of Malfi at Almeida Theatre
There's a blueprint for most revivals or adaptations at the Almeida. Lots of glass divisions. A context-free "modern’"…
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Fairview at the Young Vic
Fairview is theatre as guerilla warfare. A reminder of what the artform can do when allowed. It also…
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Midnight Movie at the Royal Court Theatre
It's rare that audiences are presented with a positive image of the online world, especially in 2019, when…
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The Arrival at Bush Theatre
It is already a known fact that Bijan Sheibani (Barber Shop Chronicles, Dance Nation, The Brothers Size) is…
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at the Bridge Theatre
It's painful to say this as someone who, as a child, rewatched the BBC's adaptation of the book…
By Connor Campbell