Ruweyda Sheik-Ali

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  The Hunger Games: On Stage at Troubadour Canary Wharf Theatre

  What better place in London to be transformed...

  Ruweyda Sheik-Ali 13th November 2025
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  The Lady from the Sea at Bridge Theatre

  ”All of us will survive buildings, places and possessions, and...

  Ruweyda Sheik-Ali 19th September 2025
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  Noughts & Crosses at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

  Malorie Blackman’s 2001 novel Noughts &...

  Ruweyda Sheik-Ali 9th July 2025
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  Connections Festival 2025 at the National Theatre

  Celebrating its 30th milestone anniversary, the National...

  Ruweyda Sheik-Ali 27th June 2025
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  The Deep Blue Sea at Theatre Royal Haymarket

  Terence Rattigan’s The Deep Blue Sea exhales despair like slow...

  Ruweyda Sheik-Ali 15th May 2025
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  Second Best at Riverside Studios

  How different would our lives be if just one thing had changed? What if a...

  Ruweyda Sheik-Ali 4th February 2025
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  The Invention of Love at Hampstead Theatre

  “I’m dead, then? Good.” With this wry, sardonic opening line,...

  Ruweyda Sheik-Ali 17th December 2024
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  “This has been the greatest adventure”: Rufus Norris announces his final lineup of work as National Theatre director
  Ruweyda Sheik-Ali 1st October 2024
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  Princess Essex at Shakespeare’s Globe

  There is never a dull moment in Princess Essex, Anne Odeke’s...

  Ruweyda Sheik-Ali 20th September 2024
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  The Silver Cord at Finborough Theatre

  “We’re just like Macbeth and Lady Macbeth because we’ve got into a...

  Ruweyda Sheik-Ali 6th September 2024