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Emilia at the Vaudeville Theatre

It's all about that ending. Clare Perkins's eldest Emilia, delivering a chest-thumping, arm-raising, hollering feminist sermon, urging those…

By Connor Campbell
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Downstate at the National Theatre

Downstate is an agonising, desperate, gripping experience. Brought over from Chicago by the legendary Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Bruce…

By Connor Campbell
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Turn Up Charlie

In a formula concocted by none other than Idris Elba (and co-created by Gary Reich), the actor himself…

By Mary-Catherine Harvey
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The Life I Lead at Park Theatre

“What is it and when does it start?” David Tomlinson (Miles Jupp) asks the bemused audience. He has…

By Georgie Cowan-Turner
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Us

Jordan Peele’s astonishing, audacious follow-up to Get Out does not disappoint. Us follows a vacationing family tormented by…

By Musanna Ahmed
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Picture This at the Forum

At their only London date, fast-rising Irish band Picture This satisfied a wide spectrum of expectations. There was…

By Cristiana Ferrauti
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Othello at Union Theatre

Phil Willmott’s interpretation of Othello is a bit of a mixed blessing. There is much to be adored…

By Michael Higgs
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Minding the Gap

Director Bing Liu’s debut feature-length documentary is a strikingly perceptive and sad portrayal of lower-middle class life in…

By Selina Begum