aleks sierz
Bio
Aleks is author of In-Yer-Face Theatre and Rewriting the Nation, co-editor of theatreVOICE website, and works as a journalist, broadcaster and theatre critic at large.
Articles By Aleks Sierz
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Climate Change: The Facts, BBC One review - how much reality...
Peer down the glassy dark and you’ll see them. White bubbles trapped in the frozen lake which appear to be rising to the surface. Look through the...
Tommy Tiernan, Shepherd's Bush Empire review - playful...
Tommy Tiernan is something of an institution in his native Ireland, as a...
Loro review – hedonism must have an end
"Them" - the "loro" of the title (with a further play on “l’oro”, gold) - denotes the mostly sleazy opportunists willing to use and be used by "...
CD: Rodrigo y Gabriela - Mettavolution
There aren’t many musicians to catch the ear of a substantial community of music lovers that includes both metalheads and world music fans, as...
Get The Blessing, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham review – Wes...
Get The Blessing are a band whose music never fails to conjure up...
theartsdesk Q&A: Bananarama
Bananarama are one of the most successful girl groups of all time. Consisting of Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward, the band’s third original member...
Sweet Charity, Donmar Warehouse review - Sixties style over...
For her swansong, departing Donmar Artistic...
Dragged Across Concrete review - Mel Gibson's hard-boil...
Mel Gibson’s vile drunken rants a decade ago, his 63 years and the price of both inform his role as...
CD: The O'Jays - The Last Word
How to put a full-stop on an over 50 year recording career? For multiple Music Hall of Fame-rs The O’Jays, the answer...