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aleks sierz

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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

Manhunt, Royal Court review - terrifyingly toxic masculinity

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Rhinoceros, Almeida Theatre review - joyously absurd and absurdly joyful

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Apex Predator, Hampstead Theatre review - poor writing turns horror into silliness

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Playhouse Creatures, Orange Tree Theatre review - jokes, shiny costumes and quarrels, but little drama

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The Habits, Hampstead Theatre review - who knows what adventures await?

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Alterations, National Theatre review - high emotional costs of ambition

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A Knock on the Roof, Royal Court review - poignant account of living under terror

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East Is South, Hampstead Theatre review - bewildering and unconvincing

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Unicorn, Garrick Theatre review - wordy and emotionless desire

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More Life, Royal Court review - posthuman tragedy fails to come alive

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Churchill in Moscow, Orange Tree Theatre review - thought-provoking language and power games

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… Blackbird Hour, Bush Theatre review - an unrelentingly tough watch

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A Good House, Royal Court review - provocative, but imperfect

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The Invention of Love, Hampstead Theatre review - beautiful wit, awkward staging

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The Legends of Them, Royal Court review - reaching out for serenity

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Expendable, Royal Court review - intensely felt family drama

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Sananda Maitreya, Town Hall, Birmingham review - 80s megasta...

During a false start to “Billy Don’t Fall”, on Sunday night at Birmingham’s iconic Town Hall, Sananda Maitreya took the opportunity to address the...

Mr Scorsese, Apple TV review - perfectly pitched documentary...

This five-parter by Rebecca Miller is essential viewing for any...

Madama Butterfly, Irish National Opera review - visual and v...

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A drawback of choosing relatively or very obscure operas, as they've been mostly doing in Wexford Festival since 1951, is that the audiences...

Bach's B minor Mass, Irish Baroque Orchestra, Whelan, C...

The greatest procession of mass movements ever composed merits the best line-up of soloists, both vocal and instrumental, as well as the perfect...

Kaploukhii, Greenwich Chamber Orchestra, Cutts, St James...

To St James’s Piccadilly to hear the young pianist Misha Kaploukhii give an impressive performance of Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto,...