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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

All of It/Hope Has a Happy Meal, Royal Court review - surreal pleasures

Monday, 12 June 2023 Read more...

Dixon and Daughters, National Theatre review - cold discomfort harm

Thursday, 27 April 2023 Read more...

Sea Creatures, Hampstead Theatre review - mysterious and allusive

Friday, 07 April 2023 Read more...

A Little Life, Harold Pinter Theatre review - unrelenting trauma

Thursday, 06 April 2023 Read more...

Black Superhero, Royal Court review - ambitious, but messy

Saturday, 25 March 2023 Read more...

The Way Old Friends Do, Park Theatre review - sweet, but flimsy

Monday, 20 March 2023 Read more...

Further Than the Furthest Thing, Young Vic review - small island longings

Saturday, 18 March 2023 Read more...

Truth's a Dog Must to Kennel, Battersea Arts Centre review - King Lear goes virtual

Thursday, 02 March 2023 Read more...

Trouble in Butetown, Donmar Warehouse review - entertaining and warmhearted

Wednesday, 22 February 2023 Read more...

Graceland, Royal Court review - quiet desolation is too literary

Thursday, 16 February 2023 Read more...

Phaedra, National Theatre review - stunning acting in stunning show

Monday, 13 February 2023 Read more...

Linck & Mülhahn, Hampstead Theatre review - problems as well as pleasures

Wednesday, 08 February 2023 Read more...

Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons, Harold Pinter Theatre review - cool cast chills the drama

Thursday, 02 February 2023 Read more...

Two Billion Beats, Orange Tree Theatre review - lively, but overly idealistic

Wednesday, 01 February 2023 Read more...

Sound of the Underground, Royal Court review - loud and triumphantly proud

Monday, 30 January 2023 Read more...

Sons of the Prophet, Hampstead Theatre review - perfect mix of pain and comedy

Thursday, 15 December 2022 Read more...

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