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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

Rare Earth Mettle, Royal Court review - one long unsatisfying slog Friday, 19 November 2021 Read more...	Sessions, Soho Theatre review – intense, but inconclusive Saturday, 13 November 2021 Read more...
Old Bridge, Bush Theatre review - powerful, poetic and profound Wednesday, 03 November 2021 Read more...	A Place for We, Park Theatre review - perceptive, but rather flabby Wednesday, 27 October 2021 Read more...
Macbeth, Almeida Theatre review – vivid, but much too long Friday, 15 October 2021 Read more...	The Normal Heart, National Theatre review - Ben Daniels triumphant Monday, 04 October 2021 Read more...
Is God Is, Royal Court review – blister, flare and burn, baby, burn Thursday, 16 September 2021 Read more...	The Memory of Water, Hampstead Theatre review – uneasy tragi-comedy Monday, 13 September 2021 Read more...
Rockets and Blue Lights, National Theatre review - strong, but inconclusive Friday, 03 September 2021 Read more...	Changing Destiny, Young Vic review – an epic literary discovery Monday, 02 August 2021 Read more...
Oleanna, Arts Theatre review - Mamet on power and tragedy Thursday, 29 July 2021 Read more...	Out West, Lyric Hammersmith review – not quite a hat trick Monday, 28 June 2021 Read more...
Walden, Harold Pinter Theatre review – where’s the emotion? Monday, 31 May 2021 Read more...	Harm, Bush Theatre review – isolation, infatuation and intensity Monday, 24 May 2021 Read more...
Tarantula, Southwark Playhouse online review – spine-tingling love and trauma Monday, 03 May 2021 Read more...	Angela, Sound Stage online review - tender and time-shifting Friday, 26 March 2021 Read more...

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