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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

Little Wars, Union Theatre online review - richly emotional, but formulaic

Tuesday, 03 November 2020 Read more...

Quarter Life Crisis, Bridge Theatre review – slender and superficial

Monday, 12 October 2020 Read more...

An Evening with an Immigrant, Bridge Theatre review – poetic and engaging

Friday, 25 September 2020 Read more...

Blindness, Donmar Warehouse review - a beautifully haunting parable

Monday, 10 August 2020 Read more...

Scrounger, Finborough Theatre online review – autobiography meets meta-theatre

Tuesday, 04 August 2020 Read more...

My White Best Friend (And Other Letters Left Unsaid), Royal Court review – raw but generous

Wednesday, 22 July 2020 Read more...

Les Blancs, National Theatre at Home review – triumphant revival of forgotten classic

Friday, 03 July 2020 Read more...

Reasons To Be Cheerful, Graeae review - raunchy working-class nostalgia

Wednesday, 10 June 2020 Read more...

A Streetcar Named Desire, National Theatre at Home review - world on fire

Friday, 22 May 2020 Read more...

Midnight Your Time, Donmar Warehouse online review – intimate and quietly moving

Thursday, 14 May 2020 Read more...

Frankenstein, National Theatre at Home review – creature discomforts

Saturday, 02 May 2020 Read more...

#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei, Hampstead Theatre online review – imbued with an urgent new relevance

Tuesday, 28 April 2020 Read more...

Wise Children, BBC online review – beautifully bizarre

Tuesday, 14 April 2020 Read more...

Gators, Tramp Productions online review - the glittering dark

Thursday, 09 April 2020 Read more...

It’s True, It’s True, It’s True, Breach Theatre online review – a riveting watch

Tuesday, 07 April 2020 Read more...

One Man, Two Guvnors, National Theatre at Home review – bliss, utter comic bliss

Saturday, 04 April 2020 Read more...

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