sat 23/08/2025

Helen Hawkins

Articles By Helen Hawkins

Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image The Musical, Phoenix Theatre review - more crude than cruel

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Southwark Playhouse Elephant review - superbly performed folksy musical

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Groundhog Day, Old Vic review - Tim Minchin’s musical returns in full-on style

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Yours Unfaithfully, Jermyn Street Theatre review - resonant debate about open marriage from 1933

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Carmen review - curio from choreographer turned director Benjamin Millepied

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Mad About the Boy review - entertaining cradle-to-grave Noel Coward documentary

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Re-Member Me, Hampstead Theatre review - wittily staged but poignant lip-syncing

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Succession Season Four finale, Sky Atlantic review - a glorious bonfire of the vanities

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Invisible, Bush Studio review - engaging monologue about Brown cultural identity

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Moon Is the Oldest TV review - a fitting tribute to a visionary modern artist

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Steeltown Murders, BBC One review - eloquent true-crime drama about tracking a serial killer 30 years on

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Dalgliesh, Series 2, Channel 5 review - more gory cases for PD James's brooding poet-detective

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Operation Mincemeat, Fortune Theatre review - high-octane musical comedy hits the big time

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Brainwashed review - the toxic impact of the 'male gaze' in film

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August in England, Bush Theatre review - Lenny Henry monologue lands a painful one-two

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Colin from Accounts, BBC Two review - winning mix of great performances, nuanced writing and a cute dog

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