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All the Beauty and the Bloodshed review - superb documentary about a campaigning artist

Friday, 27 January 2023 Read more...

Charlie & Stan, Wilton’s Music Hall, review - a beguiling fantasy about two silent comedy greats

Friday, 27 January 2023 Read more...

Alex Edelman, Menier Chocolate Factory review - London run for unmissable off-Broadway hit

Saturday, 21 January 2023 Read more...

The Art of Illusion, Hampstead Theatre review - a hit from Paris conjures up strange-but-true stories

Saturday, 14 January 2023 Read more...

Othello, National Theatre review - ambitious but emotionally underpowered

Saturday, 10 December 2022 Read more...

Sarah, Coronet Theatre review - a one-man whirlwind

Thursday, 08 December 2022 Read more...

Slow Horses, Series 2, Apple TV+ review - Mick Herron’s spies make a welcome return

Monday, 05 December 2022 Read more...

The Kola Nut Does Not Speak English, Bush Studio review - an engaging debut

Friday, 02 December 2022 Read more...

Arms and the Man, Orange Tree Theatre review - a rollicking take on Shaw's satirical classic

Tuesday, 29 November 2022 Read more...

Dinner with Groucho, Arcola Theatre review - often opaque

Friday, 25 November 2022 Read more...

Blood, Sex & Royalty, Netflix review - yo, bros, get down with the GOAT, Henry VIII

Wednesday, 23 November 2022 Read more...

The White Lotus, Season 2, Sky Atlantic review - the sizzling hit drama moves to Italy, but with less fizz

Wednesday, 16 November 2022 Read more...

Elephant, Bush Studio review - stirring solo show from rising star Anoushka Lucas

Thursday, 27 October 2022 Read more...

Blues for an Alabama Sky, National Theatre review - superb cast and production for this period hit

Saturday, 22 October 2022 Read more...

The Solid Life of Sugar Water, Orange Tree Theatre review - two-hander gets a punchy refresh

Friday, 21 October 2022 Read more...

TS Eliot: Into The Waste Land, BBC Two / Four Quartets, Starring Ralph Fiennes, BBC Four review - a great 100th birthday present to a giant of modern literature

Monday, 17 October 2022 Read more...

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