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Helen Hawkins

Articles By Helen Hawkins

Strike: The Ink Black Heart, BBC One review - protracted, convoluted puzzler lifted by its leads

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Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake, New Adventures, Sadler's Wells review - 30 years on, as bold and brilliant as ever

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The Little Foxes, Young Vic review - timeshifted production blurs the play's focus

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The Producers, Menier Chocolate Factory review - liberating taboo-busting fun for grown-ups

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Ballet Shoes, Olivier Theatre review - reimagined classic with a lively contemporary feel

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Cinderella, Royal Ballet review - inspiring dancing, but not quite casting the desired spell

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Grand Theft Hamlet review - intriguing documentary about Shakespeare as multi-player shooter game

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On Becoming a Guinea Fowl review - mordant seriocomedy about buried abuse

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The Purists, Kiln Theatre review - warm, witty, thoughtful and un-woke

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All We Imagine as Light review - tender portrait of three women struggling to survive in modern Mumbai

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Maddaddam, Royal Ballet review - superb dancing in a confusing frame

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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, BBC One review - handsome finale for Hilary Mantel adaptation

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Until I Kill You, ITV1 review - superb performances in a frustrating true-crime story

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Guards at the Taj, Orange Tree Theatre review - miniature marvel with rich resonances

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Industry, BBC One review - bold, addictive saga about corporate culture now

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Encounters, Royal Ballet review - exciting mixed bill with a gem of a premiere

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