Rachel Halliburton

Articles By Rachel Halliburton

Summer and Smoke, Duke of York's Theatre review – Patsy Ferran's remarkable performance Wednesday, 21 November 2018 Read more...	Macbeth, Shakespeare's Globe review - sexually-charged production draws power from the shadows Thursday, 15 November 2018 Read more...
Honour, Park Theatre review - an assault on complacency Friday, 02 November 2018 Read more...	A Guide For The Homesick, Trafalgar Studios review - warmly funny and deeply moving Friday, 19 October 2018 Read more...
Parents' Evening, Jermyn Street Theatre - chemistry so negligible it's antiseptic Thursday, 11 October 2018 Read more...	Sketching, Wilton's Music Hall, review - less a dynamic babble than a disconsolate babel Wednesday, 03 October 2018 Read more...
Every Day I Make Greatness Happen, Hampstead Theatre Downstairs review - live-wire immediacy Friday, 28 September 2018 Read more...	The Outsider, Print Room at the Coronet review - power in restraint Thursday, 20 September 2018 Read more...
Dance Nation, Almeida Theatre review - a tarantella through the convulsions of the teenage psyche Thursday, 06 September 2018 Read more...	Pericles, National Theatre review - a fizzingly energetic production Monday, 27 August 2018 Read more...
Exit the King, National Theatre review - vivid, brilliant production that somehow leaves you feeling empty Thursday, 26 July 2018 Read more...	A Monster Calls, Old Vic - wild, beautiful theatre that beguiles and bruises Thursday, 19 July 2018 Read more...
As You Like It, Shakespeare in the Squares review - an exuberant celebration of the Summer of Love Wednesday, 04 July 2018 Read more...	A Midsummer Night's Dream, Wilton's Music Hall review - a stereotype-smashing evening of pagan delights Friday, 29 June 2018 Read more...
The Town Hall Affair, The Wooster Group, Barbican review - electric anarchy Friday, 22 June 2018 Read more...	Notes From the Field, Royal Court review - sobering report from the frontline of race Saturday, 16 June 2018 Read more...

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