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Saturday, October 7, 2017

B " Royal Court Theatre by Aleks Sierz

B starts innocently enough with Marcela, a young woman, being comforted by Carmen, her older neighbour. Apparently, her boyfriend has been blown up by a terrorist bomb.

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Text of the Day: Ramona Tells Jim by Aleks Sierz

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

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Friday, October 6, 2017

LABOUR OF LOVE " West End by Aleks Sierz

Comedy about Labour Party history is starry, but politically reactionary and tediously overblown.

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Tuesday, October 3, 2017

JANE EYRE " National Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Jane Eyre is one of those mythical stories that make their home in your imagination. Where they can chat, sing and dance through your unconscious for years and years and years.

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Sunday, October 1, 2017

Text of the Day: Prism by Aleks Sierz

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

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Thursday, September 28, 2017

Text of the Day: Oslo by Aleks Sierz

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

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RAMONA TELLS JIM " Bush Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Heartwarming debut play about young teen love is very good fun, if a bit slender and insubstantial.

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Tuesday, September 26, 2017

OSLO " National Theatre & West End by Aleks Sierz

Award-heavy American play about the Oslo Accords is informative, moving and highly entertaining.

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Sunday, September 24, 2017

THE MARCH ON RUSSIA " Orange Tree Theatre by Aleks Sierz

David Storey’s family celebration drama of 1989 is typically natural, subtle and poignant, but also retro The post The March on Russia, Orange Tree Theatre appeared first on Aleks Sie…

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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

PRISM " Hampstead Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Terry Johnson's new play is a deeply felt and typically witty look at the cinematographer Jack Cardiff.

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Sunday, September 17, 2017

THE KNOWLEDGE " Charing Cross Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Stage version of Jack Rosenthal’s classic 1979 film is well acted, although the staging is a little bit static.

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THE BLINDING LIGHT " Jermyn Street Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Howard Brenton's latest takes a scalpel to the collapsing mind of playwright August Strindberg.

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Friday, September 15, 2017

Text of the Day: Peter Brook on language by Aleks Sierz

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

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Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Text of the Day: Lions & Tigers by Aleks Sierz

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

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Friday, September 8, 2017

ROAD " Royal Court Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Powerful revival of Jim Cartwright’s 1986 modern classic comes alive in all its noisy, vulgar and transcendent glory.

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Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Text of the Day: Max Stafford-Clark on British theatre by Aleks Sierz

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

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Saturday, September 2, 2017

Text of the Day: Loot by Aleks Sierz

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

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Thursday, August 31, 2017

LIONS & TIGERS " Sam Wanamaker Playhouse by Aleks Sierz

Tanika Gupta explores an episode from her family history that is both highly relevant and humane.

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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Text of the Day: Knives in Hens by Aleks Sierz

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

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Sunday, August 27, 2017

LOOT " Park Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Anniversary revival of Joe Orton’s black farce about money and death is a delight from start to finish.

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Friday, August 25, 2017

Text of the Day: Against by Aleks Sierz

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

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KNIVES IN HENS " Donmar Warehouse by Aleks Sierz

Star director Yael Farber's revival of a 1990s classic is surely atmospheric, but it lacks symbolic weight.

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Thursday, August 17, 2017

Text of the Day: Apologia by Aleks Sierz

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

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Wednesday, August 16, 2017

THE MAJORITY " National Theatre by Aleks Sierz

New play about participation and democracy is entertaining enough, but a bit too tricksy and too so-what-ish?

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Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Text of the Day: Touch by Aleks Sierz

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

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Saturday, August 12, 2017

HAMLET " Harold Pinter Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Andrew Scott's interpretation of the Prince of Denmark is stylish, relevant and completely contemporary.

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Thursday, August 10, 2017

BORDERS IN A BEDROOM " Tristan Bates Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Directed by Celine Rosenthal, Borders in a Bedroom is a short and slender work, but the playwright shows great promise.

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Tuesday, August 8, 2017

APOLOGIA " West End by Aleks Sierz

The 1960s were "hilarious", says one young character in this revival, starring Broadway icon Stockard Channing, of Alexi Kaye Campbell's 2009 family drama at the Trafalgar Studios. How so? "…

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Monday, August 7, 2017

Text of the Day: Mosquitoes by Aleks Sierz

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

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Friday, August 4, 2017

TOUCH " Soho Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Latest play from DryWrite's Vicky Jones provides a vivid picture of contemporary metropolitan womanhood.

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Wednesday, August 2, 2017

MOSQUITOES " National Theatre by Aleks Sierz

The question that always needs to be asked of any example of science on stage, and there are now very many, is this: does the science add anything to the meaning of the play?

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