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How Love is Spelt
08 Sep
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Review: HOW LOVE IS SPELT at Southwark Playhouse

How Love is Spelt Fifteen years after it premiered at The Bush Theatre, HOW LOVE IS SPELT by Chloë Moss, receives a timely revival at Southwark Playhouse.

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The Crown Dual
06 Sep
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Review: THE CROWN DUAL at Wilton’s Music Hall

The Crown Dual The charmingly fusty environs of Wilton’s Music Hall play host to one of this year’s Edinburgh Fringe successes - THE CROWN DUAL - a frenetic, sometimes slapstick homage to (and parody of), the Netflix multi-award winning drama about the royals.

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Diana (Lindsay Duncan) and Robin (Alex Jennings) in Hansard at the National Theatre. Photo by Catherine Ashmore
04 Sep
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Review: HANSARD at the National Theatre

Tory politicians have been much in the news of late. At the National’s Lyttelton, another (this time fictitious) Eton-spawned grandee, is placed front and centre in newcomer Simon Woods’ first commissioned play, HANSARD.

Diana (Lindsay Duncan) and Robin (Alex Jennings) in Hansard at the National Theatre. Photo by Catherine AshmoreDiana (Lindsay Duncan) and Robin (Alex Jennings) in Hansard at the National Theatre. Photo by Catherine Ashmore

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Amanda Abbington (Anne), Laurie Kynaston (Nicolas) and John Light (Pierre). The Son. Photo by Marc Brenner
03 Sep
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Review: THE SON at Duke of York’s Theatre

Michael Longhurst directs THE SON, the final segment in lauded french playwright Florian Zeller’s loose trilogy (The Father, The Mother, The Son) which has just begun a limited West End transfer at The Duke of York’s theatre.

Amanda Abbington (Anne), Laurie Kynaston (Nicolas) and John Light (Pierre). The Son. Photo by Marc Brenner Amanda Abbington (Anne), Laurie Kynaston (Nicolas) and John Light (Pierre). The Son. Photo by Marc Brenner.

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Warheads
19 Aug
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Review: WARHEADS at Park Theatre

Warheads WARHEADS styles itself a punchy urban drama, based as it is, on a true story. But is there room for yet another deconstruction of PTSD and the trials and tribulations of a soldier returning from the horrors of war? In this case, the short answer is, yes (with minor reservations).

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