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Aristocrats - Donmar Warehouse
14 Aug
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Review: ARISTOCRATS at the Donmar Warehouse

Aristocrats - Donmar Warehouse Brian Friel’s ARISTOCRATS at the Donmar Warehouse — it’s Bergman under the influence of Chekhov, set on the imaginary croquet lawn of a once grand house in Ballybeg, Ireland.

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Spiral - Park Theatre
13 Aug
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Review: SPIRAL at the Park Theatre

Spiral - Park Theatre Spiral a new play by writer/performer Abigail Hood, received its premiere at Park Theatre earlier this week. In her play, Ms Hood tackles some sensitive and difficult subjects but commendably, tries to minimise the sensationalism.

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Silk Road - How to buy drugs online
08 Aug
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Review: SILK ROAD (HOW TO BUY DRUGS ONLINE) at the Trafalgar Studios

Little did Alex Oates realise when attempting to raise funds to stage his show at the Edinburgh FringeSilk Road - How to buy drugs online VAULT Festival back in 2014, that he would make history... but thanks to an anonymous Bitcoin donation on Crowdfunder, that's exactly what happened.

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Sacrifice - Ardent8
06 Aug
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Review: SACRIFICE at Soho Theatre

Sacrifice - Ardent8 Ardent8 are currently presenting a new play SACRIFICE at Soho Theatre, the primary object of which is to offer an opportunity for talented regionally-trained performers to demonstrate their acting smarts to a London audience. Thankfully, they deliver.

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Sheila Atim as Emilia and André Holland as Othello. Photo Simon Annand
04 Aug
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Review: OTHELLO at Shakespeare’s Globe

Plays about jealousy, envy, passion and amorous lust, must have seemed a-dime-a-dozen in Shakespeare’s day.

Here we go again at The Globe with OTHELLO, hot(ish) on the heels of London’s last notable foray into the world of Venetian military intrigue and apparent marital betrayal (The National’s 2013 production, in which Adrian Lester and Rory Kinnear played the Blackamoor and his long-time military comrade, Iago).

Sheila Atim as Emilia and André Holland as Othello. Photo Simon AnnandSheila Atim as Emilia and André Holland as Othello. Photo Simon Annand

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