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Ear for Eye
05 Nov
Reviews
Lara Alier

Review: EAR FOR EYE at The Royal Court

Ear for Eye Writer and director Debbie Tucker Green explores some pertinent things in her new play at the Royal Court.

Do fish in a pond realise their water is stagnant before they die? Have words like “Change” and “Revolution”, that years ago meant overcoming tyranny, been monopolised by banks to sell life insurance?

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The Funeral Director
05 Nov
Reviews
Alex Benjamin

Review: THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR at Southwark Playhouse

The Funeral Director Iman Qureshi’s moving play about faith, death and sexuality triumphs by finding the potential for empathy amid a tangle of conflicting cultures.

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Brexit - King's Head Theatre
02 Nov
Reviews
Nicola Wright

Review: BREXIT at The King's Head Theatre

Brexit - King's Head Theatre BREXIT, the play premiered at this years Edinburgh festival, and with its bold simple title, and a subject matter as current and controversial as Brexit this London production is certain to sell out Audiences who go hoping for some new insight or clarity, as yet unexplained to the public, will come out none the wiser, because, like the Brexit debate itself, there is no simple solution.

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Natalie Simpson in Honour at Park Theatre
31 Oct
Reviews
Stuart King

Review: HONOUR at Park Theatre

Natalie Simpson in Honour at Park Theatre Henry Goodman leads a company of four in Park Theatre’s latest offering - Joanna Murray-Smith’s 1995 play HONOUR - which effectively demonstrates that a strongly written script always retains emotional currency.

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29 Oct
News
Phil Willmott

ENO to Commemorate the WW1 Armistice, in the West End

Britten&rsquo;s <em />WAR REQUIEM English National Opera will be marking the centenary of the WWI Armistice with a staging of Britten’s WAR REQUIEM at their West End home, The Coliseum Theatre, on St Martin’s Lane.

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