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Killer - Shoreditch Town Hall
04 Mar
Reviews
Andrew Bewley

Review: KILLER at Shoreditch Town Hall

Killer - Shoreditch Town Hall Killer is essential, dirty, horrible, necessary, original, spine-tinglingly delicate and brutal in equal measure, irrevocably stained upon your mind for hours after, and wholly inspiring.

This is going to be a five star review.

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Hamlet Almeida Theatre
03 Mar
Reviews
Phil Willmott

Review: HAMLET at the Almeida Theatre

Hamlet Almeida Theatre My favourite productions of Shakespeare have always been the ones in smaller theatres where you're sitting so close to the actors that they can cut the sound and fury necessary to fill a big venue and instead bring subtlety and nuance to the extraordinary text. With the right actors this can turn the densest Elizabethan verse into a gripping psychological thriller.

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Ugly Lies the Bone - National Theatre
02 Mar
Reviews
Monty Leigh

Review: UGLY LIES THE BONE at the National Theatre

Ugly Lies the Bone - National Theatre After her third tour in Afghanistan, where an explosion has left her with severe burns and scars across her body, Jess (Kate Fleetwood) has returned home to Florida. Home is somewhat different than she remembered; and in order to cope with her PTSD and delusions of combat, she undertakes a new kind of therapy. This therapy is virtual reality, where she is able to create her own idea of ‘paradise.’

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The Winter's Tale - English National Opera
28 Feb
Reviews
Phil Willmott

Review: THE WINTER'S TALE. E.N.O at the Coliseum

The Winter's Tale - English National Opera Someone must really like Ryan Wigglesworth at English National Opera (E.N.O) He's been appointed composer in residence at this major international opera house despite the fact that he's only ever composed a song cycle before.

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The Girls
26 Feb
Reviews
Christian Durham

Review: THE GIRLS at the Phoenix Theatre

The Girls Tim Firth has completed the writing triple. A successful film, a popular play and now a musical based on the inspiring story of Yorkshire’s Rylstone & District Women’s Institute.

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