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West End Theatre News and Reviews
08 Dec
Reviews 
Review: BURIED CHILD at the Trafalgar Studios
By Phil Willmott Thursday, December 8 2016, 18:23
06 Dec
Reviews 
Review: HER ACHING HEART at The Hope Theatre
By Nastazja Domaradzka Tuesday, December 6 2016, 13:21
25 years since its premiere, Bryony Lavery’s HER ACHING HEART, a pastiche take on the Mills & Boons styled romance stories has been revived at The Hope Theatre. Directed by the artistic director of the venue Matthew Parker the show provides plenty of fun for this festive season.
06 Dec
Reviews
Review: PETER PAN at The National Theatre
By Phil Willmott Tuesday, December 6 2016, 13:04
The story of a puckish, eternal child, Peter Pan, who lures three Edwardian kids to fly away to a fantasy adventure on an island is so ubiquitously a part of the British Christmas that London even has PETER PAN GOES WRONG at the Apollo Theatre which pastiches it.
04 Dec
Reviews 
Review: NICE FISH at the Harold Pinter Theatre
By Monty Leigh Sunday, December 4 2016, 12:25
Having just completed a sold out New York run, the hit-comedy show Nice Fish, co-written by Mark Rylance and Louis Jenkins hits the London stage. Rylance performs as a perfect clown, with impeccable comedic timing.
04 Dec
Reviews 
Review: THE CHILDREN at the Royal Court
By Andrew Bewley Sunday, December 4 2016, 12:00
Robin and Hazel are two retired nuclear scientists living on the edge of an exclusion zone set up in light of a cataclysmic event that occurred at the nuclear plant where they used to work — leaving the surrounding area with dangerous levels of radiation. Rose an old friend and colleague turns up having apparently not visited for years with frightening intentions: she is going back to the power plant to “clean up the mess” that she and her contemporaries created.
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