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Holly Atkins as Veda and Rosie Cavaliero as Bea in Personal Values. Credit Helen Murray
24 Apr
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Review: PERSONAL VALUES at Hampstead Theatre

Personal Values, marks Chloë Lawrence-Taylor’s Hampstead Theatre debut and occupies the smaller downstairs space until 17th May.

Holly Atkins as Veda and Rosie Cavaliero as Bea in Personal Values. Credit Helen MurrayHolly Atkins as Veda and Rosie Cavaliero as Bea in Personal Values. Credit Helen Murray.

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Patricia Allison, Victoria Smurfit and Callum Scott Howells in Ghosts at the Lyric Hammersmith. Photo Credit Helen Murray.
18 Apr
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Review: GHOSTS at Lyric Hammersmith

The Lyric Hammersmith’s new version of Ibsen’s GHOSTS proves less of a reworked adaptation and more of a dynamic transformation under Rachel O’Riordan‘s gripping direction.

Patricia Allison, Victoria Smurfit and Callum Scott Howells in Ghosts at the Lyric Hammersmith. Photo Credit Helen Murray.Patricia Allison, Victoria Smurfit and Callum Scott Howells in Ghosts at the Lyric Hammersmith. Photo Credit Helen Murray.

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Jenny Galloway and Faline England in Heisenberg at the Arcola Theatre. Credit Charlie Flint
16 Apr
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Review: HEISENBERG at Arcola Theatre

When at a train station, a young woman kisses a much older woman on the back of the neck, the act becomes a catalyst for the development of a quirky friendship. Just how random is the circumstance of that first kiss, presents an altogether more interesting matter for speculation and conjecture.

Jenny Galloway and Faline England in Heisenberg at the Arcola Theatre. Credit Charlie FlintJenny Galloway and Faline England in Heisenberg at the Arcola Theatre. Credit Charlie Flint

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Gaby Wong and Millicent Wong in Shanghai Dolls at Kiln Theatre. Photo by Marc Brenner.
13 Apr
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Review: SHANGHAI DOLLS at Kiln Theatre

In SHANGHAI DOLLS, Amy Ng has written a play nearly as ambitious as the two women at its core and yet the scope and decades-long timeline feels necessarily truncated as we traverse China’s Cultural Revolution and a friendship which turned into a bitter rivalry.

Gaby Wong and Millicent Wong in Shanghai Dolls at Kiln Theatre. Photo by Marc Brenner.Gaby Wong and Millicent Wong in Shanghai Dolls at Kiln Theatre. Photo by Marc Brenner.

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English National Ballet dancers performing William Forsythe's Playlist EP. Photography by ASH.
11 Apr
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Review: THE FORSYTHE PROGRAMME at Sadler’s Wells

In their 75th season, English National Ballet have tapped eternal spring chicken William Forsythe to dust-off his celebrated Rearray (here updated and denoted London Edition 2025).

English National Ballet dancers performing William Forsythe's Playlist EP. Photography by ASH.English National Ballet dancers performing William Forsythe's Playlist EP. Photography by ASH.

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