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Torn Apart
03 Oct
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Jack Watson

Review: TORN APART at Theatre N16

Torn Apart Torn Apart is the story of three relationships, in three generations, in three beds. All of which have the sword of Damocles hanging overhead. We are invited to observe as these couples move from happy, sometimes orgasmic, bliss to much darker places. Along the way we discover the couples connections, which are not just situational. Sex is used as a visual representation of the dynamic of each relationship and this is incredibly effective.

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The Last Tango
30 Sep
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Thomas Michael Voss

Review: THE LAST TANGO at the Phoenix Theatre

The Last Tango The Last Tango is a fun, dynamic and delightful show that moves swiftly through the evening portraying a love story through life.

BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing royalty and the nation’s sweethearts Flavia Cacace and Vincent Simone have moved into London’s West End Phoenix Theatre for a limited 10 week run of The Last Tango, the third of a trilogy and their last ever theatre show.

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Kenny Morgan
27 Sep
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Kit Benjamin

Review KENNY MORGAN at Arcola Theatre

Kenny Morgan I can’t remember when I last saw anything by Terence Rattigan. I suppose I had mentally consigned his work to the world of am-dram and school plays and thought of it as old fashioned; a bit too comfortable, like a well-worn sofa. The restoration of interest in Rattigan in recent years had largely passed me by, and I didn’t catch the latest (well-received) revival of The Deep Blue Sea at The National. Which brings me to Kenny Morgan.

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Things I Know to be True
20 Sep
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Monty Leigh

Review: THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith

Things I Know to be True State Theatre Company and Frantic Assembly’s offering of Bovell’s THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE taps into our undying fascination with familial relationships, and the way in which they tackle it, taps into our hearts.

The story revolves around the Price family, whose naive youngest child Rosie (Kirsty Oswald) has just returned from her gap year around Europe. The family begins to unravel around her, and a tragic incident punctuates the day her ‘childhood ended.’

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Dr Faustus - Barbican Theatre
20 Sep
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Phil Willmott

Review: The RSC's DR FAUSTUS at The Barbican Theatre

Dr Faustus - Barbican Theatre You can imagine how electrifying DR FAUSTUS must have been when it was first performed to a 16th century audience of Christians and indeed people who'd face persecution for atheism.

The oft imitated story concerns an academic who summons demons in a religious act of defiance and barters his soul in exchange for a life time of unlimited knowledge.

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