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Miss Atomic Bomb - St James Theatre
17 Mar
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Phil Willmott

Review: MISS ATOMIC BOMB at St James Theatre

Miss Atomic Bomb - St James Theatre Miss Atomic Bomb is glamorous, funny and thoroughly wicked. Ignore the doom merchants, of which there have been plenty. The night after the press night, which I couldn't make and seems to have gone badly, the show was firing on all cylinders.

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Akhnaten - ENO
14 Mar
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Kit Benjamin

Review: AKHNATEN at English National Opera

Akhnaten - ENO Akhnaten is the third opera in Philip Glass’s “Portrait Trilogy” which consists of three operas describing in more or less abstract terms the lives of individuals whose thinking could be said to have changed the world, the other two pieces being Einstein On The Beach (1975) and Satyagraha (about Ghandi, 1979).

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The Cause
14 Mar
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Phil Willmott

Review: THE CAUSE at Jermyn Street Theatre

The Cause I love the little quirks of history that define us as the product of chaos rather than some grand scheme, so I've long been fascinated by the almost farcical circumstances surrounding the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand, the event that precipitated the bloody muddle of the First World War.

Unbeknownst to each other two terrorist groups set out to assassinate him on that fateful day. One was organised by experienced Serbian militia but manned by incompetent students, the other incongruously consisted of young artists from Hungary. Although perhaps not that incongruously because a failed art student led the Nazi’s into the Second World War fighting allied forces led by an amateur painter.

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A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing - Young A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing - Young Vic
26 Feb
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Nastazja Domaradzka

Review: A GIRL IS A HALF FORMED THING at The Young Vic

A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing - Young A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing - Young Vic After its premiere at the Dublin Theatre Festival and its highly acclaimed run at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, this theatrical adaptation of Eimear McBride’s debut and gripping novel A GIRL IS A HALF FORMED THING arrives at The Young Vic. It is one of the most important and urgent productions you will see.

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The Encounter
25 Feb
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Harriet Grenville

Review: THE ENCOUNTER at the Barbican Theatre

The Encounter The theatre company Complicite are known for their dedication to long periods of research and wide reach of collaboration, to devise innovative, imaginative theatre and THE ENCOUNTER, Simon McBurney’s latest offering currently playing at the Barbican, is no exception.

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