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Aleks is author of In-Yer-Face Theatre and Rewriting the Nation, co-editor of theatreVOICE website, and works as a journalist, broadcaster and theatre critic at large.

Articles By Aleks Sierz

More Life, Royal Court review - posthuman tragedy fails to come alive

Saturday, 15 February 2025 Read more...

Churchill in Moscow, Orange Tree Theatre review - thought-provoking language and power games

Thursday, 13 February 2025 Read more...

… Blackbird Hour, Bush Theatre review - an unrelentingly tough watch

Tuesday, 04 February 2025 Read more...

A Good House, Royal Court review - provocative, but imperfect

Monday, 20 January 2025 Read more...

The Invention of Love, Hampstead Theatre review - beautiful wit, awkward staging

Tuesday, 17 December 2024 Read more...

The Legends of Them, Royal Court review - reaching out for serenity

Friday, 13 December 2024 Read more...

Expendable, Royal Court review - intensely felt family drama

Friday, 29 November 2024 Read more...

A Christmas Carol, Old Vic review - tidings of discomfort and noise

Friday, 22 November 2024 Read more...

Wolves on Road, Bush Theatre review - exciting dialogue, but flawed plotting

Saturday, 16 November 2024 Read more...

L’Addition, BAC review - top billing for physical comedy duo

Friday, 08 November 2024 Read more...

The Buddha of Suburbia, Barbican Theatre review - farcical fun, but what about the issues?

Friday, 01 November 2024 Read more...

Reykjavik, Hampstead Theatre review - drama frozen by waves of detail

Monday, 28 October 2024 Read more...

A Raisin in the Sun, Lyric Hammersmith review - of race and men

Sunday, 13 October 2024 Read more...

Brace Brace, Royal Court review - too slender to satisfy

Thursday, 10 October 2024 Read more...

Angry and Young, Almeida Theatre review - vigorous and illuminating double bill

Monday, 07 October 2024 Read more...

A Tupperware of Ashes, National Theatre review - family and food, love and loss

Friday, 04 October 2024 Read more...

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