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aleks sierz

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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

Black Men Walking, Royal Court review - inspiring and exhilarating

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The Great Wave, National Theatre review - moving epic of global loss

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Humble Boy, Orange Tree Theatre review - love, death and science in Middle England

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The Best Man, Playhouse Theatre review - Gore Vidal’s plodding presidential drama

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Frozen, Haymarket Theatre review - star cast explores the reality of evil

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Angry, Southwark Playhouse review – wondrously roaring Ridleyland

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Girls & Boys, Royal Court review - Carey Mulligan is stunningly brilliant

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The Divide, Old Vic review - Alan Ayckbourn’s overblown dystopia

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Gundog, Royal Court review - tedious and inconsequential

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Paines Plough Roundabout, Orange Tree Theatre review - too brief to really rock

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The Believers Are But Brothers, Bush Theatre review - a gimmick in search of a story

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The Birthday Party, Harold Pinter Theatre review - starry cast create a stunning masterpiece

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The Jungle, Young Vic review - physically and emotionally challenging

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Parliament Square, Bush Theatre, review – uncomfortable blaze of anger

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Goats, Royal Court review - unfocused and muddled

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Bad Roads, Royal Court, review – memorably unsettling

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