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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

Knives in Hens, Donmar Warehouse review – Yaël Farber not symbolic enough

Wednesday, 23 August 2017 Read more...

Against, Almeida Theatre review - Ben Whishaw is a modern-day Jesus

Saturday, 19 August 2017 Read more...

The Majority, National Theatre review – a minority interest

Tuesday, 15 August 2017 Read more...

Apologia, Trafalgar Studios review – Stockard Channing shines bright as a 1960s radical

Friday, 04 August 2017 Read more...

Bodies, Royal Court review – pregnant with meaning

Wednesday, 12 July 2017 Read more...

Ink, Almeida Theatre review - The Sun rises while show sinks

Wednesday, 28 June 2017 Read more...

Terror, Lyric Hammersmith review – more gimmick than drama

Friday, 23 June 2017 Read more...

Hir, Bush Theatre review – transgender home is sub-prime

Wednesday, 21 June 2017 Read more...

Anatomy of a Suicide, Royal Court review - devastatingly brilliant

Monday, 12 June 2017 Read more...

Barber Shop Chronicles, National Theatre review - foot-stompingly pleasurable

Thursday, 08 June 2017 Read more...

Common, National Theatre review - Anne-Marie Duff fails to ignite

Wednesday, 07 June 2017 Read more...

Killology, Royal Court review – both disturbing and life-affirming

Wednesday, 31 May 2017 Read more...

Woyzeck, Old Vic review - John Boyega’s thrillingly powerful triumph

Wednesday, 24 May 2017 Read more...

Salomé, National Theatre review - Yaël Farber’s version is verbose and overblown

Wednesday, 10 May 2017 Read more...

The Ferryman, Royal Court, review - ‘Jez Butterworth’s storytelling triumph’

Thursday, 04 May 2017 Read more...

The Treatment, Almeida Theatre, review - exhilarating Crimp never more relevant

Saturday, 29 April 2017 Read more...

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