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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

Changing Destiny, Young Vic review – an epic literary discovery

Monday, 02 August 2021 Read more...

Oleanna, Arts Theatre review - Mamet on power and tragedy

Thursday, 29 July 2021 Read more...

Out West, Lyric Hammersmith review – not quite a hat trick

Monday, 28 June 2021 Read more...

Walden, Harold Pinter Theatre review – where’s the emotion?

Monday, 31 May 2021 Read more...

Harm, Bush Theatre review – isolation, infatuation and intensity

Monday, 24 May 2021 Read more...

Tarantula, Southwark Playhouse online review – spine-tingling love and trauma

Monday, 03 May 2021 Read more...

Angela, Sound Stage online review - tender and time-shifting

Friday, 26 March 2021 Read more...

The Picture of Dorian Gray, Barn Theatre online review - a dazzling adaptation

Tuesday, 23 March 2021 Read more...

The Band Plays On, Sheffield Theatres online review – to Sheffield with love

Thursday, 18 March 2021 Read more...

Typical, Soho Theatre online review - powerfully poetic and painful

Friday, 26 February 2021 Read more...

Shook, Papatango online review - strongly acted, but depressingly predictable

Friday, 05 February 2021 Read more...

Overflow, Bush Theatre review – fear, fury and fun

Saturday, 12 December 2020 Read more...

A Christmas Carol, Bridge Theatre review - deluxe seasonal storytelling

Wednesday, 09 December 2020 Read more...

What a Carve Up!, Barn Theatre online review – ingenious whodunnit

Monday, 30 November 2020 Read more...

Little Wars, Union Theatre online review - richly emotional, but formulaic

Tuesday, 03 November 2020 Read more...

Quarter Life Crisis, Bridge Theatre review – slender and superficial

Monday, 12 October 2020 Read more...

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For a band who started by entirely self-producing their own records and performing in basements...

Edinburgh Fringe 2025 reviews - Rob Auton / Saaniya Abbas

Rob Auton, Assembly Roxy ★★★...

BBC Proms: Láng, Cser, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fis...

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Weilerstein, NYO2, Payare / Dueñas, Malofeev, Edinburgh Inte...

NYO2 is a group of dazzlingly talented (and terrifyingly young-looking) 14-17 year olds from the USA, one of Carnegie Hall’s three national youth...

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Monstering the Rocketman by Henry Naylor, Pleasance Dome ★★...

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