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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

Pass Over, Kiln Theatre review - fierce critique of racist brutality

Thursday, 20 February 2020 Read more...

The High Table, Bush Theatre review - party on in Lagos and London

Saturday, 15 February 2020 Read more...

Far Away, Donmar Warehouse review - one for the devotees

Thursday, 13 February 2020 Read more...

Death of England, National Theatre review - furious but fabulous

Friday, 07 February 2020 Read more...

The Sugar Syndrome, Orange Tree Theatre review - pushing empathy to the limit

Wednesday, 29 January 2020 Read more...

The Welkin, National Theatre review - women's labour is a pain

Thursday, 23 January 2020 Read more...

Scenes with Girls, Royal Court review - feminist separatism 2.0

Wednesday, 22 January 2020 Read more...

Les Misérables, Sondheim Theatre review - join in our crusade

Friday, 17 January 2020 Read more...

Snowflake, Kiln Theatre review - strong but clumsy generational war

Tuesday, 17 December 2019 Read more...

A Kind of People, Royal Court review - multiculturalism falls apart

Thursday, 12 December 2019 Read more...

Cyrano de Bergerac, Playhouse Theatre review - James McAvoy triumphant

Monday, 09 December 2019 Read more...

Midnight Movie, Royal Court review - sleepless and digital

Wednesday, 04 December 2019 Read more...

The Arrival, Bush Theatre review - boys will definitely be boys

Wednesday, 27 November 2019 Read more...

Touching the Void, Duke of York's Theatre review - not quite high enough

Friday, 15 November 2019 Read more...

Sydney & the Old Girl, Park Theatre review - black comedy too melodramatic

Wednesday, 06 November 2019 Read more...

On Bear Ridge, Royal Court review - Rhys Ifans's tragicomic masterclass

Tuesday, 29 October 2019 Read more...

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The Midnight Bell, Sadler's Wells review - a first repr...

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If you walked into a bar in the US, say in one of the southern states, and Bonnie Raitt and her band were playing, you’d have the best night of...

Hidden Door Festival 2025 review - the transformative Edinbu...

"When I was your age, I worked in a corrugated cardboard factory!" is a phrase my father was fond of telling me as a teenager, presumably in an...

Edward Burra, Tate Britain review - watercolour made mainstr...

It’s unusual to leave an exhibition liking an artist’s work less than when you went in, but...