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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

Go Bang Your Tambourine, Finborough Theatre review - out-dated and long-winded

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The Night of the Iguana, Noël Coward Theatre review - Clive Owen and Lia Williams burn bright

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Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner, Royal Court review - memes, memories and meanings

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Rust, Bush Theatre review - slender yet invigorating

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Europe, Donmar Warehouse review - timely, tender, brutal and brilliant

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The Hunt, Almeida Theatre review - tense Scandinoirland drama

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Bitter Wheat, Garrick Theatre review - Malkovich monologue is more chaff than wheat

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Citysong, Soho Theatre review - big writing, big heart

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Wife, Kiln Theatre review - queer epic is joyful and intense

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Rutherford and Son, National Theatre review - authentic northern tale

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ANNA, National Theatre review - great thriller, shame about the tone

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salt., Royal Court review - revisiting the Atlantic slave trade

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White Pearl, Royal Court review - comic racial stereotypes

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Small Island, National Theatre review - fun epic takes ages to warm up

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Jude, Hampstead Theatre review - Greek tragedy for today

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The Half God of Rainfall, Kiln Theatre review - titanic war of the gods

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Edinburgh Fringe 2025 reviews - Monstering the Rocketman by...

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Oslo Stories Trilogy: Dreams review - love lessons

Rising temperatures, prickling skin, longing’s all-consuming ache: first love’s swooning symptoms overtake 17-year-old Johanne (Ella Øverbye) in...

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Káťa Kabanová, Glyndebourne review - emotional concentration...

Even more perhaps than straight theatre, opera seems to draw attention to the meaning behind what may on the face of it appear a simple story....

The Count of Monte Cristo, U&Drama review - silly telly...

Alexandre Dumas’ novel has been filmed an immeasurable number of times (there was a new French version only last year) and...

Edinburgh Fringe 2025 reviews: Lost Lear / Consumed

Lost Lear, Traverse Theatre ...

Edinburgh Fringe 2025 reviews - Alison Spittle / Christopher...

Alison Spittle, Monkey Barrel ★★★

Alison Spittle is fat, she tells us at the top of the show. But not as...