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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

All My Sons, Old Vic review - starry but disappointingly uneven

Wednesday, 24 April 2019 Read more...

Three Sisters, Almeida Theatre review - middle of the road with flashes of magic

Wednesday, 17 April 2019 Read more...

A German Life, Bridge Theatre review - Maggie Smith triumphs again

Saturday, 13 April 2019 Read more...

Pah-La, Royal Court review - complex ideas, wild storytelling

Tuesday, 09 April 2019 Read more...

Top Girls, National Theatre review - dazzlingly perceptive classic

Thursday, 04 April 2019 Read more...

Grief Is the Thing with Feathers, Barbican Theatre review - Cillian Murphy soars and sweeps

Friday, 29 March 2019 Read more...

The Phlebotomist, Hampstead Theatre review - thought-provoking dystopian thriller

Tuesday, 26 March 2019 Read more...

Emilia, Vaudeville Theatre review - shouting for change

Friday, 22 March 2019 Read more...

Alys, Always, Bridge Theatre review - mildly perverse but rather dispiriting

Thursday, 07 March 2019 Read more...

Inside Bitch, Royal Court review - brave, hilarious yet very slender

Wednesday, 06 March 2019 Read more...

The Son, Kiln Theatre review - darkly tragic

Thursday, 28 February 2019 Read more...

The Animals and Children Took to the Streets, Lyric Hammersmith review - enchanting graphic novel

Tuesday, 26 February 2019 Read more...

Equus, Theatre Royal Stratford East review - thrilling physicality

Friday, 22 February 2019 Read more...

Superhoe, Royal Court review - smart, sassy, and full of feeling

Tuesday, 05 February 2019 Read more...

The Unreturning, Theatre Royal Stratford East review - hymn to home

Friday, 18 January 2019 Read more...

Approaching Empty, Kiln Theatre review - more minicab than Uber

Tuesday, 15 January 2019 Read more...

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