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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

The Convert, Young Vic review - Africa's electric cry for justice

Saturday, 15 December 2018 Read more...

The Cane, Royal Court review - hey teacher, leave them kids alone

Friday, 14 December 2018 Read more...

Hole, Royal Court review - anger is not quite enough

Thursday, 06 December 2018 Read more...

The Hoes, Hampstead Theatre review - sex and drink and grime

Saturday, 10 November 2018 Read more...

White Teeth, Kiln Theatre review - tuneless hymn to Kilburn High Road

Wednesday, 07 November 2018 Read more...

ear for eye, Royal Court review - powerful and passionate anti-racism

Friday, 02 November 2018 Read more...

A Very Very Very Dark Matter, Bridge Theatre review - black comedy falls flat

Thursday, 25 October 2018 Read more...

Stories, National Theatre review - comic conception capers

Thursday, 18 October 2018 Read more...

I'm Not Running, National Theatre review - puzzling political drama

Wednesday, 10 October 2018 Read more...

The Sweet Science of Bruising, Southwark Playhouse review - boxing clever

Saturday, 06 October 2018 Read more...

Pack of Lies, Menier Chocolate Factory review - suburban spy story

Wednesday, 03 October 2018 Read more...

Poet in da Corner, Royal Court review - mind-blowing energy plus plus plus

Wednesday, 26 September 2018 Read more...

An Adventure, Bush Theatre review - epic but flawed

Saturday, 15 September 2018 Read more...

The Woods, Royal Court review - Lesley Sharp triumphs again

Thursday, 13 September 2018 Read more...

Holy Shit, Kiln Theatre review - what's in a name?

Tuesday, 11 September 2018 Read more...

Aristocrats, Donmar Warehouse review - fresh but uneven

Friday, 10 August 2018 Read more...

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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...

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

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

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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...

Album: Black Honey - Soak

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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 ★★★...