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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

Black Men Walking, Royal Court review - inspiring and exhilarating

Friday, 23 March 2018 Read more...

The Great Wave, National Theatre review - moving epic of global loss

Tuesday, 20 March 2018 Read more...

Humble Boy, Orange Tree Theatre review - love, death and science in Middle England

Tuesday, 13 March 2018 Read more...

The Best Man, Playhouse Theatre review - Gore Vidal’s plodding presidential drama

Wednesday, 07 March 2018 Read more...

Frozen, Haymarket Theatre review - star cast explores the reality of evil

Wednesday, 21 February 2018 Read more...

Angry, Southwark Playhouse review – wondrously roaring Ridleyland

Saturday, 17 February 2018 Read more...

Girls & Boys, Royal Court review - Carey Mulligan is stunningly brilliant

Friday, 16 February 2018 Read more...

The Divide, Old Vic review - Alan Ayckbourn’s overblown dystopia

Thursday, 08 February 2018 Read more...

Gundog, Royal Court review - tedious and inconsequential

Thursday, 08 February 2018 Read more...

Paines Plough Roundabout, Orange Tree Theatre review - too brief to really rock

Monday, 05 February 2018 Read more...

The Believers Are But Brothers, Bush Theatre review - a gimmick in search of a story

Saturday, 27 January 2018 Read more...

The Birthday Party, Harold Pinter Theatre review - starry cast create a stunning masterpiece

Friday, 19 January 2018 Read more...

The Jungle, Young Vic review - physically and emotionally challenging

Saturday, 16 December 2017 Read more...

Parliament Square, Bush Theatre, review – uncomfortable blaze of anger

Wednesday, 06 December 2017 Read more...

Goats, Royal Court review - unfocused and muddled

Saturday, 02 December 2017 Read more...

Bad Roads, Royal Court, review – memorably unsettling

Thursday, 23 November 2017 Read more...

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