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Heather Neill

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Heather Neill is a critic and theatre writer. She was Arts Editor of The Times Educational Supplement and has contributed features to The Times, Telegraph and theatre programmes. She reviews for The Stage, interviews for theatrevoice.com and has been a judge of the Offies and the Theatre Book Prize and an assessor for NT Connections.

Articles By Heather Neill

As You Like It, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre review - love among the bucolic hippies

Friday, 13 July 2018 Read more...

Peter Pan, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre review - ensemble playing at its best

Saturday, 26 May 2018 Read more...

The Country Wife, Southwark Playhouse review – knowing Restoration update

Thursday, 05 April 2018 Read more...

Brief Encounter, Empire Cinema review – poignant, hilarious revival

Monday, 12 March 2018 Read more...

Dear Brutus, Southwark Playhouse review - a judicious mix of comedy and sadness

Tuesday, 05 December 2017 Read more...

Saint George and the Dragon, National Theatre review – a modern folk tale in the Olivier

Thursday, 12 October 2017 Read more...

Nikki Amuka-Bird interview: 'There’s huge enthusiasm among actors of colour'

Tuesday, 10 October 2017 Read more...

The Mentor, Vaudeville Theatre review - having fun with artistic integrity

Wednesday, 05 July 2017 Read more...

Life of Galileo, Young Vic review - shared-experience Brecht is powerful, timely

Wednesday, 17 May 2017 Read more...

The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?, Theatre Royal Haymarket review - 'Damian Lewis devastates'

Thursday, 06 April 2017 Read more...

Anna Maxwell Martin: 'I like playing baddies' - interview

Tuesday, 28 March 2017 Read more...

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Harold Pinter Theatre

Friday, 10 March 2017 Read more...

10 Questions for Director Ellen McDougall

Thursday, 02 March 2017 Read more...

Peter Pan, National Theatre

Monday, 05 December 2016 Read more...

10 Questions for Actor David Troughton

Monday, 14 November 2016 Read more...

King Lear, Old Vic

Saturday, 05 November 2016 Read more...

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The tag “the most Tony-nominated play of all time” may mean less to London theatregoers than it does to New Yorkers, but Stereophonic,...

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