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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

King Lear, Duke of York's Theatre, review - towering Ian McKellen

Friday, 27 July 2018 Read more...

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...

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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...

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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...

Blu-ray: Two Way Stretch / Heavens Above

The years between 1955’s The Ladykillers and 1964’s Dr Strangelove were the years of what Sanjeev Bhaskar recently described as...

Make It Happen, Edinburgh International Festival 2025 review...

You could distinctly hear the murmurs of recognition from the Edinburgh audience – responding to knowing mentions of the city’s Leith and...