sat 02/08/2025

Helen Hawkins

Articles By Helen Hawkins

The Daughter of Time, Charing Cross Theatre review - unfocused version of novel that cleared Richard III

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Giselle, National Ballet of Japan review - return of a classic, refreshed and impeccably danced

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That Bastard, Puccini!, Park Theatre review - inventive comic staging of the battle of the Bohèmes

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Till the Stars Come Down, Theatre Royal Haymarket review - a family hilariously and tragically at war

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Too Much, Netflix - a romcom that's oversexed, and over here

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The Other Way Around review - teasing Spanish study of a breakup with unexpected depth

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Quadrophenia, Sadler's Wells review - missed opportunity to give new stage life to a Who classic

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Intimate Apparel, Donmar Warehouse review - stirring story of Black survival in 1905 New York

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Chicken Town review - sluggish rural comedy with few laughs (and one chicken)

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Outrageous, U&Drama review - skilfully-executed depiction of the notorious Mitford sisters

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Stereophonic, Duke of York's Theatre review - rich slice of creative life delivered by a 1970s rock band

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A Midsummer Night's Dream, Bridge Theatre review - Nick Hytner's hit gender-bender returns refreshed

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Letters from Max, Hampstead Theatre review - inventively staged tale of two friends fighting loss with poetry

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Code of Silence, ITVX review - inventively presented reality of deaf people's experience

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The Fifth Step, Soho Place review - wickedly funny two-hander about defeating alcoholism

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House of Games, Hampstead Theatre review - adapted Mamet screenplay entertains but is defanged

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