Rachel Halliburton

Articles By Rachel Halliburton

Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare's Globe review – a perfect piece of escapism for our uncertain summer Tuesday, 03 May 2022 Read more...	Punchdrunk's The Burnt City, One Cartridge Place review - thrilling, discombobulating vision of an ancient world Wednesday, 27 April 2022 Read more...
Scandaltown, Lyric Hammersmith review - Restoration-comedy-style take on 21st Century shamelessness Monday, 18 April 2022 Read more...	Persuasion, Alexandra Palace Theatre review - graphic-novel-style Austen Thursday, 14 April 2022 Read more...
The 47th, Old Vic review - ambitious Trump satire doesn't quite hit its target Monday, 11 April 2022 Read more...	Small Island, National Theatre review - visually ravishing tale with an epic sweep Monday, 07 March 2022 Read more...
Uncanny Valley, BAC review – fascinating robotic lecture on aspects of the self Monday, 28 February 2022 Read more...	Hamlet, Shakespeare's Globe review - melancholy mash-up lacks chemistry Tuesday, 08 February 2022 Read more...
Best of Enemies, Young Vic review – fast-paced portrait of a clash between two titanic egos Monday, 13 December 2021 Read more...	The Book of Dust, Bridge Theatre review – as much intelligence and provocation as fleet-footed fun Thursday, 09 December 2021 Read more...
Life of Pi, Wyndham's Theatre review - visually ravishing show uplifted by astonishing puppetry Friday, 03 December 2021 Read more...	Four Quartets, Harold Pinter Theatre review - brilliant Fiennes breathes air and physicality into Eliot's work Friday, 26 November 2021 Read more...
Little Women The Musical, Park Theatre review - broad brush comedy redeemed by a talented cast Monday, 22 November 2021 Read more...	The Shark Is Broken, New Ambassadors Theatre review - how Spielberg's first blockbuster almost didn't happen Saturday, 23 October 2021 Read more...
Documenting the unimaginable: photographer Sebastião Salgado talks about climate change, dodging caimans and changing perspectives Thursday, 21 October 2021 Read more...	Love and Other Acts of Violence, Donmar Warehouse review - snappy and tightly intelligent but flawed Tuesday, 19 October 2021 Read more...

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