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Adrian Edmondson as Grandma and Ethan Kai as Youssef (Photo: Marc Brenner)

REVIEW: Once Upon a Time in Nazi Occupied Tunisia, Almeida Theatre (2021)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:31 August 2021
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Adrian Edmondson's chilling and slyly humorous, camp (no, not the concentration camp but a camp manner) commandant is called Grandma because he sits in a corner knitting in the evenings. His real name is unknown. Edmondson's performance, full of easy patter, is sinister and makes you shudder as you laugh, a not entirely comfortable feeling.

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Rachel Weisz as Evelyn and Paul Rudd as Adam (Photo: Alastair Muir)

REVIEW: The Shape of Things, Almeida (2001)
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Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:25 August 2021
Post category:London but not West End Off West End Play Review
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Neil LaBute's brilliant take on body shaming from 2001 "Art is anything I can't do"Neil LaBute Rachel Weisz as Evelyn and Paul Rudd as Adaml (Photo: Alastair Muir) Note: With…

REVIEW: Grit of Life, Widgeon Theatre Boat (2021)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:23 August 2021
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For anyone who has fond memories of time on a canal boat, not actually being a bargee but borrowing one for a holiday, this show is a must, a celebration of the canals and those who live on them. Grit of Life is narrated by John Knowles, author and director, with Rory McLeod as song writer, on an 84 year old Canal Boat. The Widgeon Theatre Boat can tour its play with music to navigable water ways and you can sit the other side of the towpath.