Read more about the article REVIEW: Love, Love, Love – Lyric Hammersmith (2020)
Rachel Stirling as Sandra, Nicholas Burns as Kenneth and Isabella Laughland as Rose - Photo: Helen Maybanks

REVIEW: Love, Love, Love – Lyric Hammersmith (2020)

Mike Bartlett's play about inter-generational conflict gets a welcome revival "You're completely off the leash at the moment. I don't know what you're up to" Ken to Sandra in 'Act…

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Read more about the article REVIEW: The Haystack, Hampstead Theatre (2020)
Oliver Johnstone (Neil), Enyi Okoronkwo (Zef) and Sarah Woodward (Hannah) - Photo: Ellie Kurttz

REVIEW: The Haystack, Hampstead Theatre (2020)

It starts so very well . . . . and gets better. Sarah Woodward as Hannah in charge of counter terrorism looking for two technies to form a task force to investigate leaks to The Sun and the Guardian newspapers from the Ministry of Defence, about British armed forces and secret arms deals with Saudi Arabia.

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Read more about the article REVIEW: The Gift, Theatre Royal  Stratford East (2020)
Shannon Hayes as Princess Sarah and Donna Berlin as Aggie - Photo: Ellie Kurttz

REVIEW: The Gift, Theatre Royal Stratford East (2020)

Janice Okoh's play The Gift for Eclipse, a Black Theatre company which fosters and supports black artists in the North of England, is a comedy of manners and a satire on race relations over two centuries. Based on Queen Victoria's black goddaughter Sarah Bonetta Davies who was gifted to the queen after she recognised the 5 year old's intelligence, the play is constructed around three tea parties.

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