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Juma Sharkah as Martha/Frisky (Photo: Johan Persson)

REVIEW: Liberian Girl, Royal Court (2015)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:15 January 2015
Post category:Black History Off West End Play Review
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Diana Atuona hasn't shied away from a difficult subject for a first play and her grasp of dialogue is excellent, as is the writing of this story that won't let go. The play takes place in the first Liberian Civil War, 1989 to 1996. We take up the story of 14 year old Martha (a magnificent first time performance from Juma Sharkah) who is about to be sent by her grandmother to the bush school where she will become a woman.

Adam James as Tony, Eleanor Matsuura as Isobel and Sam Troughton as Thomas - Photo: Robert Day

REVIEW: Bull, Young Vic (2015)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:15 January 2015
Post category:Mike Bartlett Off West End Play Review
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This black comedy exploits the most vicious company culture of corporate condoned bullying. The night I saw it there was no cheering or booing from the audience, just sharp intakes of shocked breath at some of the cruelest comments and laughter from others.

Cast in The Crucible (Photo Johan Persson)

Review: The Crucible, Old Vic (2014)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:10 September 2014
Post category:Play Review West End
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The South African born director Yael Farber, after an award winning Mies Julie brings her dark touch to Arthur Miller's iconic play about prejudice, politics and hysteria The Crucible. Set in the 17th century in Salem, the witch trials were a matter of record, probably driven by greed for land confiscated from witches but as Miller was writing he was thinking about the trials in twentieth century America, the witch hunt for Communists that were instigated by Senator McCarthy.

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