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Samantha Bond as Alice and Alexander Hanson as Paul (Photo: Manuel Harlan)

REVIEW: The Lie, Menier Chocolate Factory (2017)

Florian Zeller's play puts a new slant on the French reputation for a relaxed attitude towards infidelity and stars real life husband and wife Samantha Bond and Alexander Hanson "tf…

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Frances O'Connor as Alice and Alexander Hanson as Michel (Photo: Marc Brenner)

REVIEW: The Truth, Menier Chocolate Factory (2016)

Florian Zeller continues to impress with this comedy about the perils of infidelity "If people stopped lying to each other it would be the end of civilisation as we know…

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REVIEW: Oleanna, The Garrick Theatre (2004) from our archive, at the Arts now

Neither actor really pulls off Mamet's very difficult first act. Full of unfinished sentences and interruptions, it is very hard to play it as fast as it needs to be played and still ensure that the English audience will grasp it. But your perseverance will be rewarded after the interval when the play concentrates less on academia and dry educational approaches and more on power and both actors get into the swing.

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