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Siena Kelly as Celeste and Jake Davies as Noah (Photo: Manuel Harlan)

REVIEW: That Is Not Who I Am, Royal Court (2022)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:19 June 2022
Post category:London but not West End Play Review
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For those conspiracy minded there are clear lines leading towards what happens to the Quilters and their baby and cat. On press night we were given a text wrapped in an anonymous brown, sealed wrapper with CONFIDENTIAL rubber stamped on the envelope. “Intriguing” I thought. Having seen it, is my disbelief lifted? Maybe.

Ashna Rabheru as Sofia, Jonathan McGuinness as Tim, Ragevan Vasan as Sam, Paul Keating as Daniel and Martina Laird as Rita (Photo: Robert Day)

REVIEW: The Animal Kingdom, Hampstead Downstairs (2022)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:1 March 2022
Post category:London but not West End Play Review
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Lessons from The Animal Kingdom Sam "We're bonobos in our family. A hundred percent. . ." Daniel "Bonobos?" Sam "They have female alphas. They can be pretty aggressive actually.” …

REVIEW: Romeo and Juliet, Open Air Regent’s Park (2021)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:24 June 2021
Post category:Play Review West End
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The Capulets' masked ball is a socially distanced, visual masterpiece. The music has a heavy beat, maybe heavy metal, and masked figures dance singly and assertively on the scaffolding tiers, all of them flinging off cloaks to reveal clothes that sparkle and shine and shimmer. The dance is more war dance than ballroom.