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Bertie Carvel as Donald Trump (Photo: Marc Brenner)

REVIEW: The 47th, Old Vic (2022)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:14 April 2022
Post category:Mike Bartlett Play Review West End
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The 47th: the road to tyranny "When and if fascism comes to America it will not be labelled 'made in Germany'; it will not be marked with a swastika. It…

David Harewood as William F Buckley and Charles Edwards as Gore Vidal in James Graham's The Best of Enemies

NEWS: 31st Critics Circle Theatre Awards Winners

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:4 April 2022
Post category:Booking Now News
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WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 31st CRITICS’ CIRCLE THEATRE AWARDS David Harewood as William F Buckley and Charles Edwards as Gore Vidal in James Graham's The Best of Enemies Jessie Buckley…

Laurie Kynaston as Melchior (Photo: Marc Brenner)

REVIEW: Spring Awakening, Almeida (2021)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:21 December 2021
Post category:London but not West End Musical Review
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The score is alternative rock by Duncan Sheik with the book and lyrics by Steven Sater. There is a beautiful clarity to the sung words. It is pretty raunchy stuff with scenes of sado-masochism and masturbation but it has an honesty lacking in society then, and to a lesser extent, now.