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Lola Shalam as Mary, Aurora Dawson-Hunte as Joan ans Carly Sophia Davies as Anna (Photo: Malek Brenner)

REVIEW: Women Beware the Devil, Almeida (2023)

Jacobean Tragic Comedy is a Visual Feast "You have a strong appetite but you have to let your stomach settle. "Elizabeth to Agnes Leo Bill as Edward and Alison Oliver…

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Andrew Rannalls as Jim Bakker and Katie Brayben as Tammy Faye (Photo: Marc Brenner)

REVIEW: Tammy Faye, Almeida (2022)

The Electronic Church Musical Scandal "We'll have to remove several inches of your colon." Proctologist "Well then, I'll have a semi-colon"Tammy Faye........................."Like Disneyworld, but for good people." Jim Bakker on Heritage USA Andrew…

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Tim Piggot-Smith as King Charles III Photo - Johan Persson

REVIEW: King Charles III, Almeida (2014)

Mike Bartlett may be our best British playwright. With each play he writes he demonstrates a variety of talent and perception, inventing new and diverse subjects.His latest play surprised some of the critical fraternity, who hadn't done their homework, when they realised his modern history play, like Shakespeare's histories was in verse. Except that it isn't accurate to call King Charles III a history play as it is about events that haven't yet taken place.

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