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Michelle Butterly as Carmel, Jodie McNee as Sarah, Sue Jenkins as Doreen and Emma Harrison as Megyn (Photo: Manuel Harlan)

REVIEW: Cuckoo, Royal Court (2023)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:16 July 2023
Post category:London but not West End Play Review
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Texting but not communicating "We had to exclude two more pupils today. One brought in a meat cleaver . . . Both six”Sarah Michelle Butterly as Carmel, Jodie McNee as…

Ria Zimitrowicz as The Woman and Rakie Ayola as Mrs Lyall (Photo: Manuel Harlan)

REVIEW: The Glow, Royal Court (2022)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:29 January 2022
Post category:London but not West End Play Review
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In Alistair McDowell's new play, The Glow a mysterious woman (Ria Zmitrowicz) finds herself in different scenarios from Life with the Cavemen to the present day. We first meet her incarcerated in an asylum like Bedlam where Mrs Lyall (Rakie Ayola) a well known spiritualist will rescue her and train her as an assistant in her sessions as a medium.