Aleks Sierz
@sierz.bsky.social
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Theatre critic, lecturer and writer. Part of The Arts Desk collective.
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Bird Grove, Hampstead Theatre - Aleks Sierz
Alexi Kaye Campbell’s new play tells the story of George Eliot’s early struggle for independence, a tale of religious conflict and creative beginnings review by Aleks Sierz
https://www.sierz.co.uk/reviews/bird-grove-hampstead-theatre/
about 20 hours ago
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Donbas, Theatre 503 - Aleks Sierz
New play about Ukraine is a superb example of international new writing: the best account of the war currently on the London stage review by Aleks Sierz
https://www.sierz.co.uk/reviews/donbas-theatre-503/
about 21 hours ago
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1 day ago
we can still learn and dream. TOWARD A FUTURE THEATRE.
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Dance of Death, Orange Tree Theatre - Aleks Sierz
Richard Eyre’s disappointing new version of Strindberg classic is more suburban comedy than bleak account of marriage misery review by Aleks Sierz
https://www.sierz.co.uk/reviews/dance-of-death-orange-tree-theatre/
3 days ago
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New British Drama in 15 Scenes - Aleks Sierz
News about my latest book about contemporary British theatre, new writing and beyond New British Drama in 15 Scenes: Adventures in Theatre Criticism
https://www.sierz.co.uk/writings/new-british-drama-in-15-scenes/
3 days ago
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Bird Grove, Hampstead Theatre - Aleks Sierz
Alexi Kaye Campbell’s new play tells the story of George Eliot’s early struggle for independence, a tale of religious conflict and creative beginnings review by Aleks Sierz
https://www.sierz.co.uk/reviews/bird-grove-hampstead-theatre/
4 days ago
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New British Drama in 15 Scenes - Aleks Sierz
News about my latest book about contemporary British theatre, new writing and beyond New British Drama in 15 Scenes: Adventures in Theatre Criticism
https://www.sierz.co.uk/writings/new-british-drama-in-15-scenes/
4 days ago
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Donbas, Theatre 503 - Aleks Sierz
New play about Ukraine is a superb example of international new writing: the best account of the war currently on the London stage review by Aleks Sierz
https://www.sierz.co.uk/reviews/donbas-theatre-503/
5 days ago
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New British Drama in 15 Scenes - Aleks Sierz
News about my latest book about contemporary British theatre, new writing and beyond New British Drama in 15 Scenes: Adventures in Theatre Criticism
https://www.sierz.co.uk/writings/new-british-drama-in-15-scenes/
5 days ago
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6 days ago
BIRD GROVE
#HampsteadTheatre
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#AlexiKayeCampbell’s
new play tells the story of
#GeorgeEliot’s
early struggle for independence, with
#ElizabethDulau
and
#OwenTeale
delivering detailed and convincing performances, says
@sierz.bsky.social
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Donbas, Theatre 503 - Aleks Sierz
New play about Ukraine is a superb example of international new writing: the best account of the war currently on the London stage review by Aleks Sierz
https://www.sierz.co.uk/reviews/donbas-theatre-503/
7 days ago
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Donbas, Theatre 503 - Aleks Sierz
New play about Ukraine is a superb example of international new writing: the best account of the war currently on the London stage review by Aleks Sierz
https://www.sierz.co.uk/reviews/donbas-theatre-503/
7 days ago
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New British Drama in 15 Scenes - Aleks Sierz
News about my latest book about contemporary British theatre, new writing and beyond New British Drama in 15 Scenes: Adventures in Theatre Criticism
https://www.sierz.co.uk/writings/new-british-drama-in-15-scenes/
8 days ago
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New British Drama in 15 Scenes - Aleks Sierz
News about my latest book about contemporary British theatre, new writing and beyond New British Drama in 15 Scenes: Adventures in Theatre Criticism
https://www.sierz.co.uk/writings/new-british-drama-in-15-scenes/
8 days ago
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Donbas, Theatre 503 - Aleks Sierz
New play about Ukraine is a superb example of international new writing: the best account of the war currently on the London stage review by Aleks Sierz
https://www.sierz.co.uk/reviews/donbas-theatre-503/
8 days ago
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New British Drama in 15 Scenes - Aleks Sierz
News about my latest book about contemporary British theatre, new writing and beyond New British Drama in 15 Scenes: Adventures in Theatre Criticism
https://www.sierz.co.uk/writings/new-british-drama-in-15-scenes/
9 days ago
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New British Drama in 15 Scenes - Aleks Sierz
News about my latest book about contemporary British theatre, new writing and beyond New British Drama in 15 Scenes: Adventures in Theatre Criticism
https://www.sierz.co.uk/writings/new-british-drama-in-15-scenes/
9 days ago
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New British Drama in 15 Scenes - Aleks Sierz
News about my latest book about contemporary British theatre, new writing and beyond New British Drama in 15 Scenes: Adventures in Theatre Criticism
https://www.sierz.co.uk/writings/new-british-drama-in-15-scenes/
10 days ago
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New British Drama in 15 Scenes - Aleks Sierz
News about my latest book about contemporary British theatre, new writing and beyond New British Drama in 15 Scenes: Adventures in Theatre Criticism
https://www.sierz.co.uk/writings/new-british-drama-in-15-scenes/
10 days ago
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New British Drama in 15 Scenes - Aleks Sierz
News about my latest book about contemporary British theatre, new writing and beyond New British Drama in 15 Scenes: Adventures in Theatre Criticism
https://www.sierz.co.uk/writings/new-british-drama-in-15-scenes/
10 days ago
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11 days ago
A flawed but important play.
add a skeleton here at some point
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Donbas, Theatre 503 - Aleks Sierz
New play about Ukraine is a superb example of international new writing: the best account of the war currently on the London stage review by Aleks Sierz
https://www.sierz.co.uk/reviews/donbas-theatre-503/
11 days ago
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Donbas, Theatre 503 - Aleks Sierz
New play about Ukraine is a superb example of international new writing: the best account of the war currently on the London stage review by Aleks Sierz
https://www.sierz.co.uk/reviews/donbas-theatre-503/
11 days ago
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The Shitheads, Royal Court - Aleks Sierz
New play about the prehistoric past searches for relevance, but only finds a reactionary vision of tribal life review by Aleks Sierz
https://www.sierz.co.uk/reviews/the-shitheads-royal-court/
12 days ago
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Donbas, Theatre 503 - Aleks Sierz
New play about Ukraine is a superb example of international new writing: the best account of the war currently on the London stage review by Aleks Sierz
https://www.sierz.co.uk/reviews/donbas-theatre-503/
12 days ago
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Man and Boy, National Theatre - Aleks Sierz
Rare 1960s Rattigan play gets a meta-theatrical revival which is lively, but lacking in emotional punch review by Aleks Sierz
https://www.sierz.co.uk/reviews/man-and-boy-national-theatre/
13 days ago
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theartsdesk.com
14 days ago
SWEETMEATS
@bushtheatre.bsky.social
- Heartwarming and gently beautiful,
#KarimKhan’s
new South-Asian play about old age tenderly explores love and health - review
@sierz.bsky.social
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15 days ago
★★ Original idea, but incoherent and disjointed: The Shitheads, Royal Court, a new play about the prehistoric past searches for relevance, but fails to find it says
@sierz.bsky.social
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The Shitheads, Royal Court review – original idea, but incoherent and disjointed
In prehistoric Britain, life was full of Hs. It was hard. It was horribly hard. It was hardly happy. And, according to Jack Nicholls, whose debut play has a typically noisy Royal Court title, The Shit...
https://www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/shitheads-royal-court-review-original-idea-incoherent-and-disjointed
15 days ago
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The Shitheads, Royal Court - Aleks Sierz
New play about the prehistoric past searches for relevance, but only finds a reactionary vision of tribal life review by Aleks Sierz
https://www.sierz.co.uk/reviews/the-shitheads-royal-court/
16 days ago
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Maggots, Bush Theatre - Aleks Sierz
Both elating and chastening: new play about urban alienation is a beautifully acted and acutely emotional experience review by Aleks Sierz
https://www.sierz.co.uk/reviews/maggots-bush-theatre/
19 days ago
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www.sierz.co.uk/blog/maggots/
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Maggots - Aleks Sierz
Favourite stage direction: “A moment. The Storytellers look to each other, then the audience.” (Farah Najib’s Maggots) Quotation
https://www.sierz.co.uk/blog/maggots/
21 days ago
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Lost Atoms, Lyric Hammersmith - Aleks Sierz
Frantic Assembly’s 30th anniversary show is about love, but its story is sadly predictable and bland review by Aleks Sierz
https://www.sierz.co.uk/reviews/lost-atoms-lyric-hammersmith/
23 days ago
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Lost Atoms, Lyric Hammersmith - Aleks Sierz
Frantic Assembly’s 30th anniversary show is about love, but its story is sadly predictable and bland review by Aleks Sierz
https://www.sierz.co.uk/reviews/lost-atoms-lyric-hammersmith/
24 days ago
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Maggots, Bush Theatre - Aleks Sierz
Both elating and chastening: new play about urban alienation is a beautifully acted and acutely emotional experience review by Aleks Sierz
https://www.sierz.co.uk/reviews/maggots-bush-theatre/
25 days ago
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26 days ago
★★★★★ Tom Stoppard's best play is unbeatable now as it was then: a masterwork gets a masterly revival, writes Matt Wolf on Arcadia, Old Vic
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Maggots, Bush Theatre - Aleks Sierz
Both elating and chastening: new play about urban alienation is a beautifully acted and acutely emotional experience review by Aleks Sierz
https://www.sierz.co.uk/reviews/maggots-bush-theatre/
26 days ago
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Maggots, Bush Theatre - Aleks Sierz
Both elating and chastening: new play about urban alienation is a beautifully acted and acutely emotional experience review by Aleks Sierz
https://www.sierz.co.uk/reviews/maggots-bush-theatre/
27 days ago
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27 days ago
★★★★ MAGGOTS
@bushtheatre.bsky.social
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#FarahNajib's
new play about urban alienation is a beautifully acted and acutely emotional experience - 'both elating and chastening' says
@sierz.bsky.social
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Guess How Much I Love You?, Royal Court - Aleks Sierz
New play about a devastating event is an excruciatingly powerful piece of new writing: intensely intimate and oddly uplifting review by Aleks Sierz
https://www.sierz.co.uk/reviews/guess-how-much-i-love-you-royal-court/
about 1 month ago
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Eat The Rich (but maybe not me mates x), Soho Theatre - Aleks Sierz
Edinburgh Fringe banger about class in Liverpool and Cambridge arrives in London: entertaining if a bit superficial review by Aleks Sierz
https://www.sierz.co.uk/reviews/eat-the-rich-but-maybe-not-me-mates-x-soho-theatre/
about 1 month ago
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Guess How Much I Love You?, Royal Court - Aleks Sierz
New play about a devastating event is an excruciatingly powerful piece of new writing: intensely intimate and oddly uplifting review by Aleks Sierz
https://www.sierz.co.uk/reviews/guess-how-much-i-love-you-royal-court/
about 1 month ago
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Guess How Much I Love You?, Royal Court review - intensely intimate and oddly uplifting
This year the Royal Court is 70 years old. Yes, it’s that long since this premiere new writing venue staged its opening season, whose third play was John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger, a drama which re...
https://theartsdesk.com/theatre/guess-how-much-i-love-you-royal-court-review-intensely-intimate-and-oddly-uplifting
about 1 month ago
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Guess How Much I Love You?, Royal Court review - intensely intimate and oddly uplifting
This year the Royal Court is 70 years old. Yes, it’s that long since this premiere new writing venue staged its opening season, whose third play was John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger, a drama which re...
https://theartsdesk.com/theatre/guess-how-much-i-love-you-royal-court-review-intensely-intimate-and-oddly-uplifting
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
★★★★ GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU?,
@royalcourttheatre.bsky.social
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#LukeNorris's
new play about a devastating event is an excruciatingly powerful piece of new writing - 'intensely intimate and oddly uplifting', says
@sierz.bsky.social
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Eat The Rich (but maybe not me mates x), Soho Theatre - Aleks Sierz
Edinburgh Fringe banger about class in Liverpool and Cambridge arrives in London: entertaining if a bit superficial review by Aleks Sierz
https://www.sierz.co.uk/reviews/eat-the-rich-but-maybe-not-me-mates-x-soho-theatre/
about 1 month ago
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Eat The Rich (but maybe not me mates x), Soho Theatre - Aleks Sierz
Edinburgh Fringe banger about class in Liverpool and Cambridge arrives in London: entertaining if a bit superficial review by Aleks Sierz
https://www.sierz.co.uk/reviews/eat-the-rich-but-maybe-not-me-mates-x-soho-theatre/
about 1 month ago
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Eat The Rich (but maybe not me mates x), Soho Theatre review - entertaining if a bit superficial
Humour is a good way of defusing tense situations. You know, social embarrassments, personal difficulties and existential puzzles. In the wonderfully titled Eat The Rich (but maybe not me mates x), Ja...
https://www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/eat-rich-maybe-not-me-mates-x-soho-theatre-review-entertaining-if-bit-superficial
about 1 month ago
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Woman in Mind, Duke of York’s Theatre - Aleks Sierz
Starry West End staging of Alan Ayckbourn’s 1985 play is more visually delightful than emotionally compelling review by ALEKS SIERZ
https://www.sierz.co.uk/reviews/woman-in-mind-duke-of-yorks-theatre/
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
★★★ Entertaining if a bit superficial: Edinburgh Fringe banger about class in Liverpool and Cambridge arrives in London
@sierz.bsky.social
reviews Eat The Rich (but maybe not me mates x), Soho Theatre
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