Tag: Soviet Union
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The Lightest Element, Hampstead Theatre
Monday 16th September 2024
reviewOccasionally engrossing, but fragmentary, new play about political and gender pr…
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Rock ’N’ Roll, Hampstead Theatre
Friday 15th December 2023
reviewNina Raine’s revival of Tom Stoppard’s 2006 epic soars, but also stumbles — exci…
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When Winston Went to War with the Wireless, Donmar Warehouse
Monday 3rd July 2023
reviewJack Thorne’s new play about the early BBC informs and educates, but does not re…
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Patriots, Noël Coward Theatre
Tuesday 6th June 2023
reviewPeter Morgan’s award-winning story of Putin’s triumph is vivid, but lacks real c…
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John le Carré on loyalty
Wednesday 27th January 2021
blogQuote of the day: “As to his loyalty to his country Barley saw it only as a ques…
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Ravens: Spassky Vs Fischer
Tuesday 31st December 2019
blogText of the day: “Your pride is an insult.”
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Ravens: Spassky Vs Fischer, Hampstead Theatre
Thursday 5th December 2019
reviewIntriguing documentary drama about the chess match of the century gets bogged do…
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A Very Expensive Poison, Old Vic
Thursday 5th September 2019
reviewLucy Prebble’s latest tells the story of the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, but…
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A German Life, Bridge Theatre
Friday 12th April 2019
reviewMaggie Smith is absolutely triumphant in this memoir of a Berlin secretary in th…
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