This misjudged examination of AI buries potentially interesting ideas under a pile of meaningless jargon
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Richard II at the Bridge Theatre review: Jonathan Bailey is electric as the flawed king
by News Roomby News RoomYet when he challenges Richard – in this case, by training a massive field gun on the theatre’s balcony where Bailey stands spotlit in a white shift – he becomes…
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Unicorn at the Garrick Theatre review: is three the magic number in bed?
by News Roomby News RoomNicola Walker, Stephen Mangan and Erin Doherty supercharge this comedy about an older couple who invite a younger woman into their bed
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Three Sisters at the Globe review: Michelle Terry is riveting in this tale of suffering Russian gentlefolk
by News Roomby News RoomAnton Chekhov’s suffering Russian gentlefolk sit so well in the wooden, candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse it’s a wonder he’s not been staged here before. And this particular tale, of three…
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Churchill in Moscow at the Orange Tree Theatre review: bursting with political playfulness
by News Roomby News RoomThe first night audience was the starriest I’ve ever seen in a small Zone 4 theatre: David Suchet, Miranda Richardson, Freddie Fox, Mark Gatiss, Chrissie Hynde. Oh, and Nigella Lawson,…
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Kerry Ellis and Adam Garcia on IF/THEN: ‘This may not happen again’
by News Roomby News RoomThe set-up certainly is, one which everyone can relate to. Ellis says, “We always make a decision and then think what if I’d have made the other decision? In this…
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Elektra at the Duke of York review: alienating oddity with Brie Larson’s riot grrrl
by News Roomby News RoomNo chance of this being called Sexy Elektra. Larson blasts on stage like a riot grrrl: she sings a bit, shouts a lot, spits occasionally, all into a heavily amped…
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Toxic male Trojans? Troilus and Cressida leads Shakespeare’s Globe summer season
by News Roomby News RoomDirector Owen Horsley talks to us about his production of Troilus and Cressida as the Globe unveils its summer line-up
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Oedipus at the Old Vic review: bewildering chaos with Rami Malek strangely mannered
by News Roomby News RoomRami Malek seems like he’s on a different planet is this bewildering but oddly compelling production
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Second Best at Riverside Studios: Asa Butterfield plays Harry Potter nearly-man
by News Roomby News RoomIt’s all off-kilter, with humour and poignancy sitting uneasily alongside each other. You can see it in Butterfield’s performance, part stand-up routine, part trauma dump. He’s a really decent stage…