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“A Streetcar Named Desire”, Edinburgh

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Jeremy Malies on Leith Waterside There is an element in A Streetcar Named Desire that makes the play an explosive

Youth theatre 

“The Lives They Left Behind”, Brighton Fringe

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Jeremy Malies at the Brighton Fringe “You have to remember not to remember” is one of the more resonant lines

Youth theatre 

Dale Rooks of Chichester Festival Theatre

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Dale Rooks is the Youth Theatre Director at Chichester Festival Theatre. Her playful spirit first came on my radar sixteen

Youth theatre 

“The Dumb Waiter”, Edinburgh Fringe

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Jeremy Malies on North Bridge, Edinburgh   Do the bizarre written requests for food sent down to the cellar in

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ShakespeareSEE ALL

“The Merchant of Venice”: Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Shakespeare 

“The Merchant of Venice”: Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

Tom Bolton on the South Bank.   The Merchant of Venice is seen as a problematic play but, increasingly, it

“Hamlet”, Guildford Shakespeare Company
Shakespeare 

“Hamlet”, Guildford Shakespeare Company

“The Comedy of Errors”: Barbican
Shakespeare 

“The Comedy of Errors”: Barbican

“Hamlet”: Young Vic
Shakespeare 

“Hamlet”: Young Vic

Book reviewsSEE ALL

“Derrida | Benjamin: Two Plays for the Stage”
Book review 

“Derrida | Benjamin: Two Plays for the Stage”

Derrida | Benjamin: Two Plays for the Stage  John Schad and Fred Dalmasso Palgrave Macmillan Reviewed by Dana Rufolo I

“The Palgrave Handbook of the History of Women on Stage”
Book review 

“The Palgrave Handbook of the History of Women on Stage”

“Shakespeare in a Divided America”
Book review 

“Shakespeare in a Divided America”

“The Price of Bread”: Crysse Morrison
Book review 

“The Price of Bread”: Crysse Morrison

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Adelaide Festival 2022
Festival 

Adelaide Festival 2022

Ben Brooker at the Festival Theatre and Dunstan Playhouse. Wudjang: Not the Past Bangarra Dance Theatre and Sydney Theatre Company

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