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  Oppenheimer, RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon, review

  23rd January 2015

  “We could make a star on the surface of the Earth”. Time and again in this t...

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  Alan Bennett at 80: more there than meets the eye

  9th May 2014

  Alan Bennett at 80: more than meets the eye First published in the Daily Telegra...

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  Daniel Kitson tribute, 2014

  24th February 2014

  At a time when British comedians are falling over themselves to appear on panel ...

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  1984, Nottingham Playhouse, review, 2013

  21st September 2013

  1984 Nottingham Playhouse When they come for you – as they must if you commit ...

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  The rise of Lenny Henry, an appreciation – 2013

  19th June 2013

  Lenny Henry: from figure of fun to serious contender: first published in the Dai...

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  Timon of Athens at the National Theatre, review, 2012

  18th July 2012

  Timon of Athens, National’s Olivier Theatre, review Russell Beale gives a ...

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  Timon of Athens, National Theatre, review, July 2012

  18th July 2012

  Timon of Athens National’s Olivier Theatre As the world reels under a moun...

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  Arthur Miller: Death of a Salesman, Broadway, review

  18th April 2012

  Death of a Salesman, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York. Philip Seymour Hoffman i...

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  We’re having a laugh: a recession means a boom time for comedy

  13th December 2011

  First published Daily Telegraph, Dec 13, 2011 Last month it was One Man, Two Gu...

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