Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 23hsierz.co.uk/reviews/the-...sierz.co.ukThe Hungry Ghost, Bush Theatre - Aleks SierzNew play gives a modern twist to a traditional Chinese folk story set during the ghost month review by Aleks Sierz 010
Reposted by Aleks Sierz theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026THE HUNGRY GHOST @bushtheatre.bsky.social - #MeiLengYew’s debut, starring #MeiMac and #IsabellaWei, gives a modern twist to a traditional #Chinese folk story set during the ghost month - an enjoyable gothicky rom-com, if a bit superficial, says @sierz.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/hung... 031
Reposted by Aleks Sierz theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026'A roof-raising reappraisal' ★★★★★ RENT #TomStoppardTheatre - #JonathanLarson's #NewYork-centred show finds a loving London home - 'The production is an act of directorial empathy that I wouldn't have thought possible', says Matt Wolf www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/rent... 143
Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Time to explore outer and inner space: The Urmetazoan, Hampstead Theatre sierz.co.uk/reviews/the-...sierz.co.ukThe Urmetazoan, Hampstead Theatre - Aleks SierzNew play about sisters, interplanetary exploration and the wonder of the universe lacks drama — it’s unconvincing and underwhelming review. by Aleks Sierz 010
Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026sierz.co.uk/reviews/the-...sierz.co.ukThe Standard of Living, Theatre Royal Haymarket - Aleks SierzAll-embracing epic account of the life, loves and career of economist and art-lover John Maynard Keynes — feel the warmth Review by Aleks Sierz 000
Reposted by Aleks Sierz Brian Lo Sin Sjoe @brian-losinsjoe.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"... the joy of the evening is in the acting, whose beating heart is Rory Kinnear, radiating charm and a real passion for humane social change, often frustrated but always alert to the humanity involved in politics." 011
Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026sierz.co.uk/reviews/the-...sierz.co.ukThe Standard of Living, Theatre Royal Haymarket - Aleks SierzAll-embracing epic account of the life, loves and career of economist and art-lover John Maynard Keynes — feel the warmth Review by Aleks Sierz 020
Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026How to adapt a trilogy: Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky, Southwark Playhouse Borough sierz.co.uk/reviews/twen...sierz.co.ukTwenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky, Southwark Playhouse Borough - Aleks SierzStage adaptation of Patrick Hamilton’s trilogy of jazz-age London novels is well-acted but a bit slender and superficial review by Aleks Sierz 000
Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026sierz.co.uk/reviews/whos...sierz.co.ukWho’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, @Sohoplace - Aleks SierzMarianne Elliott’s magnificent revival of Edward Albee’s classic stars Gillian Anderson and Billy Crudup in an exhilarating evening of superb acting review by Aleks Sierz 010
Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026sierz.co.uk/reviews/whos...sierz.co.ukWho’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, @Sohoplace - Aleks SierzMarianne Elliott’s magnificent revival of Edward Albee’s classic stars Gillian Anderson and Billy Crudup in an exhilarating evening of superb acting review by Aleks Sierz 030
Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A brilliant revival: Chewing Gum Dreams, Theatre 503 sierz.co.uk/reviews/chew...sierz.co.ukChewing Gum Dreams, Theatre 503 - Aleks SierzIt’s a cracker: brilliant revival of Michaela Coel’s 2012 contemporary classic has a terrific renewed urgency review by Aleks Sierz 001
Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026sierz.co.uk/reviews/a-sm...sierz.co.ukA Small and Quiet Light, Orange Tree Theatre - Aleks SierzDocudrama about second-world-war Allied spy Noor Inayat Khan lacks dramatic punch, and is disappointingly superficial and slender Review by Aleks Sierz 002
Reposted by Aleks Sierz theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026★★★★★ WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? #sohoplace - #MarianneElliott’s magnificent revival of Edward Albee’s classic stars #GillianAnderson and #BillyCrudup - @sierz.bsky.social on an exhilarating evening of superb acting www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/whos... 093
Reposted by Aleks Sierz theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026★★ A SMALL AND QUIET LIGHT @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social - Docudrama about Second World War Allied spy #NoorInayatKhan lacks dramatic punch, and is disappointingly superficial and slender, says @sierz.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/smal... 033
Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026@labouruk.bsky.social That’s right Andy, hit the pensioners. After all, they’re the richest people in the UK @unison.org.uk 000
Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The legendary show is finally here: for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf, The Yard Theatre sierz.co.uk/reviews/for-...sierz.co.ukfor colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf, The Yard Theatre - Aleks SierzNtozake Shange’s legendary 1970s choreopoem, which explores the pains and pleasures of African-American women, finally arrives in London review by Aleks Sierz 010
Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026sierz.co.uk/reviews/the-...sierz.co.ukThe Urmetazoan, Hampstead Theatre - Aleks SierzNew play about sisters, interplanetary exploration and the wonder of the universe lacks drama — it’s unconvincing and underwhelming review. by Aleks Sierz 000
Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026sierz.co.uk/reviews/cata...sierz.co.ukCatarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists, National Theatre - Aleks SierzThoroughly uncomfortable: provocative if also rather heavy-handed Portuguese drama about fascism pays a welcome visit to London review by Aleks Sierz 000
Reposted by Aleks Sierz theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026★★ THE URMETAZOAN #HampsteadTheatre - New play about sisters, interplanetary exploration and the wonder of the universe lacks drama - it's unconvincing and underwhelming, says @sierz.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/urme... 022
Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The theatre event of the year? Man to Man, Royal Court sierz.co.uk/reviews/man-...sierz.co.ukMan to Man, Royal Court - Aleks SierzSuperlative! Celebratory return of superstar Tilda Swinton in a high-definition revival of a contemporary German classic review by Aleks Sierz 032
Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026sierz.co.uk/reviews/cata...sierz.co.ukCatarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists, National Theatre - Aleks SierzThoroughly uncomfortable: provocative if also rather heavy-handed Portuguese drama about fascism pays a welcome visit to London review by Aleks Sierz 000
Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Political theatre and the problem of preaching to the converted, and also hectoring audiences about stuff we all agree with. Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists, National Theatre sierz.co.uk/reviews/cata...sierz.co.ukCatarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists, National Theatre - Aleks SierzThoroughly uncomfortable: provocative if also rather heavy-handed Portuguese drama about fascism pays a welcome visit to London review by Aleks Sierz 100
Reposted by Aleks Sierz theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026CATARINA AND THE BEAUTY OF KILLING FASCISTS @nationaltheatre.org.uk - #TiegoRodrigues’s provocative if also heavy-handed #Portuguese drama, a hit at the #AvignonFestival pays a welcome visit to UK - it's a thoroughly uncomfortable watch, says @sierz.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/cata... 033
Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026What is the best way of telling the story of a creative artist’s life? Holy Fool, Park Theatre sierz.co.uk/reviews/holy...sierz.co.ukHoly Fool, Park Theatre - Aleks SierzNew play about the creative life of Shostakovich is unbalanced and incoherent review by Aleks Sierz 001
Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026sierz.co.uk/blog/man-to-...sierz.co.ukMan to Man - Aleks SierzText of the day: “Those holidays back in Hitler’s time / Were really something.” 000
Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026sierz.co.uk/reviews/chew...sierz.co.ukChewing Gum Dreams, Theatre 503 - Aleks SierzIt’s a cracker: brilliant revival of Michaela Coel’s 2012 contemporary classic has a terrific renewed urgency review by Aleks Sierz 000
Reposted by Aleks Sierz theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026★★★★ #FAUDA Season 5 @netflix.com - Apocalypse now, as the Israeli drama grapples with the October 7 attacks - 'the show has always been raw and gritty, but its fifth season takes it to an unprecedented level', says Adam Sweeting www.theartsdesk.com/tv/fauda-sea... 142
Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026sierz.co.uk/reviews/elec...sierz.co.ukElectra/Persona, National Theatre - Aleks SierzBenedict Andrews’s new mash up of Sophocles and Bergman is a study in ambiguity and contradiction, gripping yet also a bit pointless review by Aleks Sierz 011
Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026sierz.co.uk/reviews/chew...sierz.co.ukChewing Gum Dreams, Theatre 503 - Aleks SierzIt’s a cracker: brilliant revival of Michaela Coel’s 2012 contemporary classic has a terrific renewed urgency review by Aleks Sierz 000
Reposted by Aleks Sierz theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026TWENTY THOUSAND STREETS UNDER THE SKY @swkplay.bsky.social Borough - Short, sharp and a bit superficial, this stage adaptation of #PatrickHamilton’s trilogy of jazz-age London novels is interesting if a bit slender, says @sierz.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/twen... 032
Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026sierz.co.uk/reviews/holy...sierz.co.ukHoly Fool, Park Theatre - Aleks SierzNew play about the creative life of Shostakovich is unbalanced and incoherent review by Aleks Sierz 000
Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026sierz.co.uk/reviews/elec...sierz.co.ukElectra/Persona, National Theatre - Aleks SierzBenedict Andrews’s new mash up of Sophocles and Bergman is a study in ambiguity and contradiction, gripping yet also a bit pointless review by Aleks Sierz 000
Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026sierz.co.uk/reviews/for-...sierz.co.ukfor colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf, The Yard Theatre - Aleks SierzNtozake Shange’s legendary 1970s choreopoem, which explores the pains and pleasures of African-American women, finally arrives in London review by Aleks Sierz 000
Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Originality is a quality much prized. So it’s interesting to read Sophocles’s Electra through the lens of Ingmar Bergman’s Persona. What if Greek tragedy is really about mental illness? Electra/Persona, National Theatre sierz.co.uk/reviews/elec...sierz.co.ukElectra/Persona, National Theatre - Aleks SierzBenedict Andrews’s new mash up of Sophocles and Bergman is a study in ambiguity and contradiction, gripping yet also a bit pointless review by Aleks Sierz 010
Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026sierz.co.uk/reviews/man-...sierz.co.ukMan to Man, Royal Court - Aleks SierzSuperlative! Celebratory return of superstar Tilda Swinton in a high-definition revival of a contemporary German classic review by Aleks Sierz 012
Reposted by Aleks Sierz theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026★★★★★ Celebratory return of superstar Tilda Swinton in a terrific version of a contemporary German classic Man to Man, Royal Court: @sierz.bsky.social reviews a vividly high-definition revival theartsdesk.com/theatre/man-... 032
Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026sierz.co.uk/reviews/man-...sierz.co.ukMan to Man, Royal Court - Aleks SierzSuperlative! Celebratory return of superstar Tilda Swinton in a high-definition revival of a contemporary German classic review by Aleks Sierz 002
Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026sierz.co.uk/reviews/holy...sierz.co.ukHoly Fool, Park Theatre - Aleks SierzNew play about the creative life of Shostakovich is unbalanced and incoherent review by Aleks Sierz 000
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Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Has populist drama ousted new writing from the West End? Have a read here: Abigail’s Party, Harold Pinter Theatre sierz.co.uk/reviews/abig...sierz.co.ukAbigail’s Party, Harold Pinter Theatre - Aleks SierzRaucous, randy and ridiculous: populist cartoon version of Mike Leigh classic arrives in the West End review by Aleks Sierz 001
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Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026sierz.co.uk/reviews/holy...sierz.co.ukHoly Fool, Park Theatre - Aleks SierzNew play about the creative life of Shostakovich is unbalanced and incoherent review by Aleks Sierz 011
Reposted by Aleks Sierz theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026'Too many Bogie films are seldom seen today. And it needs to be said: he made some bad films, but no #Bogart film was ever bad *because* of Bogart. This is an important, thematically rich film, with genuine psychological depth' ★★★★★ @realjohncarvill.bsky.social on 'hidden gem' THE DESPERATE HOURS 063
Reposted by Aleks Sierz theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026'In #HumphreyBogart’s penultimate movie, he puts in a performance it’d be criminal to miss' ★★★★★ THE DESPERATE HOURS - Hidden gem in #Bogie's 50s filmography offers excitement & psychological depth says @realjohncarvill.bsky.social @arrowvideo.bsky.social Blu-ray www.theartsdesk.com/film/blu-ray... 2185
Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 05/09/2026sierz.co.uk/reviews/elec...sierz.co.ukElectra/Persona, National Theatre - Aleks SierzBenedict Andrews’s new mash up of Sophocles and Bergman is a study in ambiguity and contradiction, gripping yet also a bit pointless review by Aleks Sierz 012
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Reposted by Aleks Sierz theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026★★★★ ANNIE WOBBLER (REVISITED) @finboroughtheatre.bsky.social - #ArnoldWesker's Anna, Annabella and Annie are still with us 43 years on, with #NicholaMcAuliffe's solid performance anchoring this one-woman show - review @garynaylor85.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/anni... 033
