Aleks Sierz
@sierz.bsky.social
Theatre critic, lecturer and writer. Part of The Arts Desk collective.
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Dont forget the 2pm matinee on Saturdays......
November 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Dont forget the 2pm matinee on Saturdays......
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★★★ Tense courtroom drama: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, @sohoplace could do with more fleshing out says @sierz.bsky.social theartsdesk.com/theatre/spy-...
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, @sohoplace review - tense courtroom drama
Spies are basically actors. They create fake personas in order to achieve their ends. But the difference is that they do this 24/7. All the time. Especially during a secret operation. So the first thi...
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November 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
★★★ Tense courtroom drama: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, @sohoplace could do with more fleshing out says @sierz.bsky.social theartsdesk.com/theatre/spy-...
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★★★★ Stupendous theatrical entertainment: @sierz.bsky.social delights in the triumphant return of Kendall Feaver’s hit version of the Noel Streatfeild classic Ballet Shoes, National Theatre www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/ball...
Ballet Shoes, National Theatre review - stupendous theatrical entertainment
Hail the spirit of the dance. And of acting. And of driving and flying. At a time when new writing is clearly in decline, and the most successful shows are adaptations or revivals of the classics, the...
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November 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
★★★★ Stupendous theatrical entertainment: @sierz.bsky.social delights in the triumphant return of Kendall Feaver’s hit version of the Noel Streatfeild classic Ballet Shoes, National Theatre www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/ball...
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★★★★ THE BEAST IN ME @netflix.com - Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys star in addictively twisty mystery of power, corruption and lies on Long Island - review by Adam Sweeting www.theartsdesk.com/tv/beast-me-...
November 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
★★★★ THE BEAST IN ME @netflix.com - Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys star in addictively twisty mystery of power, corruption and lies on Long Island - review by Adam Sweeting www.theartsdesk.com/tv/beast-me-...
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★★★★Meditations on mortality and music: Saskia Reeves and Clive Owen star in End, National Theatre @sierz.bsky.social reviews www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/end-...
End, National Theatre review - meditations on mortality and music
Over the past few years, the National Theatre has specialised in trilogies. End is the final play in both playwright David Eldridge’s outstanding trilogy and in this venue’s former director Rufus Norr...
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November 22, 2025 at 8:44 AM
★★★★Meditations on mortality and music: Saskia Reeves and Clive Owen star in End, National Theatre @sierz.bsky.social reviews www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/end-...
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★★★ Obsession makes for good drama writes @sierz.bsky.social but Loop, Theatre 503 could be fuller and more detailed www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/loop...
Loop, Theatre 503 review - strongly written but a bit slender
Obsession makes for good drama. Looking back over 30 years of in-yer-face theatre in general and female monologues in particular – anything from Fleabag to Superhoe – I’m struck by the power of the in...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
★★★ Obsession makes for good drama writes @sierz.bsky.social but Loop, Theatre 503 could be fuller and more detailed www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/loop...
