FringeReview UK

#We Are Arrested

Peter Hamilton Dyer carries this celebration of the conscience to be fully human

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4.48 Psychosis

Do see this bold, beautiful attempt on Kane’s masterpiece

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Abigail’s Party

This is a superb revival; its tinted mirror keeps burnishing.

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All About Eve

Absorbing. A must-see.

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American Idiot

It’s still revolutionary.

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Benidorm Live

Heartwarming. It has the brash conviction of it origins, out and proud of it.

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Berberian Sound Studio

Thoroughly absorbing, full of walking shadows who throw vivid questions.

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Blood Wedding

In several ways, this is about as good as it gets.

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Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

There’s something special and extraordinary here too: a voice.

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Ghost

You’ll know the film. Despite the volume, you should know this.

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Hunger

An exemplary, scrupulous production so starkly contemporary, it makes Hunger contemporary forever

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Little Miss Sunshine

It’s a quiet heartbreaker, with stoicism and love the only answers. Do see it.

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Mary Stuart

Again, it must be seen

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My Brilliant Friend Parts One and Two

Cusack and McCormack give the performances of their lives

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Noughts & Crosses

A must-see cry for love and tolerance

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One Million Tiny Plays About Britain

Do see it.

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Peter Gynt

In McArdle’s irresistible performance you’re not likely to see a finer Gynt.

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Pickwick and Weller

A triumph.

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Pictures of Dorian Gray

Be surprised.

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Richard II

A savage anointing, a revelatory reading.

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Small Island

A reboot for the future, a passport for change.

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Small Island

A reboot for the future, a passport for change.

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Tartuffe

Prepare to be Tartuffed.

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The Dismissal of the Greek Envoys and The Laments

In nearly every way an outstanding pair of productions.

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The Flies

There’s nothing like the Exchange’s approach: their bi-lingual virtuosity burns questions.

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The Full Monty

Unmissable in this – er, newly enhanced production.

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The Girl On The Train

Superb entertainment

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The House on Cold Hill

Sleep as well as you can. The house won’t.

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The Hunt

An outstandingly theatrical re-visioning of a film

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The Lehman Trilogy

Almost stupefying, but outstanding.

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The Trials of Oscar Wilde

A must-see.

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Three Sisters

This absorbing production keeps growing in the mind, like to take root.

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Three Sisters

This spectacular production beats with a fervour and purpose few adaptations achieve. Ellams has made Three Sisters new.

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Vassa

A really worthwhile production with a few missed opportunities

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Youth Without God

We’re launched into a necessary world

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