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FringeReview UK 2022

Caesar and Cleopatra

It’s like being illumined from a trip-light.

Cancelling Socrates

Howard Brenton touching eighty is at the height of his powers. Tom Littler has assembled a pitch-perfect cast, reuniting two from his outstanding All’s Well. This too.

Hamlet

A great Hamlet almost realised

Henry VIII

A wonderful score and musicians, above all Bea Segura’s titanic act of shrivelling, make this a must-see.

House of Shades

There’ll be nothing more blazing or relevant on the London stage this year.

Julius Caesar

If you’re a habitual groundling, go before this production vanishes back on tour

King Lear

Rarely has a Cordelia and Fool scaled such equal terms with such a Lear, rendering a kind of infinity.

Patriots

Putin’s our monster too. A must-see.

The Crucible

A Crucible of searing relevance; by grounding it in its time, it scorches with clarity.

The Father and the Assassin

There’s no finer dramatisation of India’s internal conflicts. Shubham Saraf’s Gandhi-killer Godse stands out in this thrilling ensemble and storms it too.

two Palestinians go dogging

Packs a mighty question that can still knock you off balance.

When We Dead Awaken

Ibsen’s elusive masterpiece is so rarely performed seeing it is an imperative. Played with such authority as here, in Norwegian and English, it’s not a luxury but a must-see.