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Clive at Arcola Theatre review: it's hard to care while watching this pointless production

2/5 The set design is the only saving grace in Michael Wynne’s play about a clean-freak loser and his cactus

Evening Standard · Aug 3, 2025

No for An Answer review – touching moments but Blitzstein’s ‘play with music’ offers at best curiosity value

Part of Grimeborn opera festival, Marc Blitzstein’s 1941 work has here an economical production and strong and committed cast, but it’s no forgotten masterpiece

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2023

Afghanistan Is Not Funny: the comedian transformed by the war on terror

Henry Naylor travelled to Afghanistan in 2003 to research his fringe farce Finding Bin Laden. His sobering new show takes stock of the country’s fate since

The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2023