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Dido and Aeneas at Arcola Theatre: Fun gimmickry but lacks the basics

3/5 Ensemble Orchestra’s production asks the audience to vote for the show’s singers, but the conceptual approach can’t disguise the flaws

Evening Standard · Aug 12

Ukraine Unbroken at Arcola Theatre review: Can theatre confront the hideous reality of war?

3/5 The many horrors of Russia’s invasion are brought home by a cast of six performing five scrappy plays from Ukrainian and British writers

Evening Standard · Mar 4

Grimeborn's Lucia di Lammermoor at the Arcola Theatre review: appealingly unconventional

3/5 The grit of Grimeborn still feels right at home in Dalston

Evening Standard · Sep 10, 2025