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Springwood at Hampstead Theatre: Robert Lindsay fails to lift this above humdrum

2/5 This drama starring Robert Lindsay depicts George VI’s meeting with Franklin Roosevelt on the edge of war but feels oddly muted

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R.O.I (Return On Investment) at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs: a fast-talking, big-thinking look at the future

4/5 This comedy examines power, global subjects and vast moral dilemmas with bags of confidence

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Bird Grove at Hampstead Theatre review: Elizabeth Dulau is the only saving grace here

2/5 The Andor actress shines in this ponderous play about a young George Eliot

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Fatherland at Hampstead Theatre review: uneven, but the writing fairly crackles

3/5 Nancy Farino’s debut play about a father-daughter road trip is audacious and clever, if in need of a bit of finesse

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House of Games at Hampstead Theatre review: an efficient, tense piece of work that never quite sings

3/5 This continues the venue’s long run of putting on middle to mediocre shows

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Sophie Melville and Laura Whitmore star in Apex Predator's entertaining take on London vampires

3/5 Bloodsuckers, societal breakdown and psychological horror all feature in this comic-gothic drama

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East is South at Hampstead Theatre review: this AI thriller is a waste of acting talent

2/5 This misjudged examination of AI buries potentially interesting ideas under a pile of meaningless jargon

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Reykjavik at Hampstead Theatre review: spooky, gritty and gripping tale of Hull fisherman during the Cod Wars

4/5 Richard Bean’s new play is part workplace drama part folkloric storytelling – but so much better than that sounds

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The most talked about shows from this year’s Edinburgh festivals – including ruminations on Gaza, the climate and gender

The Edinburgh International and Fringe festivals 2024 have come to close. With more than 3,000 shows being performed, no one person could ever have seen them all, but as a maker and critic of political theatre I was most interested in finding performances that said something significant about our world…

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The week in theatre: Echo; Visit From an Unknown Woman; The Baker’s Wife – review

Fiona Shaw, Adrian Lester, Toby Jones and more explore the refugee experience in an intriguing multimedia show

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Double Feature at Hampstead Theatre review: Who will win in this battle of Hollywood power games? Who cares

For a play that’s also about truth in art, it feels downright phony throughout

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Rock ‘N’ Roll at Hampstead Theatre review: Some rip-roaring Stoppard writing but can we crank the volume up?

The revival of a big, weird, fascinating play suppresses more than it ignites

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To Have and to Hold at the Hampstead Theatre review: a patchy generational culture-clash comedy

There are echoes here of writer Richard Bean's best work – such as One Man, Two Guvnors – but they are faint

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Anthropology at Hampstead Theatre review: Twilight Zone-style AI drama is polished, pacey but at times absurd

The story unfolds like a tech-savvy version of The Lovely Bones, where the ghost is in the machine

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The week in theatre: Dr Semmelweis; Beneatha’s Place; A Strange Loop; Song from Far Away – review

Harold Pinter theatre; Young Vic; Barbican; Hampstead theatre, LondonMark Rylance mesmerises as the tormented Hungarian doctor; Kwame Kwei-Armah’s new satire is all too timely

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