Liza Dezfouli
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Review: The Boy I Paid For, Midsumma Festival (VIC)
There are moments of gentle humour and intimacy in this production but the story is indulgent and implausible.

Hansard, National Theatre Live (screening nationally)
National Theatre Live brings us the first play from actor/playwright Simon Woods, directed by Simon Godwin. Hansard is an 80s…

Review: The Tragedy of King Richard II, National Theatre Live
Shakespeare at his most minimal.

Review: I'm Not Running, National Theatre Live
David Hare's latest is flat and disappointing.

Review: Gender Euphoria, Midsumma Festival
Goodbye gender dysphoria, hello Gender Euphoria! A highlight of the Midsumma Festival.

Review: Bottomless by Dan Lee, fortyfivedownstairs
Support our playwrights and go to see this original new work. It's original, lyrical, unsettling and yet gentle.

Review: The Queen's Colonial by Peter Watt, Macmillan
Another epic from the master storyteller.

Review: National Theatre Live King Lear
National Theatre Live brings us Sir Ian McKellan as a Lear for all seasons.

Review: On J.M. Coetzee by Ceridwen Dovey
An examination of the work of J.M. Coetzee and his influence on one writer's family.

Review: Our Life in the Forest by Marie Darrieussecq
A Dark dystopian tale of a cloned population is a warning for us all.