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.

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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…

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Review: The Tragedy of King Richard II, National Theatre Live

Shakespeare at his most minimal.

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Review: I'm Not Running, National Theatre Live

David Hare's latest is flat and disappointing.

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Review: Gender Euphoria, Midsumma Festival

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

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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.

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Review: The Queen's Colonial by Peter Watt, Macmillan

Another epic from the master storyteller.

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Review: National Theatre Live King Lear

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

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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.

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Review: Our Life in the Forest by Marie Darrieussecq

A Dark dystopian tale of a cloned population is a warning for us all.

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