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Laura Barnett: Author and Journalist

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Reviews: Theatre

Nell Gwynn, Shakespeare’s Globe, review: ‘bawdy, playful, highly entertaining’

Gugu Mbatha-Raw is excellent in this entertaining look at the life and times of Nell Gwynn

Nell Gwynn, Shakespeare’s Globe, review: ‘bawdy, playful, highly entertaining’
Song From Far Away, Young Vic, review: ‘never quite delivers’

This new play by Simon Stephens, directed by Ivo van Hove, never quite lives up to its initial promise.

Song From Far Away, Young Vic, review: ‘never quite delivers’
And Then Come The Nightjars, Theatre 503 review – ‘a small gem’

A touching, beautifully observed new play by young West Country writer Bea Roberts

And Then Come The Nightjars, Theatre 503 review – ‘a small gem’
The Nether review – dark desires in a nightmare world

Chilling warning of virtual paedophilia in a dystopian future

The Nether review – dark desires in a nightmare world
Dogfight review – the song of misogyny

This controversial musical about US marines on the eve of war is a critique not a celebration of macho posturing

Dogfight review – the song of misogyny
Dara, National Theatre, review: ‘ambitious’

This is a bold retelling of a history-shaping episode from India’s past

Dara, National Theatre, review: ‘ambitious’
Neville’s Island review

‘highly enjoyable, not always convincing’

Neville’s Island review
Once The Musical, at the Phoenix, London

‘Once’ is no ordinary long-runner. It has redefined the possibility of turning a large-scale musical into an intimate event

Once The Musical, at the Phoenix, London
Boa, at the Trafalgar Studios, London

Harriet Walter and her husband Guy Paul perform with great delicacy in this thoughtful examination of a marriage

Boa, at the Trafalgar Studios, London
A View from the Bridge, at the Young Vic Theatre, London

‘visceral and vital’

A View from the Bridge, at the Young Vic Theatre, London
Tiger Country, at the Hampstead Theatre, London

A remarkable snapshot of the health service

Tiger Country, at the Hampstead Theatre, London
Fireworks, at the Royal Court, London

Fireworks (Al’ab Nariya) review – fierce, tender account of Palestinian families

Fireworks, at the Royal Court, London

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