THEATRE REVIEW: Pigs and Dogs starring Fisayo Akinade, Sharon D. Clarke & Alex Hassell

WORTH A LOOK?: ***

WHERE: Royal Court

WHEN 20/7 to 30/7

Escaped Alone was Caryl Churchill’s last play at the Royal Court and was memorable not least for its 50-minute run time.

  • Read on for why brevity is the next big thing in theatre

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THEATRE REVIEW: Elegy starring Zoe Wanamaker, Barbara Flynn & Nina Sosanya

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

WHERE: Donmar Warehouse

WHEN: 29/4, runs to 18/6

At just 75 minutes long Elegy feels like the obvious follow-up to author Nick Payne’s biggest hit Constellations, an exploration of free will and quantum physics, which opened on Broadway over a year ago starring Jake Gyllenhaal after a West End transfer.

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THEATRE REVIEW: Escaped Alone starring Linda Bassett

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

WHERE: Royal Court Theatre

WHEN: 3/2, running to 12/3

We first fell in love with Linda Bassett (pictured far left) in 1999 comedy East is East as an English mother married to a Pakistani Muslim and struggling to raise their family in 70s Manchester.

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