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Arifa Akbar

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55 days ago

Bloody brilliant or toothless? Cynthia Erivo’s Dracula – reviews roundup ⊕

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The Wicked star plays all 23 characters in a hi-tech London staging of Bram Stoker’s novel by Kip Williams. Here’s a bite-sized look at the critics’ verdicts

Dracula, the Ur-vampire and ultimate outsi…

4 months ago

Gasp-worthy, clunky, a moral problem? Critics react to The Hunger Games: On Stage ⊖⊖

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The reviews are in for the long-awaited adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ dystopian novel, presented in a purpose-built theatre in Canary Wharf

The Super Bowl optics are all there from the off: a wardrob…

9 months ago

The Guardian’s theatre critic’s imaginative exploration of life in the shadows

Arifa Akbar, chief theatre critic of this newspaper, is used to working at night: the journey from curtain call to home …

From Van Gogh’s starry skies to the nocturnal workings of Louise Bourgeois and Patricia Highsmith, sleepless nights have long inspired heightened creativity. Could those artistic impulses actually he…

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