Aleks Sierz
@sierz.bsky.social
Theatre critic, lecturer and writer. Part of The Arts Desk collective.
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January 14, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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A longer time has now passed between The Strokes' Is This It and now than between Is This It and Never Mind The Bollocks by the Sex Pistols
January 15, 2026 at 12:38 PM
A longer time has now passed between The Strokes' Is This It and now than between Is This It and Never Mind The Bollocks by the Sex Pistols
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★★ Secrets and lies in bucolic English countryside: Agatha Christie's Seven Dials, Netflix is a sleek production of a lesser work says Adam Sweeting theartsdesk.com/tv/agatha-ch...
January 15, 2026 at 10:31 AM
★★ Secrets and lies in bucolic English countryside: Agatha Christie's Seven Dials, Netflix is a sleek production of a lesser work says Adam Sweeting theartsdesk.com/tv/agatha-ch...
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BREAKING: Hundreds gathered at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach to form a human banner reading “It Was Murder 🇺🇸 ICE Out,
January 11, 2026 at 1:20 PM
BREAKING: Hundreds gathered at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach to form a human banner reading “It Was Murder 🇺🇸 ICE Out,
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#ORPHANS @jstheatre.bsky.social - #LyleKessler's play emerges with its rough edges oddly smoothed, with an ideal cast in a soft-centred production - review by Helen Hawkins www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/orph...
January 10, 2026 at 2:51 PM
#ORPHANS @jstheatre.bsky.social - #LyleKessler's play emerges with its rough edges oddly smoothed, with an ideal cast in a soft-centred production - review by Helen Hawkins www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/orph...
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★★★★ A sparkling jazzy update for a fizzing 250th birthday celebration: Robert Bathurst and Patricia Hodge star in Sheridan's The Rivals, Orange Tree Theatre www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/riva...
The Rivals, Orange Tree Theatre review - a sparkling jazzy update for a fizzing 250th birthday celebration
Egad, what a simply spiffing time is to be had at the Orange Tree just now! Director Tom Littler has taken Sheridan's first play, and (with his associate Rosie Tricks) pruned and honed and moulded it ...
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January 5, 2026 at 10:26 AM
★★★★ A sparkling jazzy update for a fizzing 250th birthday celebration: Robert Bathurst and Patricia Hodge star in Sheridan's The Rivals, Orange Tree Theatre www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/riva...
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The best London theatre of 2025 www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news...
The best London theatre of 2025 | London Theatre
Our critics round up the most exciting theatre of 2025, from astounding revivals like *Evita* and *Into the Woods* to new musicals such as *Paddington*. Read more on LondonTheatre.co.uk.
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December 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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★★★★ The splendour of musical democracy: Bach and Kuhnau's music for Christmas, Vox Luminis, Wigmore Hall review, | The Arts Desk Bach, Kuhnau, Vox Luminis, Wigmore Hall review by Mark Kidel www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
Bach, Kuhnau, Vox Luminis, Wigmore Hall review, the splendour of musical democracy
Vox Luminis, the vocal and instrumental group based in Namur and led by Lionel Meunier, continued their residency at the Wigmore Hall, hot on the heels of a memorable rendition of Bach’s B Mass at the...
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December 22, 2025 at 10:26 AM
★★★★ The splendour of musical democracy: Bach and Kuhnau's music for Christmas, Vox Luminis, Wigmore Hall review, | The Arts Desk Bach, Kuhnau, Vox Luminis, Wigmore Hall review by Mark Kidel www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
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★★★★ Hilarious revival of JB Priestley's anti-marriage comedy When We Are Married, Donmar Warehouse: @hallibee1.bsky.social reviews Tim Sheader’s assured, mischievous production www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/when...
When We Are Married, Donmar Warehouse review - hilarious revival of JB Priestley's anti-marriage comedy
JB Priestley’s glorious pot shot at marital complacency in pre-First World War Bradford proves to be a tonic at a time of year where, for better or for worse, many people are forced to play happy fami...
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December 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
★★★★ Hilarious revival of JB Priestley's anti-marriage comedy When We Are Married, Donmar Warehouse: @hallibee1.bsky.social reviews Tim Sheader’s assured, mischievous production www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/when...
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★★★★Stellar string playing: new biennial event Beare's Chamber Music Festival earns its place in the calendar says Sebastian Scotney www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
Beare's Chamber Music Festival, Cadogan Hall, Wigmore Hall review - stellar string playing
There were moments during the starry, two-evening Beare’s Chamber Music Festival when the quality of the playing reached such heights, it was tempting to ask if a higher level of chamber music-making ...
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December 19, 2025 at 11:49 AM
★★★★Stellar string playing: new biennial event Beare's Chamber Music Festival earns its place in the calendar says Sebastian Scotney www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
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★★★ Ambitious but tangled examination of British Jewish identity in troubled times: Christmas Day, at Almeida Theatre lacks cheer says @garynaylor85.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/chri...
Christmas Day, Almeida Theatre review - lacks cheer
In a warehouse, Tube trains rumbling below, Noah, his sister Tamara and his (Gentile) girlfriend Maud, live in a disused warehouse space, a North London simulacrum of a kibbutz, but with drug dealers ...
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December 18, 2025 at 8:52 AM
★★★ Ambitious but tangled examination of British Jewish identity in troubled times: Christmas Day, at Almeida Theatre lacks cheer says @garynaylor85.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/chri...
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★★★★★ Alongside a whole heap of other excellent music, Thomas H Green's #AlbumoftheYear 2025 is #TheLastDinnerParty's @thelastdinnerparty.bsky.social - FROM THE PYRE - with nods to @tropicalfuckstorm.bsky.social #WetLegMoisturizer @moonchildsanelly.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/th...
December 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
★★★★★ Alongside a whole heap of other excellent music, Thomas H Green's #AlbumoftheYear 2025 is #TheLastDinnerParty's @thelastdinnerparty.bsky.social - FROM THE PYRE - with nods to @tropicalfuckstorm.bsky.social #WetLegMoisturizer @moonchildsanelly.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/th...