Articles by Neil Dowden
On Stage
By Neil Dowden

Zadie Smith's White Teeth Comes To The Stage In Its Native Kilburn

Celebrating London's multicultural diversity.

 ★★★★☆
On Stage
By Neil Dowden

Disturbing Satire Of The Housing Market Is Spookily Topical In Dealing With Clair

A familiar scenario for anyone who's been 'gazumped'.

 ★★★★☆
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By Neil Dowden

Gothic, Macabre, Hollow: A Very Very Very Dark Matter At Bridge Theatre

Charles Dickens and Hans Christian Andersen as you've never seen them before.

 ★★☆☆☆
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By Neil Dowden

The Inheritance: An Engaging Epic About 21st Century Gay Identity

Think Howards End meets Angels in America.

 ★★★★☆
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By Neil Dowden

Theatre Review: Pack Of Lies Reveals Emotional Cost Of Betrayal

Based on the Portland Spy Ring.

 ★★★★☆
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By Neil Dowden

Playful Pinter Explores Ambiguous Sexuality

Pinter’s absurdist humour still seduces.

 ★★★★☆
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By Neil Dowden

Pinter’s Short Plays Exude Political Menace at Harold Pinter Theatre

Part one of a tribute to the legendary playwright.

 ★★★☆☆
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By Neil Dowden

The Plague At Arcola Theatre: Review

An effective but clinical look at how diseases - and fascism - spreads.

 ★★★☆☆
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By Neil Dowden

Stripped-Back Revival Reveals Declining Family Of Aristocrats

Friel's play about a strange, haunted family.

 ★★★☆☆
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By Neil Dowden

The Importance Of Being Earnest Is Wildely Amusing

Bringing the subtext to the fore.

 ★★★★☆
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By Neil Dowden

Rhys Ifans Gives Absurdly Royal Performance In Exit The King

Ifans commands the stage as the vainly demanding, pyjama-clad Bérenger.

 ★★★★☆
On Stage
By Neil Dowden

Alan Bennett’s Sprightly New Play Champions Care For The Elderly

Bennett’s characteristically wry observational humour shines through in Allelujah!

 ★★★★☆
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By Neil Dowden

Arthur Miller's Final Play Fails To Illuminate

A thinly veiled look at his own marriage to Marilyn Monroe.

 ★★☆☆☆
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By Neil Dowden

Fascinating Feminist Drama Machinal Needs No Update

A powerful play that fails to translate to the present day.

 ★★★☆☆
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By Neil Dowden

Orlando Bloom Is Now Playing A Psychotic Hitman In The West End

Swapping swashbuckling for pure sleaze.

 ★★★☆☆
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By Neil Dowden

Theatre Review: Red Paints Artist As Tortured Genius

Dramatising the life of Mark Rothko.

 ★★★★☆
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By Neil Dowden

Oscar Wilde's Sparkling Wit Is At Its Finest In An Ideal Husband

Sparkles with Wildean wit and paradoxical epigrams.

 ★★★★☆
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By Neil Dowden

Masterpieces: A Clunky, Dated Attack On The Sex Industry

A feminist attack on the sex industry and the misogynist mindset that underlies it.

 ★★☆☆☆