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Ay Up, Hitler! ★★★★

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Ay Up, Hitler! ★★★★

At the bongs of Big Ben we hear a news reporter telling us that Hitler is dead. But “you shouldn't believe everything you hear on the radio. Ay up!” In the depths of rural Yorkshire, hides four very naughty boys – The Nazi Boys – Goebbels (Marcus Churchill), Himmler (Michael…

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Patriots ★★★★

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Patriots ★★★★

As the great sage Rabbi Hillel said, "If I am not for myself, then who will be for me?" This might be the motto of Boris Berezovsky, Russian Jewish oligarch and antihero of Peter Morgan’s biographical drama, which feels almost contemporary despite being set in the early 1990s. Hillel…

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Guys and Dolls ★★★★★

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Guys and Dolls ★★★★★

‘Immersive' and 'moving' are adjectives that one might use figuratively to describe a theatrical experience. I’m using them literally here. As a promenader following the action around the ever-shifting levels on the interconnected hydraulic platforms of designer Bunny Christie’s flexible…