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Arifa Akbar
Arifa Akbar is the Guardian's chief theatre critic
July 2024
Visit from an Unknown Woman review – gripping study of obsession and fantasy
Barnum review – roll up for some old-world big top magic
Slave Play review – Jeremy O Harris’s intense study of sex and race demands debate
The School for Scandal review – gen Z glow up is all style and no snap
Skeleton Crew review – America’s precariat show grit in the face of crisis
Your Lie in April review – high-school musical mixes manga aesthetics with Broadway sound
Mnemonic review – Complicité’s brainteaser goes back to the future
June 2024
Starlight Express review – Lloyd Webber’s bizarre juggernaut is bigger, camper and more OTT than ever
The Secret Garden review – inspired reimagining of children’s classic
If you want to know how free a society is, look at what’s happening in its theatres
Arifa Akbar
The Marilyn Conspiracy review – suspects and detectives convene for Monroe mystery
The Constituent review – timely Joe Penhall political drama makes the specific universal
L’Amore Del Cuore (Heart’s Desire) review – enticing Italian take on Caryl Churchill
The Merry Wives of Windsor review – belting revenge comedy in modern middle England
Being Mr Wickham review – Jane Austen’s cad meanders into old age
Marie Curie review – musical dash through the scientist’s life leaves your head spinning
Wedding Band: A Love Hate Story in Black and White review – high-stakes passion in the segregated south
Suite in Three Keys review – Noël Coward hotel trilogy stares stylishly into the abyss
A View from the Bridge review – Dominic West leads 50s drama into the present
Viola’s Room review – Punchdrunk’s gothic tale of puzzling wonder
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