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Beneatha’s Place review: Crackles with culture war tension

Contentious opinions in Kwame Kwei-Armah’s play makes it feel more urgent than ever

By John Nathan

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BENEATHA'S PLACE by Kwame Kwei-Armah, , Writer & Director- Kwame Kwei-Armah
Designer - Debbie Duru, Lighting Designer - Mark Henderson,
Sound Designer - Tony Gayle, 
Movement Director - Shelley Maxwell , The Young Vic Theatre, 2023, Credit: Johan Persson/
CRAZY FOR YOU by Gershwin, , Music & Lyrics - George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin, 
Book by Ken Ludwig, Direction and Choreography - Susan Stroman, Set Designer - Beowulf Boritt, Costume Designer - William Ivey Long, Lighting Designer- Ken Billington, Musical Director - Alan Williams, Wigs, Hair & Make-Up Designer - Campbell Young Associates, Gillian Lynn Theatre, London, 2023, Credit: Johan Persson/

Crazy For You review: The joy of Gershwin adds fizz to our straitened times

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Romeo and Juliet review: Radical adaptation with the pace of a thriller

Romeo and Juliet review: Radical adaptation with the pace of a thriller

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Dear England Review: They shoot, they score …it’s a winner for England

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