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REVIEW: Riders to the Sea

Reading Time: 2 minutesHalfway through their tour across England, OperaUpClose’s newest production arrives in London, transporting us from the city to rugged coasts in Riders to the Sea. Based on Irish playwright J.M. Synge’s drama of the same name, this production is spun from a period tragedy into a modern study on trauma, with middling results.

REVIEW: The Passenger

Reading Time: 2 minutesParanoid and considered – an adept adaptation worth attending Thoughtful and imagistic, The Passenger does justice to its source material, tackling thechallenging task of re-imagining Jewish businessman Otto Silbermann’s paranoia-ridden world on the compact Finborough Theatre stage.…