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Tuesday, April 28, 2026

‘The doorbell went at 5am. Six masked men were outside’: Belarus Free Theatre bring totalitarian terror to the Venice Biennale by Melissa Denes

They’ve been imprisoned, tortured and spied upon. Now dissidents from Europe’s last dictatorship are bringing the sights, sounds, smells and even tastes of brutal repression to the world…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AM
Thursday, December 20, 2012

Best theatre of 2012, No 2: Posh by Melissa Denes

Laura Wade's Bullingdon-esque boys took their bacchanalia to the West End this year " and the play's update for the coalition era was violently funny as well as politically explosiveLaura Wa…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:44AM
Thursday, May 3, 2012

Julius Caesar " review by Melissa Denes

Shakespeare's Globe, LondonThis is a Julius Caesar so stripped down it does without Caesar " first letting his wife Calpurnia stand in for him, and then a broken chair. (The broken chair, it…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:09PM
Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Guardian young arts critics competition 2011: the winners by Melissa Denes

Our young critics competition turned up some fearless talentWhat makes a great critic? Lots of things: an eye for detail, an instinct for the right adjective, an empathy with audience and ar…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PM
Monday, May 23, 2011

Calling all young arts critics by Melissa Denes

Ahead of the launch of the Guardian's fourth annual young arts critics competition, we need your help. Send us your questions and we'll put them to our team of criticsNext month sees the lau…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:59AM
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