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East is South at Hampstead Theatre: this AI thriller is a waste of acting talent

Summary by Evening Standard
This misjudged examination of AI buries potentially interesting ideas under a pile of meaningless jargon

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East is South at Hampstead Theatre: this AI thriller is a waste of acting talent

This misjudged examination of AI buries potentially interesting ideas under a pile of meaningless jargon

·London, United Kingdom
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Review Round Up: East is South, Hampstead Theatre

We round up the reviews for the play by House of Cards creator Beau Willimon, which continues to play until the 15th March. © Manuel Harlan WhatsOnStage: “In her professional stage debut, former Skins star Scodelario gives the production’s most rounded and sympathetic performance as Lena, a former Mennonite (a Christian sect that eschews modern technology) with a dark past.” The Arts Desk: “House of Cards writer tackles AI and religion, but with…

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East is South Review - Fairy Powered Productions

Hampstead Theatre, London – until 15th March 2025 Reviewed by Celia Armand Smith 3*** You can hardly move for stories about AI and how it is on the verge of destroying everything and/or making everything better, and it is also at the centre of this new play from playwright and screenwriter Beau Willimon. East is South explores how AI, ethics, and faith can co exist and at what cost. Set in a mysterious and secret tech company called Logos where…

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’East is South’ review – Artificial intelligence drama is pretentious and inconceivable

Packed with poorly defined acronyms and terminology, existential questions insufficiently tethered to the main plot and uninteresting characters, this rogue AI drama actually has us switching off.

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EAST IS SOUTH review by thespyinthestalls.com at Hampstead

EAST IS SOUTH Hampstead Theatre ★★★ “The cast is superb and slips through the gears with unruffled confidence” In his break-out hit House of Cards, writer Beau Willimon peered into the darker culverts of the human soul to assemble Kevin Spacey’s sinister politician Frank Underwood. In the dazzlingly complex East Is South, he stays in the same vicinity but stares fixedly upwards. He is doing nothing less than searching for God, or her composite …

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Evening Standard broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Tuesday, February 18, 2025.
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