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Review: Escaped Alone and What If If Only at Royal Exchange Theatre is 'a haunting collision of the intimate and the apocalyptic'

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A masterful collision of the intimate and the apocalyptic, this production of Escaped Alone and What If If Only balances razor-sharp wit with chilling visions of catastrophe, brought to life through haunting performances. The post Review: Escaped Alone and What If If Only at Royal Exchange Theatre is ‘a haunting collision of the intimate and the apocalyptic’ appeared first on I Love Manchester.

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REVIEW: Escaped Alone/What If If Only

Rating: 3 out of 5. A pertinent Caryl Churchill double bill struggles to truly take off. Caryl Churchill has been a playwright of our times for as long as she has been writing, consistently holding up a mirror to society in mesmerising and often terrifying ways. ‘Escaped Alone’ and ‘What If If Only’, double billed by the Royal Exchange Theatre and directed by Sarah Frankcom are certainly no exception — in the programme notes, Maureen Beattie …

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North West End UK

Escaped Alone & What If If Only – Royal Exchange - North West End UK

AdvertisementsExample Ad #1 (only visible for logged-in visitors) Caryl Churchill has been feted amongst the theatrical fraternity for over half a century. Through her associations with The Royal Court and Joint Stock companies and their exploration of feminist themes and sexual identity, she was in the vanguard of gender politics, her style of writing and staging drawing comparisons with Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter. My exposure to her work…

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