Oleanna
68%
68%
(4 Ratings)
Positive
75%
Mixed
25%
Negative
0%
Members say
Great acting, Thought-provoking, Absorbing, Intense, Edgy

About the Show

A powerful two person drama by award-winning playwright David Mamet transfers to the West End. 

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Critic Reviews (5)

The London Evening Standard
July 28th, 2021

Bailey’s crackling, intelligent production is full of fleeting moments that could inspire hours of discussions in themselves.
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The Telegraph (UK)
August 23rd, 2021

In Bailey’s confident hands, 'Oleanna' is something of a Trojan horse. The billing might shout “sexual harassment”, but it’s the dismantling of the edifice of patriarchal intellectual assumptions that really packs its punch.
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London Theatre
July 30th, 2021

...David Mamet’s supremely discomfiting play about power politics and academe that has been freshly revived by the director Lucy Bailey.
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The Times (UK)
July 29th, 2021

'Oleanna' is a fast-moving, exquisitely infuriating experience over 80 minutes. Bailey’s production makes the play feel both mythical and utterly of the moment.
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The Arts Desk
July 29th, 2021

...through quietly convincing and unflashy performances [Rosie Sheehy and Jonathan Slinger] convey a sense that each of them is both perpetrator and victim. Both are equally emotionally grounded, and the final explosion of violence is deeply disturbing.
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