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  The Dumb Waiter review – Pinter's enigma picks at the roots of power

  The Dumb Waiter review – Pinter's enigma picks at the roots of power. Hampstead theatre, LondonThis revival of Harold Pinter’s two-hander about a pair of Beckettian hitmen raises questions for the age of strongman politics

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  The Dumb Waiter, Hampstead Theatre, review: like Waiting for Godot – with guns

  You can almost smell the damp rising off the stained brown walls in this 60th-anniversary production of Harold Pinter’s early absurdist thriller, rescheduled (for the familiar reasons) from March. The Dumb Waiter is one of his more accessible shorts, a mix of Beckett and Martin McDonagh in which two hitmen in the basement of an unnamed building wait for instructions for their next job, like Waiting for Godot with guns. Danny Dyer and Martin Freeman most recently – and memorably – performed it du

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  Who is Call the Midwife's Alec Newman? Everything you need to know

  Call the Midwife is back and fans cannot get enough. The much-loved BBC drama premiered the first episode of series nine on Sunday 5 January, moving viewers to tears. With the new series and plot lines, comes new faces, including Alec Newman, who plays Father Duncombe. But who is Alec? Here's all you need to know…Alec Newman stars in brand new Call the Midwife Who is Alec Newman?Alec is a Scottish actor born in Glasgow in 1974. The TV star clearly comes from a creative arts family – his father w

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  Star Trek is getting the Big Finish treatment

  <em>Prometheus </em>has launched.

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  Alligators, theatre review: Tale of reputations at risk is hard to get excited about

  It’s not been a good week for Hampstead, with Tuesday’s news of a hefty 14% cut in its Arts Council grant. This piece neatly symbolises too much of the venue’s recent fare: it’s male-dominated and decent enough, but nothing to get really excited about. Where it should be precision sharp, it’s slightly underwhelming.

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