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Posts by Gabriel Wilding

Shabu, film review: ‘Sensitive and vibrant slice of life’

By Gabriel Wilding | Tuesday 18 July 2023 at 10:52
Filmmaker Shamira Raphaela with star Shabu. Photograph: Els Zwerink

This documentary about an aspiring musician in Rotterdam is funny and ‘filled with kindness’

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Five Points Courtyard, Mare Street, food review: ‘Come for the bar, stay for the barbecue delights’

By Gabriel Wilding | Wednesday 5 July 2023 at 11:39

This new food court and brewery is a ‘winning combination’

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Oren Deli, Broadway Market, food review: ‘Colour, flavour, and pounds of gorgeous bread’

By Gabriel Wilding | Monday 12 June 2023 at 13:59

The jump from deli to restaurant may be ‘a little premature’, but what’s on offer is dazzling

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Erland Cooper: Folded Landscapes, Barbican, music review: ‘Lots of heart but not much head’

By Gabriel Wilding | Monday 22 May 2023 at 12:05

The multi-instrumentalist’s features a melting ice sculpture, but the show itself is a ‘slowly warming mess’

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Plan 75, film review: ‘A quiet scream in the face of an increasingly heartless world’

By Gabriel Wilding | Monday 15 May 2023 at 13:13

Chie Hayakawa’s dystopian tale about an ageing population being sold on euthanasia is ‘all too believable’

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Rodeo, film review: ‘A formidable lead performance let down by a disjointed story’

By Gabriel Wilding | Friday 28 April 2023 at 09:44

Lola Quivoron’s debut feature about dirt bike subculture will mainly be remembered for the performance of Julie Ledru

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The Meaning Of Zong, Barbican, stage review: ‘A mammoth achievement’

By Gabriel Wilding | Tuesday 25 April 2023 at 17:46

Giles Terera directs and stars in this ‘must-see’ play about the abolition of slavery

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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, Barbican, stage review: ‘Like a bullet burrowing slowly deeper’

By Gabriel Wilding | Monday 24 April 2023 at 13:08

This experimental adaptation of Olga Tokarczuk’s book sticks with you long after you’ve exited the theatre

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Esti, Shoreditch, food review: ‘Like a steaming hot bath on a cold day’

By Gabriel Wilding | Thursday 20 April 2023 at 12:52

Kostas Vais’s residency at TT Liquor is ‘utterly lovely’

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Edit, Mare Street, food review: ‘A stylish step in the right direction’

By Gabriel Wilding | Friday 10 March 2023 at 13:10

Elly Ward’s commendable new venture is ‘vegan, hyper-seasonal, reused, recycled, and local’ – it just needs a few minor corrections to really shine

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Deep Cuts London, Mare Street, review: ‘An infinitely pretty space to get classily trollied on aperitivos’

By Gabriel Wilding | Monday 30 January 2023 at 12:16
Drink in a glass

‘Bringing obscure spirits and vermouth to the forefront of the operation, this bar is a lively addition’

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A Streetcar Named Desire, The Almeida, stage review: ‘little mistakes puncture a layered tapestry’

By Gabriel Wilding | Wednesday 25 January 2023 at 11:57
A Streetcar Named Desire. Front: Paul Mescal and Anjana Vasan.

Shouts, snatches of song, and sudden clashes of cymbals keep everyone on edge

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Lucy McCormick: Lucy & Friends: ‘Awkward, unhinged and unimaginably good’ theatre review

By Gabriel Wilding | Friday 30 December 2022 at 19:43
Lucy McCormick

‘A disarming ability to pull something charming out of total chaos’

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Oranj: ‘One to watch’ – natural wine bar review

By Gabriel Wilding | Friday 30 December 2022 at 15:55
Oranj natural wine bar

A new natural wine bar in Shoreditch shines where it should, but needs ‘some time to mature’

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Cette Maison, film review: ‘Tragic tale full of heart and beauty’

By Gabriel Wilding | Tuesday 15 November 2022 at 14:48

Miryam Charles’s feature-length debut is a ‘wistful and experimental creature’

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My Neighbour Totoro, Barbican, stage review: ‘A germinating, blossoming, unfurling delight’

By Gabriel Wilding | Tuesday 8 November 2022 at 13:47

The stage version of Studio Ghibli’s famous animated film is ‘glorious’

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Temper Shoreditch, food review: ‘Dark, deep and dangerous’

By Gabriel Wilding | Tuesday 8 November 2022 at 11:06

The barbecue chain’s new branch is a ‘palace to paleo god Carnivora’

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Triangle of Sadness, film review: ‘Searing dissection of wealth’

By Gabriel Wilding | Tuesday 25 October 2022 at 11:42

Ruben Östlund’s black comedy is a ‘gargantuan success with a knock-out cast’

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The Cherry Orchard, The Yard Theatre, stage review: ‘Space drama that never quite gets into orbit’

By Gabriel Wilding | Tuesday 27 September 2022 at 17:12

Vinay Patel’s reimagining of the Chekhov classic is ‘weighed down by its own ambition’

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Three Crowns, Stoke Newington, food review: ‘Elevated pub grub with flamboyant little details’

By Gabriel Wilding | Friday 16 September 2022 at 11:42

Chef Ousmane Gaye and his team lift a classic afternoon at the boozer to new heights

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