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New Moon is nothing if not an international advertisement for the hungry virtues of virginity and young people can’t get enough of it
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Theatre
A smart, prickly and rewarding view of sexual and emotional confusion
Cock
Restaurants
Kitchen W8 is a bargain for this area, if such sophistication is what you crave
Kitchen W8
Too long and drawn out but very entertaining with excellent special effects
This is a peculiar play and does not work for me. Some of it is very funny but there are real flaws
Alex has a strong powerful voice and was faultless, she is far better now than she was on the X-Factor
London,
Fiona Mountford's rating
Reader rating
Dir: Ellie Jones.
Cast: Southwark Playhouse
Description: A contemporary drama by Fin Kennedy which follows a young executive's desire to buck the system and find himself.
Trains: Tube: London Bridge 
Phone: 0207407 0324
Website: www.southwarkplayhouse.co.uk
Email: admin@southwarkplayhouse.co.uk
It’s not difficult to see why Fin Kennedy’s How to Disappear Completely... won the John Whiting Award for new writing. Kennedy takes the intriguing topic of identity (do we amount to any more than the data that is stored on us?) slots it into a sophisticated structure that uses a split time-frame and blends everything into a narrative that is crying out to be described as Kafkaesque.
Even so, there are times when Ellie Jones’s production makes all these promising elements seem mundane rather than compelling.
Advertising executive Charlie (Luke Norris) has been driven to drink and drugs by a grinding corporate culture. Burdened by debt, he escapes to Southend to do as the title says, yet a pathologist insists he is already dead. We just about care enough to want to discover why.
Until 1 November. (020 7407 0234, www.southwarkplayhouse.co.uk).
Details are correct at the time of publication - please check with venue before booking.
