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Stage Kiss review

“Slight, sweet comedy about actors in love”
ReviewsMay 15, 202617:33 by Dave FargnoliHampstead Theatre, London
Patrick Kennedy and MyAnna Buring in Stage Kiss at Hampstead Theatre, London. Photo: Helen Murray
Patrick Kennedy and MyAnna Buring in Stage Kiss at Hampstead Theatre, London. Photo: Helen Murray
Warm performances by MyAnna Buring, Patrick Kennedy and Oliver Dimsdale carry Sarah Ruhl’s sweet but contrived comedy about actors falling in and out of love onstage and off

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