“ ‘Lemons’ is about the power of words and the perils of restricting language; it strikes me as a strange irony.”
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"‘Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons’ is still good after its richly deserved West End glow-up, it’s just that it’s gone a little sour."
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"Plenty for fans to admire, then, but a few syllables short of a humdinger."
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"For all Turner and Coleman's energy, you never quite get to know this couple, so the play feels less profound and less moving than it should."
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“...’Lemons’ is a bittersweet pleasure: a play that asks wide-ranging questions about communication and control, and a sad love story subtly enacted by two luminous screen stars.”
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“Coleman and Turner give it plenty but can’t quite sustain the interest to the end of its running time. ‘Lemons Lemons Lemons’ – and, at a pinch, Lemons — would have about done it.”
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“ ‘Lemons’ only works if you buy the chemistry between its two characters – and Coleman and Turner are a powerfully charismatic double act...It’s a compelling argument for art as a means of expression – for when words just aren’t enough.”
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“If words are rationed or banned, this play suggests, we will find other ways to express our love.”
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