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Theatre

A gaggle of husbands and a pair of piglets

Sharmila Chauhan's The Husbands is a great idea that should have been written by a chap. But seeing I'd Rather Goya Robbed Me of My Sleep Than Some Other Arsehole is an act of charity

22 March 2014

9:00 AM

22 March 2014

9:00 AM

The Husbands

Soho, until 23 March

I’d Rather Goya Robbed Me of My Sleep Than Some Other Arsehole

Gate, until 29 March

Here’s a great idea for a play. Turn the polygamy principle upside-down and you get a female egoist presiding over a harem of warring husbands. Sharmila Chauhan’s drama, The Husbands, introduces us to a pioneering sex maniac, Aya, who founds a commune in India where women take as many spouses as they fancy.

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