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Theatre

Young Vic’s Bull, review: a new Mike Bartlett play to bore you into catalepsy

Plus: at the Park an X-rated show you can take your kids to - and gran

24 January 2015

9:00 AM

24 January 2015

9:00 AM

Bull

Young Vic, until 14 February

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Park Theatre, until 14 February

A knockout show at the Young Vic. Literally. The stage has been reconfigured as a boxing ring to make Mike Bartlett’s play, Bull, feel like a sporting fixture. This is a common conceit, even a cliché, but here it’s done superbly. The auditorium floor is squash-club yellow and the stage is surrounded by a casual standing area that creates the ragged informal atmosphere of a training arena.

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