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Theatre

Famine zones are more fun than this play: Dancing at Lughnasa, at the Olivier Theatre, reviewed

29 April 2023

9:00 AM

29 April 2023

9:00 AM

Snowflakes

Park Theatre, until 6 May

Village Idiot

Theatre Royal Stratford East, until 6 May

Dancing at Lughnasa

Olivier Theatre, until 27 May

Snowflakes, an excellent title, rehashes The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter. A guest in a hotel room is visited by two intruders posing as staff. The intruders are hired assassins who accuse the guest of committing a half-explained hate crime on social media. His punishment, execution, will be livestreamed as a warning to other hate criminals.

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