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Theatre

So good it would have made Ibsen envious: Dixon and Daughters, at the Dorfman Theatre, reviewed

6 May 2023

9:00 AM

6 May 2023

9:00 AM

Dixon and Daughters

Dorfman Theatre, until 10 June

Jules and Jim

Jermyn Street Theatre, until 27 May

Dixon and Daughters is a family drama that opens on a note of sour mistrust. We’re in a working-class home in Yorkshire where a vituperative old crosspatch, Nan, has just returned from prison. Rather than accepting her daughters’ friendly welcome she treats them all with open hostility.

Her first malevolent act is to try to evict Julie, even though her boyfriend has subjected her to horrific and repeated violence.

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