Stuffed with Xmas cracker style gags
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Treasure Island
Bristol Old Vic
LE NAVET BETE’S recycled pantomime of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic pirate tale is a welcome addition to family entertainment at the start of the long summer holidays.
Stuffed with Xmas cracker-style gags, double entendre for adults, an ugly sister-style dame and pop culture references, this starts out as typical pantomime fare but transmutes into something more akin to the National Theatre of Brent’s comically irreverent productions.
SIMON PARSONS is taken by a thought provoking and intelligent play performed with great sensitivity
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SIMON PARSONS applauds an imaginative and absorbing updating of Strindberg’s classic
