MAYER WAKEFIELD applauds Rosamund Pike’s punchy and tragic portrayal of a multi-tasking mother and high court judge
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PETER MASON recommends a hugely entertaining musical version of Only Fools and Horses
Pride of Peckham: The cast of Only Fools and Horses Pic: Johan Persson
FIONA O CONNOR recommends an unflinching depiction of child sexual abuse and its aftershocks, set in a working-class Liverpool family
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PAUL DONOVAN relishes the spectacle of a 1950s detective in pursuit of a 500-year-old murder mystery
MARIA DUARTE recommends the intricate study of a high-performance and highly dysfuntional German family
GUILLERMO THOMAS is intrigued by a history of the Middle East that demonstrates how promising post colonial beginnings were snuffed out by Western imperialist interests
Only Fools and Horses
Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London
BONNET de Douche, as Del Boy would say.
This vibrant, endearingly chaotic musical version of one of Britain’s favourite sitcoms is well conceived, well wrought and, above all, great fun.
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