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Under Three Moons, Carriageworks Theatre Leeds/Touring
Effectively understated exploration of male friendship

UNDER Three Moons manages to sum up half a lifetime in just three names: Mikey, Mike and Michael.

Low-key: Darren Kuppan and Kyle Rowe (Pic: Alex Mead/Decoy Media)

Mikey, introduced as a loud-mouthed and fidgety teenager on a school trip to France, sits in the cold with the jittery Paul, with his attempts to apologise for a night-time prank hampered by stale notions of masculinity.

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