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Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of), Leeds Playhouse/Touring
Jane Austen goes pop in raucous rendition of one of her greatest hits
If you can see past the relentless commodification you will be rewarded by enormously powerful work, suggests JENNY MITCHELL
CHRIS SEARLE revels in the one-off collaboration between an American polymath and a British Muslim, and detects the presence of their revolutionary forebear
GORDON PARSONS revels in an ebullient production of Shakespeare’s magical comedy
BRENT CUTLER welcomes a thoughtful analysis of the Erdogan regime, viewed through the evolving history of a neighbourhood in Istanbul
GORDON PARSONS regrets the price, but is dazzled by an outstandingly ambitious study of the way art restoration in particular, and culture in general was weaponised by the Nazis
BELOW-STAIRS maids never get placed centre stage, even though there can be no romance without clean sheets and that’s the premise of Glasgow-based Blood of the Young’s adaptation of Pride and Prejudice.
HAVING FUN: The cast of Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) (Pic: Mihaela Bodlovic)
It’s a slightly misleading framing of Isobel McArthur’s update of Jane Austen’s novel, which only gives superficial attention to the servants. Yet, directed by Paul Brotherston, it’s nonetheless a delightfully raucous production that swaps the book’s ironic politeness for direct, expletive-rich humour.
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