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The Boy with Two Hearts, National Theatre review - poignant yet humorous story of family forced to flee Afghanistan by Rachel Halliburton

Engaging adaptation and sympathetic playing still leave viewers longing for more detail It's particularly poignant to watch this story in the knowledge that a little over a year after US-led troops withdrew from Afghanistan, women and girls are enduring a renewed repression of their rights under the Taliban. The real-life story of The Boy with Two Hearts took place in 2000 " the year before the western invasion began…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:19AM on October 6, 2022

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