Park theatre, LondonVernon Vanriel's extraordinary battles with addiction, poverty and the Home Office are brought to life in a big-hearted if overlong show This play enacts a boxer's real-life story in 12 rounds, and what a life it is: the Caribbean-born Vernon Vanriel came to Britain at the age of six and rose from trainee electrician to the nation's No 2 lightweight champion in 1982 before losing his fortune and b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AM on January 12, 2023