Old Vic; Battersea Arts Centre; Bush theatre, LondonRichard Jones's supercharged staging of Sophie Treadwell's 1920s masterpiece hits like a fist; Emma Rice subverts a dark fairytale with circus gaiety; and a young couple unravel beautifully in Bijan Sheibani's latest Punched in the stomach, but equipped with a new pair of contact lenses. It is a long time since I left a theatre feeling as I did after seeing Machinal…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AM on April 28, 2024