Barbican, LondonPunch and Judy are 350 years old this year " their first recorded performance in England dates from 1662 " and Improbable celebrate in style with Julian Crouch's down-at-heel vaudeville show, which allows the irrepressible wife-beating, child-slaying, death-defying Punch full rein. Even the Devil ("You're looking a little stressed," Mr Punch tells him) is tricked by the delinquent puppet, who proves t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:16PM on February 10, 2012