Twist of Gold, Polka Theatre, London
Polka Theatre, London: Michael Morpurgo's sensitive portrayals of man's inhumanity to man, and how the fallout affects children, translate well into theatre for young people. In this adaptation of a story set in the Irish famine years, Simon Reade toes a familiar line. As well as doing justice to the peaks and troughs of the incredible journey endured by the two children, Sean and Annie O'Brien, escapi…