Arabian Nights " review
Lowry, Salford"I come from Baghdad, city of peace" declares Es-Sindibad the Sailor in One Thousand and One Nights. The context of Dominic Cooke's adaptation has changed somewhat since it was first presented in 1998. But watching Amy Leach's imaginative new production, you are reminded what a violent world the tales seem to reflect. Ali Baba's 40 thieves are, to put it bluntly, no pussycats. A recurrent fate is to be …