New Diorama, London: This new piece focuses on episodes in the life and death of mathematician, inventor and war hero Alan Turing. Much of the same territory is covered in Hugh Whitemore's excellent play Breaking The Code but thanks to some economy on author David Byrne's part, The Universal Machine captures the spirit of Turing's time at Sherborne and Bletchley Park rather than falling into any trap o…
SOURCE: The Stage at 06:58AM on April 22, 2013