My Family and Other Animals - review
Theatre Royal, YorkGerald Durrell said that growing up in Corfu with his family was "like living in one of the more flamboyant, slapstick comic operas". Witnessing this new stage adaptation, the difficulty is deciding which one. Mr Kralevsky, the eccentric, elderly bird-keeper, is a Greek Papageno; the bereaved, bohemian Mrs Durrell is very much a Merry Widow; there are even a couple of genuine Thieving Magpies.Durre…